Can the rate and location of sessile serrated polyps be part of colorectal Cancer disparity in African Americans?
Mehdi NouraieHassan AshktorabNazli AtefiSaman AzamTaraneh TarjomanEdward LeeBabak ShokraniAli AfsariAkbar SoleimaniAdeyinka O LaiyemoSanmeet SinghHassan BrimPublished in: BMC gastroenterology (2019)
The prevalence of SSPs accounts for 6% of all polyps in AA patients and was diagnosed in 2.5% of all colonoscopies (n = 252/10,027), which is higher than Caucasians in the US. SSPs were predominantly located in the left side, as compared to published literature showing the predominance in the right side of the colon. Screening of CRC will have the chance to detect high risk SSA/P in this population.