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To evaluate the relative contributions of early cancer detection versus prevention through precursor lesion removal to the reduction of colorectal cancer mortality over time.

March 8, 2024Gastrointestinal EndoscopyOpen Access

Contributions of early detection and cancer prevention to colorectal cancer mortality reduction by screening colonoscopy: a validated modeling study

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To evaluate the relative contributions of early cancer detection versus prevention through precursor lesion removal to the reduction of colorectal cancer mortality over time.
Simulated hypothetical cohorts of 100,000 individuals aged 55 to 64 years with and without baseline screening using a validated multistate Markov model.
Estimated the proportions of prevented colorectal cancer deaths from preexisting versus newly developed cancers and calculated mortality rate ratios over 15 years of follow-up.
Early detection of prevalent cases accounted for 52%, 30%, and 18% of deaths prevented by screening colonoscopy within 5, 10, and 15 years, respectively.
Within 10 years of screening, relative mortality reduction reached 88% for incident cancers compared to 67% for prevalent cancers detected early, yielding a 79% reduction in total colorectal cancer mortality.

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Markov modeling study reveals long-term colorectal cancer mortality reduction stems predominantly from preventing incident cases in screened adults, suggesting screening intervals could be extended.

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Heisser et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa26937fd3136035ea72df1 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gie.2024.03.010

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Markov modeling study reveals long-term colorectal cancer mortality reduction stems predominantly from preventing incident cases in screened adults, suggesting screening intervals could be extended.

Contributions of early detection and cancer prevention to colorectal cancer mortality reduction by screening colonoscopy: a validated modeling study

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Contributions of early detection and cancer prevention to colorectal cancer mortality reduction by screening colonoscopy: a validated modeling study

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