Researchers are reporting a startling spike in appendiceal adenocarcinoma (AA) — otherwise known as appendix cancer — in ...

Rates of appendiceal adenocarcinoma more than tripled among Americans born in 1980 compared with those born in 1945, a study ...

A recent study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine reported a sharp and troubling rise in appendix cancer rates among younger generations, particularly Millennials and Generation X. According ...

The incidence rates of appendiceal adenocarcinoma (AA) increased after 1945, according to a study published online June 10 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Andreana N. Holowatyj, Ph.D., from ...

There was not much contamination and it was localized. The pathology report revealed adenocarcinoma of the appendix (mucinous), not through the wall, but patient did have a perforated appendicitis.

Appendix cancers are exceedingly rare, but they are being identified more often among Gen X and millennials than in previous generations.

Patients with appendiceal adenocarcinoma have a 7.5% risk of second primary cancer within 10 years. There is a 12% excess incidence of secondary primary cancers, particularly colorectal, in these ...

low-grade appendiceal mucinous neoplasm (LAMN) and adenocarcinoma, but both can lead to pseudomyxoma peritonea (PMP), a critical condition in which cancerous cells grow uncontrollably along the ...

Appendiceal carcinoma is an uncommon malignancy of the gastrointestinal tract with a prevalence ranging from 0.2 to 0.3% of appendectomy specimens (1, 2). Most appendiceal carcinomas arise from an ...

Generally, carcinoid tumors tend to grow slowly. Appendiceal adenocarcinoma is a type of cancer that originates in the tissue that lines the inside of the appendix. There are different subtypes of ...