High-risk smoking in the United States: Nicotine staining predicts increased colonic adenomas and advanced adenomas on colonoscopy

CONCLUSION: This marks the first investigation of nicotine staining within gastroenterology. We have demonstrated that the presence of nicotine staining independently predicts numerous adenomas and advanced adenomas.PMID:38583603 | DOI:10.1016/j.ypmed.2024.107950

Source: Cancer Control - April 7, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Christopher Bouvette Justin Kosirog Bryce Yohannan Alyssa Grossen Ijlal Akbar Ali Mohammad Madhoun Source Type: research