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Long-term risk of adenocarcinoma post-ileal pouch–anal anastomosis for ulcerative colitis: report of two cases and review of the literature

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Acknowledgments

Dr O’Riordan is supported by the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Travel Grant for 2010, The Postgraduate Traveling Fellowship in Surgery from Trinity College Dublin for 2009/2010, The Ethicon Foundation Travel Grant for 2010, and a travel grant from Covidien Ireland.

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  1. Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    James M. O’Riordan, Maryam Mohseni, Robin S. McLeod & Zane Cohen

  2. Division of General Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital and Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada

    James M. O’Riordan, Maryam Mohseni, Robin S. McLeod & Zane Cohen

  3. Department of Pathology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Richard Kirsch

  4. Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Robin S. McLeod

  5. Zane Cohen Center for Digestive Diseases, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

    James M. O’Riordan, Maryam Mohseni, Robin S. McLeod & Zane Cohen

  6. Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, 4th Floor, 451-600 University Avenue, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X5, Canada

    James M. O’Riordan

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Dr McLeod holds the Alfredo and Angelo De Gasperis Chair in Colorectal Cancer and Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research at the Zane Cohen Center for Digestive Diseases.

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O’Riordan, J.M., Kirsch, R., Mohseni, M. et al. Long-term risk of adenocarcinoma post-ileal pouch–anal anastomosis for ulcerative colitis: report of two cases and review of the literature. Int J Colorectal Dis 27, 405–410 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00384-011-1243-3

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