Colorectal Cancer Chemoprevention by Mesalazine and Its Derivatives

Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) face an increased lifetime risk of developing colorectal cancer (CRC). Independent factors associated with increased risk include long disease duration, extensive colonic involvement, young age at onset of IBD, severity of inflammation, primary sclerosi...

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Main Authors: Stolfi, Carmine, Pallone, Francesco, Monteleone, Giovanni
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3373216/