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Question answered:04/01/10
It would appear that evidence is lacking to guide this answer.
In 2002 the British Society of Gastroenterology published the guideline “Guidance on gastrointestinal surveillance for hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer, familial adenomatous polypolis, juvenile polyposis, and Peutz-Jeghers syndrome”. This suggests various surveillance routines based on circumstances. This is too large to reproduce here, so we recommend you read the article via the URL below.
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1) http://www.bsg.org.uk/pdf_word_docs/ccs8.pdf
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