Risk of developing colorectal cancer and benign colorectal neoplasm in patients with chronic constipation
Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics2014Vol. 40(1), pp. 83–92
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A. Guérin, Reema Mody, Beverly Fok, Karen Lasch, Zheng‐Yi Zhou, E.Q. Wu, Weiling Zhou, Nicholas J. Talley
Abstract
Patients with chronic constipation are associated with significantly higher prevalence and incidence of colorectal cancer and benign colorectal neoplasm than matched chronic constipation-free patients. These risks increase with the severity of chronic constipation.
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