2024

Work package 1 of the EU-funded OperA project, the ACCEPT trial, reaches 10 000 inclusions this month. ACCEPT is a large-scale randomised trial investigating how the use of artificial intelligence (AI) during colonoscopy affects the cancer prevention effect.

In The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Kate Wooldrage and colleagues present an update about the long-term effects of sigmoidoscopy on colorectal cancer incidence and mortality. Professor Michael Bretthauer and assoc. prof. Nastazja Pilonis dive deeper into the matter in a linked editorial.

This years’ international conference by the European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) had several highlights for the Clinical Effectiveness Research Group; presentation of groundbreaking research, an award, and TV shows.

Professor Yuichi Mori at the Clinical Effectiveness Research Group joins leading scientific journal Endoscopy as co-editor.