GI/endoscopy procedures, such as colonoscopy, represent a high case volume at ambulatory surgery centers. In a recent study published in the journal Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, researchers compared ...

(HealthDay News) — Laparoscopic-assisted colonoscopy with polypectomy (LACP) may be an effective alternative to laparoscopic hemicolectomy (LHC) for difficult-to-remove polyps in the right colon, ...

A team-based procedure for removing difficult or large precancerous colon polyps is effective and eliminates the need to take out part of a person's colon to reduce their cancer risk, a small clinical ...

Q: I had a polyp removed at my last colonoscopy. Does this mean I will get colon cancer? A: Colon polyps are abnormal growths that develop in the lining of the colon (large intestine). They are ...

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 1 – According to a University of Pittsburgh-led study published in the December issue of Gastroenterology, medium-sized polyps found in the colon with flexible sigmoidoscopy and ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who have colorectal polyps removed are at high risk of having the abnormal growths recur, a new study shows. But only about half of people in the study underwent ...

Below please find summaries of new articles that will be published in the next issue of Annals of Internal Medicine. The summaries are not intended to substitute for the full articles as a source of ...

Colon cancer is the third deadliest cancer in the U.S.; it is expected to kill more than 51,000 Americans this year, according to the American Cancer Society. Physicians have long assumed that ...

A finding of any type of polyp in the colon increases the risk for colorectal cancer (CRC), according to new findings from a large Swedish study. At 10 years, the cumulative colorectal cancer ...

OF all the problems currently facing the surgeon and pathologist, none is more controversial than the pathogenesis and proper treatment of adenomatous polyps of the colon. Until a few years ago the ...

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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 ...