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DECEMBER 1, 2022

VA Study Assesses CRC Risk 20 Years After Baseline Screen

By Caroline Helwick
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Brian Sullivan, MD

SAN DIEGO—People with no advanced neoplasia at baseline or only one or two small adenomas were unlikely to develop colorectal cancer over the next 20 years, according to long-term follow-up of veterans in a large Veterans Administration cohort.

Conversely, participants diagnosed with advanced neoplasia at baseline were three times more likely to be diagnosed with advanced lesions, including colorectal cancer (CRC), often within the first 10 years of