Is this the end of colonoscopy screening for colorectal cancer? An Asia-Pacific perspective

Rashid N Lui^{1

2}, Sunny H Wong³, Nik Sheng Ding^{4

5}, Masau Sekiguchi^{6

7}, Jun Yu^{1

2}, Tiing-Leong Ang⁸, Khay-Guan Yeoh^{9

10}, Han-Mo Chiu^{11

12}, Joseph J Y Sung³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China.
² Institute of Digestive Disease, State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
³ Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
⁴ Department of Gastroenterology, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁵ Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁶ Cancer Screening Center/Endoscopy Division, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
⁷ Division of Screening Technology, National Cancer Center Institute for Cancer Control, Tokyo, Japan.
⁸ Changi General Hospital, SingHealth Group, Singapore, Singapore.
⁹ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
¹⁰ Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
¹¹ Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
¹² Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.

Editorial

Rashid N Lui et al. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2023 May.

. 2023 May;38(5):671-677.

doi: 10.1111/jgh.16182. Epub 2023 Mar 28.

Rashid N Lui^{1

2}, Sunny H Wong³, Nik Sheng Ding^{4

5}, Masau Sekiguchi^{6

7}, Jun Yu^{1

2}, Tiing-Leong Ang⁸, Khay-Guan Yeoh^{9

10}, Han-Mo Chiu^{11

12}, Joseph J Y Sung³

¹ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China.
² Institute of Digestive Disease, State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
³ Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
⁴ Department of Gastroenterology, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁵ Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁶ Cancer Screening Center/Endoscopy Division, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
⁷ Division of Screening Technology, National Cancer Center Institute for Cancer Control, Tokyo, Japan.
⁸ Changi General Hospital, SingHealth Group, Singapore, Singapore.
⁹ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
¹⁰ Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
¹¹ Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
¹² Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.

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Effect of Colonoscopy Screening on Risks of Colorectal Cancer and Related Death.
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