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World J Gastroenterol. Dec 14, 2013; 19(46): 8527-8530
Published online Dec 14, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i46.8527
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Figure 1 Overtreatment with a fear of not doing enough. Introducing uncertainty in the balance between benefits and harms of flexible sigmoidoscopy (FS) screening by adding systematic removal of proximal sessile serrated polyps (SSP) associated with 3% risk of perforation for these lesions[23] and unknown benefit compared to 0.1% risk of perforation[27] and known benefit. CRC: colorectal cancer.