Staged vs. Upfront Colectomy for Appendix Cancer: New Findings

April 8, 2025

Dr. Muhammad Talha Waheed, a postdoctoral research fellow at City of Hope, was recently interviewed by Cancer Network about study findings he first presented in a poster at the 2025 Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO) Annual Meeting. The research looks at the timing of surgery for appendix cancer and suggests a staged colectomy may be preferable in some cases. What...