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 ...

A 60-year-old female underwent an appendectomy for acute appendicitis with perforation. It appeared to be a straightforward case. There was not much contamination and it was localized. The pathology ...

Defective DNA mismatch repair has been proposed as a second pathway for colonic carcinogenesis, particularly in tumors arising in the right colon. We investigated whether tumors arising in the ...

Association of use of bisphosphonates with risk of colorectal cancer. Background: The diagnosis of UMP is used for dysplastic mucinous tumors that are difficult to classify as clearly benign or ...

A 35-year-old man presents to hospital. He has no notable history of illness -- 3 months previously, he had acute appendicitis, for which he had undergone laparoscopic appendectomy. Although the ...

The rarity of appendix cancer, accounting for less than 1 percent of tumors that originate in the gastrointestinal tract, and the lack of scientific data for this disease means that current treatment ...

Lesions of the appendix are being over diagnosed as invasive cancer, report researchers. Lesions of the appendix are being over diagnosed as invasive cancer, report University of California San Diego ...

Interval colorectal cancer despite screening colonoscopy: A single-center experience. Background: Though histological grade is known to have a major prognostic impact in metastatic mucinous ...

Just when we thought we had enough on our medical to-do list—Pap smears, mammograms, cholesterol checks, stress management, hydration, posture—now we’re hearing that appendix cancer is on the rise?

Lesions of the appendix are being over diagnosed as invasive cancer, report University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers in a paper published June 7 in the journal PLOS ONE. The ...