It may not be necessary for experienced gastroenterologists to send polyps they remove from a patient's colon to a pathologist for examination, according to a large study conducted by physician ...

High-definition colonoscopy is much more sensitive than standard colonoscopy in finding polyps that could morph into cancer, say researchers. High-definition (HD) colonoscopy is much more sensitive ...

A polyp is a fleshy growth on the inside of the bowel. Some people may develop just a single polyp, while others can have two or more at a time. Polyps can either be on a stalk (in which case the ...

Polyps are tissue growths that most often look like small, flat bumps or tiny mushroom-like stalks. They are usually small and less than half an inch wide. Most are benign but can become cancerous.

In a randomized trial published in the journal Gastroenterology, creator of the GI Genius intelligent endoscopy module, three Italian research centers found that computer-aided polyp detection ...

A single-center study demonstrates that omitting pathologic examination of some resected diminutive polyps rarely changes management. These results are indicative of the overall innocuous nature of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Cold forceps polypectomies were effectively noninferior to cold snare polypectomies for complete resection of ...

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