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Do all polyps need to be removed in colonoscopy to avoid colon cancer?
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Yes, if possible: When you have a colonoscopy and polyps are found- as much as possible, all those polyps- especially the ones that are quite large and look suspicious- would need to be removed ( if possible) to prevent the risk to develop into something more serious- like cancer.
Answered 8/17/2017
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Yes: Not all polyps are pre-canerous, most are. The determination of whether the polyp is precancerous or not usually requires examination by a pathologist and that necessitates removal. There is no good reason to not remove a polyp detected on colonscopy. All most all colon cancers start in polyps, therefore it is necessary to remove polyps to prevent colon cancer.
Answered 1/31/2020
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Generally yes.: Most but not all polyps are precancerous and need to be removed.
Answered 9/28/2018
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