Article
[Polyposis of the colon and cancer].
Khirurgiia - 1 Jan 2004
Kadiian Kh, Stoĭnov S, Penchev P, Mikhova A, Damianov D, Aleksandrova A, Nedin D, Vladimirov B, Draganov V, Tankova L, Gerova V, Tsolova N, Churchev I, Nakov N, Tsancheva M
Abstract excerpt
Polyposis of the colon is a colon cancer predisposition syndrome. Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) accounts for 1% of the cases of inherited colorectal cancer (CRC). The National Register of inherited CRC and polyposis of the intestines keeps track of 18 patients from 14 families with FAP. Eight of them have been operated of CRC, on 6 patients preventive colectomy with ileorectal anastomosis has been done and...
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