Here’s a bit of unsettling health news that’s been turning heads lately: appendix cancer, once super rare, is now showing up more often in millennials. Yep, you read that right. According to a new ...

Appendix cancer cases are rising sharply among young adults, a new study shows. The findings, published June 10 in Annals of Internal Medicine, found that Gen Xers and Millennials are developing ...

A very rare type of cancer is on a sharp upward trajectory in younger generations, and no one knows why. Recent research in the US reveals that Gen X-ers and Millennials are three to four times more ...

Cancer of the appendix (also called appendiceal or appendix cancer) is often overlooked and usually discovered by accident. It has long been thought of as extremely rare, almost a curiosity in medical ...

TAMPA, Fla. — More people in their 30s and 40s are being diagnosed with appendix cancer than ever before. A new study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine shows that appendix cancer rates have ...

Brian Johnson was told his type of cancer was so rare, doctors in his home state of Oregon only see about three cases per year. As if an appendiceal cancer diagnosis for a middle-aged father wasn’t ...

Most people only ever think about their appendix if it needs to be removed. But a worrying new trend is rewriting this narrative, as appendix cancer is on the rise in younger generations. A study ...

From left, Dr. Vadim Guschin, Director of Mercy’s heated chemotherapy (HIPEC) program and a member of the Surgical Oncology Department, and Armando Sardi, M.D., Medical Director of The Institute for ...

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 ...

BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER. WELL, 20 YEARS AGO, APPENDIX CANCER WAS VIRTUALLY UNHEARD OF. BUT THIS WAS BECAUSE MANY OF THESE CANCERS WERE ACTUALLY MISDIAGNOSED. THE GENERAL SURGEONS IN THE PAST WERE ...

SPRINGFIELD, PA, UNITED STATES, August 14, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- In a significant move to raise awareness about a rare and challenging cancer that is on the rise ...