Incidence of colorectal adenomas: birth cohort analysis among 4.3 million participants of screening colonoscopy.

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Most colorectal cancers develop from adenomas. We aimed to estimate sex- and age-specific incidence rates of colorectal adenomas and to assess their potential implications for colorectal cancer screening strategies.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev.

Title: Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology

Publisher: American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

ISSN (Electronic): 1538-7755

ISSN (Print): 1055-9965

Publication date (Electronic): Sep 2014

Volume: 23

Issue: 9

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[1 ] Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany. German Cancer Consortium, Heidelberg, Germany. h.brenner@dkfz.de.

[2 ] Central Research Institute of Ambulatory Health Care in Germany, Berlin, Germany.

[3 ] Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany. Institute of Medical Biometry and Informatics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.

[4 ] Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany.

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Publisher Item ID: 1055-9965.EPI-14-0367

DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-14-0367

PubMed ID: 25012996

SO-VID: cae010ad-c43c-4f44-a2f2-25e2f3409d68

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