Risk of appendiceal cancer in patients undergoing appendectomy for appendicitis in the era of increasing nonoperative management.

Pamela W Lu Justin C McCarty Adam C FieldsKatherine C LeeStuart R LipsitzJoel E GoldbergJennifer IraniRonald BledayNelya Melnitchouk

Published in: Journal of surgical oncology (2019)

When counseling patients regarding operative vs nonoperative treatment options for management of acute appendicitis, the rising risk of a delayed or missed cancer diagnosis with increasing age must be discussed.

Keyphrases

papillary thyroid
patients undergoing
end stage renal disease
squamous cell
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
low grade
peritoneal dialysis
smoking cessation
hepatitis c virus
young adults
high grade
hiv infected