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Polyposis patients face 4 times the cancer risk for unaffected adults

Jenny Blair   |   Clinical Summary   |   17 May 2023
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Key finding

Colorectal cancer accounts for most of the elevated cancer risk faced by patients with familial adenomatous polyposis, but other digestive-system cancers may also be more common in these patients. Conducted by a Danish research team, the study appeared in Gastroenterology .

Implications and/or background

The inevitability of colorectal ...

          

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