Long-term Follow-up Reveals Low Incidence of Colorectal Cancer, but Frequent Need for Resection, Among Australian Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Inflammatory bowel disease can require surgical resection and also lead to colorectal cancer (CRC). We investigated the cumulative incidence of resection surgeries and CRC among patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) or Crohn's disease (CD).We analyzed data from a cohort of patients who participated in an inflammatory bowel disease study (504 with UC and 377 with CD) at 2 academic medical centers in Sydney, Australia from 1977 to 1992 (before the...