FORTE is a national colorectal cancer prevention study that aims to answer the following question: Should people who have small and benign colon polyps removed during colonoscopy have a repeat colonoscopy exam in 5 years or in 10 years? This study is needed because the best strategy for the timing of a repeat colonoscopy is not known for people with small polyps.

Project Investigator(s):
Folasade May, MD, PhD

Research Team:
Miriam Dvorsky, MPH

Community Partner(s): The FORTE study is led by NRG Oncology and is a part of the National Clinical Trials Network (NCTN) program, which is sponsored by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). As one of the five research groups in the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) National Clinical Trials Network (NCTN), NRG Oncology is a non-profit research organization that carries out clinical trials on cancers of all types.

Funding Source(s): NRG Oncology

Project Status: Ongoing