The pathology report revealed adenocarcinoma of the appendix (mucinous), not through the wall, but patient did have a perforated appendicitis. Treatment options if any? Paul Grmoljez, MD.

The reported 5-year survival rates for patients with appendiceal adenocarcinoma ranges from 18.7% (ref. 4849) to 55%. 57 Patients with mucinous adenocarcinomas have a better prognosis than those ...

Appendix cancer is a rare but increasingly recognized malignancy, often discovered incidentally during surgery for presumed ...

Appendiceal carcinoma is an uncommon malignancy of the gastrointestinal tract with a prevalence ranging from 0.2 to 0 ... Patients with mucinous carcinoma had a better overall survival and disease ...

Background: Carcinomas of the appendix are exceedingly rare tumors and have an annual age-adjusted incidence of around 0.4 cases per 100,000. Appendiceal adenocarcinoma accounts for <0.5% of all ...

The recently updated 8th edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer Staging Manual and the 5th edition of the WHO Classification of Digestive System Tumours provide a three-tiered grading ...

A woman who was diagnosed with stage four cancer has issued a warning over how 'rare' the condition actually is. Lindsay Barad had not long completed her fourth marathon in December 2021 and was ...

Little is known about the molecular biology of two types of appendix tumors, low-grade appendiceal mucinous neoplasm (LAMN) and adenocarcinoma, but both can lead to pseudomyxoma peritonea (PMP), a ...

When I was diagnosed with a rare cancer at the “stump” of my appendix, I was surprised, considering I had my appendix removed more than a decade ago. When I was diagnosed in the fall of 2022with a ...

A 47-year-old patient, diagnosed with mucinous adenocarcinoma of the appendix, has been successfully treated in a 10-hour cytoreductive surgery with Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy ...

MONDAY, June 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- The incidence rates of appendiceal adenocarcinoma (AA) increased after 1945, according to a study published online June 10 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Jaclyn Keely was diagnosed with Stage 1 mucinous adenocarcinoma and had the lower lobe of her left lung removed last fall. She is running the RBC Brooklyn Half Marathon on Saturday.