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Appendix cancer primary prevention
Introduction
Overview
Overview
There are no established measures for the primary prevention of appendix cancer. Meanwhile selected high risk patients (for example patients with long standing ulcerative colitis, HNPCC, or patients with MEN1) might benefit from endoscopic as well as imaging workups, nevertheless no guideline is available.
Primary Prevention
Primary Prevention
- There are no established measures for the primary prevention of appendix cancer.
- Meanwhile selected high risk patients (for example patients with long standing ulcerative colitis, HNPCC, or patients with MEN1) might benefit from endoscopic as well as imaging workups, nevertheless no guideline is available.[1][2]
References
References
- ↑ Q. Y. Duh, C. P. Hybarger, R. Geist, G. Gamsu, P. C. Goodman, G. A. Gooding & O. H. Clark (1987). “Carcinoids associated with multiple endocrine neoplasia syndromes”. American journal of surgery. 154 (1): 142–148. PMID 2886072. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ Odze RD, Medline P, Cohen Z (1994). “Adenocarcinoma arising in an appendix involved with chronic ulcerative colitis”. Am J Gastroenterol. 89 (10): 1905–7. PMID 7942699.
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