Cancer in inflammatory bowel disease
DR Bachwich, GR Lichtenstein, PG Traber - Medical Clinics of North …, 1994 - Elsevier
Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (! BD), either ulcerative colitis (UC) or Crohn's
disease (CD), are at increased risk for the development of gastrointestinal carcinoma.
Controversy surrounds estimates of the magnitude of this risk and the methods employed to
reduce the risk of cancer in these patients. No study has documented a substantially
increased rate of extraintestinal malignancies in the! BD patient population. This article
reviews the best estimates of this increased cancer risk, the biology of colorectal …
disease (CD), are at increased risk for the development of gastrointestinal carcinoma.
Controversy surrounds estimates of the magnitude of this risk and the methods employed to
reduce the risk of cancer in these patients. No study has documented a substantially
increased rate of extraintestinal malignancies in the! BD patient population. This article
reviews the best estimates of this increased cancer risk, the biology of colorectal …