Endoscopy in asymptomatics previously submitted to anterior resection for colorectal cancer
Aste, H.; Pugliese, V.; Nicolò, G.; Santi, L.
Cancer Detection and Prevention 4(1-4): 417-420
1981
ISSN/ISBN: 0361-090X PMID: 7349804 Document Number: 181793
Eighty-two colonoscopies were performed in 58 asymptomatic subjects previously submitted to anterior resection for colorectal cancer. In 6 patients endoscopy disclosed recurrent cancer at the anastomosis; in 1, a cancer synchronous to the primary neoplasia was detected 6 months from resection. Twenty-four polyps were detected in 19 patients. Severe epithelial dysplasia was present in two adenomatous polyps, and invasive cancer in another. From these findings, it appears that an endoscopic periodic surveillance of this high risk group is strongly advisable.