Colon cancer is one of the most preventable cancers in the United States, but each year it claims more than 50,000 lives – in ...

The recommended age to start screening for colorectal cancer was lowered in 2021 from 50 to 45 for people of average risk.

Colorectal cancers involving the distal colon are more likely to have aneuploid DNA, harbor mutations in the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC), p53, and K-ras genes, and behave more aggressively 7 ...

Researchers have discovered an unusual case where two well-known cancer-related mutations-APC and KRAS-coexisted in a woman with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) and a history of endometrial ...

Colon polyps are growths of tissue inside the large intestine, also called the colon. Some polyps are mushroom-shaped protrusions on the end of a stalk. Others appear as bumps that lie flat ...

They are "false" polyps that form because of inflammation in the colon. When pseudopolyps (also called inflammatory polyps) ...

Colon cancer, sometimes referred to as colorectal cancer, usually starts as slow-growing precancerous polyps, a term used to describe bumps on the surface of the colon.

A colorectal polyp is a polyp (fleshy growth) occurring on the lining of the colon or rectum. Untreated colorectal polyps can develop into colorectal cancer.

In 1952 Welch, McKittrick and Behringer 4 reviewed a series of 322 polypoid lesions of the colon that had been seen at the Massachusetts General Hospital between 1937 and 1951. Of these cases, 262 ...

A colorectal polyp is a growth that may present on the lining of the colon or rectum. While these are fairly common and affect between 15-20% of the adult population, ...