Researchers have found a critical link between having two types of polyps, common growths found in the bowel, and an ...

Even more colorectal cancer cases are being found in adults under 50, and a new collection of research suggests that a surge ...

With colonoscopy, any polyps found are often removed and examined in the lab to rule out cancer. Removing polyps before they become cancerous is a way of preventing colon cancer.

Flinders University and Flinders Medical Center researchers have found a critical link between having two types of polyps, ...

Scripps Research is testing a new home-based screening that could detect pre-cancerous polyps before they develop into colon ...

The American Cancer Society says colonoscopies on people aged 45 to 49 increased by 43 percent from 2019 to 2023. The ...

Layne had a potentially pre-cancerous polyp removed during a colonoscopy in 2019. She was told to get another done a year later to make sure it hadn't grown back.

"If you find a polyp, you prevent cancer, and I find a polyp in about 30 per cent of people," he says. Dr. Barry Lumb chats with Logan before his colonoscopy. (Owen Thomas/Hamilton Health Sciences) ...