Risk of cancer in patients with fecal incontinence.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Fecal incontinence may be an early symptom of cancer, but its association with cancer remains unclear. We examined the risk of selected cancers, including colorectal cancer, other gastrointestinal cancers, hormone-related cancers, and lymphoma, in patients with fecal incontinence.

Methods

Using Danish population-based registries, all patients with hospital-based diagnoses of fecal incontinence during 1995-2013 were identified. We calculated cumulative incidences of cancers. As a measure of relative risks, we computed standardized incidence ratios (SIRs), that is, the observed number of cancers relative to the expected number based on national incidence rates by sex, age, and calendar year.

Results

Among 16 556 patients with fecal incontinence, the cumulativ

SUBMITTER: Adelborg K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6797632 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature