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ea0046p5 | (1) | UKINETS2016

Incidence and characteristics of Ileo-colonic neuroendocrine tumours identified in the UK bowel cancer screening programme

Basuroy Ron , Srirajaskanthan Rajaventhan , O'Donnell Katie , Brooks Corrine , Ramage John

Background: Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in the UK this had led to development of the bowel cancer screening programmes (BCSPs). It is known that ileo-colonic NETs are increasing in incidence in part thought to be related to increased endoscopy. There are few epidemiological data on rectal or ileal NETs diagnosed in BCSPs. This study aims to identify the number of NETs diagnosed through the UK BCSP.Methods: UK bowel cancer colonoscop...