%0 Journal Article
%A Hoffmeister, Michael
%A Holleczek, Bernd
%A Stock, Christian
%A Zwink, Nadine
%A Stolz, Thomas
%A Stegmaier, Christa
%A Brenner, Hermann
%T Utilization and determinants of follow-up colonoscopies within 6 years after screening colonoscopy: Prospective cohort study.
%J International journal of cancer
%V 144
%N 2
%@ 0020-7136
%C Bognor Regis
%I Wiley-Liss
%M DKFZ-2018-02279
%P 402 - 410
%D 2019
%X Previous studies have reported that repeat colonoscopies were often not conducted in the recommended time interval after screening colonoscopy. We prospectively followed participants of screening colonoscopy from Germany for 6 years to investigate utilization and determinants of repeat colonoscopies. In a longitudinal study on the effectiveness of screening colonoscopy in the state of Saarland (Germany), participants who had a screening colonoscopy between 2005 and 2007 were contacted by mail 6 years after screening and requested to fill in a standardized questionnaire on utilization of repeat colonoscopies. For all colonoscopies reported, colonoscopy and histology reports were requested from the physician(s). Of 6,407 screening participants, 2,212 (35
%F PUB:(DE-HGF)16
%9 Journal Article
%$ pmid:30203838
%R 10.1002/ijc.31862
%U https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/142049