Adenomatous polyps typically do not cause symptoms unless they progress to colon cancer. Even then, there may be no sign of a problem until the malignancy is advanced. This is why colon cancer ...

Ashland County health officials are seeking grant money to increase at-home colorectal cancer screening kits — despite a ...

Flexible sigmoidoscopy revealed a very large diverticulum in the mid-sigmoid colon and a few inflammatory polyps. The patient was followed up at the surgical clinic. Surgery was considered for his ...

Methods: The study was a prospective randomized controlled trial; a total of 196 patients with colon polyps of < 20 mm diameter were enrolled and randomized in a 1:1 ratio to undergo EMR using ...

Polyps in the gallbladder may not cause any symptoms. Depending on the type of polyps, they can be benign, be a sign of inflammation, or potentially lead to cancer. Polyps are abnormal tissue ...

The frequency of polyp diagnoses in close relatives was strongly associated with colorectal cancer risk. Polyp history in second-degree relatives was only influential with multiple polyp diagnoses.

A procedure in which a flexible, lighted tube equipped with a tiny TV camera, called a colonoscope, is inserted into the rectum and threaded through the colon to look for any evidence of cancer, ...

Gallstone ileus of the sigmoid colon is an important, though extremely rare, cause of large bowel obstruction. The gallstone often enters the large bowel through a fistula formation between the ...

evolving over time into a neoplastic precursor lesion called a “polyp.” The carcinogenic evolution is thought to occur over 10–15 years, following a traditional adenoma-carcinoma tumor progression.