title: How to manage a patient with multiple adenomatous polyps.
abstract: Adenomatous polyps are found on screening colonoscopy in 22.5% to 58.2% of the adult population and therefore represent a common problem. Patients with multiple adenomatous polyps are of unique interest because a proportion of these patients have an inheritable form of colorectal cancer. This article discusses the history and clinical features, genetic testing, surveillance, and treatments for the condition.
authors.affiliation: Colorectal Service, Department of Surgery, The Hereditary Colorectal Cancer Family Registry, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA.
authors.forename: Emily
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Steinhagen
authors.forename: Arnold J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Markowitz
authors.forename: José G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Guillem
mesh_terms: D011125:Adenomatous Polyposis Coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D018256:Adenomatous Polyps / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D003123:Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans