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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-12-27
pubmed:abstractText
A case-control study was conducted involving 145 patients with breast cancer and 144 controls. A pansigmoidoscopy was performed in each case and control. There was no statistically significant difference in the length of the colon explored (cases, 50.3 cm; controls, 48.9). The odds ratio for adenomatous polyps was 2.65 (confidence limits, 1.56 and 3.74). As adenomas of the colon can be considered as precursors of colon cancer, this study demonstrates new evidence of the close relationship between breast and colon cancer. These results show the usefulness of performing a pansigmoidoscopy in all breast cancer patients and, if positive, the removal of all of the polyps through the colonoscope.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0008-543X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
54
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2568-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Breast cancer and polyps of the colon. A case-control study.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article