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Increased risk of breast cancer in first-degree relatives of Crohn's disease patients. An IG-IBD study.
Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver - 1 Jan 2006
Riegler G, Caserta L, Castiglione F, Esposito I, Valpiani D, Annese V, Zoli G, Gionchetti P, Viscido A, Sturniolo G C, Rispo A, De Filippo F R, de Leone A, Carratu R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Increased rates of colorectal cancer have been reported in patients with ulcerative colitis as well as with Crohn's colitis. This risk could be the result of shared genetic susceptibility and could be co-inherited rather than being just secondary to a long-standing, extensive mucosal inflammation. AIM: To assess the prevalence of all malignancies in first-degree relatives of Crohn's disease patients...
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