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Revision as of 17:04, 15 January 2019

Stuart ScottEditor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:

Appendix cancer was first described in the published literature by Sir George Thos. Beatson, an English surgeon, in 1913.^[1]

The following are a few famous cases of appendix cancer:

Celebrated actress, Audrey Hepburn was the most famous victims of appendix cancer, she passed away in 1993.

Stuart Scott, ESPN sportscast anchor was diagnosed with appendix cancer in 2007 and died 8 years later in 2015

Vlada Divljan, Serbian musician was diagnosed with the cancer in 2012, and died in 2015.

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 ==Historical Perspective==
 *Appendix cancer was first described in the published literature by Sir George Thos. Beatson, an English surgeon, in 1913.<ref name="pmid30435413">Beatson GT (1913) [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=30435413 Note on a Case of Carcinoma of the Vermiform Appendix in a Girl, Aged 20 Years.] ''Glasgow Med J'' 80 (6):418-422. PMID: [https://pubmed.gov/30435413 30435413]</ref>
-*The association between [important risk factor/cause] and [disease name] was made in/during [year/event].
-*In [year], [scientist] was the first to discover the association between [risk factor] and the development of [disease name].
-*In [year], [gene] mutations were first implicated in the pathogenesis of [disease name].
 ===Landmark Events in the Development of Treatment Strategies===