The study found that the size and number of rectal polyps decreased for those in a high-fiber group who followed the prescribed regimen most carefully.

Indeed a recent assessment of 137 at risk subjects using sigmoidoscopy predicted that all those affected would develop rectal polyps by 34 years of age.

Every three months, the participants were examined by Dr. DeCosse, who counted and measured every rectal polyp that formed.

She had had a colectomy and ileorectal anastomosis for FAP in 1961 and had required 20 fulgurations for rectal polyps.

Labayle D, Fischer D, Vielh P, et al.: Sulindac causes regression of rectal polyps in familial adenomatous polyposis.

With a proctoscopy, your doctor can monitor the growth of rectal polyps or check for a return of rectal cancer in people who have already had surgery to treat their cancer.

When treated with a prophylactic colectomy the colon cancer risj is eliminated and the rectal cancer risk is minimised by regulkar surveillance and fulguration of rectal polyps.

For the first time, researchers have shown in the most rigorous kind of studies that aspirin can reduce the risk of developing colon and rectal polyps, the precursors of almost all colon cancer.

"Comfort care" entered the chart at No. 263 with a bullet, just below acute ischemic heart disease and delirium tremens, nosing ahead of various mental disorders, Tourette's syndrome, and rectal polyps.

Moreover, sulindac has been shown to cause regression of rectal polyps in familial adenomatous polyposis without there being an alteration in the Ki 67 index, an alternative marker of cellular proliferation.

Higuchi T, Iwama T, Yoshinaga K, et al.: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of the effects of rofecoxib, a selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor, on rectal polyps in familial adenomatous polyposis patients.

Celecoxib is licensed for use in osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, acute pain, painful menstruation and menstrual symptoms, ankylosing spondylitis, and to reduce the number of colon and rectal polyps in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis.

A22 SCIENCE/HEALTH Aspirin Lowers Risk of Polyps In one of the few cancer prevention efforts to bear fruit, researchers have shown that they can reduce the risk of colon and rectal polyps, the precursors of almost all colon cancer, with aspirin.