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Surveillance colonoscopy has a low yield for detecting significant neoplasms after polypectomy, yet about 25% of colonoscopies in the U.S. are performed for postpolypectomy surveillance, and the burden is expected to increase with expanding screening colonoscopy practice. Unfortunately, published practice guidelines provide inconsistent surveillance recommendations after polypectomy (from no surveillance to examination every 3 to 5 years). Researchers at the National Cancer Institute surveyed a nationally representative sample of 467 gastroenterologists and 467 general surgeons about management of patients with hyperplastic polyps, small adenomas, or large and multiple adenomas and about the factors that influenced their practices (response…