Early colorectal cancer--follow-up after endoscopic polypectomy.
Approximately 90% of correctly indicated endoscopic polypectomies for early colorectal cancer, whether invasive or not, are curative, provided strict criteria are adopted in the pathological evaluation of the resected specimen. Unrestricted time surveillance is mandatory since benign (more frequent) or malignant relapses appear in 30-40% of the patients.
Speroni
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AH
Instituto de Estudios Oncologicos, Academia Nacionale de Medicina, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Meiss
R P
RP
Calzona
C
C
Castelletto
R H
RH
Jmelnitzky
A
A
Chopita
N
N
Vaccarezza
C M
CM
Rubio
H H
HH
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003111:Colonic Polyps / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003113:Colonoscopy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*