Medically reviewed by Doru Paul, MD An adenomatous polyp, also known as an adenoma, is an abnormal growth of cells that forms ...

Colon cancer remains one of the most prevalent yet often undetected forms of cancer, developing silently in the large ...

is associated with a higher incidence of precancerous colon polyps.” — Anton Bilchik, MD, PhD, MBA, FACS “While this is a small sample size, these findings could have major consequences in ...

The risk for colorectal cancer was associated with the frequency of colorectal polyp diagnoses in relatives in a study based ...

Small-bowel follow-through (SBFT) barium contrast series were initially performed, followed by CE a week later, in a blinded design. Polyp frequency and distribution were analyzed. SBFT identified ...

Study reveals a higher frequency of polyp diagnoses in relatives increases the risk of colorectal cancer, especially ...

your doctor can use a small snare in the colonoscope to take tiny samples of your colon for testing, which is called a biopsy. They can also use it to take out abnormal growths called polyps.

People with first-degree relatives who were repeatedly diagnosed with colorectal polyps appeared at increased risk for ...