Raised colorectal-cancer risk confirmed in Crohn’s
Study finds patients diagnosed under 40 are most at risk
People with Crohn’s disease have an elevated risk of developing colorectal cancer, a Scandinavian population-based study confirms.
However, the risk was only increased in those diagnosed with the inflammatory bowel disease before the age of 40, researchers report in the Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
