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Trial reportClinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association2022

Higher Adenoma Detection Rates at Screening Associated With Lower Long-Term Colorectal Cancer Incidence and Mortality.

Amanda J Cross, Emma C Robbins, Brian P Saunders, Stephen W Duffy, Kate Wooldrage

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Trial report in Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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22citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Amanda J CrossCancer Screening and Prevention Research Group, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom. Electronic address: amanda.cross1@imperial.ac.uk.
Emma C RobbinsCancer Screening and Prevention Research Group, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
Brian P SaundersWolfson Unit for Endoscopy, St Mark's Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
Stephen W DuffyCentre for Cancer Prevention, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary University, London, United Kingdom.
Kate WooldrageCancer Screening and Prevention Research Group, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
Imperial College London · GBQueen Mary University of London · GBSt Mark's Hospital · GB

Funding

Cancer Research UK 25004Cancer Research UK C53889/A25004Department of Health 16/65/01
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND &

aimsDetection and removal of adenomas reduces colorectal cancer (CRC) risk. The impact of adenoma detection rates (ADRs) on long-term CRC incidence and mortality is unknown. We investigated this using data from the UK Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Screening Trial.

methodsOf 167,882 UK Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Screening Trial participants, 40,085 were in the intervention arm and underwent flexible sigmoidoscopy screening at 13 trial centers. The median follow-up time was 17 years. At each center, 1 endoscopist performed most flexible sigmoidoscopies. Multivariable logistic regression was used to classify centers into high-, intermediate-, and low-detector groups based on their main endoscopist's ADR. We calculated the incidence and mortality of distal and all-site CRC, and estimated hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% CIs using Cox regression.

resultsFive, 4, and 4 centers, respectively, were classified into the high-detector, intermediate-detector, and low-detector groups. The average ADRs in each respective group were 15%, 12%, and 9%. Distal CRC incidence and mortality were reduced among those screened compared with controls in all groups, and effects of screening varied significantly by detector ranking, with larger reductions in incidence and mortality seen in the high-detector group (incidence: HR, 0.34; 95% CI, 0.27-0.42; mortality: HR, 0.22, 95% CI, 0.13-0.37) than in the low-detector group (incidence: HR, 0.55; 95% CI, 0.44-0.68; mortality: HR, 0.54; 95% CI, 0.34-0.86). Similar results were observed for all-site CRC, with larger effects seen in the high-detector (incidence: HR, 0.58; 95% CI, 0.50-0.67; mortality: HR, 0.52; 95% CI, 0.39-0.69) than in the low-detector group (incidence: HR, 0.72; 95% CI, 0.61-0.85; mortality: HR, 0.68; 95% CI, 0.51-0.92), although the heterogeneity was not statistically significant.

conclusionsHigher ADRs at screening provide greater long-term protection against CRC incidence and mortality. Isrctn.org, number: ISRCTN28352761.

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AdenomaColorectal NeoplasmsEarly Detection of CancerHumansIncidenceLogistic ModelsMass ScreeningSigmoidoscopyAdenoma Detection RateColorectal CancerFlexible SigmoidoscopyScreening

Identifiers

PMID32931959
PMCPMC8811539
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