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Risk Factors for Sessile Serrated Adenomas

DOI

115

Citations

0

References

2011

Year

Joseph C. Anderson, Priya Rangasamy, Tarun Rustagi, Matthew Myers, Melinda Sanders, Haleh Vaziri, George Wu, John Birk, Petr Protiva
Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Abstract

Our data suggest that smoking at least 20 pack-years is strongly associated with any and large SSAs. In addition, diabetes mellitus and obesity seem to be associated with SSAs as well. Our data has implications for CRC screening.