Article
Site specificity of colorectal neoplasms in families without an inherited syndrome.
Gastrointestinal endoscopy - 1 Nov 1999
Zauber P, Lardieri G, Rathouz P J, Khan N, Bishop D T
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Relatives of patients with bowel neoplasia have an increased risk of bowel neoplasia. If there were concordance in location of neoplasia between relatives, then location-specific screening could be used. Such concordance might also assist in the understanding of the etiology of neoplasia within individual families. METHODS: We have investigated the concordance in anatomic location of colonic neoplasia...
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