Increased Incidence of Gastrointestinal Cancers Among Patients With Pyogenic Liver Abscess: A Population-Based Cohort Study

In a population-based study, we found that the incidence of GI cancer is increased more than 4-fold among patients with PLA compared with controls. PLA might therefore be an indicator of GI cancer. Patients with PLA had the highest incidence of colorectal cancer, followed by cancers of the biliary tract, pancreas, and small intestine.