A research group form the United States investigated how proximal colon polyps interpreted as hyperplastic polyps in 2001 would be interpreted by expert pathologists in 2007. They found that many ...

Hyperplastic polyposis syndrome is a widely accepted, but poorly understood, risk factor for colorectal cancer. A recent report has laid the foundations for improving the management of patients with ...

Background A 64-year-old woman presented to the emergency room with a 3-month history of intermittent abdominal cramps, accompanied by nausea, vomiting, anorexia, and decreased bowel movements ...

We herein report the results of a post hoc analysis of a previously published randomized controlled trial comparing CAC and standard colonoscopy. [16] We found that CAC showed a significantly higher ...

According to a new study, the use of narrow band imaging (NBI) during colonoscopy is sufficiently accurate to allow distal hyperplastic (non-cancerous) polyps to be left in place without removal and ...

Objective To examine whether BMI is independently related to colorectal adenomas and hyperplastic polyps. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study among 1,420 asymptomatic women aged 40-79 years ...

In terms of CRC mortality, however, the risk increased only in patients with sessile serrated polyps, tubulovillous adenomas, or villous adenomas but not in those with hyperplastic polyps or tubular ...

According to the Colon Cancer Alliance, the general risk of developing colorectal cancer is 5.1 percent, and it varies based on numerous risk factors such as diet, lifestyle, genetic inheritance and ...

The results of a new study show that narrow band imaging used during colonoscopy is accurate enough to allow distal non-cancerous polyps to be left in place, according to a news release (pdf). Results ...