Surveillance guidelines should be updated to recognize the importance of serrated polyps

Editorial

Jonathan P Terdiman et al. Gastroenterology. 2010 Nov.

. 2010 Nov;139(5):1444-7.

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2010.09.024. Epub 2010 Sep 27.

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Proximal and large hyperplastic and nondysplastic serrated polyps detected by colonoscopy are associated with neoplasia.
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The presence of large serrated polyps increases risk for colorectal cancer.
Hiraoka S, Kato J, Fujiki S, Kaji E, Morikawa T, Murakami T, Nawa T, Kuriyama M, Uraoka T, Ohara N, Yamamoto K. Hiraoka S, et al. Gastroenterology. 2010 Nov;139(5):1503-10, 1510.e1-3. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2010.07.011. Epub 2010 Jul 16. Gastroenterology. 2010. PMID: 20643134