Pouch adenomas in patients with familial
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K. P. Nugent; A. D. Spigelman; R. J. Nicholls; I. C. Talbot; K. Neale; Mr R. K.
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Article
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1993
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) represents a human model of the adenomasarcinoma sequence. Colectomy substantially reduces the cancer risk. Restorative proctocolectomy maintains continence and abolishes the risk of rectal cancer, but there is a price to pay in terms of an increased morbidity ra