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8. Are colon polyps cancerous?

They way that colon polyps and adenomas are diagnosed as cancerous depends on many factors. First and foremost, the size and type are determined. Then the degree of dysphasia is measured, which means finding the amount of proliferated abnormal cells within the structure, and other deformation of the tissue mass. For example, a 1.5-centimeter tubular adenoma will have a 2% cancer risk, but a 3-centimeter villous adenoma has a 25% risk of becoming cancerous. To diagnose these cancers there will usually be a screening schedule to determine the rate of growth.

10 Common Colon Polyp Types

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