RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 In-situ and invasive carcinoma of the colon in patients with ulcerative colitis
JF Gut
JO Gut
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Society of Gastroenterology
SP 566
OP 570
DO 10.1136/gut.13.7.566
VO 13
IS 7
A1 Evans, D. J.
A1 Pollock, D. J.
YR 1972
UL http://gut.bmj.com/content/13/7/566.abstract
AB Four cases are described in which ulcerative colitis was complicated by carcinoma and in which the extent of the accompanying in-situ carcinoma (precancer) was determined. The extent of the in-situ carcinoma was very variable and in all cases the rectum was spared in whole or part. Search for in-situ carcinoma in rectal biopsies will fail to indicate the development of malignancy in some patients with ulcerative colitis. Alternative methods of cancer detection in this group are discussed.