Multiple primary cancer of the large intestine in patients with diffuse polyposis
Nikitin, A.M.; Kim, S.D.; Baranov, O.N.; Beselev, V.I.; Chubarev
Voprosy Onkologii 36(7): 826-831
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0507-3758 PMID: 2399662 Document Number: 353348
Primary multiple cancer of the colon was diagnosed in 116 out of 636 (18.2%) cases of diffuse polyposis of the organ. Cancer was more likely to develop in patients with proliferative forms of diffuse colonic polyposis (97.4%). Surgical procedure was determined by tumor site and extent of polyposis.