The researchers analyzed information from 1,237 IBD patients. Providers performed 4,327 colonoscopies on the study’s patients between Jan. 1, 2000 and Jan. 1, 2014.
Here are five points:
1. The researchers found colon cancer developed in 1.3 percent of patients whose interval between colonoscopies was 22 months.
2. The researchers detected only 17 cancers during follow-up evaluation.
3. Based on the study’s findings, researchers concluded patients not deemed high risk can go nearly five years in between colonoscopy procedures.
4. Investigators concluded IBD patients undergoing regular colonoscopies have a lower interval colorectal cancer occurrence.
5. Currently, the British Society of Gastroenterology and the European Crohn’s and Colitis Organization recommend IBD patients undergo a colonoscopy once every five years.
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