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Reply to "J-Pouchers need to check for rectal cancer?"

It is a valid concern. Even more so if there is a history of frequent pouchitis.
I have had a j pouch since 1998, and just this year discovered that I should have been scoped every few years as a precaution.

Recently I met an old acquaintance from the industry I work in,and I asked how his j pouch was. He informed me that in 2008 he developed j pouch cancer and it had to be removed. His pouch was about 16 years old,and suffered frequent pouchitis.

Hearing this made it all the more real.
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