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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 researchers. Lesions of the appendix are being over diagnosed as invasive cancer, report University of California San Diego ...

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 ...

Often uncovered by accident, appendiceal cancers trigger few symptoms until they’re advanced and can be difficult to detect and treat. Elizabeth Ames knew something wasn’t right. Feeling increasingly ...

When Mooresville resident and cancer survivor Scott Montgomery found that there wasn’t much funding support for the rare appendix cancer he was diagnosed with, he decided to start his own fundraiser, ...

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 ...