What Is a Tubular Adenoma? If you’ve ever had a colonoscopy to screen for colon cancer, your doctor may have told you that they found polyps. These small clumps of cells that form on your colon lining ...

Having trouble breathing through your nose? Subject to frequent olfactory infections? Feel like your sense of smell isn't what it used to be? Nasal polyps—or fleshy, noncancerous, skin tag-type ...

Nasal polyps are soft, painless growths on the lining of your nasal passages or sinuses, often resulting from chronic inflammation. While these benign growths themselves are not harmful, they can lead ...

A surgeon speaks with a patient about colon cancer screening. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Navy) Just saying the word colonoscopy makes some people feel uncomfortable. But consider this: Colorectal ...

In an effort to identify a simple, reliable way to track the course of nasal polyps in chronic sinus disease, researchers say they've linked rising levels of immune system white blood cells, called ...

A cervical polyp is a growth that develops on the cervix, which is the canal connecting the uterus to the vagina. Sperm must pass through this canal to fertilize an egg. Cervical polyps are tumors, ...

Nasal polyps are benign growths often linked to chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRwNP). As they grow, they can cause congestion, pressure, infections, and loss of smell. Prescription steroid ...

Endometrial polyps (or uterine polyps) are small fingerlike growths inside your uterus (womb). You can have one or multiple polyps, ranging in size from a small seed (a few millimeters) to a golf ball ...

Sporadic fundic gland polyposis (SFGP) is defined as multiple fundic gland polyps in patients without familial adenomatous polyposis syndrome (FAP). Although little is known about the genetic changes ...