New data indicate that nonoperative surveillance after removing a malignant colorectal polyp can achieve high rates of rectal ...

Sponsored FOY Procedure Helps Scuba Diver Conquer Complex Colon Polyps and Dive Again Sunil Amin, M.D., a gastroenterologist and Director of Endoscopy at UHealth, the University of Miami Health System ...

UPPER EAST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) -- Patrick Hellen is an avid golfer who was in good health when he underwent a routine colonoscopy in 2017. The procedure revealed a polyp in the cecum - the first ...

Polypectomy (the surgical removal of polyps by colonoscopy) of small polyps found during CT colonography is costly and unnecessary according to a study performed at the University of Wisconsin School ...

Most people with colon cancer begin treatment by having surgery to remove their cancer. If colon cancer has spread beyond your colon, you might have chemotherapy first. This can help treat cancer ...

"Not all colon polyps are cancerous but all colon cancer starts as a polyp which is why everyone needs to know about them and be screened regularly for them," says Fola May, MD, a gastroenterologist ...

For years, researchers have noted an alarming rise in colorectal cancer in younger people that’s not fully explained away by ...