title: Colonoscopic follow-up of adenomas and colorectal cancer.
abstract: Increasing experience with colonoscopy has altered recommendations for the frequency of follow-up surveillance examinations for adenomatous polyps and colorectal cancer. Current recommendations include a follow-up colonoscopy at 1 year for patients with more than two adenomatous or highly suggestive polyps and after curative surgery for colorectal cancer. Other patients can safely receive a follow-up colonoscopy at longer intervals of 3 years. Published data and a review of the Ochsner Clinic experience are presented to support these recommendations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Ochsner Clinic, New Orleans, LA 70121, USA.
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Beck
authors.forename: F G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Opelka
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Hicks
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Timmcke
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Khoury
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Gathright
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D018256:Adenomatous Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003111:Colonic Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000191:economics; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male