For their study, researchers studied 56 polyps. They found there were no significant differences between CTC polyp size, real-time colonoscopy size estimation or probe measurement. They also concluded any differences in size of polyps, as measured by CTC and endoscopy, will only affect management in 10 percent of cases.
Read the study about CTC and colonoscopy polyp sizes.
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