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Has the risk of colorectal cancer in inflammatory bowel disease decreased?
World journal of gastroenterology - 21 Nov 2013
Andersen Nynne Nyboe, Jess Tine
Abstract excerpt
The association between inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and colorectal cancer (CRC) has been acknowledged for almost a century and is assumedly promoted by a chronic inflammation-driven carcinogenic process in the intestine in combination with a genetic predisposition. The magnitude of the risk of CRC in IBD remains a continuing subject of debate. The early, high risk estimates for CRC in IBD were most likely...
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