Bowel polyps have a certain possibility of becoming cancerous, and the chance of cancerous bowel polyps is related to the number of polyps, the size of polyps, and the type of pathology.
The higher the number of intestinal polyps, the larger the size of intestinal polyps, and the poorer the pathologic type, the higher the possibility of cancer. Generally speaking, if intestinal polyps are allowed to develop without any treatment, their glands will be accompanied by heterotrophic hyperplasia, and if severe heterotrophic hyperplasia occurs, it will be easy to develop cancer.
If there is severe heteroplasia, it will be easy to develop cancer. Continuous stimulation will also make the polyp increase in size and proliferate, which will make the intestinal polyp show the symptoms of ulceration and erosion, and increase the possibility of cancerous transformation. Therefore, when patients have intestinal polyps, they must be detected and removed as early as possible to avoid malignant changes and reduce the chance of cancer.