Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Appendix Cancer Survival in Young Patients Varies by Race - Study
August 07, 2020
August 07, 2020
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 7 -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news:
Appendiceal cancer -- cancer of the appendix -- is a rare malignancy that is usually found during surgery for acute appendicitis. Although the rate of appendectomies has been stable over the last two decades, the incidence of malignant appendiceal cancer increased 232% in the United States.
Andreana Holowatyj, PhD, MSCI, and colleagues conducted the first study of appendiceal . . .
Appendiceal cancer -- cancer of the appendix -- is a rare malignancy that is usually found during surgery for acute appendicitis. Although the rate of appendectomies has been stable over the last two decades, the incidence of malignant appendiceal cancer increased 232% in the United States.
Andreana Holowatyj, PhD, MSCI, and colleagues conducted the first study of appendiceal . . .