My 12 years old daughter is healthy and normally active. The problem is that she has rectal polyps. We are planning to go in for a surgery. Can it be avoided by medicines? At times blood comes out.

In 44 patients with large rectal polyps referred for endoscopic resection, pelvic MRI overstaged tumor depth (T-stage) and nodal status (N-stage) in 38.6% and 2.3% of cases, respectively, potentially ...

Doctors at a Mumbai hospital have successfully performed a rare surgery for a 75-year-old man, diagnosed with a large rectal polyp that was later confirmed to contain early-stage rectal cancer. The ...

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

A team-based procedure for removing difficult or large precancerous colon polyps is effective and eliminates the need to take out part of a person's colon to reduce their cancer risk, a small clinical ...

Cold endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) showed a superior safety profile over traditional hot EMR for large nonpedunculated colorectal polyps measuring ≥ 20 mm, with significantly lower risks of ...

CHENNAI: A 77-year-old man has recovered quickly after undergoing a minimally invasive procedure to remove a 5-cm rectal polyp at Dr Humayun Specialty Hospital ...

Typically, a person cannot identify anal cancer by sight. However, in some cases, small, hard lumps may develop just inside and outside the anus, so it may be beneficial to learn about what anal ...

When David Thau, a lobbyist in Washington, D.C., was 34, he periodically experienced pain in his stomach, irregular bowel movements, blood in his stool and vomiting, and he visited doctors who ...