Risk of metachronous advanced neoplasia in patients with diminutive versus small tubular adenomas: Is the juice worth the squeeze?

One major goal of colonoscopy is to prevent death resulting from colorectal cancer. Colorectal cancer mortality is reduced by the use of screening colonoscopy1 and colonoscopy with polypectomy.2-4 The performance of colonoscopy and its protective benefit on colorectal cancer has been shown to vary according to several factors, including the specialty of the endoscopist, quality of bowel preparation, completeness of examination, adenoma detection rate (ADR), and effectiveness of polypectomy, to name a few.

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