Abstract:Introduction: An increasing incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC) in young patients has been well noted. The risk of metachronous advanced neoplasia (AN) in younger patients with CRC in the absence of hereditary syndromes in comparison to older patients is not well defined. Identifying high risk subgroups would provide a customized surveillance strategy which would increase cost-effectiveness. Therefore, this study aims to identify CRC patients at increased risk for metachronous AN for surveillance risk stratif… Show more
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