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The top of the paper read “Carcinoma of the Appendix”

After my ruptured appendix was removed, the surgeon said the operation “took a little longer, it was messy in there.” For the follow-up, he called me in earlier to give me the bad news.

Donate tissue sample – US patients

Donate tissue sample – US patients

Calling US patients: Do you have an upcoming surgery or an ascites drain scheduled in the United States?

If so, please consider donating your excess tissue for an important research project. The ACPMP Research Foundation has partnered with Pattern.org to enable patients to donate their excess tissue or fluid to the Cancer Cell Line Project at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.

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Dr Paul Sugarbaker

Dr Paul Sugarbaker

Currently, Dr Sugarbaker is the Director for the Program in Peritoneal Surface Oncology. His interests are in gastrointestinal cancer, gynecologic malignancy and mesothelioma.

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Why you should see a PMP specialist

Why you should see a PMP specialist

I can’t say it enough… are you dealing with a PMP specialist? If not, I would say you must.

They are the ones that have seen this stuff and the weird things it does. They can give better ideas as to what to do.
In my case, waiting seemed the best option at the time but with the specialist’s input, I chose to go ahead and now, even with the debt, the new body norms and everything, I am sooooo glad I followed his advice! He would have told me to watch and wait if in his experience there was a low risk. And I would have done it.

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Being sick

Being sick

The last year and a half has been a profound and unmooring experience, and one I turn over in my mind with gratitude, disbelief, and amazement.

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Dr Armando Sardi

Dr Armando Sardi

Dr. Sardi is one of Maryland’s leading surgical oncologists who use Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) to treat late stage, complex cancers of the abdominal region.

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Laura Lambert MD

Laura Lambert MD

Laura Lambert, MD is a surgical oncologist who specializes in treating peritoneal surface malignancies including pseudomyxoma peritonei.

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