Hyperplastic polyps in the colon are typically harmless, with a very low risk of causing cancer. However, doctors may choose to painlessly remove them during a colonoscopy. Hyperplastic polyps are ...

The sigmoid colon is the last section of the bowel — the part that attaches to the rectum. It pushes feces along the bowel tract. It’s about a foot and a half long (around 40 centimeters) and is ...

A surgeon used the DiLumen C2 to remove a sigmoid polyp in a 62-year-old patient without surgical intervention. 1. The DiLumen device is an endoscopic dual balloon colon stabilization accessory. It ...

A colonoscopy technique involving repeat intubation of the sigmoid colon significantly improves detection of adenomas compared with conventional colonoscopy evaluations, new research showed. “After ...

Colon cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer if you don’t count skin cancers. If the cancer hasn’t spread, then one of the possible treatments is a sigmoid colectomy. That may be a ...

"Not all colon polyps are cancerous but all colon cancer starts as a polyp which is why everyone needs to know about them and be screened regularly for them," says Fola May, MD, a gastroenterologist ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 71-year-old male who is a nonsmoker and a social drinker. Other than a statin, I am not taking any medications. I have been getting colonoscopies every five years as each time ...

The descending colon is a section of the large intestine that passes downward. Its functions include storing food remains before they pass through the rest of the colon and rectum for elimination. The ...

IN a review of records of patients studied at the Lahey Clinic twenty or more years ago, it is not unusual to see a diagnosis noted "polyp of rectum or colon; patient to have periodic checkups." Since ...