Gastroenterology guideline panels should avoid the use of race and ethnicity in their screening recommendations unless they are transparent about the proper context, two experts argued.
These panels should consider more specific variables to determine screening criteria, but also be transparent about the implications of either using race/ethnicity or removing it from a previous recommendation in the future, wrote Shazia M. Siddique, MD, MSHP, of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and Folasade P. May, MD, PhD, of the University of California in Los Angeles in Gastroenterology.