WA_LADY

Generally speaking, the doctors get concerned that the larger the polyps the more likely the chance that they are precancerous or cancerous. That being said, usually a doctor, if they are pretty darn sure that the polyp is definitively cancerous will tell you so and they tend not to call it a polyp then, but rather a mass. That doesn't mean that the doctor isn't concerned, but my guess is he wants to check that it isn't precancerous. The biopsy results can be back way before a week and your husband would be in that office much quicker than a week if the doctor felt that this was urgent. I'm NOT saying that this is nothing to worry about and I am NOT saying that there is. Size is one indication to the GI doctors about polyps but not the only one. My friend had her scope, the GI doc came to talk with her and I was there with her. He told her not to worry about anything because they found a polyp but it was very very small. After he left, I went and told the nurse that I don't think that it was appropriate to tell my friend that and sure enough her polyp was precancerous. I have also know people with the opposite -large polyps that the doctor thought were precancerous because of their size and they came back as benign. Regardless, polyps NEED to come out. In the best case scenario, the polyp will be benign and your husband needs to be followed up, probably in 2 -3 years. If the polyp turns out to be precancerous, he will need another scope in about 2 years but no more. If, by some chance it is cancerous, don't get too worried right away. Polyps can be cancerous at the 'head' but not in the stalk and snipping those kind off is all that is needed. There are wayyyyyyy to many variables here to start freaking out right now. Wait for the biopsy results to come in and go from there.
Please try not to panic right now. Your husband did the right thing by having his scope and that's the most important thing to remember right now.
Jaynee