Is routine appendectomy at the time of primary surgery for mucinous ovarian neoplasms beneficial?
Our data suggest that in cases of apparent early-stage mucinous ovarian borderline tumors and cancer, adding an appendectomy at the time of surgery is not warranted in the absence of a grossly abnormal appendix or evidence of metastatic disease.
These data suggest that pretherapy gene expression analysis of mesothelioma biopsies may predict which patients may benefit from a surgical approach.