Appendix, an evolutionary vestigial linked to colorectal cancer

Scand J Gastroenterol. 2019 Apr;54(4):478-479. doi: 10.1080/00365521.2019.1602668. Epub 2019 Apr 26.

Authors

Sheng-Mao Wu¹, Kuo-Ching Lu², En-Kwang Lin³, Chien-Hsin Chen³, Chun-Jen Huang²

Affiliations

¹ a Division of Trauma Surgery, Department of Surgery , Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University , Taipei , Taiwan.
² b Department of Anaesthesiology , Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University , Taipei , Taiwan.
³ c Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery , Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University , Taipei , Taiwan.

PMID: 31026184
DOI: 10.1080/00365521.2019.1602668

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Appendicitis*
Appendix*
Colonoscopy
Colorectal Neoplasms*
Follow-Up Studies
Humans