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

I just want to spread awareness,” Bryce Ramsey said, “to get people involved, to get a screening and to listen to their bodies, because if something doesn’t seem right, ...

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.

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

People with small polyps like yours are at a low risk for developing colon cancer, so the recommendation by the task force is for a 7-10 year follow-up. Your doctor chose the lower part of this ...

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 ...

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

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

Griffin was 44 when doctors discovered that a 4.3-centimeter tumor had broken through the wall of her sigmoid colon, the part of the large intestine that connects to the rectum. The Hamilton ...

VGM Hospital proudly announces a groundbreaking achievement in gastrointestinal endoscopy:the successful endoscopic removal ...