Protection From Right- and Left-Sided Colorectal Neoplasms After Colonoscopy: Population-Based Study

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Authors

Hermann Brenner · Krebsregister Saarland

Michael Hoffmeister · Krebsregister Saarland

Volker Arndt · Krebsregister Saarland

C Stegmaier · Heidelberg University

L Altenhofen · German Cancer Research Center

Ulrike Haug · German Cancer Research Center

Abstract

Prevalence of left-sided advanced colorectal neoplasms, but not right-sided advanced neoplasms, was strongly reduced within a 10-year period after colonoscopy, even in the community setting.

Topics & Keywords

Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volume 102, Issue 2, pp. 89-95

DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djp436

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