Lutgens 2009.
Methods | Cohort study | |
Participants | 149 patients with IBD‐associated CRC were identified Patients were assigned to the surveillance group when they had undergone one or more surveillance colonoscopies before a diagnosis of CRC Patients who had not undergone surveillance served as controls |
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Interventions | Colonoscopic surveillance versus no surveillance | |
Outcomes | 1. CRC related 2. Tumour stage 3. Death |
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Notes | Attempts to control for bias: 1. Statistical analysis: (a) Patient characteristics using the X2 test, Fischer's exact test and Student's t‐test compared the patient characteristics between the two groups (b) Kaplan‐Meier and cox regression analyses were used for survival calculations |