A Comparison of Colonoscopy and Double-Contrast Barium Enema for Surveillance after Polypectomy

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Authors

Sidney J. Winawer · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Edward T. Stewart · Community Health Systems - Lutheran Hospital

Ann G. Zauber · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

John H. Bond · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Howard J. Ansel · Veterans Health Administration

Jerome D. Waye · Mount Sinai Hospital

Deborah A. Hall

Abstract

In patients who have undergone colonoscopic polypectomy, colonoscopic examination is a more effective method of surveillance than double-contrast barium enema.

Topics & Keywords

Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 342, Issue 24, pp. 1766-1772

DOI: 10.1056/nejm200006153422401

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