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Malignant polyps of the colon and rectum: A clinicopathologic study

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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The management of colorectal polyps should be highly individualized. In arriving at a therapeutic decision concerning the treatment of invasive carcinomas arising in colonic polyps, one should have a basic knowledge of the polyps' malignant potential and propensity to metastasize. It is optimal to confirm the presence of invasive malignancy by excisional biopsy examination and weigh the risk of the patient's having involved lymph nodes against the risk of undertaking radical operative treatment. The results reported here give an accurate indication of the risks of metastatic nodal involvement in different types of polyps containing invasive carcinoma.

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  1. T. Coutsoftides M.D.

    Present address: Department of Surgery, University of California, Irvine and Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital, Long Beach, California

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  1. Departments of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Gastroenterology and Pathology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, 44106, Cleveland, Ohio

    T. Coutsoftides M.D., I. Lavery M.B., B.S., F.R.A.C.S., S. P. Benjamin M.D. & M. V. Sivak Jr. M.D.

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Coutsoftides, T., Lavery, I., Benjamin, S.P. et al. Malignant polyps of the colon and rectum: A clinicopathologic study. Dis Colon Rectum 22, 82–86 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02586766

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