I've been informed that I have a larger than 5cm polypin the sigmoid junction .Waiting on biopsy results is a bit taxing .Been on Dr google ..not really sure what to think .
Hi Hot chocca and a warm welcome to the board. The waiting for results and scans is very stressful but once you have a treatment plan in place then things will honestly feel a bit better?
Please stay away from google - it can be out of date and can lead you down a rabbit warren of more posts until your head is spinning - you can ask anything you like on here or just read others’ posts? If you click on people’s names then their profile page may show their treatment so far?
Bowel cancer is notoriously slow growing but very treatable. Please keep posting and we’ll help and support you through this?
Hi Hot chocca , sorry you are going through this. I was recently diagnosed with a tumour in ascending colon. I was wondering the same, my colonoscopy report references a lesion but also says the 'polyp' has been tattooed. Really good advice to stay off Google. Made that mistake. You are you, not a statistic in a paper. The waiting is incredibly hard, honestly, now I have a plan, operation first, I feel so much lighter.
This forum is lovely, keep posting, support is there xxx
Lesion is a more grneral term. So a polyp is a type of lesion like apples are a type of fruit.
Tumor is a general term that includes lesions and polyps.
Mass is an even more general term that includes tumors, lesions and polyps.
There's some vague nuanced differences but in general they will name it according to the level of detail they have. The radiologist sees a mass or a lesion that your GI doctor identifies as a polyp.
Most doctors will get in the habit of using particular terms so when reading reports you may see all 4 terms used for a single polyp. Very scary and confusing for patients.
