Background: 45M, colonoscopy about 11 days ago. 12 polyps found, one was 8mm, most were under 4mm. Doctor didn’t suspect active cancer but acknowledged 12 is a lot.
So I got my results today via a brief online message - no phone call or appointment. Basically, it said:
The polyp removed during your colonoscopy were confirmed to be precancerous (tubular adenoma)
There is no evidence of cancer.
Having removed them these types of polyps has been shown to decrease the risk of developing colorectal cancer.
Repeat procedure in two years (a bit concerning seeing as a lot of people were saying their precancerous polyps caused them to come back in 3 or 5 years)
Will have an extended wait for further discussion with the doctor, but will do my best to not be stressed and patient.
For those of you with knowledge or a similar experience, are tubular adenomas considered a worse or more favorable type of adenomas? I think the worst type was “vollinous” or something like that. I can’t trust anything google says anymore - so I’m trying to avoid that.
Was there really any chance with 12 polyps, that NONE would be pre-cancerous? Was this probably the most favorable outcome given what I already knew?