Gastroenterology
Volume 138, Issue 3 , Pages 870-876 , March 2010

Low Risk of Colorectal Cancer and Advanced Adenomas More Than 10 Years After Negative Colonoscopy

  • Hermann Brenner

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical Epidemiology of Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Hermann Brenner, MD, MPH, Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center, Bergheimer Str. 20, D-69115 Heidelberg, Germany. fax: (49) 6221 548142
    • ,
  • Ulrike Haug

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical Epidemiology of Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
    • ,
  • Volker Arndt

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical Epidemiology of Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
    • ,
  • Christa Stegmaier

      Affiliations

    • Saarland Cancer Registry, Saarbrücken, Germany
    • ,
  • Lutz Altenhofen

      Affiliations

    • Central Research Institute of Ambulatory Health Care in Germany, Berlin, Germany
    • ,
  • Michael Hoffmeister

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical Epidemiology of Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany

Received 3 July 2009 ,Accepted 30 October 2009.

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 Conflicts of interest The authors disclose no conflicts.

 Funding This study was supported in part by a grant from the Central Research Institute of Ambulatory Health Care in Germany, Berlin, Germany. The sponsor had no role in the study design or in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data.

PII: S0016-5085(09)01953-2

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.10.054

Gastroenterology
Volume 138, Issue 3 , Pages 870-876 , March 2010

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