Earlier surveillance colonoscopy programme improves survival in patients with ulcerative colitis associated colorectal cancer: results of a 23-year surveillance programme in the Japanese population

Patients with long-standing ulcerative colitis (UC) are known to have an increased risk for the development of colorectal cancer (CRC). The aim of this study was to clarify the cumulative risk for the development of dysplasia or invasive cancer and the effectiveness of surveillance colonoscopy in th...

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Autores principales: Hata, K, Watanabe, T, Kazama, S, Suzuki, K, Shinozaki, M, Yokoyama, T, Matsuda, K, Muto, T, Nagawa, H
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2394323/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14520452
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6601247

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