Every year, tens of thousands of people face serious colon surgery to remove big polyps before they can morph into colon cancer. Many have part of their colon removed at the same time — and face a ...

CHICAGO: For the majority of patients with large or difficult to remove colorectal polyps (growths in the colon), the incidence of cancer is actually lower than previously thought, and using more ...

—Management of large nonmalignant colorectal polyps commonly involves surgical resection, although guidelines and evidence support initial endoscopic resection. A recent analysis looks at the overall ...

A procedure pioneered overseas may now mean an easier recovery for some patients in the U.S. Almost half of all adults in the U.S. develop colon polyps during their lifetime, growths that are often ...

The incidence of cancer is actually lower than previously thought, for the majority of patients with large or difficult to remove colorectal polyps (growths in the colon). Using more advanced ...

EIGHTY-FIVE consecutive cases of solitary and multiple adenomatous polyps of the gastrointestinal tract at the Boston City Hospital have been reviewed. Solitary polyps were noted in 58 and multiple ...

What is the surgical procedure of choice for familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) in a 38-year-old patient? Is there justification for offering a procedure short of removal of the entire colon and ...

Periampullary and duodenal cancer are major causes of morbidity in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP); capsule endoscopy (CE) might be useful for the detection of small-bowel polyps in ...

A 56-year-old patient with questionable Gardner's syndrome (has sebaceous cysts and family history of colon cancer) had 5 adenomatous polyps removed 2 years ago and 9 adenomatous polyps removed ...

Ryan Solum, 26, still can’t believe that Dr. David Sheldon operated and removed his entire colon through the few small incisions in his abdomen. “I was amazed they could do such a major surgery ...

Every year, tens of thousands of people face serious colon surgery to remove big polyps before they can morph into colon cancer. Many have part of their colon removed at the same time -- and face a ...