Open AccessRisk of cancer, with special reference to extra-intestinal malignancies, in patients with inflammatory bowel disease
Author(s) -
Alicia Algaba,
Iván Guerra,
Ángel Castaño,
Gema de la Poza,
Victor Manuel Castellano,
Montserrat López,
Fernando Bermejo
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v19.i48.9359
Subject(s) - medicine , inflammatory bowel disease , gastroenterology , population , incidence (geometry) , cancer , cumulative incidence , relative risk , colorectal cancer , disease , cohort , confidence interval , physics , environmental health , optics
To determine the incidence and characteristics of intestinal and extra-intestinal cancers among patients with inflammatory bowel disease in a Spanish hospital and to compare them with those of the local population.