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Author: Amanda Moore
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Research Spotlight | March 2026 | Appendicure Education Team If you or a loved one is living with high-grade appendiceal cancer – including high-grade signet ring cell carcinoma – your oncologist may have mentioned specific mutations found in your tumor. Two of the most relevant are KRAS and PIK3CA. A newly published laboratory study offers…
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A Clinical Trial Result Is Not Necessarily Your Result A large genomic study being presented at the AACR Annual Meeting this April is confirming something many of us in the appendix cancer community have felt for a long time: Goblet Cell Adenocarcinoma (GCA) is not the same disease as mucinous appendix cancer. And if those…
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A guide to fighting insurance denials and winning When my husband David was first diagnosed with appendix cancer, we had sold our company and were on an inexpensive Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina plan we could afford. We had no idea what was coming….not just medically, but financially and administratively. The disease itself…
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Most people don’t know that Audrey Hepburn, one of the most beloved figures in cinema history, died of appendix cancer in 1993. A new biographical film about her life is now in development, and at Appendicure we are actively working to partner with the filmmakers to use this cultural moment to raise awareness about the…