00:00People with inflammatory bowel disease face a higher risk of bowel cancer.
00:04A new UK study looked at how their cancer checks are being done.
00:07It is the first UK-wide analysis of its kind, and the largest globally.
00:12Researchers led by the University of Edinburgh studied almost 16,000 procedures from 2024.
00:19Fewer than one in five endoscopists did the checks at least monthly.
00:23Yet that small group carried out 57% of procedures.
00:27Three factors were linked to finding more polyps.
00:29Some of which may become cancer.
00:31They were regular experience, more time for the procedure, and a special dye.
00:36The database did not include lab results for removed polyps.
00:39So it cannot show whether the differences led to fewer cancers.
00:43The next step is testing whether protected time improves detection.
00:47For people with IBD, how a check is done may matter as much as having one.
00:51Disclosure.
00:52This video contains stock footage and content created or enhanced using AI-assisted tools.
