Risk factors for colorectal cancer in patients with multiple serrated polyps: a cross-sectional case series from genetics clinics.

Patients with multiple serrated polyps are at an increased risk for developing colorectal cancer (CRC). Recent reports have linked cigarette smoking with the subset of CRC that develops from serrated polyps. The aim of this work therefore was to investigate the association between smoking and the ri...

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Main Authors: Daniel D Buchanan, Kevin Sweet, Musa Drini, Mark A Jenkins, Aung Ko Win, Dallas R English, Michael D Walsh, Mark Clendenning, Diane M McKeone, Rhiannon J Walters, Aedan Roberts, Sally-Ann Pearson, Erika Pavluk, John L Hopper, Michael R Gattas, Jack Goldblatt, Jill George, Graeme K Suthers, Kerry D Phillips, Sonja Woodall, Julie Arnold, Kathy Tucker, Amanda Muir, Michael Field, Sian Greening, Steven Gallinger, Renee Perrier, John A Baron, John D Potter, Robert Haile, Wendy Frankel, Albert de la Chapelle, Finlay Macrae, Christophe Rosty, Neal I Walker, Susan Parry, Joanne P Young
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-07-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2905435?pdf=render