Lesions of all types exist in colon polyps of all sizes

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 303-306

  Turner, Kevin O ^a,b   Genta, Robert M ^a,b   Sonnenberg, Amnon ^c,d  

^a MIRACA LIFE SCIENCES   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOMA; ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CARCINOID; COLON POLYP; DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HAMARTOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERPLASTIC POLYP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; POLYP SIZE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS DYSPLASIA; TUBULOVILLOUS ADENOMA; AGED; COLON TUMOR; COLONOSCOPY; HYPERPLASIA; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PRECANCER; TUMOR VOLUME; VILLOUS ADENOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOMA; ADENOMA, VILLOUS; ADENOMATOUS POLYPS; AGED; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 85042500137     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2017.439     Document Type: Article

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