Vasileios Tsagkalidis, Jennie K Choe, Toni Beninato, Mariam F Eskander, Miral S Grandhi, Haejin In, Timothy J Kennedy, Russell C Langan, Jason C Maggi, Henry A Pitt, H Richard Alexander, Brett L Ecker
BACKGROUND: Mucinous appendiceal adenocarcinomas (MAA) and non-mucinous appendiceal adenocarcinomas (NMAA) demonstrate differences in rates and patterns of recurrence, which may inform the appropriate extent of surgical resection (i.e., appendectomy versus colectomy). The impact of extent of resection on disease-specific survival (DSS) for each histologic subtype was assessed. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Patients with resected, non-metastatic MAA and NMAA were identified in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database (2000-2020)...
April 9, 2024: Annals of Surgical Oncology