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Appendix cancer mutation testing done on your tumor tissue is still worth doing, even when a blood ctDNA test comes back negative. The blood test and the tissue test answer different questions, so a negative blood result does not mean genomic testing has nothing to offer you. I keep hearing the same thing from people…
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A new study looked at appendix cancer targeted therapy, the drugs that block growth signals inside the tumor. In appendiceal adenocarcinoma, one whole class of these drugs did not help, while two others helped only a small number of patients. Many appendix tumors carry a mutation in a chain of growth signals called the MAPK…
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There is no appendix cancer screening test. A colonoscopy looks at the colon, and it can reach the opening of the appendix, but it cannot see inside the appendix, which is where these cancers usually begin. That is why most of us were found by accident. My husband David got lucky, and I do not…
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My mom has neuropathy. She talks about her feet burning, the pins and needles, the numbness that makes going down the stairs feel like a gamble. She is not a cancer patient. Watching her live with it is part of why I cannot leave this one alone. And so many of you live with it…
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When David’s care team brought up appendix cancer genetic testing, it was not really about David. It was about our daughter, Kathleen. David is 53. He was diagnosed with goblet cell appendiceal cancer. Dr. Shen suggested a germline genetic test, and the point was not to change David’s treatment tomorrow. The point was to find…