Innovative Approach to Detect Recurrent Colorectal Lesions With Surveillance Via Mutation Analysis & Clinical Phenotype

The aim of this prospective study is to identify patients with recurrent colorectal lesions risk and try to design an optimal intervals of surveillance colonoscopies, especially in the high-risk group of patients, using mutation and clinical-pathologic phenotype. The partial goals are: 1. Determination of the mutation profile and mutation burden in 200 patients based on examination of all their index and synchronous lesions found during index colonoscopy using an established PCR/DCE-based heteroduplex method. 2. Clinical and histopathological evaluation and mutational profiling of all metachronous lesions found during five-year surveillance period. 3. Correlation of clinical and histopathological parameters with mutational phenotype of patient. 4. Correlation of patient's mutational phenotype with an occurrence of metachronous lesion/s during surveillance period. 5. Comparison of the mutation profile of lesions from the index period withthe mutation profile of metachronous lesions. 6. Analysis of the similarity of the mutation profile of lesions found in the same / close areas of the colorectum.