Appendix cancer, once considered rare, is increasingly affecting younger adults, particularly those born since the 1970s.

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Most people have never given their appendix much thought. Fewer still have heard of appendiceal cancer. But new research suggests this rare disease is becoming far less rare among younger ...

Most people only ever think about their appendix if it needs to be removed. But a worrying new trend is rewriting this narrative, as appendix cancer is on the rise in younger generations. A study ...

From left, Dr. Vadim Guschin, Director of Mercy’s heated chemotherapy (HIPEC) program and a member of the Surgical Oncology Department, and Armando Sardi, M.D., Medical Director of The Institute for ...