Appendix cancer surgery
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:
Overview
Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for appendix cancer. The feasibility as well as determining the appropriate plan of surgery depends on the stage of appendix cancer at diagnosis.
Surgery
- Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for appendix cancer.
- The feasibility as well as determining the appropriate plan of surgery depends on the stage of appendix cancer at diagnosis.
- Small lesions????? limited to appendix may be treated by simple appendectomy, but lesion larger than 5 cm,????? lesions should be treated with appendectomy and right hemicolectomy.