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Following the study, the FDA approved the use of Tremfya to treat moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis. In September 2024, the University of Chicago Medicine became the first hospital in ...

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substantially increase colorectal cancer risk. People with inflammatory bowel disease, such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, also are at elevated risk, as are those who have had ...

though has not been directly linked to causing ulcerative colitis.) "To be honest, I do think it was genetic," she adds. "I have bowel cancer in my family, and some relatives died young.