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The discovery of polyps in a person’s colon can play a significant role in preventing colon cancer and also lay the foundation for future screenings for the disease. Polyps are benign growths ...

DEAR DOCTOR K >> My young son had rectal bleeding caused by a colon polyp, which the doctor surgically removed. Why did he develop a polyp? Can we do anything to prevent more polyps from forming? DEAR ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - UK guidelines for colon cancer surveillance might be better at catching pre-cancerous polyps early on than U.S. ones, a new study suggests. Because the UK guidelines ...

A polyp is extra tissue that grows inside your body. Colon polyps grow in the large intestine. The large intestine, also called the colon, is part of your digestive system. It's a long, hollow tube at ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. It highlights the importance of these screenings, particularly if anything can prevent polyps. In October 2023, at 51, KTIV’s Matt Breen ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Obese and overweight people are more likely to develop colon polyps, a possible precursor to cancer, than are slimmer individuals, according to a new review of past ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — Five small polyps removed Saturday from President Bush’s colon will be examined under a microscope for signs of cancer, but the White House said none “appeared worrisome” -- they are ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The polyp removed from President Joe Biden's colon last week was a benign, slow-growing but potentially pre-cancerous lesion that required no further action, his doctor said in a ...

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden are greeted before boarding Air Force one at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021, en route to Nantucket ...