Karen Kennerley assumed her fatigue was from working so hard — now the mom is trying to raise money for treatment to treat stage 4 cancer Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. Her work has ...

The first step in the development of colon cancer is the formation of benign tumors, called adenomas, in the intestine. Over time, these tumors may progress to produce colon cancer if they undergo a ...

Most mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract are currently classified as specific gastrointestinal stromal tumors. However, true leiomyomas are more common in the esophagus, and they have ...

In this article, we will describe what benign and malignant tumors are, explore the similarities and differences between the two types of tumors and discuss if benign tumors can become malignant.

IN a review of records of patients studied at the Lahey Clinic twenty or more years ago, it is not unusual to see a diagnosis noted "polyp of rectum or colon; patient to have periodic checkups." Since ...