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Sessile polyps are flat growths that develop in the colon or intestines. There are several types of sessile polyps. These include sessile serrated adenomas, villous adenomas, tubular adenomas ...

Polyps are abnormal tissue growths that can develop in different parts of the body, most often in the colon and the uterus.

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I’m due for my first colonoscopy, and I understand that the physician will be looking for polyps. What are they? Should I be worried if they find some? ANSWER: Good for you for ...

said people who have no family or personal history of colon cancer or colon polyps should start regular colonoscopies at 45. Kanth said people with a family history of colon polyps or other risk ...

Background Colonoscopy offers limited protection against right-sided colon cancer, a significant proportion of which arise from the serrated pathway of carcinogenesis. The aim of this study was to ...

“When you get a mammography and find something in your breast you just started the process — with colonoscopy you’re finished! The GI specialist goes in there, finds the polyp, clips the ...

A team of Norwegian researchers, through international collaboration, found that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) during colonoscopy increased the detection of polyps by about 8% ...

If they find a polyp, I would recommend that you have another colonoscopy within a year, because what happens is that polyps go on to turn into malignancies, and sometimes when you get your ...