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DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1744645
RISK FACTORS FOR METACHRONOUS COLORECTAL CANCER OR ADVANCED ADENOMAS AFTER ENDOSCOPIC RESECTION OF HIGH RISK ADENOMAS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS
Aims To assess which high-risk adenoma (HRA) characteristics are associated with high risk of metachronous colorectal cancer (CRC) or advanced adenomas (AA).
Methods We systematically searched Pubmed, EMBASE and Cochrane for cohort, case-control and clinical trials of CRC or AA incidence at surveillance stratified by baseline lesion size, histology and multiplicity. We calculated pooled relative risks (RR) using a random-effects model. Heterogeneity was assessed with the I2 statistic.
Results Sixty-eight studies were included, with 731,040 patients. CRC incidence per 1,000 person-years was 2.6 (2.1–3.0) for adenomas≥20mm, 2.8 (2.3–3-3) for high-grade dysplasia (HGD), 2.1 (1.8–2.3) for villous component, 1.2 (0.3– 1.9) for≥5 adenomas, and 1.4 (0.8–2.3) for≥3 adenomas. Metachronous CRC risk was higher in patients with adenomas≥20mm vs. adenomas 10-20 mm (RR 2.08, 95%CI 1.20-3.61), HGD vs low-grade dysplasia (RR 2.94, 95%CI 1.97-4.39) and villous component vs. tubular adenomas (RR 1.75, 95%CI 1.35-2.24). No differences in metachronous CRC risk were found in patients with≥5 adenomas vs those with 3-4 (RR 1.07, 95% CI 0.44-2.57), nor in patients with≥3 adenomas vs 1-2 (RR 1.60, 95% CI 0.94-2.74). Similar trends were seen for metachronous AA. The absolute risk differences for CRC incidence were low, ranging from 0.05% increase in absolute risk in patients with>5 adenomas to 0.14% in patients with HGD.
Conclusions Metachronous CRC risk is highest in patients with baseline adenomas with size>20mm, HGD, or villous component. Multiplicity does not seem to be associated with a substantially higher CRC risk.
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14 April 2022
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