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    Cost–benefit analysis of screening colonoscopy in 40- to 50-year-old first-degree relatives of patients with colorectal cancer

    As shown previously, 40- to 50-year-old first-degree relatives of patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) have significantly more colorectal adenomas than controls of the same age. Screening colonoscopy of these...

    Markus Menges, Barbara Gärtner, Thomas Georg in International Journal of Colorectal Disease (2006)

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    Screening colonoscopy in 40- to 50-year-old first-degree relatives of patients with colorectal cancer is efficient: a controlled multicentre study

    Persons with a familial risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) account for about 25% of all CRC cases. The adenoma prevalence in relatives of CRC patients 50–60 years of age is 17–34%; data on younger individuals are...

    Markus Menges, Johannes Fischinger in International Journal of Colorectal Disease (2006)

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    Epstein-Barr Viral Load as a Tool to Diagnose and Monitor Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disease

    Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-induced post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease (PTLD) continues to be a rare but severe complication following transplantation. EBV viral load is used as a tool to identify patien...

    Barbara C. Gärtner, Johannes Fischinger in Immunosurveillance, Immunodeficiencies and… (2002)