An article published in Gastroenterology points to the growing data associating serrated polyps and their size, number and histologic features to colorectal cancer and suggests revisions to polyp ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . ORLANDO — Individuals in whom colonoscopy revealed both serrated colon polyps and high-risk adenomas showed a ...

Large serrated polyps, tubular adenomas, and increasing age were independent risk factors. The heterogeneous group of lesions known as serrated polyps is commonly subdivided into hyperplastic polyps, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Sessile serrated polyp detection rate was the only quality metric reduced when trainees participated in ...

Trainee involvement during colonoscopy offered mixed results when it came to exam quality and polyp detection, according to a population-based cohort study from Canada. Having a gastroenterology or ...

Dartmouth researchers find that people with both serrated polyps and conventional adenomas may be at higher risk for colorectal cancer than people with conventional adenomas alone LEBANON, NH - Most ...

Late effect findings of sessile serrated adenomas, polyps in those taking calcium with/without vitamin D (HealthDay News) — Calcium supplements, taken with or without vitamin D, may increase the risk ...

Figure 5. Typical appearance of a sessile serrated adenoma/polyp in the ascending colon. Arrows indicate the indistinct upper edge of this flat, pale lesion. Serrated polyps are common and have ...

Another type of polyp known as serrated polyps, may precede up to 15% of colorectal cancer. Serrated polyps may occur in up to 20% of all adults over 50 years of age, however, when it comes to ...

In patients undergoing colonoscopy to screen for colorectal cancer, deeper sedation using the anesthetic drug propofol may improve detection of "serrated" polyps — a type of precancerous lesion that ...

In a study published in Gastroenterology, researchers sought to determine the association between the presence of serrated colorectal polyps and colorectal neoplasia, based on evidence that serrated ...

Examining more than 5,000 reports a research team finds that individuals with both conventional adenomas as well as a subset of lesions known as serrated polyps may be at higher risk for developing ...