What You Need to Know About Rising Appendix Cancer Rates

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | |

<p>If you look down at your stomach,&#160;glide your eyes&#160;diagonally&#160;from your belly button to&#160;the lower right side of your abdomen:&#160;that’s&#160;your appendix. It is a finger-shaped organ that stems&#160;from&#160;your colon.&#160;&#160; With two primary functions &#8212; supporting the immune system and potentially serving as a safe house for good bacteria, as theorized from some&#8211; the appendix is a small, but mighty organ that…

Topics: blood-cancer, research