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Metastatic Appendix Carcinoma

MedGen UID:
1696461
•Concept ID:
C5206482
•
Neoplastic Process

Definition

Carcinoma of the appendix that has spread from the original site of growth to other anatomic sites. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVMetastatic Appendix Carcinoma

Professional guidelines

PubMed

AIRO Breast Cancer Group Best Clinical Practice 2022 Update.
Ciabattoni A, Gregucci F, De Rose F, Falivene S, Fozza A, Daidone A, Morra A, Smaniotto D, Barbara R, Lozza L, Vidali C, Borghesi S, Palumbo I, Huscher A, Perrucci E, Baldissera A, Tolento G, Rovea P, Franco P, De Santis MC, Grazia AD, Marino L, Meduri B, Cucciarelli F, Aristei C, Bertoni F, Guenzi M, Leonardi MC, Livi L, Nardone L, De Felice F, Rosetto ME, Mazzuoli L, Anselmo P, Arcidiacono F, Barbarino R, Martinetti M, Pasinetti N, Desideri I, Marazzi F, Ivaldi G, Bonzano E, Cavallari M, Cerreta V, Fusco V, Sarno L, Bonanni A, Mangiacotti MG, Prisco A, Buonfrate G, Andrulli D, Fontana A, Bagnoli R, Marinelli L, Reverberi C, Scalabrino G, Corazzi F, Doino D, Di Genesio-Pagliuca M, Lazzari M, Mascioni F, Pace MP, Mazza M, Vitucci P, Spera A, Macchia G, Boccardi M, Evangelista G, Sola B, La Porta MR, Fiorentino A, Levra NG, Ippolito E, Silipigni S, Osti MF, Mignogna M, Alessandro M, Ursini LA, Nuzzo M, Meattini I, D'Ermo G
Tumori 2022 Jul;108(2_suppl):1-144. doi: 10.1177/03008916221088885. PMID: 36112842
Diagnosis and Treatment of Primary Tumors of the Appendix: a Critical Review.
Ciarrocchi A, Rindi G, Pietroletti R
J Gastrointest Cancer 2021 Jun;52(2):471-475. Epub 2021 Mar 19 doi: 10.1007/s12029-021-00628-8. PMID: 33740229
Guideline No. 408: Management of Gestational Trophoblastic Diseases.
Eiriksson L, Dean E, Sebastianelli A, Salvador S, Comeau R, Jang JH, Bouchard-Fortier G, Osborne R, Sauthier P
J Obstet Gynaecol Can 2021 Jan;43(1):91-105.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jogc.2020.03.001. PMID: 33384141

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

AIRO Breast Cancer Group Best Clinical Practice 2022 Update.
Ciabattoni A, Gregucci F, De Rose F, Falivene S, Fozza A, Daidone A, Morra A, Smaniotto D, Barbara R, Lozza L, Vidali C, Borghesi S, Palumbo I, Huscher A, Perrucci E, Baldissera A, Tolento G, Rovea P, Franco P, De Santis MC, Grazia AD, Marino L, Meduri B, Cucciarelli F, Aristei C, Bertoni F, Guenzi M, Leonardi MC, Livi L, Nardone L, De Felice F, Rosetto ME, Mazzuoli L, Anselmo P, Arcidiacono F, Barbarino R, Martinetti M, Pasinetti N, Desideri I, Marazzi F, Ivaldi G, Bonzano E, Cavallari M, Cerreta V, Fusco V, Sarno L, Bonanni A, Mangiacotti MG, Prisco A, Buonfrate G, Andrulli D, Fontana A, Bagnoli R, Marinelli L, Reverberi C, Scalabrino G, Corazzi F, Doino D, Di Genesio-Pagliuca M, Lazzari M, Mascioni F, Pace MP, Mazza M, Vitucci P, Spera A, Macchia G, Boccardi M, Evangelista G, Sola B, La Porta MR, Fiorentino A, Levra NG, Ippolito E, Silipigni S, Osti MF, Mignogna M, Alessandro M, Ursini LA, Nuzzo M, Meattini I, D'Ermo G
Tumori 2022 Jul;108(2_suppl):1-144. doi: 10.1177/03008916221088885. PMID: 36112842
Guideline No. 408: Management of Gestational Trophoblastic Diseases.
Eiriksson L, Dean E, Sebastianelli A, Salvador S, Comeau R, Jang JH, Bouchard-Fortier G, Osborne R, Sauthier P
J Obstet Gynaecol Can 2021 Jan;43(1):91-105.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jogc.2020.03.001. PMID: 33384141
Improved overall survival in melanoma with combined dabrafenib and trametinib.
Robert C, Karaszewska B, Schachter J, Rutkowski P, Mackiewicz A, Stroiakovski D, Lichinitser M, Dummer R, Grange F, Mortier L, Chiarion-Sileni V, Drucis K, Krajsova I, Hauschild A, Lorigan P, Wolter P, Long GV, Flaherty K, Nathan P, Ribas A, Martin AM, Sun P, Crist W, Legos J, Rubin SD, Little SM, Schadendorf D
N Engl J Med 2015 Jan 1;372(1):30-9. Epub 2014 Nov 16 doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1412690. PMID: 25399551
Combined BRAF and MEK inhibition versus BRAF inhibition alone in melanoma.
Long GV, Stroyakovskiy D, Gogas H, Levchenko E, de Braud F, Larkin J, Garbe C, Jouary T, Hauschild A, Grob JJ, Chiarion Sileni V, Lebbe C, Mandalà M, Millward M, Arance A, Bondarenko I, Haanen JB, Hansson J, Utikal J, Ferraresi V, Kovalenko N, Mohr P, Probachai V, Schadendorf D, Nathan P, Robert C, Ribas A, DeMarini DJ, Irani JG, Casey M, Ouellet D, Martin AM, Le N, Patel K, Flaherty K
N Engl J Med 2014 Nov 13;371(20):1877-88. Epub 2014 Sep 29 doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1406037. PMID: 25265492
Enzalutamide in metastatic prostate cancer before chemotherapy.
Beer TM, Armstrong AJ, Rathkopf DE, Loriot Y, Sternberg CN, Higano CS, Iversen P, Bhattacharya S, Carles J, Chowdhury S, Davis ID, de Bono JS, Evans CP, Fizazi K, Joshua AM, Kim CS, Kimura G, Mainwaring P, Mansbach H, Miller K, Noonberg SB, Perabo F, Phung D, Saad F, Scher HI, Taplin ME, Venner PM, Tombal B; PREVAIL Investigators
N Engl J Med 2014 Jul 31;371(5):424-33. Epub 2014 Jun 1 doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1405095. PMID: 24881730Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

AIRO Breast Cancer Group Best Clinical Practice 2022 Update.
Ciabattoni A, Gregucci F, De Rose F, Falivene S, Fozza A, Daidone A, Morra A, Smaniotto D, Barbara R, Lozza L, Vidali C, Borghesi S, Palumbo I, Huscher A, Perrucci E, Baldissera A, Tolento G, Rovea P, Franco P, De Santis MC, Grazia AD, Marino L, Meduri B, Cucciarelli F, Aristei C, Bertoni F, Guenzi M, Leonardi MC, Livi L, Nardone L, De Felice F, Rosetto ME, Mazzuoli L, Anselmo P, Arcidiacono F, Barbarino R, Martinetti M, Pasinetti N, Desideri I, Marazzi F, Ivaldi G, Bonzano E, Cavallari M, Cerreta V, Fusco V, Sarno L, Bonanni A, Mangiacotti MG, Prisco A, Buonfrate G, Andrulli D, Fontana A, Bagnoli R, Marinelli L, Reverberi C, Scalabrino G, Corazzi F, Doino D, Di Genesio-Pagliuca M, Lazzari M, Mascioni F, Pace MP, Mazza M, Vitucci P, Spera A, Macchia G, Boccardi M, Evangelista G, Sola B, La Porta MR, Fiorentino A, Levra NG, Ippolito E, Silipigni S, Osti MF, Mignogna M, Alessandro M, Ursini LA, Nuzzo M, Meattini I, D'Ermo G
Tumori 2022 Jul;108(2_suppl):1-144. doi: 10.1177/03008916221088885. PMID: 36112842
Guideline No. 408: Management of Gestational Trophoblastic Diseases.
Eiriksson L, Dean E, Sebastianelli A, Salvador S, Comeau R, Jang JH, Bouchard-Fortier G, Osborne R, Sauthier P
J Obstet Gynaecol Can 2021 Jan;43(1):91-105.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jogc.2020.03.001. PMID: 33384141
Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Pancreatobiliary and Gastrointestinal Tracts.
Bonds M, Rocha FG
Surg Clin North Am 2020 Jun;100(3):635-648. Epub 2020 Apr 1 doi: 10.1016/j.suc.2020.02.010. PMID: 32402306
Imaging in secondary tumors of the ovary.
Karaosmanoglu AD, Onur MR, Salman MC, Usubutun A, Karcaaltincaba M, Ozmen MN, Akata D
Abdom Radiol (NY) 2019 Apr;44(4):1493-1505. doi: 10.1007/s00261-018-1809-4. PMID: 30361868
Carcinoid tumors.
Robertson RG, Geiger WJ, Davis NB
Am Fam Physician 2006 Aug 1;74(3):429-34. PMID: 16913162

Therapy

AIRO Breast Cancer Group Best Clinical Practice 2022 Update.
Ciabattoni A, Gregucci F, De Rose F, Falivene S, Fozza A, Daidone A, Morra A, Smaniotto D, Barbara R, Lozza L, Vidali C, Borghesi S, Palumbo I, Huscher A, Perrucci E, Baldissera A, Tolento G, Rovea P, Franco P, De Santis MC, Grazia AD, Marino L, Meduri B, Cucciarelli F, Aristei C, Bertoni F, Guenzi M, Leonardi MC, Livi L, Nardone L, De Felice F, Rosetto ME, Mazzuoli L, Anselmo P, Arcidiacono F, Barbarino R, Martinetti M, Pasinetti N, Desideri I, Marazzi F, Ivaldi G, Bonzano E, Cavallari M, Cerreta V, Fusco V, Sarno L, Bonanni A, Mangiacotti MG, Prisco A, Buonfrate G, Andrulli D, Fontana A, Bagnoli R, Marinelli L, Reverberi C, Scalabrino G, Corazzi F, Doino D, Di Genesio-Pagliuca M, Lazzari M, Mascioni F, Pace MP, Mazza M, Vitucci P, Spera A, Macchia G, Boccardi M, Evangelista G, Sola B, La Porta MR, Fiorentino A, Levra NG, Ippolito E, Silipigni S, Osti MF, Mignogna M, Alessandro M, Ursini LA, Nuzzo M, Meattini I, D'Ermo G
Tumori 2022 Jul;108(2_suppl):1-144. doi: 10.1177/03008916221088885. PMID: 36112842
Guideline No. 408: Management of Gestational Trophoblastic Diseases.
Eiriksson L, Dean E, Sebastianelli A, Salvador S, Comeau R, Jang JH, Bouchard-Fortier G, Osborne R, Sauthier P
J Obstet Gynaecol Can 2021 Jan;43(1):91-105.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jogc.2020.03.001. PMID: 33384141
Improved overall survival in melanoma with combined dabrafenib and trametinib.
Robert C, Karaszewska B, Schachter J, Rutkowski P, Mackiewicz A, Stroiakovski D, Lichinitser M, Dummer R, Grange F, Mortier L, Chiarion-Sileni V, Drucis K, Krajsova I, Hauschild A, Lorigan P, Wolter P, Long GV, Flaherty K, Nathan P, Ribas A, Martin AM, Sun P, Crist W, Legos J, Rubin SD, Little SM, Schadendorf D
N Engl J Med 2015 Jan 1;372(1):30-9. Epub 2014 Nov 16 doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1412690. PMID: 25399551
Combined BRAF and MEK inhibition versus BRAF inhibition alone in melanoma.
Long GV, Stroyakovskiy D, Gogas H, Levchenko E, de Braud F, Larkin J, Garbe C, Jouary T, Hauschild A, Grob JJ, Chiarion Sileni V, Lebbe C, Mandalà M, Millward M, Arance A, Bondarenko I, Haanen JB, Hansson J, Utikal J, Ferraresi V, Kovalenko N, Mohr P, Probachai V, Schadendorf D, Nathan P, Robert C, Ribas A, DeMarini DJ, Irani JG, Casey M, Ouellet D, Martin AM, Le N, Patel K, Flaherty K
N Engl J Med 2014 Nov 13;371(20):1877-88. Epub 2014 Sep 29 doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1406037. PMID: 25265492
Enzalutamide in metastatic prostate cancer before chemotherapy.
Beer TM, Armstrong AJ, Rathkopf DE, Loriot Y, Sternberg CN, Higano CS, Iversen P, Bhattacharya S, Carles J, Chowdhury S, Davis ID, de Bono JS, Evans CP, Fizazi K, Joshua AM, Kim CS, Kimura G, Mainwaring P, Mansbach H, Miller K, Noonberg SB, Perabo F, Phung D, Saad F, Scher HI, Taplin ME, Venner PM, Tombal B; PREVAIL Investigators
N Engl J Med 2014 Jul 31;371(5):424-33. Epub 2014 Jun 1 doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1405095. PMID: 24881730Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Guideline No. 408: Management of Gestational Trophoblastic Diseases.
Eiriksson L, Dean E, Sebastianelli A, Salvador S, Comeau R, Jang JH, Bouchard-Fortier G, Osborne R, Sauthier P
J Obstet Gynaecol Can 2021 Jan;43(1):91-105.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jogc.2020.03.001. PMID: 33384141
Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Appendix, Colon, and Rectum.
Hrabe J
Surg Oncol Clin N Am 2020 Apr;29(2):267-279. doi: 10.1016/j.soc.2019.11.010. PMID: 32151360
Imaging in secondary tumors of the ovary.
Karaosmanoglu AD, Onur MR, Salman MC, Usubutun A, Karcaaltincaba M, Ozmen MN, Akata D
Abdom Radiol (NY) 2019 Apr;44(4):1493-1505. doi: 10.1007/s00261-018-1809-4. PMID: 30361868
Patient Selection for Cytoreductive Surgery.
Grotz TE, Fournier KF, Mansfield PF
Surg Oncol Clin N Am 2018 Jul;27(3):443-462. doi: 10.1016/j.soc.2018.02.012. PMID: 29935682
Carcinoid tumors.
Robertson RG, Geiger WJ, Davis NB
Am Fam Physician 2006 Aug 1;74(3):429-34. PMID: 16913162

Clinical prediction guides

Controversies in appendiceal pathology: mucinous and goblet cell neoplasms.
Orr CE, Yantiss RK
Pathology 2022 Mar;54(2):167-176. Epub 2021 Nov 23 doi: 10.1016/j.pathol.2021.09.003. PMID: 34836648
Guideline No. 408: Management of Gestational Trophoblastic Diseases.
Eiriksson L, Dean E, Sebastianelli A, Salvador S, Comeau R, Jang JH, Bouchard-Fortier G, Osborne R, Sauthier P
J Obstet Gynaecol Can 2021 Jan;43(1):91-105.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jogc.2020.03.001. PMID: 33384141
Patient Selection for Cytoreductive Surgery.
Grotz TE, Fournier KF, Mansfield PF
Surg Oncol Clin N Am 2018 Jul;27(3):443-462. doi: 10.1016/j.soc.2018.02.012. PMID: 29935682
The Importance of Appendectomy in Surgery for Mucinous Adenocarcinoma of the Ovary.
Rosendahl M, Haueberg Oester LA, Høgdall CK
Int J Gynecol Cancer 2017 Mar;27(3):430-436. doi: 10.1097/IGC.0000000000000910. PMID: 28060142
Tumors of the appendix.
Schmutzer KJ, Bayar M, Zaki AE, Regan JF, Poletti JB
Dis Colon Rectum 1975 May-Jun;18(4):324-31. doi: 10.1007/BF02587395. PMID: 1126268

Recent systematic reviews

Clinics and pathology of Krukenberg tumor: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Lionetti R, DE Luca M, Raffone A, Travaglino A, Coppellotti A, Peltrini R, Bracale U, D'Ambra M, Insabato L, Zullo F, D'Armiento M, Corcione F
Minerva Obstet Gynecol 2022 Aug;74(4):356-363. Epub 2021 May 4 doi: 10.23736/S2724-606X.21.04797-7. PMID: 33944524
Mixed adenoneuroendocrine carcinoma (MANEC) of the lower gastrointestinal tract: A systematic review with Bayesian hierarchical survival analysis.
Grossi U, Bonis A, Carrington EV, Mazzobel E, Santoro GA, Cattaneo L, Centonze G, Gallo G, Kazemi Nava A, Romano M, Di Tanna GL, Zanus G
Eur J Surg Oncol 2021 Nov;47(11):2893-2899. Epub 2021 May 14 doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2021.05.021. PMID: 34052038
Systematic review and meta-analysis of appendiceal carcinoid tumors in children.
Njere I, Smith LL, Thurairasa D, Malik R, Jeffrey I, Okoye B, Sinha C
Pediatr Blood Cancer 2018 Aug;65(8):e27069. Epub 2018 May 10 doi: 10.1002/pbc.27069. PMID: 29745005
Chemoradiotherapy versus chemoradiotherapy plus surgery for esophageal cancer.
Vellayappan BA, Soon YY, Ku GY, Leong CN, Lu JJ, Tey JC
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2017 Aug 22;8(8):CD010511. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010511.pub2. PMID: 28829911Free PMC Article
Perforation in appendiceal well-differentiated carcinoid and goblet cell tumors: impact on prognosis? A systematic review.
Madani A, van der Bilt JD, Consten EC, Vriens MR, Borel Rinkes IH
Ann Surg Oncol 2015 Mar;22(3):959-65. Epub 2014 Sep 5 doi: 10.1245/s10434-014-4023-9. PMID: 25190118

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