title: Defining the Risk of Small Polyps: Potential Value of CTC.
abstract: Although the clinical importance of large colorectal polyps and the benign nature of diminutive polyps are generally accepted, elucidating the clinical significance of small polyps (6-9 mm) could have an enormous impact on colorectal cancer (CRC) screening. Serial volumetric measurement via CTC may be a valuable method for assessing changes in polyp size. With the recognition of alternative CRC pathways, a more precise understanding of the natural history of small colorectal polyps is needed and data such as those reported by Nolthenius contribute to that knowledge.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, USA.
authors.forename: Brooks D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Cash
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
authors.forename: Perry J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Pickhardt
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000473:pathology*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D003111:Colonic Polyps / Q000473:pathology*; D023881:Colonography, Computed Tomographic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*