Dr. Sydney Winawer, Professor of Medicine for the Gastroenterology and Nutrition Service at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, reviews post-polypectomy surveillance guidelines for colorectal adenomas and cancer. He focuses on the effectiveness of current surveillance practices for post-polypectomy patients focusing primarily on follow-up colonoscopy. He examines the associated costs and effectiveness of colonoscopy in these patients and provides updated evidence for new clinical practice recommendations.

Approx. 17 minutes
20 slides
Date: 2005/11
Location: Montreal, Quebec