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• n  a benign epithelial tumor of glandular origin

• Also benign is adenoma, which lines gland-like depressions or cavities in the tissue structure.
• Although the tissue samples proved benign, doctors concluded the polyp was a villous adenoma, so called because of the villi, or finger-like projections visible under a microscope.
• That particular polyp, called adenoma type, is one that, if it is left, begins to develop cancerous cells.

News & Articles

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• PRIMARYSStudy Investigators Observed Clinically Relevant Results in an Investigational Phase III Study with ...
  Ipsen today announced the results of an international phase IIIB study, PRIMARYS, assessing an investigational use of Somatuline® Autogel® 120mg as first line therapy in newly diagnosed acromegaly patients with a macroadenoma.
  June 17, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance

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• Ferid Murad in PhysOrg.com
  These clinical trial results are new. The cardiovascular findings in one of the studies (Adenoma Prevention with Celecoxib or APC) are unexpected and not consistent with the reported findings in the second study (Prevention of Spontaneous... Hank McKinnell http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_McKinnell&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNETVSyBhbSHg467WiswR4QRcE8a9g USA Today http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/health/drugs/2004-12-17-pfizer-celebrex_x.htm%3FPOE%3DNEWISVA&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHbgFSFJ5KymY238VXCltk8qvYkpA Dec 17, 2004 1239 1893 adenosine This newly discovered compound decreases the formation of ever-present cellular messenger molecules, cyclic guanosine monophosphate and cyclic adenosine monophosphate, caused by various bacterial toxins and might prevent or attenuate the intestinal...