Appendix cancer rates have tripled in Gen X and quadrupled in millennials. Here's what researchers know about this rare ...

Appendix cancer cases are rising sharply among young adults, a new study shows. The findings, published June 10 in Annals of Internal Medicine, found that Gen Xers and Millennials are developing ...

A very rare type of cancer is on a sharp upward trajectory in younger generations, and no one knows why. Recent research in the US reveals that Gen X-ers and Millennials are three to four times more ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Stephen Colbert is away from late-night TV following emergency surgery last week — the comedian's appendix burst. That made us wonder: What does the appendix do for our body? And why are ...

The study covered in this summary was published on ssrn.com as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed. Past reports associating appendicitis with colon cancer have mostly been based on ...

HIPEC is an acronym for hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy. This is a form of cancer treatment using highly concentrated, heated chemotherapy that is delivered directly to the abdominal cavity ...