If Surgeons Embrace Adenoma Detection Rate Measurement and Improvement, Cancers Will Be Prevented and Lives Will Be Saved

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Editorial

Douglas K Rex. Dis Colon Rectum. 2020 Jul.

. 2020 Jul;63(7):867-869.

doi: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000001703.

¹ Division of Gastroenterology/Hepatology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.

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Comment on: Quality of Colonoscopy: A Comparison Between Gastroenterologists and Nongastroenterologists and the Editorial.
Church J. Church J. Dis Colon Rectum. 2021 Apr 1;64(4):e78. doi: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000001953. Dis Colon Rectum. 2021. PMID: 33496470 No abstract available.

Quality of Colonoscopy: A Comparison Between Gastroenterologists and Nongastroenterologists.
Muthukuru S, Alomari M, Bisen R, Parikh MP, Al Momani L, Talal Sarmini M, Lopez R, Muthukuru S, Thota PN, Sanaka MR. Muthukuru S, et al. Dis Colon Rectum. 2020 Jul;63(7):980-987. doi: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000001659. Dis Colon Rectum. 2020. PMID: 32496332

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