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ORLANDO — Deep-learning, a computational strategy for automatic object detection in images and video, was effective for automatically detecting polyps during colonoscopy, according to new research ...

Colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the U.S., but colonoscopies have been found to reduce the risk of death from the disease by 70 percent by finding and removing ...

OF all the problems currently facing the surgeon and pathologist, none is more controversial than the pathogenesis and proper treatment of adenomatous polyps of the colon. Until a few years ago the ...

A finding of any type of polyp in the colon increases the risk for colorectal cancer (CRC), according to new findings from a large Swedish study. At 10 years, the cumulative colorectal cancer ...

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Q. I am 70 and have a large uterine polyp. Because I had profuse bleeding during menopause and painful biopsies after abnormal Pap smears, I would like to have a hysterectomy and be done with the ...

Dr. Anthony Fauci is recovering from a surgery he had Thursday to remove a vocal cord polyp, which contributed to his raspy voice. Polyps are non-cancerous growths on the vocal cords usually caused by ...

The study met its co-primary endpoints, demonstrating clinically meaningful improvements in both symptom scores.

You may need to remove nasal polyps if they’re large enough to interfere with your quality of life. Surgery, called nasal polypectomy, is the standard procedure used. Nasal polyps refer to small ...

The FDA approved Amgen's and AstraZeneca's drug to treat chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps, an inflammatory condition of the sinuses and nasal passages. The companies said the approval was ...