Prevalence and relative risk of malignancy in relatives of inflammatory bowel disease patients and control subjects.

doi:10.1097/00004836-199810000-00006

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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

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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 cance...

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Adult
Aged
Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
Colitis, Ulcerative
Colorectal Neoplasms
Crohn Disease
Female
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Risk Assessment

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