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 ...

We retrieved database information on appendiceal mucinous neoplasms, which were resected at three affiliated hospitals to Seoul National University College of Medicine. In total, 70 cases were ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Using next generation DNA sequencing, scientists have identified potentially actionable mutations in cancers of the appendix. When specific mutations for a cancer type are identified, patients can be ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The patient had a recent appendectomy with pathologic findings of mucinous tumor with uncertain malignant potential by immunohistochemical investigation. The computerized tomography scan, colonoscopy, ...

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 ...