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GASTROENTEROLOGY
Volume 153, Issue 1, Pages 98-105Publisher
W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2017.04.006
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Colon Cancer; Early Detection; Efficacy; Tumor
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- Foundation of Polish Science - EU structural funds [TEAM/2012-9/5]
- Innovative Economy Operational Programme
- Polish Foundation of Gastroenterology
- Polish Ministry of Health
- Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education
- Foundation for Polish Science [TEAM/2012-9/5/styp6]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: The quality of endoscopists' colonoscopy performance is measured by adenoma detection rate (ADR). Although ADR is associated inversely with interval colorectal cancer and colorectal cancer death, the effects of an increasing ADR have not been shown. We investigated whether increasing ADRs from individual endoscopists is associated with reduced risks of interval colorectal cancer and subsequent death. METHODS: We performed a prospective cohort study of individuals who underwent a screening colonoscopy within the National Colorectal Cancer Screening Program in Poland, from January 1, 2004, through December 31, 2008. We collected data from 146,860 colonoscopies performed by 294 endoscopists, with each endoscopist having participated at least twice in annual editions of primary colonoscopy screening. We used annual feedback and quality benchmark indicators to improve colonoscopy performance. We used ADR quintiles in the whole data set to categorize the annual ADRs for each endoscopist. An increased ADR was defined as an increase by at least 1 quintile category, or the maintenance of the highest category in subsequent screening years. Multivariate frailty models were used to evaluate the effects of increased ADR on the risk of interval colorectal cancer and death. RESULTS: Throughout the enrollment period, 219 endoscopists (74.5%) increased their annual ADR category. During 895,916 person-years of follow-up evaluation through the National Cancer Registry, we identified 168 interval colorectal cancers and 44 interval cancer deaths. An increased ADR was associated with an adjusted hazard ratio for interval colorectal cancer of 0.63 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.45-0.88; P =.006), and for cancer death of 0.50 (95% CI, 0.27-0.95; P =.035). Compared with no increase in ADR, reaching or maintaining the highest quintile ADR category (such as an ADR > 24.56%) decreased the adjusted hazard ratios for interval colorectal cancer to 0.27 (95% CI, 0.12-0.63; P =.003), and 0.18 (95% CI, 0.06-0.56; P =.003), respectively. CONCLUSIONS: In a prospective study of individuals who underwent screening colonoscopy within a National Colorectal Cancer Screening Program, we associated increased ADR with a reduced risk of interval colorectal cancer and death.
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