Colorectal Cancer screening in ulcerative colitis per new UC guidelines

- Colonoscopy is the recommended method for screening 

- Screening and subsequent surveillance colonoscopy to assess for dysplasia in individuals with UC of extent greater than the rectum should start 8 years after diagnosis. 

- Repeat surveillance colonoscopies at l- to 3-year intervals 

- Patients with UC and primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) should undergo a screening colonoscopy at the time of diagnosis of UC and surveillance annually thereafter. 



Gregory Brennan MD @GregoryTBrennan



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