Health Management for Older Adults III - Screening the Elderly for Colorectal Cancer -- From Polyp to Malignancy

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Based on this prevalence and the known incidence of colorectal cancers, it appears that less than 1% of polyps ever become malignant.

The risk of an adenomatous polyp developing into cancer rises with increasing age, degree of dysplasia, and the relative size of the villous component.