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Observational studyInternational journal of colorectal disease2026

Diagnostic yield of the one-year surveillance colonoscopy after curative colorectal cancer resection.

Jenna Cross, Garrett Johnson, Harminder Singh, Farhana Shariff, Eric Hyun, Ramzi Helewa

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Observational study in International journal of colorectal disease, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Jenna CrossDepartment of Surgery, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, St. Boniface General Hospital, Z3049 - 409 Tache Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, R2H 2A6, Canada. crossj3@myumanitoba.ca.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0007-1505-4537
Garrett JohnsonDepartment of Surgery, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, St. Boniface General Hospital, Z3049 - 409 Tache Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, R2H 2A6, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5507-9543
Harminder SinghDepartment of Internal Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9354-2356
Farhana ShariffDepartment of Surgery, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, St. Boniface General Hospital, Z3049 - 409 Tache Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, R2H 2A6, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4040-3010
Eric HyunDepartment of Surgery, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, St. Boniface General Hospital, Z3049 - 409 Tache Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, R2H 2A6, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4844-6525
Ramzi HelewaDepartment of Surgery, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, St. Boniface General Hospital, Z3049 - 409 Tache Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, R2H 2A6, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3362-4456

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeGuidelines recommend routine colonoscopy 1 year after curative colorectal cancer resection, despite limited evidence supporting its diagnostic yield. This study evaluated the real-world outcomes of 1-year surveillance colonoscopy following colorectal cancer resection.

methodsThis is a retrospective observational study using pathology, clinic, and endoscopy data patients who underwent segmental oncologic resection for primary colon or rectal. Adenocarcinoma between January 2007 and June 2020 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Patients were excluded if they had a total proctocolectomy, if no follow-up colonoscopy data were available, or if the date of the first surveillance scope was < 6 months or > 24 months from surgery. Colonoscopy findings were categorized as adenocarcinoma, advanced adenoma, simple adenoma or normal.

resultsA total of 454 patients met the inclusion criteria. The 1-year surveillance colonoscopy detected 2 (0.44%) adenocarcinomas, 3 (0.66%) advanced adenomas, and 87 (19.2%) simple adenomas. The majority (n = 362, 79.7%) had normal colonoscopy results. Preoperative bowel preparation quality was not reported for either recurrent adenocarcinoma. Neither of the recurrent adenocarcinomas was associated with elevated carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), abnormal imaging, or known hereditary cancer syndromes.

conclusionsOur data demonstrate a low observed rate of clinically significant findings at 1-year surveillance colonoscopy following colorectal cancer resection. Incomplete documentation of index colonoscopy quality limited assessment of whether surveillance findings represented true metachronous lesions or lesions missed at the preoperative examination. Given the low event rate and observational study design, these findings should be interpreted as descriptive real-world data regarding postoperative surveillance outcomes.

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ColonoscopyColorectal NeoplasmsAdenocarcinomaAdenomaAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesTime FactorsAdenocarcinomaAdenomaBowel preparationColonoscopyColorectal cancerSurveillance

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PMID42360498
PMCPMC13562198

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