You are educating a patient that has just been advised that he has "polyps" in his colon. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
A. The larger the colonic polyp, the greater the risk of malignant transformation
B. Villous adenomas have a 30-70% risk of malignant transformation.
C. The greater the number of concomitant colonic polyps, the greater the risk of malignant transformatio
D. The majority of colonic polyps are hyperplastic in origin
E. The majority of colonic polyps are > 3 cm in size.
Answer: E, The majority of colonic polyps are > 3 cm in size.
Most polyps are, in fact, quite small. All the rest of these statements are true
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