Risk of Advanced Neoplasia in First-Degree Relatives with Colorectal Cancer: A Large Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study.

Risk of Advanced Neoplasia in First-Degree Relatives with Colorectal Cancer: A Large Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study.

First-degree relatives (FDR) of patients with colorectal cancer have a higher risk of developing colorectal cancer than the general population. For this reason, screening guidelines recommend colonoscopy every 5 or 10 y, starting at the age of 40, depending on whether colorectal cancer in the index-...

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Main Authors: Enrique Quintero, Marta Carrillo, Maria-Liz Leoz, Joaquin Cubiella, Carla Gargallo, Angel Lanas, Luis Bujanda, Antonio Z Gimeno-García, Manuel Hernández-Guerra, David Nicolás-Pérez, Inmaculada Alonso-Abreu, Juan Diego Morillas, Francesc Balaguer, Alfonso Muriel, Oncology Group of the Asociación Española de Gastroenterología (AEG)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-05-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4854417?pdf=render

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