premise: adenomatous polyps are visible protrusions that can develop on the mucosal surface of the colon or rectum
hypothesis: adenomatous polyp is best characterized as a kind or type of cancer (or malignant neoplastic disease), defined as 'any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream' .