Guidelines for the clinical management of familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP)

By H. Vasen, G. Moslein, Á. Alonso, S. Aretz, I. Bernstein, L. Bertario, I. Blanco, Steffen Bülow, J. Burn, G. Capellá and 21 more. Gut, 2008

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Subfields: Oncology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Surgery

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• Guidelines for colorectal cancer screening and surveillance in moderate and high risk groups (update from 2002) (2010, background): “Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is an autosomal dominant syndrome with very high penetrance, characterised by the presence of more than 100 adenomatous polyps of the colon and rectum.”
• American College of Gastroenterology Guidelines for Colorectal Cancer Screening 2008 (2009, background): “Patients with FAP or at risk of FAP based upon family history should undergo annual flexible sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy, as appropriate, until such time when colectomy is deemed by both physician and patient as the best treatment (”