A colonoscopy maneuver to better detect polyps in the right colon is often poorly preformed in practice, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in BMC Gastroenterology. This finding and other recommendations ...
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Colorectal polyps—fleshy growths occurring in the lining of the colon or rectum—are an important risk factor for colorectal cancer. Colonoscopy is a nonsurgical procedure that doctors use to look for colorectal polyps ...
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(HealthDay)—The risk for future neoplasia and advanced neoplasia is increased in colon segments after incomplete resection of neoplastic polyps, according to a study published online Aug. 10 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Aug 10, 2021
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Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have identified a protein—DMBT1S8—as a target for potential therapies to treat inflammation in the nasal and sinus cavities.
Jun 10, 2021
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Cancer of the colon and rectum is one of the deadliest forms of cancer, and has in recent years affected growing numbers of young people. In the largest registry study to date, researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Harvard ...
May 4, 2021
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A machine learning algorithm helps accurately differentiate benign and premalignant colorectal polyps on CT colonography scans, according to a study published in the journal Radiology.
Feb 23, 2021
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(HealthDay)—Early diagnosis of colon cancer is crucial to improve a patient's chance of survival, an expert says.
Oct 19, 2020
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Colorectal cancer is estimated to cause more than 53,000 deaths in the US in 2020, making it the second most common cause of cancer death. This death rate, however, has been steadily dropping, likely due to better cancer ...
Apr 23, 2020
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Patients with polyps have a higher risk of colorectal cancer, and those with sessile serrated polyps, tubulovillous adenomas, and villous adenomas had a higher colorectal cancer mortality.
Mar 17, 2020
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In a paper published online today, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers provide new details about a recently discovered condition in which childhood cancer survivors develop numerous colorectal growths called polyps despite ...
Feb 12, 2020
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