Open AccessRectal Cancer Risk in Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer After Abdominal Colectomy
Author(s) -
Miguel A. Rodrı́guez-Bigas,
Hans F. A. Vasen,
Jukka Pekka-Mecklin,
T Myrhøj,
Paul Rozen,
Lucio Bertario,
H Järvinen,
Jeremy R. Jass,
Kazufumi Kunitomo,
Tadashi Nomizu,
Deborah L. Driscoll
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-199702000-00008
Subject(s) - medicine , colorectal cancer , rectum , colectomy , incidence (geometry) , cancer , risk factor , surgery , gastroenterology , physics , optics
The authors analyzed the incidence of rectal cancer in patients with hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) after an abdominal colectomy.