Cancer: Juvenile Polyposis: Cancer Center: UI Health Topics

Juvenile Polyposis:
A Guide for patients and their families

What is Juvenile Polyposis?

Joy Larsen Haidle, MS, CGC, UI Health Care
V. Kim Horton, RN, MS, CGC, UI Health Care
James R. Howe, MD, UI College of Medicine
Hope Bergemann, UI Health Care
Peer Review Status: Internally reviewed by the authors
First Published:
Last Revised: April 2002

Juvenile Polyposis (JP) is a rare genetic condition that predisposes a person to develop polyps in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, specifically in the stomach, small intestine, colon, and rectum. JP affects between one in 16,000 and one in 100,000 people.

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