**7. Conclusion**

Colon capsule endoscopy has come a long way in a very short time. Technological develop‐ ments are so rapid that studies performed in the years 2006 and 2007 with the first genera‐ tion of colon capsules are already outdated. Second generation colon capsule endoscopy has a diagnostic sensitivity of 89% or higher to identify patients with polyps equal to or larger than 5 mm. In addition to this high sensitivity colon capsule endoscopy is non invasive, painless, protects one's privacy, may be offered in the future as an out of clinic (or possibly home procedure) and for all these reasons may increase adherence rates to participate in co‐ lon cancer screening. Therefore colon capsule endoscopy may become clinically important to practicing gastroenterologists.
