The frequency of polyp diagnoses in close relatives was strongly associated with colorectal cancer risk. Polyp history in second-degree relatives was only influential with multiple polyp diagnoses.

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With nearly 50% of physicians today facing burnout, SKOUT serves an important role for healthcare providers, offering an unobtrusive extra set of eyes fine-tuned to detect the most challenging ...

sessile polyps. Physicians often perform over ten colonoscopies per day. SKOUT is a valuable tool that supports consistently high-quality procedures from morning to afternoon, enhancing patient ...

We optimized SKOUT to reduce distractions and maximize the detection of clinically significant lesions, including elusive sessile polyps. We aim to minimize the 'false alerts' many physicians have ...

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About 107,320 new cases of colon cancer (54,510 in men and 52,810 in women ... There are a number of likely reasons for this. One is that colorectal polyps are now being found more often by screening ...

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A nutritionist has urged the public to up their intake of 10 foods that she says are vital for reducing the risk of deadly colon cancer. Incidences of the disease, which kills 17,000 per year in ...

1 A detailed list of the diseases and corresponding organ systems is presented in Table 1. Dataset B, the colon polyp biopsy dataset, included 100 cases composed of five categories: hyperplastic polyp ...