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ACA Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines

When to Screen?
When to Stop?
Family History

Performance Characteristics for Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests
Stool/blood-based
ACA Colorectal Cancer ... Screening Guidelines ... lesions or SSLs • Colon ... comparison #table #management ... #gastroenterology
Endoscopic Bleeding Risk - Summary points from ASGE guideline 

Low Risk Procedures 
 - Diagnostic endoscopy
forceps biopsy (EGD, Colo ... placement (low if ASA ... Bleeding #Risks #Gastroenterology ... HighRisk #Diagnosis #Management ... #Guidelines
Performance Characteristics for Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests
Stool/blood-based tests:
 • FIT: 79% sensitivity, 94% specificity for CRC
lesions or SSLs • Colon ... CAllamneni via Emory Gastroenterology ... Colorectal #Cancer #colon ... comparison #table #management ... #gastroenterology
Hamartomatous Polyposis Syndromes - Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome (PJS), Juvenile Polyposis Syndrome (JPS), Cowden Syndrome (CS), Cronkhite-Canada (CC),
Juvenile Polyps + CRC ... Mutation in SMAD4 (aka ... Likely risk of CRC ... Syndromes #diagnosis #management ... #gastroenterology
Colorectal Cancer screening in ulcerative colitis per new UC guidelines
- Colonoscopy is the recommended method for
colitis per new UC guidelines ... Colorectal #Cancer #CRC ... #Colon #Screening ... #PrimaryCare #Gastroenterology ... #Management #Colonoscopy
Strategies to Improve Quality of Screening and Surveillance Colonoscopy - AGA Guidelines

1. Adequate bowel preparation.
2. Use
Colonoscopy - AGA ... look of the right colon ... Screening #quality #AGA ... #Guidelines #management ... #gastroenterology
Adenomatous Polyposis Syndromes:  Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP), Attenuated FAP (AFAP), MUTYH associated polyposis (MAP)
✓ Genetic
MAP) ✓ Genetic test ... adenomas → 100% CRC ... median age 48-53 ... Syndromes #diagnosis #management ... #gastroenterology