Colorectal cancer screening can find a cancer early, when it is easiest to treat. Screening can also prevent cancer by finding polyps — growths that develop on the lining of the colon or rectum. By removing these growths, doctors can prevent cancer from occurring.
In this episode of KP Research Radio we speak with DOR research scientists Jeffrey K. Lee, MD, MPH, and Douglas A. Corley, MD, PhD, about their recent study in JAMA Network Open that helps answer a longstanding question: At what age do people who have had a colorectal polyp removed no longer need surveillance colonoscopies?
