Prevention of Colorectal Cancer by Colonoscopic Polypectomy

J. Winawer, Sidney; G. Zauber, Ann; Nah Ho, May; J. O’Brien, Michael; S. Gottlieb, Leonard; S. Sternberg, Stephen; D. Waye, Jerome; Schapiro, Melvin; H. Bond, John; F. Panish, Joel; W. Ackroyd, Frederick; Shike, Moshe; C. Kurtz, Robert; Hornsby-Lewis, L.; Gerdes, Hans; T. Stewart, Edward

doi:10.1056/nejm199312303292701

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Prevention of Colorectal Cancer by Colonoscopic Polypectomy

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Dec 30, 1993

Authors:

Sidney J. Winawer

Ann G. Zauber

May Nah Ho

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The current practice of removing adenomatous polyps of the colon and rectum is based on the belief that this will prevent colorectal cancer. To address the hypothesis that colonoscopic polypectomy reduces the incidence of colorectal cancer, we analyzed the results of the National Polyp S...

Subject

Medicine

Colonoscopy

Colorectal cancer

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