I just want to spread awareness,” Bryce Ramsey said, “to get people involved, to get a screening and to listen to their ...

If polyps were found during your colonoscopy, they were most likely removed. If a polyp was very large, a biopsy or sample ...

Generally, polyps are more common on the left side of the colon (the sigmoid colon and descending colon) compared to the ...

The large intestine includes four sections: the sigmoid colon ... to see inside your entire colon. This allows them to check for polyps (abnormal growths), inflammation, or other signs of disease.

Sessile polyps are flat growths that develop in the colon or intestines. There are several types of sessile polyps. These include sessile serrated adenomas, villous adenomas, tubular adenomas ...

They will insert the sigmoidoscope through the rectum and pass it into your sigmoid ... of the polyp or polyps. Or your doctor may recommend that you get a complete colon exam, by colonoscopy ...

I’m due for my first colonoscopy, and I understand that the physician will be looking for polyps. What are they? Should I be ...

A polyp, if left alone ... to a colonoscopy but less invasive as it only looks at the lower part of the colon (sigmoid colon) ...

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness month and perhaps no one knows better than Joy Parmentier how important being aware ...

Colon cancer is the third most leading cancer in both men and women in the United States, according to the American Cancer ...