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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For people with a history of colorectal polyps or cancer, taking aspirin is an effective way to reduce the chances of new polyps appearing, according to researchers in ...

Taking calcium supplements is associated with a decreased risk of advanced colon polyps, according to a new study published in the June 16 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Blacks are more likely than whites to have large colon polyps, and their tumors tend to be located higher in the colon where they are harder to detect, U.S. researchers said on ...

Sept. 24 -- TUESDAY, Sept. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Black people undergoing colon cancer screening are more likely to have large precancerous polyps than are whites. Black men had a 16 percent increased ...

For 10% of colorectal cancer patients, hereditary factors play a role, with higher percentages among younger patients. Research from Radboud University Medical Center and University Hospital Bonn (UKB ...

DEAR DOCTOR K >> My young son had rectal bleeding caused by a colon polyp, which the doctor surgically removed. Why did he develop a polyp? Can we do anything to prevent more polyps from forming? DEAR ...

“[This] study suggests that endoscopic clipping is not necessary to prevent post-polypectomy bleeding after [endoscopic mucosal resection] of large serrated polyps,” Seth D. Crockett, MD, MPH, ...

Bowel cancer is one of the most common cancers in the UK and comprises three different types Obesity is one of the major factors contributing to the rise in UK death rates from bowel cancer in people ...