Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second most common cancer in the United States. This highlights the importance of early detection and treatment of precancerous lesions like large polyps. Endoscopy ...

Diagnostic and surgical approaches to treating the disease are evolving — just as rates are spiking. Learn how the surgical ...

TAMIS offers local excision for large benign rectal polyps and select early rectal cancers, preserving anorectal function and often allowing same-day discharge when referred early. Single-port robotic ...

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 ...

Cold snare endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) may be a safe therapeutic option for selected large colorectal polyps, thanks to a safety profile superior to that of hot EMR. In findings from Germany's ...

Both Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy are linked to a modest but meaningful decrease in the occurrence of colon polyps and CRC. Bariatric surgery, specifically Roux-en-Y gastric bypass ...

A Japanese double-blind randomized trial found that two years of decaffeinated green tea extract tablets were associated with ...

Colorectal cancer, which starts in the large intestine (colon) or rectum, is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States. Once thought to mainly affect older adults, it is now ...

I am Nobuhiro Aoki, Director of [Aoki Digestive Disease Clinic] in Sakyo Ward, Kyoto.In July 2026, Hitoshi Matsumoto of Downtown announced that he had undergone surgery for colorectal cancer. A few ...

The figure was derived from‘International consensus on the management of large (≥20 mm) non-pedunculated colorectal polyps: A World Endoscopy Organisation Delphi study’; Djinbachian et al, 2023; Under ...