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Colorectal cancer in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
Clinical colorectal cancer - 1 Jan 2005
Vagefi Parsia A, Longo Walter E
Abstract excerpt
Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are subject to increased risks for the development of colorectal cancer (CRC), risks that are attributed to the duration and anatomic extent of disease in patients with ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. Although IBD contributes only 1%-2% to all cases of CRC, the mortality rate in patients with a diagnosis of CRC in the setting of IBD is higher than for those...
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