Abstract
Modem management of the patient with long- standing universal ulcerative colitis is mainly directed toward the prevention of cancer in this high- risk population group. Prophylactic colectomy based on naught but the duration of disease is not a currently acceptable approach since a sub group of patients at greater risk can be identified by histologic study of colonoscopically obtained tissue specimens. The need for colectomy should be based on the endoscopic discovery of colon cancer or a confirmed diagnosis of dysplasia, a known precursor lesion to carcinoma.
| Translated title of the contribution | Colon cancer surveillance in ulcerative colitis |
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| Original language | French |
| Pages (from-to) | 129-136 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Acta Endoscopica |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 1987 |
Keywords
- Cancer
- colon
- colonoscopy
- dysplasia
- endoscopic follow-up
- ulcerative colitis