The risk of colorectal cancer in ulcerative colitis: a meta-analysis

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Authors

Jayne Eaden · Leicester General Hospital

J F Mayberry · Leicester General Hospital

Abstract

Using new meta-analysis techniques we determined the risk of CRC in UC by decade of disease and defined the risk in pancolitics and children. We found a non-significant increase in risk over time and estimated how risk varies with geography.

Topics & Keywords

Inflammatory Bowel Disease Liver Diseases and Immunity Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Gut

Volume 48, Issue 4, pp. 526-535

DOI: 10.1136/gut.48.4.526

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