From breast and colon to stomach and pancreatic cancers, doctors are now seeing more cases in people under the age of 50. A new study adds another surprising cancer to that list: appendix cancer.

Researchers are reporting a startling spike in appendiceal adenocarcinoma (AA) — otherwise known as appendix cancer — in people born after 1945. Cases have more than tripled in Americans born between ...

Cases of appendix cancer have gone up 300 to 400 percent for Gen Xers and millennials compared with previous generations. Appendix cancer is still very rare. Appendix cancer can be difficult to detect ...

Appendix cancer, also called appendiceal cancer, is when abnormal cells grow and form a tumor in the appendix. Your appendix is a little pouch-like organ attached to the lower right side of your large ...