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. 1998 Jul 18;317(7152):182–185. doi: 10.1136/bmj.317.7152.182

Table 2.

Diagnoses among 197 subjects whose polyps and cancers were removed from sigmoid and rectum at either flexible sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy

Diagnosis No (%) of subjects
Cancer 4 (2.0)
Adenoma 76 (38.6)
Carcinoid 1 (0.5)
Hyperplastic 93 (47.2)
Miscellaneous 23 (11.7)