title: Tools for polyp histology prediction.
abstract: Although removal of adenomatous polyps has been shown to decrease the risk of colon cancer, distal hyperplastic polyps are thought to not have malignant potential. Most polyps detected during colonoscopy are diminutive (≤ 5 mm) and rarely harbor advanced histology, such as high-grade dysplasia or cancer. Therefore, predicting histology in real-time during colonoscopy can potentially decrease the enormous expenditure that ensues from universal histopathologic evaluation of polyps, and several novel imaging technologies have been developed and tested over the past decade for this purpose. Of these different technologies, electronic chromoendoscopy seems to strike a fair balance between accuracy, feasibility, and cost.
authors.affiliation: University of Kansas School of Medicine, University of Kansas, Department of Gastroenterology, 3901 Rainbow Blvd, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA; Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Department of Gastroenterology, 4801 Linwood Blvd, Kansas City, MO 64128, USA.
authors.forename: Shreyas
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saligram
authors.affiliation: University of Kansas School of Medicine, University of Kansas, Department of Gastroenterology, 3901 Rainbow Blvd, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA; Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Department of Gastroenterology, 4801 Linwood Blvd, Kansas City, MO 64128, USA. Electronic address: arastogi@kumc.edu.
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rastogi
mesh_terms: D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003111:Colonic Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery
keywords: Adenoma; Advanced imaging; Colonoscopy; Electronic chromoendoscopy; Hyperplastic polyps; Polyp histology prediction