Table 2

 Neoplastic lesions in patients with hyperplastic polyps

Patient characteristicPatients with adenomas N (%)Patients with carcinomas N (%)
*APC, adenomatous polyposis coli gene; HP, hyperplastic polyp; LOH, loss of heterozygosity.
No of patients with neoplastic lesions12226
Mean (SD) no of adenomas/patient3.2 (3)N/A
No of patients with only tubular adenomas70 (57%)N/A
No of patients with at least one tubulovillous or villous lesion52 (43%)N/A
No of patients with at least one lesion with K-ras mutation42 (34%)8 of 23 (35%)
No of patients with K-ras mutation in both neoplastic lesion and HP3 (2%)0
No of patients with at least one neoplastic lesion with APC LOH42 of 112 (38%)3 of 21 (14.3%)