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A MULTICENTER RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL DESIGNED TO EVALUATE FOLLOW‐UP SURVEILLANCE STRATEGIES FOR COLORECTAL CANCER: THE JAPAN POLYP STUDY
Author(s) -
Sano Yasushi,
Fujii Takahiro,
Oda Yasushi,
Matsuda Takahisa,
Kozu Takahiro,
Kudo Shinei,
Igarashi Masahiro,
Iishi Hiroyasu,
Fu KuangI,
Kaneko Kazuhiro,
Hotta Kinichi,
Yoshino Takayuki,
Ishikawa Hideki,
Murakami Yoshitaka,
Shimoda Tadakazu,
Fujimori Takahiro,
Ajioka Yoichi,
Otani Toru,
Saito Hiroshi,
Ochiai Atsushi,
Yoshida Shigeaki
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
digestive endoscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.5
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1443-1661
pISSN - 0915-5635
DOI - 10.1111/j.1443-1661.2004.00417.x
Subject(s) - medicine , colorectal cancer , chromoendoscopy , incidence (geometry) , colonoscopy , cancer , randomized controlled trial , adenomatous polyps , general surgery , oncology , physics , optics
Colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of cancer mortality, and the incidence of colorectal cancer in Japan is increasing gradually. To reduce colorectal cancer mortality, a higher compliance for colorectal cancer screening and follow‐up programs is needed. Consequently, it is necessary to establish rm recommendations based on strong evidence from postpolypectomy colonoscopic surveillance. The Japan Polyp Study (JPS) began in 2000, and its objective is to evaluate follow‐up surveillance strategies in patients who have undergone two complete colonoscopies for the control of colorectal cancer, with the removal of all detected polyps by high‐resolution chromoendoscopy, including the removal of at or supercial depressed (0‐IIc) lesions. The JPS is scheduled to continue until the year 2010, and future data will help to develop recommendations for surveillance guidelines for such patients.