Polyps can be benign (noncancerous) or malignant (cancerous). Only a percentage of polyps will become cancerous—and of those that do, they generally take years to turn cancerous. One major problem?

A doctor's report says the polyp removed from President Joe Biden’s colon last week was a benign, slow-growing but potentially pre-cancerous lesion that required no further action.

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, and ...

In the first place, benign mucosal polyps of the rectum and colon occur in both sexes, slightly more often in males than in females, and at all ages; they are more frequent in the older age groups.

Terminal ileum resection was associated with an elevated risk of developing colorectal cancer in patients with Crohn's ...

As we age, about 1-in-4 of us develop polyps in our colon and about 10% of these polyps eventually turn from a benign growth into colon cancer. For the most part, these polyps take about 10 years ...

Although adenomatous polyps per se do not account for the high incidence of cancer of the colon, it is possible that the same stimulus that promotes benign neoplasia gives rise to malignant neoplasia.

WASHINGTON — The polyp removed from President Biden’s colon last week was a benign, slow-growing but potentially precancerous lesion that required no further action, his doctor said in a ...

The polyp removed from President Joe Biden's colon last week was a benign, slow-growing but potentially pre-cancerous lesion that required no further action, his doctor said in a follow-up memo.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The polyp removed from President Joe Biden’s colon last week was a benign, slow-growing but potentially pre-cancerous lesion that required no further action, his doctor said in ...