Polyps occurrence is on the causes for colon cancer. Colon cancer polyps does not always become cancerous but depending on the number and size of cancer polyps you have, it may increases your possibility of having one.
Polyps less than a centimeter in diameter approximately are one percent cancerous. But you will have a higher risk for colon cancer if you have a polyp bigger than a centimeter.
Colon cancer polyps have two shapes, Pedunculated and Sessile. Pedunculated are those mushroom-like tissue growth attached to the surface of mucous membrane by a long, thin stalk and Sessile shaped are those that are flat in appearance that sit right on the surface of the mucous membrane. (Soft lining in the passages like those that are present in the mouth, intestines and other mucus-secreting cells are called mucous membranes).
Colon cancer polyps varies. Those polyps that reacts to a chronic inflammation in the colon are called inflammatory polyps or ‘false polyps’.
Colon cancer polyps that are Adenomatous in nature (benign tumor resembling a gland origin) are the most common type of polyp and make up about 70% of the polyps found in the colon. It may lead to colon cancer but it usually take years to come up.
On the other hand, Hyperplastic-type of colon cancer polyps abnormally increase the number of cells in a tissue with enlargement of the area and Villous-Adenoma are slow-growing, potentially malignant and are considered dangerous as they have the highest likelihood of developing into colon cancer.
Because this colon cancer symptoms usually do not reveal early, you may know of having it. They are only found during screening tests for colon cancer. Symptoms evidence like bleeding from your rectum and change in your bowel habits shows when the colon cancer polyps gets larger.
Colon Cancer Polyps can be detected during test for colon cancer. It is suggested to individuals who are 50 years old or higher, has a normal risk for colon cancer and to people who have a strong family history of colon cancer.
