The severity of anemia does not correlate with the risk of gastrointestinal cancer in subsequent evaluation.

Conclusions: Very low hemoglobin levels and overt GI bleeding do not pose an additional risk factor for GI malignancy, compared to low hemoglobin levels and no overt GI bleeding. PMID: 32568557 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology - Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Scand J Gastroenterol Source Type: research