Surveillance colonoscopy should be targeted to high-risk patients

Tuesday, June 22, 2010 - 06:30 in Health & Medicine

Surveillance colonoscopy is effective and cost-effective when targeted to high-risk patients, according to a new study in Gastroenterology, the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute. However, overuse of surveillance colonoscopy could be excessively costly or even harmful...

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