Surveillance guidelines after removal of colorectal adenomatous polyps
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Surveillance guidelines after removal of colorectal adenomatous polyps.
Most colon cancers are assumed to have a premalignant adenomatous polyp phase, therefore colonoscopic detection and polypectomy provides the opportunity for cancer prevention. Some patients who have undergone colonoscopy and have had adenomas removed are at increased risk of developing colorectal cancer (CRC) in the future, and therefore might benefit from colonoscopic surveillance. However, it...
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Most colon cancers are assumed to have a premalignant adenomatous polyp phase, therefore colonoscopic detection and polypectomy provides the opportunity for cancer prevention. Some patients who have undergone colonoscopy and have had adenomas removed are at increased risk of developing colorectal cancer (CRC) in the future, and therefore might benefit from colonoscopic surveillance. However, it...
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عنوان ژورنال: Gut
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0017-5749
DOI: 10.1136/gut.51.suppl_5.v6