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Ruoff C, Hanna L, Zhi W, et al. Cancers of the appendix: review of the literatures. ISRN Oncol. 2011;2011:728579doi: 10.5402/2011/728579.
Ruoff, C., Hanna, L., Zhi, W., Shahzad, G., Gotlieb, V., & Saif, M. W. (2011). Cancers of the appendix: review of the literatures. ISRN oncology, 2011728579. https://doi.org/10.5402/2011/728579
Ruoff, Carl, et al. "Cancers of the appendix: review of the literatures." ISRN oncology vol. 2011 (2011): 728579. doi: https://doi.org/10.5402/2011/728579
Ruoff C, Hanna L, Zhi W, Shahzad G, Gotlieb V, Saif MW. Cancers of the appendix: review of the literatures. ISRN Oncol. 2011;2011:728579. doi: 10.5402/2011/728579. Epub 2011 Aug 11. PMID: 22084738; PMCID: PMC3200132.
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ISRN Oncol. 2011;2011:728579. doi: 10.5402/2011/728579. Epub 2011 Aug 11.

Cancers of the appendix: review of the literatures.

ISRN oncology

Carl Ruoff, Louay Hanna, Wanqing Zhi, Ghulamullah Shahzad, Vladimir Gotlieb, Muhammad Wasif Saif

Affiliations

  1. New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens, Flushing, NY 11355, USA.

PMID: 22084738 PMCID: PMC3200132 DOI: 10.5402/2011/728579

Abstract

Cancers of the appendix are rare. Most of them are found accidentally on appendectomies performed for appendicitis. When reviewed, majority of the tumors were carcinoid, adenoma, and lymphoma. Adenocarcinomas of appendix are only 0.08% of all cancers and the treatment remains controversial. Here we are reporting a 46-year-old male presented with symptoms of appendicitis, diagnosed with adenocarcinoma of the appendix. The patient was treated with appendectomy and refused further surgical intervention to complete hemicolectomy. Up to date, he remains asymptomatic. We performed literature review of the tumors of the appendix. Most of the benign conditions are treated with surgery alone. Lymphomas require CHOP-like chemotherapy and carcinoid syndrome treatment with somatostatin analogues. It is generally recommended that right hemicolectomy is the preferred treatment for adenocarcinoma of appendix. The role of chemotherapy is unclear due to lacking randomized trials but seems to be accepted if there is lymph node involvement or peritoneal seeding.

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