New Quality Metric Proposed for Colonoscopy
Major Finding: Academic endoscopists detected more adenomas than did community endoscopists, and the relative difference in Adenoma Detection Rate was 10.6%, whereas the relative difference in Adenomas Under the Curve was 25%.
Data Source: Retrospective analysis of data from 3,302 patients who underwent screening colonoscopy.
Disclosures: Dr. Wang disclosed no relevant conflicts of interest, but some of his coauthors disclosed financial relationships with one or more companies including GlaxoSmithKline, Takeda, Novartis, AstraZeneca, and Prometheus. The study received funding from an NIH GI Training Grant and CURE: Digestive Diseases Research Center.
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The study was sponsored by an NIH GI Training Grant and CURE: Digestive Diseases Research Center.
