Article
Prevalence and relative risk of malignancy in relatives of inflammatory bowel disease patients and control subjects.
Journal of clinical gastroenterology - 1 Oct 1998
Riegler G, Carratù R, Tartaglione M, Morace F, Manzione R, Arimoli A
Abstract excerpt
The relation between inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and colorectal cancer (CRC) is not clearly defined. Some investigators suggest that patients with extensive colitis have a genetic predisposition to CRC and that long-standing inflammation is not of primary importance in the promotion of cancer. We have assessed any increased risk of colon cancer in the relatives of IBD patients. We studied the prevalence of...
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