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It’s easy to brush off certain symptoms — but ignoring them could be a big mistake. Cervical cancer is a slow-burner that often flies under the radar in its early stages, quietly growing for months or ...

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Polyps are bits of extra cells that can grow in many of your tissues. Gastric polyps, or stomach polyps, are growths that develop in the lining of your stomach. In many cases, these polyps cause no ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Cervical cancer diagnoses are quite rare, with only about 13,000 women diagnosed every year, according to ...

Postcoital bleeding should be carefully investigated. Persistent postcoital bleeding is more common than intermittent bleeding and is generally associated with a vaginal, cervical, or intrauterine ...

Sessile polyps are flat growths that develop in the colon or intestines. There are several types of sessile polyps. These include sessile serrated adenomas, villous adenomas, tubular adenomas, and ...

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Unless you or someone close to you has been previously diagnosed with an endometrial polyp, you are likely to know what that is. These abnormal growths are common, with more than 200,000 cases per ...

Gallbladder polyps are abnormal growths inside the gallbladder, the small organ in the upper right abdomen that stores digestive bile. Inflammation, cholesterol, abnormal cell growth, and, in rare ...

Polyps in the gallbladder may not cause any symptoms. Depending on the type of polyps, they can be benign, be a sign of inflammation, or potentially lead to cancer. Polyps are abnormal tissue growths.