Hey guys, My brother recently underwent surgery for bowel cancer in his late twenties, and I've just found out that my grandma also had bowel cancer in her late 20s. Since two relatives have had bowel cancer so young, what age would I be wanting to start screening? I am 23. GPs don't seem to think t...

Yes that's what it is. I don't actually know to be honest, I know the cancer was confined to the head and was only small, but I know it did penetrate into the submucosa of the head. I also know there was a clear resection margin and the whole polyp was taken off cleanly at the stalk. It was the word...

Hi guys, Just seen some information on the histology report, and the following summary was given. Histology showed a TVA with low grade dysplasia, however there was a focus of moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma. There was also an element of perineural invasion, however no other bad features we...

Yes he will have the colon resection surgery, the doctor performing it is very experienced and it will be robotic surgery with no need for a bag. I know surgery is debated for haggitt level 3 polyps with clear resection margins, but given his young age (reduced chance of surgery issues) and the stro...

Thanks again for all your replies everyone, I can already see what a supportive community this is. GREAT NEWS - the MRI (3 Tesla) and CT results came back today and it was all completely normal, no sign of metastasis and no sign of any lymph node enlargement or missed polyps in the colon. Of course ...

Hi guys, thanks so much for your replies it's much appreciated. I need to get hold of the pathology report as i believe i now have a solid base of understanding to read it. One thing which is confusing me is the distinction between the sub mucosa of the predunculated polyp, and the submucosa of the ...

A young relative has recently been diagnosed with a large malignant predunculated adenoma in the sigmoid colon. The polyp was completely excised in one clean cut during the colonoscopy which discovered it, and the colon lining was tattoed. The pathology report showed that the cancer had invaded into...