Tag: Treatment-associated Polyposis

ICARE Social Media Post March 2020

Cancer Treatment in Childhood and Treatment-Associated Polyposis

Treatment-associated polyposis (TAP) should be considered in patients who develop many colon polyps after treatment for a childhood or young adulthood cancer but do not have an identified mutation in a hereditary cancer gene. A recent study reported that 35% of patients with TAP developed over 50 colorectal polyps, and 94% had multiple types of …

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