This episode is the first  part of a series that has been produced in collaboration with the Australian and New Zealand Training Board in Colon and Rectal Surgery (ANZTBCRS). It has come out of work prepared for the Colorectal Fellow's Training Weekend held in Adelaide in August 2023.

Henry Drysdale won the Phillip Douglas Prize for his presentation on malignant colorectal polyps and is our guest for this episode.
We cover:
- definition
- endoscopic features correlated with malignant polyps
- endoscopic management
- staging
- histopathological classification and risk factors
- determining the risk of residual local or nodal disease
- definitive management 

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