Narrow Band Imaging Colonoscopy Identifies Flat Dysplastic Lesions in Ulcerative Colitis Patients

OAK BROOK, Ill. – November 19, 2007 – A pilot study from researchers at Kyushu University in Fukuoka, Japan, found that narrow band imaging (NBI) colonoscopy used in cancer surveillance for ulcerative colitis patients can identify flat dysplastic lesions. The research appears in the November issue of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, the monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.

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