IS SUPERFICIAL COLORECTAL LESIONS WITH LOW AND HIGH GRADES INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASMS MORE PREVALENT IN OLDER ABOVE 65 YEARS?

Background: Colorectal cancer has a higher incidence in the rectum and sigmoid. However, with the expansion of the diagnosis of superficial lesions interest in the diagnosis and in the role they play in colorectal carcinogenesis has increased.

Aim: To verify the behavior of superficial lesions of the colon and rectum, comparing the pathological and endoscopic findings, below and above 65 years.