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Polyps and Cancer of the Large Bowel

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Pathology of the Gastro-Intestinal Tract

Part of the book series: Current Topics in Pathology ((CT PATHOLOGY,volume 63))

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The title of this chapter bears within it a major reason for both our delay in understanding the adenoma-carcinoma relationship and for mismanagement of some patients presenting with one or more polypoid lesions of the colon and rectum.

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Enterline, H.T. (1976). Polyps and Cancer of the Large Bowel. In: Morson, B.C. (eds) Pathology of the Gastro-Intestinal Tract. Current Topics in Pathology, vol 63. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66481-6_4

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