@article {6830, title = {Cost-effectiveness of alternative colonoscopy surveillance strategies to mitigate metachronous colorectal cancer incidence}, journal = {Cancer}, volume = {122}, year = {2016}, pages = {2560-2570}, abstract = {

BACKGROUND

The incidence of metachronous colorectal cancer (MCRC) among colorectal cancer (CRC) survivors varies significantly, and the optimal colonoscopy surveillance practice for mitigating MCRC incidence is unknown.

METHODS

A cost-effectiveness analysis was used to compare the performances of the US Multi-Society Task Force guideline and all clinically reasonable colonoscopy surveillance strategies for 50- to 79-year-old posttreatment CRC patients with a computer simulation model.

CONCLUSIONS

The US guideline might be improved by a slight increase in the surveillance intensity at the expense of moderately increased cost. More research is warranted to explore the benefits/harms of such practices.

}, url = {http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cncr.30091/full}, author = {Erenay, F.S. and Alagoz, O. and Banerjee, R. and Said, A. and Cima, R.R.} }