Medscape October 3, 2022
While the use of artificial intelligence (AI) during colonoscopy may contribute to improved cancer prevention, it may also add to patient burden in terms of increased colonoscopy frequency and, in turn, healthcare costs, a new study suggests.
The study found that colonoscopy plus AI (vs colonoscopy alone) increased the proportion of patients requiring intensive postpolypectomy colonoscopy surveillance by roughly 35% in the United States and Japan and by about 20% in Europe.
“It’s certainly possible that AI will lead to more frequent surveillance for some patients, but it may balance itself out given that recent surveillance guidelines have pushed off the surveillance interval depending on the size of the polyp,” senior author Seth A. Gross, MD, told Medscape Medical News....
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