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[Megas and cancer. Cancer of the large intestine in chagasic patients with megacolon].
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Large BowelSurgical OncologyGastroenterologyPathologySurgeryUpper Gastrointestinal SurgeryChagasic PatientsOncologyGastrointestinal OncologySurgical PathologyLarge IntestineCancer ResearchHistopathologyColorectal CancerMegacolon ChagasicDigestive System DiseasesTumoral PathologyMalignant TumorsGastrointestinal PathologyMedicine
This is a review of 4.690 necropsies and 24.209 surgical pathology specimens describing the association between megacolon chagasic and malignant tumors of the large bowel. The prevalence of malignant tumors of the large bowel was not higher in megacolon.