Development and Validation of the Asia-Pacific Proximal Colon Neoplasia Risk Score

• Main Authors: Wong, Martin C. S., Rerknimitr, Rungsun, Goh, Khean Lee, Matsuda, Takahisa, Kim, Hyun-Soo, Wu, Deng-Chyang, Wu, Kai Chun, Yeoh, Khay Guan, Chong, Vui Heng, Ahmed, Furqaan, Sollano, Jose D., Menon, Jayaram, Chiu, Han-Mo, Li, Jingnan, Ching, Jessica Y. L., Sung, Joseph J. Y.
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/34680/

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Patients found to be at high risk of advanced proximal neoplasia (APN) after flexible sigmoidoscopy screening should be considered for colonoscopy examination. We developed and validated a scoring system to identify persons at risk for APN. METHODS: We collected data from 7954...