Colonoscopy reduces colorectal cancer mortality: A multicenter, long-term, colonoscopy-based cohort study.
Ryota NiikuraYoshihiro HirataNobumi SuzukiAtsuo YamadaYoku HayakawaHirobumi SuzukiShinzo YamamotoRyo NakataJunko KomatsuMakoto OkamotoMakoto KodairaTomohiro ShinozakiMitsuhiro FujishiroToshiaki WatanabeKazuhiko KoikePublished in: PloS one (2017)
The colorectal cancer mortality of patients who received colonoscopy without colorectal cancer diagnosis decreased significantly compared with that of individuals in the general population. These results were compatible even in patients with right-sided colon cancer.