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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Winawer, Sidney J
• Zauber, Ann G
• O'Brien, Michael J
• Ho, May Nah
• Gottlieb, Leonard
• Sternberg, Stephen S
• Waye, Jerome D
• Bond, John
• Schapiro, Melvin
• Stewart, Edward T
• Panish, Joel
• Ackroyd, Fred
• Kurtz, Robert C
• Shike, Moshe

Titel

Randomized Comparison of Surveillance Intervals after Colonoscopic Removal of Newly Diagnosed Adenomatous Polyps

Ist Teil von

• The New England journal of medicine, 1993-04, Vol.328 (13), p.901-906

Ort / Verlag

Boston, MA: Massachusetts Medical Society

Erscheinungsjahr

1993

Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Adenomatous polyps have been identified with increasing frequency in recent years as a result of the introduction of screening with tests of stool for occult blood and flexible-instrument sigmoidoscopy and wider use of colonoscopy, colonoscopic polypectomy, and double-contrast barium enemas. It is widely held that adenomatous polyps are precursors of colorectal cancer and that their removal is important because of its potential for reducing the incidence and mortality of colorectal cancer 1 – 5 . These concepts have formed the basis for the removal of adenomatous polyps on detection and for the implementation of follow-up surveillance programs 6 – 10 . Periodic surveillance examinations . . .