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There is insufficient evidence to recommend routine screening for appendiceal cancers. | There is insufficient evidence to recommend routine screening for appendiceal cancers. Meanwhile patients with certain conditions like familial cancer syndromes as well as patients with long standing chronic inflammatory disease like [[ulcerative colitis]] might drive a benefit from appropriate GI screenings according to the specific guidelines for their specific conditions.<ref name="pmid7942699">{{cite journal| author=Odze RD, Medline P, Cohen Z| title=Adenocarcinoma arising in an appendix involved with chronic ulcerative colitis. | journal=Am J Gastroenterol | year= 1994 | volume= 89 | issue= 10 | pages= 1905-7 | pmid=7942699 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=7942699 }} </ref> | ||
==Screening== | ==Screening== | ||
*There is insufficient evidence to recommend routine screening for appendiceal cancers. Meanwhile patients with certain conditions like familial cancer syndromes as well as patients with long standing chronic inflammatory disease like [[ulcerative colitis]] might drive a benefit from appropriate GI screenings according to the specific guidelines for their specific conditions.<ref name="pmid7942699">{{cite journal| author=Odze RD, Medline P, Cohen Z| title=Adenocarcinoma arising in an appendix involved with chronic ulcerative colitis. | journal=Am J Gastroenterol | year= 1994 | volume= 89 | issue= 10 | pages= 1905-7 | pmid=7942699 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=7942699 }} </ref> | *There is insufficient evidence to recommend routine screening for appendiceal cancers. Meanwhile patients with certain conditions like familial cancer syndromes as well as patients with long standing chronic inflammatory disease like [[ulcerative colitis]] might drive a benefit from appropriate GI screenings according to the specific guidelines for their specific conditions.<ref name="pmid7942699">{{cite journal| author=Odze RD, Medline P, Cohen Z| title=Adenocarcinoma arising in an appendix involved with chronic ulcerative colitis. | journal=Am J Gastroenterol | year= 1994 | volume= 89 | issue= 10 | pages= 1905-7 | pmid=7942699 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=7942699 }} </ref> | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Soroush Seifirad, M.D.[2]
Overview
There is insufficient evidence to recommend routine screening for appendiceal cancers. Meanwhile patients with certain conditions like familial cancer syndromes as well as patients with long standing chronic inflammatory disease like ulcerative colitis might drive a benefit from appropriate GI screenings according to the specific guidelines for their specific conditions.[1]
Screening
- There is insufficient evidence to recommend routine screening for appendiceal cancers. Meanwhile patients with certain conditions like familial cancer syndromes as well as patients with long standing chronic inflammatory disease like ulcerative colitis might drive a benefit from appropriate GI screenings according to the specific guidelines for their specific conditions.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Odze RD, Medline P, Cohen Z (1994). "Adenocarcinoma arising in an appendix involved with chronic ulcerative colitis". Am J Gastroenterol. 89 (10): 1905–7. PMID 7942699.