While we like to think this means that we are doing an excellent job of finding pre-cancerous polyps, it also may mean that people in our community are at an increased risk of developing pre-cancerous polyps. We are well above the national average for adenoma detection. In 2020, we proudly reported that 48% of women and 59% of men had adenomas found during their colonoscopy. Southwest Gastroenterology collects and reports data on our Adenoma Detection Rate to benchmark both locally and nationally. More specifically, the benchmark is 20% for women and 30% for men. These numbers can vary within the 25% between men and women. This means that it was expected that at least 25% of people will have an adenoma found during their colonoscopy. The national overall ADR benchmark goal is ≥25% for mixed sex populations. However, if gastroenterologists have a low ADR, it is possible that their patients may develop colon cancer after a colonoscopy because the gastroenterologist may have missed some adenomas. Studies have found that when gastroenterologists have a high ADR, it is unlikely that their patients will develop colon cancer after a colonoscopy.
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