Kaiser Permanente Division of Research Addresses Colon Cancer, Research Shows What to Do Once a Polyp is Removed

People who have had a polyp removed are considered to have a slightly higher risk of getting colorectal cancer. Their doctors will recommend cancer surveillance: routine colonoscopies to look for new growths reports Jeffrey K. Lee, M.D., MPH, and Douglas A. Corley, M.D., Ph.D.. The Kaiser Permanente Division of Research  investigators recently published a study in JAMA Network Open that helps answer a longstanding question: At what age do people who have had a colorectal polyp removed no longer need surveillance colonoscopies?

Lee is a research scientist with the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research and a gastroenterologist with The Permanente Medical Group (TPMG). Corley is TPMG’s chief research officer, a DOR research scientist, and a TPMG gastroenterologist.