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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…
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The world doesn’t actually stop when you hear the words, “You have cancer.” But it feels like it does. I was in my thirties the first time. Life was expanding — career momentum, travel plans, laughter with friends, the sense that the best chapters were just beginning. Then suddenly, everything narrowed into overnight ER visit…
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For many people diagnosed with appendiceal cancer, one of the first things they learn is that very few treatments were developed specifically for this disease. Most systemic therapies used today were originally designed for colon cancer, even though appendix tumors behave very differently. But researchers are beginning to understand something important about the biology of…