Appendix cancer cases are rising among Generation X and millennials — a trend that researchers say warrants increased awareness about the rare cancer. A study published in the journal Annals of ...

For years, the appendix carried a reputation as the body’s most pointless organ. Doctors often removed it without hesitation, and textbooks labeled it a vestigial structure—something our ancestors ...

The appendix is a small organ situated between the small and large intestines. For a long time, scientists didn't know its function and deemed it useless. In fact, it was seen as potentially dangerous ...

The inaugural Appendix Cancer PMP Research Foundation Think Tank, sponsored by ACPMP and hosted by Dr. Andreana Holowatyj at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC), convened leading experts from ...

You may have heard that astronauts have their appendix removed before leaving Earth. After all, people say you can live without this organ because it serves no purpose, but how much truth is there in ...

SPRINGFIELD, PA, UNITED STATES, October 8, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Appendix Cancer PMP Research Foundation (ACPMP), a nonprofit dedicated to funding research ...

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine found an FDA-approved drug used to treat breast cancer has the potential to be an effective therapeutic for a specific type of ...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has released Appendix B of the NASA Research Announcement (NRA) NNH15ZTT001N, entitled “Use of the NASA Physical Sciences Informatics System.” ...

PLAINFIELD CHARTER TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Three years after her brother's battle with appendix cancer, Lynette Barnard sits on her porch and shares her family's story in hopes to raise awareness of a ...