Researchers thought calcium supplementation might reduce development of precancerous colorectal polyps. It didn't. Calcium supplementation alone more than doubled the risk for serrated sessile ...

While colorectal cancer polyps often have no symptoms—especially in the early stages—there are some warning signs to be on ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with sessile serrated adenomas or polyps and traditional serrated adenomas have an increased risk for ...

An article published in Gastroenterology points to the growing data associating serrated polyps and their size, number and histologic features to colorectal cancer and suggests revisions to polyp ...

We herein report the results of a post hoc analysis of a previously published randomized controlled trial comparing CAC and standard colonoscopy. [16] We found that CAC showed a significantly higher ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . ORLANDO — Individuals in whom colonoscopy revealed both serrated colon polyps and high-risk adenomas showed a ...

Trainee involvement during colonoscopy offered mixed results when it came to exam quality and polyp detection, according to a population-based cohort study from Canada. Having a gastroenterology or ...

Although serrated polyps usually are associated with colorectal cancer, it turns out that such polyps are themselves not dangerous, according to a study. Although serrated polyps usually are ...

Late effect findings of sessile serrated adenomas, polyps in those taking calcium with/without vitamin D (HealthDay News) — Calcium supplements, taken with or without vitamin D, may increase the risk ...

Colorectal serrated polyps (index serrated polyps) diagnosed histologically between 2000 and 2013 were identified by query of our comprehensive electronic Gastrointestinal Pathology Division database ...

Examining more than 5,000 reports a research team finds that individuals with both conventional adenomas as well as a subset of lesions known as serrated polyps may be at higher risk for developing ...

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of all patients participating in wheat bran fiber (WBF) and the ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) phase III polyp prevention trials Full size table The serrated polyps were ...