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Cancer Surveillance in Ulcerative Colitis

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The purpose of this study was to determine if colonoscopic surveillance for the detection of dysplasia is an appropriate approach to assess the risk of development of colonic cancer in patients with long-standing ulcerative colitis.

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Rankin, G.B., Farmer, R.G., Petras, R., Sivak, M.V., Sullivan, B. (1986). Cancer Surveillance in Ulcerative Colitis. In: Rachmilewitz, D. (eds) Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 1986. Developments in Gastroenterology, vol 8. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4269-1_15

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