Category: Education
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A new study reviewed the outcomes of 132 patients with perforated HAMN who were treated with cytoreductive surgery and HIPEC at a specialist center. Researchers examined how the disease behaved, how often lymph nodes were involved, and where recurrence occurred. Two findings are especially important for patients: lymph-node spread was uncommon, and normal imaging did…
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A major new cancer study found that counting how many mutant copies of a gene a tumor carries, not just whether the gene is mutated, helps predict how a cancer behaves. This idea is called gene mutant dosage. Appendix cancer was not part of the study. Even so, the findings matter to us, because appendix…
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August is Appendix Cancer Awareness Month, and the ribbon is amber. This is why the month matters to me, and five simple ways you can help. I did not go looking for this cause. It found my family. In 2024, my husband David was diagnosed with appendix cancer. He is the reason Appendicure exists. David…
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A 2025 study of the appendix cancer tumor microenvironment found that when these tumors spread into the belly, the cancer cells stay much like the original tumor, but the tissue around them changes. The biggest change is in collagen, the structural material that surrounds a tumor. That could help explain why drugs have a hard…
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Appendix cancer mucus therapy is an experimental treatment that uses two drugs to dissolve the thick mucus that mucinous appendix cancer and pseudomyxoma peritonei leave behind in the belly. A specialist gives it through a catheter, not by mouth, and early human results show it can shrink mucus deposits and ease symptoms in people whose…
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If one hospital says your tumor cannot be removed, an appendix cancer second opinion at a specialized high-volume center is worth getting. A new study found that most patients turned away elsewhere still went on to have a complete surgery at a program that treats these cancers all the time. I hear one sentence over…