Sentences with phrase «noncancerous reasons»
«The significant finding of this research is that only 8 percent of patients who underwent colectomy for a large, apparently benign polyp had cancer, which means that 92 percent of patients had their colon removed for noncancerous reasons,» Dr. Gorgun said.
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«Currently a majority of patients undergo colon resections for large polyps that don't harbor any cancer cells, which means in many cases a person's colon is being removed for noncancerous reasons, based on subjective criteria,» said lead study author Emre Gorgun, MD, FACS, FASCRS, a staff surgeon in the department of colorectal surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio.