Endoscopic surveillance guidelines for individuals with a personal history of rectal cancer
- Colonoscopy at time of surgical resection
- Colonoscopy at 1 year and 4 years after resection and then at 5-year intervals
- Flexible sigmoidoscopy every 6 months for the first 2 years postoperatively for patients who did not receive pelvic radiation or those who underwent nonmesorectal resection
