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Christopher Cook, SUNY GeneseoFollow

Submission Type

Poster

Start Date

April 2020

Abstract

Colon cancer is the third most common cause of cancer-related death in the U.S. In 2019, the American Cancer Society predicted that 101,420 people in the U.S. would receive a new diagnosis of colon cancer. Due to this high prevalence, there has been a recent debate about the appropriate age to start colon cancer screening. Currently, the American Society of Gastroenterology recommends that screening start for average risk individuals at the age of 50. Conversely, the American Cancer Society has recently recommended that colon cancer screening for average risk individuals begin at the age of 45. The aim of our study is to determine if there is any difference in precancerous polyp detection rate in a risk patients undergoing screening colonoscopy at age 50 versus between 45 and 49. We examined 200 at risk individuals who underwent screening colonoscopy at Digestive Disease Center of CNY, an outpatient endoscopy center. Out of these 200 patients, 52 of them were found to have precancerous polyps. Our results indicated no significant difference in incidence of precancerous polyps between the two age groups (p=.1702). Our results indicate that there is evidence for the screening age to be lowered to below the age of 50.

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Sponsor: Robert O'Donnell

Project was also going to be presented at SURC but it was cancelled

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269— Age of Colon Cancer Screening - A Retrospective Review

Colon cancer is the third most common cause of cancer-related death in the U.S. In 2019, the American Cancer Society predicted that 101,420 people in the U.S. would receive a new diagnosis of colon cancer. Due to this high prevalence, there has been a recent debate about the appropriate age to start colon cancer screening. Currently, the American Society of Gastroenterology recommends that screening start for average risk individuals at the age of 50. Conversely, the American Cancer Society has recently recommended that colon cancer screening for average risk individuals begin at the age of 45. The aim of our study is to determine if there is any difference in precancerous polyp detection rate in a risk patients undergoing screening colonoscopy at age 50 versus between 45 and 49. We examined 200 at risk individuals who underwent screening colonoscopy at Digestive Disease Center of CNY, an outpatient endoscopy center. Out of these 200 patients, 52 of them were found to have precancerous polyps. Our results indicated no significant difference in incidence of precancerous polyps between the two age groups (p=.1702). Our results indicate that there is evidence for the screening age to be lowered to below the age of 50.

 

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