Open AccessLong-Term Follow-Up of Patients with Malignant Pedunculated Colon Polyps after Colonoscopic Polypectomy
Author(s) -
Hugh James Freeman
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
canadian journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1916-7237
pISSN - 0835-7900
DOI - 10.1155/2013/380389
Subject(s) - medicine , polypectomy , colonoscopy , colorectal cancer , adenoma , cancer , stage (stratigraphy) , gastroenterology , endoscopic mucosal resection , carcinoma , lymph node , surgery , endoscopy , paleontology , biology
Previously published studies have suggested that patients with resected colon cancer have an increased risk for early metachronous colon cancer. Current screening guidelines recommend intense surveillance by colonoscopy for the initial five years after the initial colon cancer has been resected. Information regarding endoscopically removed malignant polyps is limited.
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