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ea0019p266 | Pituitary | SFEBES2009

Fifteen years experience of repeated colonoscopic screening of patients with acromegaly shows a high incidence of new colonic neoplasia and allows for effective screening guidelines

Dworakowska D , Gueorguiev M , Kelly P , Grossman AB , Monson JP , Besser GM , Chew SL , Akker S , Drake WM , Fairclough PD , Jenkins PJ

Introduction: Patients with acromegaly have an increased risk of colorectal cancer and pre-malignant adenomatous polyps; however the frequency of colonoscopic screening remains unclear.Aims: To determine optimum frequency for repeated colonoscopy of acromegalic patients.Methods: Since 1992, 254 patients (mean age 56.6 years) at our centre have undergone at least one fibre-optic colonoscopic surveillance; 156, 60 and 15 patients hav...

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Fifteen years experience of repeated colonoscopic screening of patients with acromegaly shows a high incidence of new colonic neoplasia and allows for effective screening guidelines

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