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Sessile serrated adenomas in the proximal colon are likely to be flat, large and occur in smokers.
World journal of gastroenterology - 28 Aug 2013
Rustagi Tarun, Rangasamy Priya, Myers Matthew, Sanders Melinda, Vaziri Haleh, Wu George Y, Birk John W, Protiva Petr, Anderson Joseph C
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AIM: To examine the epidemiology and the morphology of the proximal sessile serrated adenomas (SSAs). METHODS: We conducted a retrospective study to identify patients with SSAs using a university-based hospital pathology database query from January 2007 to April 2011. Data collected included: age, gender, ethnicity, body mass index, diabetes, smoking, family history of colorectal cancer, aspirin, and statin use....
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