A 36-year-old asymptomatic female patient has a 2-cm carcinoid tumor of the appendix found incidentally on gynecologic laparoscopy. Appendectomy revealed 1 positive lymph node in the mesoappendix and ...

High-grade versions of appendiceal goblet cell carcinoids (‘adenocarcinoma ex-goblet cell carcinoids’) are poorly characterized. We herein document 77 examples. Tumors occurred predominantly in ...

appendix A patient with a history of a carcionid tumor on their appendix did not return to a physician for follow up. A 24-year-old thin Caucasian female with a very vague stated history of “some kind ...

Pancreatic squamous cell carcinoma: Epidemiology, clinicopathologic characteristics, and outcomes. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2017 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium. This abstract does ...

Reviewed by Yolanda Smith, B.Pharm. Carcinoid tumors may sometimes be asymptomatic but may show symptoms in other patients. The signs of the illness are not definite and depend greatly on the location ...

Younger patients with appendicitis appear to be increasingly likely to have cancer of the appendix, a new study suggests. While acute appendicitis can often be managed with antibiotics instead of ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 65-year-old woman with a history of type 2 diabetes, coronary artery disease with congestive heart failure and ...

Appendiceal cancer is a type of cancer that originates in the appendix, a small pouch located in the abdomen. The appendix is part of the digestive system, although its exact function is not entirely ...

Response to trans-arterial chemoembolization prior to orthotopic liver transplantation or hepatic resection in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma ...