| Autor: |
Gyde SN; North Birmingham Health Authority, Good Hope Hospital, Birmingham, U.K. |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology. Supplement [Scand J Gastroenterol Suppl] 1989; Vol. 170, pp. 79-80; discussion 79-80. |
| DOI: |
10.3109/00365528909091360 |
| Abstrakt: |
There is convincing evidence that patients with ulcerative colitis carry a higher risk of developing colorectal cancer than the general population. This risk is as high as 19-fold that in the general population. The results of the Birmingham study (Gut 1988, 29, 206-217) suggest that extensive colitis patients have a genetic predisposition for colorectal cancer and that long-standing inflammation is not of primary importance in the initiation/promotion of cancer in this disease. Population-based studies, although difficult to carry out, should be the epidemiologic method of choice for determining the risk of cancer in future studies. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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