This systematic review and meta-analysis identified 22 studies from 3 continents that addressed the risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) after appendectomy in the general population. The overall risk of CRC was higher after an appendectomy, with an odds ratio (OR) of 1.31, but the risk was not higher in European studies (OR, 0.94). However, an appendectomy increased the risk of CRC in American (OR, 1.68) and Asian patients (OR, 1.46).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This systematic review and meta-analysis identified 22 studies from 3 continents that addressed the risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) after appendectomy in the general population. The overall risk of CRC was higher after an appendectomy, with an odds ratio (OR) of 1.31, but the risk was not higher in European studies (OR, 0.94). However, an … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","categories":[1768,1769],"tags":[3590,2058,1823,1343],"class_list":["post-13682","ec-news","type-ec-news","status-publish","hentry","category-asge-journal-scan","category-asge-kolon","tag-appendectomy","tag-colon-2","tag-colorectal-cancer","tag-crc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ec-news\/13682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ec-news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ec-news"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}