My lovely dad had a sigmoidoscopy yesterday which showed a polyp. The report apparently says it is large and appears malignant (although I haven't read it myself).
He's to go back next week for a full colonoscopy but I have some questions that I would like answered sooner if anyone has any insight.
- they weren't able to remove it during the procedure, is this a bad sign that it has spread outside of the polyp?
- everything I'm reading says that polyps take years to turn malignant - he had a stoma reversal in 2021 and nothing was seen then, so how is it possible this is cancer already? One website said 10 years for them to turn cancerous.
- if the cancer is contained within the polyp will he require more than just having it removed?
I'm not expecting personalised advice, just if anyone has a general idea...