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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Endosc Int Open 2021; 09(04): E635-E636
DOI: 10.1055/a-1373-4825
Editorial

Sessile serrated lesions: Searching for the true prevalence

Charles J. Kahi
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
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Douglas K. Rex
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
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Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one – Albert Einstein

The serrated class of colorectal polyps includes hyperplastic polyps (HP), sessile serrated lesions (SSL), and traditional serrated adenomas (TSA). Among these, SSL are the most screening-relevant, because they are considered the main precursor lesion in the serrated colorectal cancer (CRC) pathway, and are much more prevalent than TSAs [1]. The growing recognition of the importance of SSLs has been accompanied by numerous studies reporting detection rates at colonoscopy. Inevitably, systematic reviews and meta-analyses have followed, reporting aggregates of available SSL detection studies. It is important here to distinguish between aspirational detection rates, which are more reflective of the true population-based SSL prevalence, and the more commonly reported overall SSL detection rates among groups of endoscopists.



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Article published online:
15 April 2021

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