IN a review of records of patients studied at the Lahey Clinic twenty or more years ago, it is not unusual to see a diagnosis noted "polyp of rectum or colon; patient to have periodic checkups." ...

Not all colon polyps are cancerous but all colon cancer starts as a polyp which is why everyone needs to know about them and ...

Yepuri, MD Polyps in the colon and rectum (together called colorectal ... Are multiple Have a villous pathology Research ...

Data from two retrospective studies indicate that 42–48% of colon polyps are missed on examinations that are subsequently repeated due to an inadequate bowel cleansing. The decision to continue ...

This was deliberately performed to simulate real-time endoscopy and allow each assessor to study the mucosal morphology of each polyp before predicting the histology. Fifty polyps were imaged with ...

The evolution of gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy has transformed CRC diagnostics since its early 20th-century origins.

However, the test only was able to detect precancerous colon polyps in about 13% of people. Colonoscopy is not an easy procedure. People must take powerful laxatives ahead of time to completely ...