The absolute number of small and diminutive adenomas with high-grade dysplasia is substantially higher compared with large adenomas : a retrospective pooled study

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Introduction: The risk that a large polyp (≥10 mm) evolves into high-grade dysplasia (HGD) is relatively high compared with that of a small/diminutive polyp (<10 mm). Recently, the detection of small and diminutive polyps has been substantially improved with the advancement of endoscopy. However, further research is needed on the role of the incidence of HGD caused by the co-occurrence of small and diminutive polyps in the progression of HGD. In this study, we aim to investigate whether and how the small and diminutive polyps correlate with the incidence of HGD in the population.

Methods: The pooled data were deeply analyzed from four published randomized controlled trials (RCTs) regarding colon polyp detection. All polyps detected were examined and confirmed by pathologists. The primary outcome was the composition ratio of the HGD polyps in each polyp size category.

Results: Among a total of 3,179 patients with 2,730 polyps identified, there were 83 HGD polyps confirmed, and 68 patients had at least one polyp with HGD. The risk of development of HGD was lower for a single small and diminutive polyp than for one large polyp (2.18% vs. 22.22%, P < 0.0001). On the contrary, the composition ratio for HGD from small and diminutive polyps was significantly higher than that from the large ones (68.67% vs. 31.33%, P < 0.0001). The combined number of HGD presented a trend negatively correlated to size.

Conclusions: Our data demonstrated that the absolute number of HGD significantly derives more from small and diminutive polyps than from the large ones, and the collective number of small and diminutive polyps per patient is indicative of his/her HGD exposure. These findings positively provide novel perspectives on the management of polyps and may further optimize the prevention of colorectal cancer.

Systematic Review Registration: http://www.chictr.org.cn, identifier ChiCTR1900025235, ChiCTR1800017675, ChiCTR1800018058, and ChiCTR1900023086.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in oncology - 14(2024) vom: 01., Seite 1294745

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhang, Jiancheng [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Huajun [VerfasserIn]
Xiong, Fei [VerfasserIn]
Lei, Shan [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Guanyu [VerfasserIn]
Xiao, Xun [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Lin [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Pu [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

CRC screening
Colorectal cancer
Composition ratio
High-grade dysplasia (HGD)
Small polyp
Systematic Review

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Date Revised 29.02.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fonc.2024.1294745

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369000641