Condition
Familial Adenomatous Polyposis
Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is a genetic disease that increases the risk of cancer.
What are different types of familial adenomatous polyposis?
- Classic FAP: A child with classic FAP develops colon polyps beginning in childhood that can cover the inside of the colon by the child’s late teens or early 20s. Colectomy (surgical removal of the colon) is usually performed during late adolescence or early adulthood when the polyp burden becomes too great to manage by colonoscopy and polypectomy alone.
- Attenuated FAP: AFAP is milder than classic FAP and involves fewer colon polyps (an average of 30).
- GAPPS (gastric adenocarcinoma and proximal polyposis of the stomach): Polyps grow in the upper dome (fundus) of the stomach.
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