Appendiceal cancer is a rare cancer without standardized screening guidelines, risk factors or tumor classifications - a situation that often results in late diagnosis and poor prognosis.

For example, it is possible that beneficial bacteria present in the appendix may decrease the risk of infections causing fatal diarrheal diseases, particularly in young children. Acute appendicitis is ...

All removed appendices were analyzed pathologically and the patients were classified as being positive (acute appendicitis) or negative (normal appendix histology) appendectomy recipients.