average‐risk adults in good health with a life expectancy of more than 10 years continue CRC screening through the age of 75 years; clinicians individualize CRC screening decisions for individuals aged 76 through 85 years based on patient preferences, life expectancy, health status, and prior scre...
"Recent Medicare guidelines encourage coding and billing of colonoscopies based on intent, which means that if your colonoscopy was scheduled as a preventive screening, it should remain as such, whether it finds and removes polyps or not," said Sonneborn. This can be frustrating, as "no one go...
With the continuous advancement of gastrointestinal endoscopy technology, colonoscopy has become the preferred method for early CRC screening and the diagnosis of colonic lesions [4]. Identifying and promptly removing adenomatous polyps can significantly reduce the risk of colorectal cancer [5]. However, ...
This study was retrospective in design, and the potential for diagnosis and procedure coding errors and unmeasured confounding are limitations that can occur with retrospective analyses of large administrative databases. However, we followed the STROBE reporting guidelines, and the risk of...
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of small noncoding RNAs that regulate gene expression and control various cellular mechanisms [13]. The dysregulation of several miRNAs has been implicated in colorectal carcinogenesis during the progression from normal mucosa to a non-advanced and advanced adenoma and ...