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Abstract
Orthopantomography of the mandible was carried out on 50 patients with colorectal cancer without known familial disposition. Twelve patients (24%) had osteomas, as against 5% in the control group (P < 0.001). Since an increased occurrence of mandibular osteomas has earlier been demonstrated in cases of familial polyposis coli and the family cancer syndrome, we must conclude that genetic factors are presumably of more importance in the development of colorectal cancer than previously assumed.