Medically reviewed by Alicen Nelson MD, MPH The navel, also known as the belly button or umbilicus, is a small, round, or ...

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 ...

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.

Definition. Bacterial infection of the umbilical stump with spread to the skin around it. It's a medical emergency. How Often. 1 out of 200 newborns. Symptoms. Redness spreads around the navel. The ...

"Not all colon polyps are cancerous but all colon cancer starts as a polyp which is why everyone needs to know about them and be screened regularly for them," says Fola May, MD, a ...

1 Cancer Research UK Colorectal Cancer Unit, St Mark’s Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3UJ, UK 2 Wolfson Unit for Endoscopy, St Mark’s Hospital Most colon cancers are assumed to have a premalignant ...

Correspondence to Dr Emily A Kieran, Department of Neonatology, The National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street, Dublin 2, Ireland; emilykieran{at}gmail.com Objective Incorrectly positioned umbilical ...

1Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami, Miami, Florida. Search for other works by this author on: 1Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miller ...