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Synchronous colorectal neoplasms in patients with colorectal cancer: predisposing individual and familial factors.
Diseases of the colon and rectum - 1 Jul 2004
Piñol Virgínia, Andreu Montserrat, Castells Antoni, Payá Artemio, Bessa Xavier, Jover Rodrigo
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PURPOSE: Patients with colorectal cancer have an increased risk for developing synchronous and metachronous neoplasms. However, besides those cases with inherited disorders predisposing to tumor multicentricity, it is unknown which patients are prone to this condition. This study was designed to identify individual and familial characteristics associated with the development of synchronous colorectal neoplasms in...
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