This week's artwork was donated by Vansom, a pediatric cancer patient who received treatment at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia . This is a response to a question about appendiceal tumors. They usually present as an unexpected finding following an incidental appendectomy, or after an appendectomy for the clinical diagnosis of appendicitis. Hence, patients with appendiceal malignancies frequently require a second procedure for complete treatment.
Surgical resection is the treatment of choice for the majority of patients with localized disease.
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