Appendicitis is familiar to most people. Appendix cancer is not. That lack of awareness can make this rare cancer even harder to understand, especially because some of its symptoms can look like ...

An athlete and nursing student was rushed into surgery after doctors thought she had appendicitis. But during surgery, they discovered she had a rare type of tumor — and it was already stage 4. Lana ...

A matched study of more than 30,000 appendicitis patients found that those who underwent an appendectomy had a 58 percent ...

Troyce Coles filed a $130 million appendix lawsuit against Cedar Hill Regional Medical Center, alleging ovarian tissue was ...

According to court documents, the woman first went to Cedar Hill on June 1, 2025, for severe abdominal pain and vomiting.

“I'm sure we're going to find out one day that the brain is as worthless as the appendix.” —Scott McClanahan The poor, maligned appendix. That worm-like accessory dangling from our intestines has long ...

“I'm sure we're going to find out one day that the brain is as worthless as the appendix.” —Scott McClanahan The poor, maligned appendix. That worm-like accessory dangling from our intestines has long ...