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sigmoid, or cecum), or not irradiated (remainder of colon). A total of 30,552 men received radiation, and 55,263 underwent surgery alone; 1437 patients developed colorectal cancer during a mean ...

Approximately 30% of colorectal cancers arise via the serrated neoplasia pathway. Serrated polyps are morphologically, histologically and molecularly distinct from conventional adenomas.

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