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Colorectal Cancer Screening and Polyp Surveillance Intervals
Colon Cancer Screening - Modality - Interval:
 • Colonoscopy -
Colorectal Cancer Screening ... Intervals Colon ... Cancer Screening ... - Interval: • Colonoscopy ... - q5 years • Colon
Strategies to Improve Quality of Screening and Surveillance Colonoscopy - AGA Guidelines

1. Adequate bowel preparation.
2. Use
Improve Quality of Screening ... Adequate bowel preparation ... Bowel prep instructions ... look of the right colon ... of examination, bowel
Hamartomatous Polyposis Syndromes - Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome (PJS), Juvenile Polyposis Syndrome (JPS), Cowden Syndrome (CS), Cronkhite-Canada (CC),
Tract - Genetic testing ... the colon, or FHx ... gene mutation - Colon ... throughout colon ... Stomach/Small bowel
Colonoscopy Bowel Preparation Quality - Visual Guide
Poor or incomplete visualization of the colon reduces the yield
Colonoscopy Bowel ... visualization of the colon ... reduces the yield of screening ... #Colonoscopy #Bowel
Approaching a Difficult Colonoscopy - Scoping Summary
Risk factors for failed C-scope:
 • Incr Age
 • Female
Approaching a Difficult Colonoscopy ... Private practice setting ... 1) Redundant Colon ... failed/redundant colons ... diagnosis #management #algorithm
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Workup Summary
Use a positive diagnostic strategy with minimal testing.
Irritable Bowel ... strategy with minimal testing ... risk • Routine colonoscopy ... things" → fewer polyps ... allergy/ sensitivity testing
Performance Characteristics for Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests
Stool/blood-based tests:
 • FIT: 79% sensitivity, 94% specificity for CRC
Colorectal Cancer Screening ... visualization: • Colonoscopy ... specificity for polyps ... #Screening #Tests ... gastroenterology #CRC #Testing
ACA Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines

When to Screen?
When to Stop?
Family History

Performance Characteristics for Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests
Stool/blood-based
visualization: • Colonoscopy ... lesions or SSLs • Colon ... specificity for polyps ... Colorectal #Cancer #colon ... gastroenterology #CRC #Testing
Colovesical Fistula on Cystoscopy
A 72-year-old woman presented to the urology clinic with a 2-week history of
from the sigmoid colon ... Colonoscopy showed ... with no tumors or polyps ... , inflammatory bowel ... disease, and bowel