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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Endosc Int Open 2023; 11(01): E105-E106
DOI: 10.1055/a-2007-1644
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Could the sessile serrated lesion detection rate become an ESGE quality parameter?

Cesare Hassan
1   Humanitas University, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Pieve Emanuele, Italy
2   Humanitas Clinical and Research Center –IRCCS-, Endoscopy Unit, Rozzano, Italy
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Alessandro Repici
1   Humanitas University, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Pieve Emanuele, Italy
2   Humanitas Clinical and Research Center –IRCCS-, Endoscopy Unit, Rozzano, Italy
,
Tommy Rizkala
1   Humanitas University, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Pieve Emanuele, Italy
,
Michal F. Kaminski
3   Department of Gastroenterological Oncology, The Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, and Medical Center for Postgraduate Education, Warsaw, Poland
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Incorporation of quality assurance within organized population-based screening programs resulted in a profound decrease in colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence and mortality in European countries. In particular, three colonoscopy quality indicators have been consistently scrutinized in such programs, namely cecal intubation rate, rate of adequate bowel preparation, and the adenoma detection rate (ADR) [1].



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26 January 2023

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