title: Sessile serrated polyps: cancer risk and appropriate surveillance.
abstract: Sessile serrated polyps are a recently recognized type of neoplastic polyp that develops along a molecular pathway different from that of conventional adenomas. While the clinical significance of the serrated pathway to colorectal cancer is clear, further study is needed to understand a patient's lifetime colorectal cancer risk posed by serrated neoplasms and the optimal postpolypectomy surveillance interval.
authors.affiliation: St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada. makkarr@ccf.org
authors.forename: Rohit
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Makkar
authors.forename: Rish K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Pai
authors.forename: Carol A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Burke
mesh_terms: D003113:Colonoscopy; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007417:Intestinal Polyps / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011230:Precancerous Conditions / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis; D012306:Risk; D057832:Watchful Waiting