Open AccessMalignancies in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Author(s) -
Thomas Greuter,
Stephan R. Vavricka,
Alexander König,
Laurent Beaugerie,
Michael Scharl
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
digestion
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.882
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1421-9867
pISSN - 0012-2823
DOI - 10.1159/000509544
Subject(s) - medicine , inflammatory bowel disease , cancer , immunosuppression , colorectal cancer , skin cancer , azathioprine , ulcerative colitis , immunology , lymphoma , gastroenterology , primary sclerosing cholangitis , disease
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic inflammatory disorder, primarily of, but not restricted to, the gut. Association between IBD and cancer has been clearly established and is uniformly accepted.