Open AccessElevated Risk for Sessile Serrated Polyps in African Americans with Endometrial Polyps
Author(s) -
Hassan Ashktorab,
Zaki A. Sherif,
Taraneh Tarjoman,
Saman Azam,
Edward Lee,
Babak Shokrani,
Ifeanyichukwu Okereke,
Akbar Soleimani,
John M. Carethers,
Adeyinka O. Laiyemo,
Farshad Aduli,
Mehdi Nouraie,
Aida Habtezion,
Hassan Brim
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
digestive diseases and sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1573-2568
pISSN - 0163-2116
DOI - 10.1007/s10620-019-05991-y
Subject(s) - medicine , colonoscopy , gastroenterology , odds ratio , colorectal cancer , hepatology , sigmoid colon , logistic regression , hyperplastic polyp , adenoma , tubular adenoma , rectum , cancer
Colorectal and endometrial lesions increase with age. It is not known if these two precursor lesions in sporadic cases associate with each other.