”18 Societies in the United States have taken a more conservative approach. The CCFA 20043 guidelines endorse chromoendoscopy in appropriately trained endoscopists. The AGA 20102 guidelines state that chromoendoscopy with targeted biopsies is a reasonable alternative to white-light endoscopy for endoscopists EPZ015666 ic50 experienced in this technique. The ACG 20104 guidelines state that the natural history of dysplastic lesions

detected by chromoendoscopy is unknown, and that it is premature to endorse chromoendoscopy in low-risk patients without longer-term follow-up data. However, chromoendoscopy may be of value for the follow-up of “higher-risk” patients, such as those with known dysplasia or indefinite for dysplasia not undergoing colectomy, and to ensure that detected lesions are adequately resected. The ASGE

IBD guidelines are currently under revision, but the recently published ASGE tissue-sampling guidelines43 endorse chromoendoscopy with targeted biopsies as an option to optimize dysplasia detection with standard white-light endoscopy when the expertise is available. The BSG, NICE, and ECCO guidelines, while endorsing chromoendoscopy with targeted biopsies as the preferred surveillance technique, further state that the yield of random biopsies of normal-appearing mucosa is low.1, 6 and 18 The CCA recommends NVP-BKM120 manufacturer obtaining histologic staging biopsies, as histologic inflammation is a risk factor for IBD-CRN and is used for risk stratification, but do not definitively state that random biopsies are not required.8 The CCA guidelines recommend that in cases where the yield of chromoendoscopy is reduced, such as with a poor preparation, significant

postinflammatory polyps, or significant underlying inflammation, Buspirone HCl random mucosal sampling may be indicated.8 Almost all guidelines that endorse chromoendoscopy do so with the caveat “for appropriately trained endoscopists” or “when the expertise is available.” The New Zealand Guidelines Group,16 which overall endorses the NICE guidelines for surveillance in IBD, states that chromoendoscopy is not available in New Zealand and thus was not considered for the guidelines. It is now incumbent on the training programs and GI professional societies to train endoscopists in the use of chromoendoscopy for the optimal detection of polypoid and nonpolypoid neoplasia.9 The main utility of chromoendoscopy, as stated in the ECCO consensus document, is its ability to “highlight subtle changes in the architecture of the colonic mucosa,”18 thus increasing dysplasia detection. Chromoendoscopy can also highlight surface crypt architectural abnormalities, and has been used to guide management of detected lesions.