Fig. 4.

Three-year outcome of steroid treatment in 108 patients who attained a good response. Of the 108 patients, 66 achieved a long-term response (36 “complete remission” and 30 “partial remission”), and 42 had no long-term response (16 “episodic active” and 26 “chronic active”). Among those patients, the occurrence of cancer (4 gastric cancer and 14 colon cancer) and Cronkhite–Canada syndrome (CCS)-related death (one death due to sepsis caused by colitis, two deaths due to gastric cancer, and four deaths due to colon cancer) are shown