Endoscopy 1988; 20(1): 18-20
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1018118
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Early Colorectal Cancer - Follow-up after Endoscopic Polypectomy

A.H. Speroni1 , R.P. Meiss1 , C. Calzona2 , R.H. Castelletto2 , A. Jmelnitzky2 , N. Chopita2 , C.M. Vaccarezza1 , H.H. Rubio1
  • 1Instituto de Estudios Oncologicos, Academia Nacionale de Medicina, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • 2Hospital San Martin de la Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Publication Date:
17 March 2008 (online)

Summary

Approximately 90 % of correctly indicated endoscopic polypectomies for early colorectal cancer, whether invasive or not, are curative, provided strict criteria are adopted in the pathological evaluation of the resected specimen. Unrestricted time surveillance is mandatory since benign (more frequent) or malignant relapses appear in 30-40 % of the patients.

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