Open AccessParticipation in clinical trials increases the detection of pre-malignant lesions during colonoscopy
Author(s) -
Alexandre Oliveira Ferreira,
Maria Pia Costa-Santos,
C Frias Gomes,
B Morão,
L Glória,
Marília Cravo,
Mário DinisRibeiro,
Jorge Canena
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista española de enfermedades digestivas/revista española de enfermedades digestivas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 2340-4167
pISSN - 1130-0108
DOI - 10.17235/reed.2021.8104/2021
Subject(s) - medicine , colonoscopy , colorectal cancer , adenoma , lesion , clinical trial , gastroenterology , prospective cohort study , confounding , randomized controlled trial , cancer , surgery
colorectal adenoma detection has been associated with the effectiveness of cancer prevention. Clinical trials have been designed to determine the role of several interventions to increase the detection of pre-malignant lesions. We hypothesized that colonoscopy in the setting of clinical trials has a higher pre-malignant lesion detection rate.