Sessile serrated polyps of the colorectum are rare in patients with Lynch syndrome and in familial colorectal cancer families

Familial Cancer

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 157-162

  Andersen, S H ^a   Lykke, E ^a   Folker, M B ^a   Bernstein, I ^a   Holck, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Carcinogenesis; HNPCC; Lynch syndrome; Sessile serrated adenoma; Sessile serrated polyp

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; COLON POLYP; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL CANCER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; RECTUM ADENOMA;

ADULT; AGED; COLONIC POLYPS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL POLYPS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RECTUM; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 45749088536     PISSN: 13899600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10689-007-9163-7     Document Type: Article

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