A benign polyp was removed during President Biden's colonoscopy last week, the White House doctor noted in a memo, confirming expectations following the procedure. The polyp was a tubular adenoma, ...

President Biden had a "potentially pre-cancerous lesion" removed after receiving a routine colonoscopy last week. Biden had a "benign appearing 3 mm polyp removed" last week that was sent in for ...

The specimen was "similar to the polyp" that President Joe Biden previously had removed in 2008, his doctor, Dr. Kevin O'Connor, said Nicholas Rice is a Senior Editor for PEOPLE Magazine. He began ...

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 ...

President Biden had a benign, slow-growing and potential precancerous polyp removed from his colon during last week’s unexpected colonoscopy, his doctor revealed in a memo. The 3 millimeter polyp was ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I’m a 78-year-old male with a history of high blood pressure, and I had a bovine aortic valve replacement in 2009. I had a negative colonoscopy in 2003, but in 2013, my colonoscopy ...

Here are 10 things to know about adenoma detection. 1. A physician’s “adenoma detection rate” is used as a colonoscopy quality indicator. ADR is defined as the percentage of patients for which the ...

Most people need to get a colonoscopy every 10 years, starting at age 45. Everyone who gets a colonoscopy also gets a report. If there were no polyps, your report will state normal or negative. This ...

Q: Five years ago, I had a routine colonoscopy where a small polyp was removed. My family doctor is advising me to have a follow-up colonoscopy now, but the gastroenterologist’s office says that I don ...

Artificial intelligence-assisted colonoscopies may not result in improved adenoma detection, according to a study published March 9 in the American Journal of Gastroenterology. The randomized clinical ...

A new study has linked certain types of gut bacteria to the development of precancerous colon polyps. A new study by investigators from Mass General Brigham has linked certain types of gut bacteria to ...