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Long-Term Risk of GI Cancers Not Elevated in Celiac Patients
Long-Term Risk of GI Cancers Not Elevated in Celiac Patients
D Napoli
20111107
2011 Dec 7
Elsevier Global Medical News
Long-Term Risk of GI Cancers Not Elevated in Celiac Patients
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2011 Dec 7, D Napoli
Overall, celiac disease patients are not at increased risk for gastrointestinal cancers beyond their first year after diagnosis, according to a review by Dr. Peter Elfström and colleagues in the journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.However, there is a significantly increased risk for GI cancer among celiac patients during that first year after the biopsy reveals the celiac diagnosis, according to this large, population-based study.Dr. Elfström of Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm...