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Colorectal cancer risk greater in adenoma patients, Netherlands study shows

Published in Drug Week, September 10th, 2004

When compared to the general population, researchers from the Netherlands found that adenoma patients are at greater risk for colorectal cancer.

"Colorectal cancer incidence after adenoma removal has been studied in selected populations of adenoma patients. Our study estimates the trend in colorectal cancer incidence after adenoma removal in actual clinical practice," reported F. Loeve and colleagues.

They continued, "From PALGA, a nationwide network and registry of histo- and cytopathology in the Netherlands, we extracted data of all patients diagnosed with colorectal adenomas between I January 1988 and I October 1998."

"The data...

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