OCTOBER 19, 2023

Sharma's Endoscopy Insights

Polyp Measurement, H. pylori and Gastric Cancer, and Large Nonpedunculated Polyps

By Prateek Sharma, MD, with Jillian Mock
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Prateek Sharma, MD
Professor of Medicine
University of Kansas
School of Medicine
Kansas City

In this month’s column, I highlight three topics that are highly relevant to endoscopy clinical practice: colon polyp sizing, Helicobacter pylori’s relationship with gastric cancer and large nonpedunculated polyps.

Although pathologists report the size of colon polyps resected during colonoscopy, the accuracy of such size reporting is questionable. In this