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Colon Polyps - References

Citations

  1. Mandel JS, et al. (2000). The effect of fecal-occult blood screening on the incidence of colorectal cancer. New England Journal of Medicine, 343(22): 1603–1607.

  2. Lieberman DA, Weiss DG (2001). One-time screening for colorectal cancer with combined fecal occult-blood testing and examination of the distal colon. New England Journal of Medicine, 345(8): 555–560.

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  4. Itzkowitz SH, Rochester J (2006). Colonic polyps and polyposis syndromes. In M Feldman et al., eds., Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease, 8th ed., vol. 2, pp. 2713–2757. Philadelphia: Saunders/Elsevier.

  5. Gatto NM, et al. (2003). Risk of perforation after colonoscopy and sigmoidoscopy: A population-based study. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 95(3): 230–236.

  6. Bond JH, et al. (2000). Polyp guidelines: Diagnosis, treatment, and surveillance for patients with colorectal polyps. American Journal of Gastroenterology, 95(11): 3053–3063.

Other Works Consulted

  • Bresalier RS (2006). Malignant neoplasms of the large intestine. In M Feldman et al., eds., Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease, 8th ed., vol. 2, pp. 2759–2810. Philadelphia: Saunders/Elsevier.

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Last Updated: May 14, 2007
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