A small portion of the tumor is cut and placed under powerful microscope. Presence of spindle shaped rogue cells proves the onset of this sarcoma cancer. The tumor at an early stage can be removed successfully and the prognosis is very good. However, when the disease advances to stage 2 or 3, the outlook is very grim.
Hi Livin I read your post. In May 2010 I had a 1/3 of my colon removed along with the APPENDIX. They thought I had cancer in the colon. It was negative but positive in the appendix. The appendix is attached to the colon and removed along with the colon portion in the area my diagnosis. Appendix-stage 1-ALL ENCLOSED and ALL Gone...CURED my surgeon. Had not gone to the walls. So NO Chemo and NO radiation needed for this surgery.
It is located in the right iliac region of the abdomen (in the lower right-hand abdominal area), measuring about four inches long and roughly a quarter of an inch in diameter. Like the rest of the digestive tract, the appendix is made of an inner layer of mucosa with submucosa, muscularis, and serosa layers surrounding it.