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Strategies for detecting colon cancer in patients with inflammatory bowel disease
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Background
Patients with longstanding ulcerative colitis and colonic Crohn’s disease have an increased risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) compared with the general population. This review assessed the evidence that endoscopic surveillance may prolong life by allowing earlier detection of CRC or its pre-cursor lesion, dysplasia, in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
Objectives
To assess the effectiveness of cancer surveillance programs for diagnosis of IB...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1002/14651858.CD000279.pub4
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- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Journal:
- Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews More from this journal
- Publication date:
- 2017-09-18
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1465-1858
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- Cochrane Collaboration
- Copyright date:
- 2017
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- Copyright © 2017 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. This is the published version of the article. This is also available online from Wiley at: https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD000279.pub4
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