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

Research presented at Digestive Disease Week suggests that laparoscopic-assisted colonoscopy with polypectomy for polyp removal could reduce the length of hospital stay and save the healthcare system ...

PHILADELPHIA — Cold snare polypectomy or jumbo biopsy techniques were superior to standard cold biopsy in the removal of diminutive colonic polyps, according to data presented at the ACG Annual ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The results of a new study support the 2006 consensus guidelines for monitoring patients with a known increased risk of colon cancer. The guidelines recommend that a ...

GI/endoscopy procedures, such as colonoscopy, represent a high case volume at ambulatory surgery centers. In a recent study published in the journal Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, researchers compared ...

Dr. Anthony Fauci is a highly-respected infectious disease expert in the U.S. He underwent vocal cords' surgery for the removal of a polyp The surgery was a success and he is now recovering from it Dr ...

Dear Mayo Clinic: I am 28 years old and haven't had children yet. I recently had some bleeding and spotting between periods. A pelvic ultrasound revealed a 1-by-1/2-centimeter polyp. My doctor ...

A team-based procedure for removing difficult or large precancerous colon polyps is effective and eliminates the need to take out part of a person's colon to reduce their cancer risk, a small clinical ...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Laurimed LLC today announced that the company’s PolypVac ® Microdebrider for removing nasal polyps has appeared on the popular television program “The Doctors”, ...