Screening Guidelines & Recommended Surveillance Intervals

The United States Preventive Service Task Force (USPSTF) updated colorectal cancer screening guidelines(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) in May 2021. The recommendation statement was published in JAMA(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) in May 2021.

In 2020, the US Multi-Society Task Force (MSTF), the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE), and the American Gastoenterology Association (AGA) issued a statement updating their recommended guidelines(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window) for screening colonoscopy and surveillance intervals after polypectomy.