A 50-year-old woman with a family history of colon cancer underwent a total colonoscopy as per screening guidelines for colon cancer. 3 small (<1cm) pedunculated polyps were removed using hot-wire biopsy. Pathology reported all 3 polyps to be tubular adenomas. What type of colon polyp has the highest risk of carcinoma?

A) Hyperplastic
B) Hamartomatous
C) Tubular adenoma
D) Tubulovillous adenoma
E) Villous adenoma

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