Medical Xpress March 20, 2025
The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) released a new clinical guideline making no recommendation—for or against—the use of computer-aided detection systems (CADe) in colonoscopy. A rigorous review of evidence showed that AI-assisted technology helps identify colorectal polyps. However, its impact on preventing colorectal cancer—the third most common cancer worldwide—remains unclear.
Colonoscopy, performed more than 15 million times annually in the U.S., is an effective tool for detecting and preventing colorectal cancer. CADe systems have been shown to improve polyp detection rates, but whether that translates to reduced cancer cases is as yet unknown.
“We are confident that using AI will lead to more polyps removed and more colonoscopies,” said guideline author Benjamin Lebwohl, MD, AGAF, who said he encouraged his institution...
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