Journal Article DKFZ-2025-00061

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Potential for enhancing efficacy of screening colonoscopy by lowering starting ages and extending screening intervals: A modelling study for Germany.

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2025
Wiley-Liss Bognor Regis

International journal of cancer 156(12), 2303-2310 () [10.1002/ijc.35322]
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Abstract: Studies aimed to evaluate the expected impact of alternative screening strategies are essential for optimizing colorectal cancer (CRC) screening offers, but such studies are lacking in Germany, where two screening colonoscopies (CS) 10 years apart are offered for men from age 50 and women from age 55. Our aim was to explore whether and to what extent the efficacy of utilizing two CS could be enhanced by alternative starting ages and screening intervals. We modeled the expected numbers of CRC cases, CRC deaths, years of potential life lost (YPLL), and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) due to CRC in hypothetical cohorts of 100,000 men and women aged 45-85 using COSIMO, a validated Markov-based multi-state simulation model. Modeled strategies included combinations of starting ages (45/50/55/60) and CS (10/15/20 years). For men, CRC deaths could be slightly reduced by extending the interval to 15 years, with a second CS at 65. YPLL and DALYs would be reduced by decreasing starting age to 45 when combined with a 15-year screening interval. For women, use of two CS at ages 50 and 65 would reduce all CRC burden parameters compared to the current earliest-use offer at 55 and 65 years. Our results suggest that lowering the starting age of screening colonoscopy to 45 for men and 50 for women, combined with extending the CS screening interval to 15 years would have the potential to enable significant reductions in years of potential life lost, and disability-adjusted life years compared to current screening offers in Germany.

Keyword(s): colonoscopy ; colorectal cancer ; endoscopy ; modelling ; screening

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Note: #EA:C070#LA:C070# / Volume 156, Issue12, 15 June 2025, Pages 2303-2310

Contributing Institute(s):
  1. C070 Klinische Epidemiologie und Alternf. (C070)
  2. DKTK HD zentral (HD01)
Research Program(s):
  1. 313 - Krebsrisikofaktoren und Prävention (POF4-313) (POF4-313)

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