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In my 30s.eat healthy diet,normal weight,exercise.have had 5 colon polyps removed between my last 2 colonoscopies? 4 benign,1 tubular adenoma.common?
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Follow-up care: Colon polyps are not normal, but it is good that you had colonoscopy to have these removed. Do you have family history of colon cancer? Even if you do not, do follow your doctor's advice for follow-up colonoscopy at no more than five years from now. Wish you good health.
Answered 9/20/2016
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