[The role of endoscopic polypectomy in the prevention of cancer of the colon].
After briefly analyzing the concept and genesis of dysplasia starting with the normal large bowel cell and then illustrating the polyp-carcinoma sequence, the authors report on their experience with 283 endoscopic polypectomies in a total of 1.875 patients undergoing endoscopy of the rectum, sigmoid and large bowel since 1980. Forty-nine polyps presented severe dysplasia, and 38 had already degenerated to carcinoma; nine of the carcinomas had invaded the stalk and the patients were subjected to resection of the colon and mesocolon, lymph-node metastases being observed in 1 case.
Tognoli
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Ospedale di Desenzano del Garda (Brescia), Divisione di Chirurgia.
Astuni
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M
Zampriolo
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P
Pasolini
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E
Bianchi
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P
Fantoni
P A
PA
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002278:Carcinoma in Situ / Q000517:prevention & control; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004724:Endoscopy; D006801:Humans; D007417:Intestinal Polyps / Q000601:surgery*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008875:Middle Aged
Il ruolo della polipectomia endoscopica nella prevenzione del cancro del colon.