Colonoscopic Chromoendoscopy

This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Evidence to suggest failure in secondary colorectal cancer prevention using conventional “white-light” colonoscopy: the need to reappraise techniques Basic principles and practice of chromoendoscopy Stains used in chromoendoscopy Chromoscopic techniques and the morphological classification of lesions Pancolonic chromoendoscopy Selective or “targeted” chromoendoscopy In vivo staging of neoplastic colorectal lesions using chromoscopy and morphological analysis: expanding the role of chromoscopy beyond lesion detection alone Chromoscopy in the detection of intraepithelial neoplasia and colitis-associated cancer Chromoscopic intraepithelial neoplasia detection and characterization in chronic ulcerative colitis: current evidence-based practice Conclusion Acknowledgments References