Dr. Neelendu Dey studies whether gut microbes can be harnessed to prevent and treat colon cancer. He factors the latest ...

Computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) is a helpful addition to laborious visual inspection for preselection of suspected colonic polyps in virtual colonoscopy. Most of the previous work on automatic polyp ...

The recommended age to start screening for colorectal cancer was lowered in 2021 from 50 to 45 for people of average risk.

Lab testing found that the polyp was a tubular adenoma. "95 percent of colon cancers arise from that type of polyp that was in your colon," she said. "Had you not known, it continues to grow and grow ...

CONCLUSION: Polyp size is associated with presence of adenomas, a villous component, and dysplasia, whereas patient age is more frequently associated with sessile polyps in the proximal colon.

Colon polyps have a greater chance of developing into colon cancer, and colonoscopy is one of the most commonly used methods to detect colon polyps. However, the effectiveness of colonoscopy depends ...

Young doctors can distinguish between harmless and dangerous colon polyps during a colonoscopy just as reliably as experienced specialists – provided they are assisted by artificial intelligence (AI).

Colonoscopy is considered the gold standard for this purpose. It enables potentially dangerous colon polyps to be detected and removed at an early stage.

Artificial Intelligence Helps to Detect Dangerous Colon Polyps A study by Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences shows: With AI support, even junior doctors can already make accurate decisions ...