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Colorectal Neoplasms

"Colorectal Neoplasms" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Tumors or cancer of the COLON or the RECTUM or both. Risk factors for colorectal cancer include chronic ULCERATIVE COLITIS; FAMILIAL POLYPOSIS COLI; exposure to ASBESTOS; and irradiation of the CERVIX UTERI.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Colorectal Neoplasms" by people in this website by year, and whether "Colorectal Neoplasms" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 151 publications over 23 distinct years, with a maximum of 17 publications in 2014
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