Surveillance

ASGE Journal ScanColon

Declines in Colorectal Cancer Incidence in Older Persons Are Slowing

Declines in Colorectal Cancer Incidence in Older Persons Are Slowing

This study used SEER (Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results) data to update colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence and mortality trends from 1992 to 2019. The well-known

ASGE Journal ScanColon

Calculating Effect of Surveillance Colonoscopy on Colon Cancer Prevention

Calculating Effect of Surveillance Colonoscopy on Colon Cancer Prevention

he U.S. Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer recently presented new postpolypectomy surveillance recommendations. Perhaps the most impactful new recommendation is that patients with 1

ColonoscopyInstrumentsLower GI tractTeaching Videos

Endocuff Vision® versus wide-angle endoscope: small attachment – big effect

Endocuff Vision® versus wide-angle endoscope: small attachment – big effect

The wide-angle colonoscope provides a field of view up to 235 degrees, thanks to a lens system featuring forward viewing (147 degrees) and also side

Endoscopic techniquesInstrumentsLower GI tractTeaching Videos

Endoscopic diagnosis of colon polyps using the NICE classification: initial experience with BLI and LCI

Endoscopic diagnosis of colon polyps using the NICE classification: initial experience with BLI and LCI

The new generation of the Fujifilm electronic endoscopy system allows virtual chromoendoscopy alongside zoom endoscopy. Blue laser imaging (BLI), like narrow-band imaging (NBI), allows further

LiteratureUpper GI tract

Does Barrett’s esophagus grow during monitoring?

Does Barrett’s esophagus grow during monitoring?

The risk of progression of nonneoplastic Barrett’s esophagus to high-grade intraepithelial neoplasia or adenocarcinoma is extremely low and has been reported in recent studies to