Nonadherence to Referral Colonoscopy After Positive Fecal Immunochemical Test Results Increases the Risk of Distal Colorectal Cancer Mortality

Yingshuang Zhu; Xue Li; Yeting Hu; Kun Chen; Shu Zheng; Kefeng Ding; Colorectal Cancer Screening Cohort Research Group

doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2023.08.013

Nonadherence to Referral Colonoscopy After Positive Fecal Immunochemical Test Results Increases the Risk of Distal Colorectal Cancer Mortality

Gastroenterology. 2023 Dec;165(6):1558-1560.e4. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2023.08.013. Epub 2023 Aug 19.

Authors

Yingshuang Zhu¹, Xue Li², Yeting Hu¹, Kun Chen³, Shu Zheng⁴, Kefeng Ding⁵; Colorectal Cancer Screening Cohort Research Group

Collaborators

Colorectal Cancer Screening Cohort Research Group:
Chengcheng Liu⁴, Yunfeng Zhu⁶, Qilong Li⁷, Mingyang Song⁸, Jinhuan Yang⁷, Tian Jin⁴, Tianyi Ling⁴, Yanqin Huang⁹, Mingjuan Jin³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Colorectal Surgery and Oncology (Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Intervention, China National Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Medical Sciences, Zhejiang Province, China), and The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China; Center for Medical Research and Innovation in Digestive System Tumors, Ministry of Education, Hangzhou, China; Zhejiang Provincial Clinical Research Center for CANCER, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China; Cancer Center of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
² Department of Big Data in Health Science, School of Public Health and The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
³ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Cancer Institute of the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
⁴ Department of Colorectal Surgery and Oncology (Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Intervention, China National Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Medical Sciences, Zhejiang Province, China), The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
⁵ Department of Colorectal Surgery and Oncology (Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Intervention, China National Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Medical Sciences, Zhejiang Province, China), and The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China; Center for Medical Research and Innovation in Digestive System Tumors, Ministry of Education, Hangzhou, China; Zhejiang Provincial Clinical Research Center for CANCER, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China; Cancer Center of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. Electronic address: dingkefeng@zju.edu.cn.
⁶ Haining Cancer Prevention and Treatment Research Institute, Chinese Medicine Hospital of Haining, Haining, Zhejiang, China.
⁷ Jiashan Institute of Cancer Prevention and Control, Jiashan, Zhejiang, China.
⁸ Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Nutrition, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁹ Cancer Institute, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Intervention, Ministry of Education, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.

PMID: 37598799
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2023.08.013

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Colonoscopy
Colorectal Neoplasms* / diagnosis
Colorectal Neoplasms* / mortality
Humans
Patient Compliance*