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SUBMITTER: Win AK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3488375 | biostudies-literature | 2012 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Win Aung Ko AK Walters Rhiannon J RJ Buchanan Daniel D DD Jenkins Mark A MA Sweet Kevin K Frankel Wendy L WL de la Chapelle Albert A McKeone Diane M DM Walsh Michael D MD Clendenning Mark M Pearson Sally-Ann SA Pavluk Erika E Nagler Belinda B Hopper John L JL Gattas Michael R MR Goldblatt Jack J George Jill J Suthers Graeme K GK Phillips Kerry D KD Woodall Sonja S Arnold Julie J Tucker Kathy K Field Michael M Greening Sian S Gallinger Steve S Aronson Melyssa M Perrier Renee R Woods Michael O MO Green Jane S JS Walker Neal N Rosty Christophe C Parry Susan S Young Joanne P JP
The American journal of gastroenterology 20120424 5
<h4>Objectives</h4>Serrated polyposis (hyperplastic polyposis) is characterized by multiple polyps with serrated architecture in the colorectum. Although patients with serrated polyposis are known to be at increased risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) and possibly extracolonic cancers, cancer risk for their relatives has not been widely explored. The aim of this study was to estimate the risks of CRC and extracolonic cancers for relatives of patients with serrated polyposis.<h4>Methods</h4>A cohort ...[more]