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The misdiagnosis of appendiceal cancer as inflammatory appendicitis is becoming of greater clinical concern because of the rise of nonoperative management especially in the elder population. To quantify this rate… Click to show full abstract
The misdiagnosis of appendiceal cancer as inflammatory appendicitis is becoming of greater clinical concern because of the rise of nonoperative management especially in the elder population. To quantify this rate of misdiagnosis, we retrospectively reviewed SEER‐Medicare data.
Keywords:
inflammatory appendicitis;
epidemiology;
seer medicare;
appendiceal cancer
Journal Title: Journal of Surgical Oncology
Year Published: 2019
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Journal Title: Journal of Surgical Oncology
Year Published: 2019
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