If you have appendix cancer, the doctor, surgeons and other appendix cancer experts at Memorial Sloan Kettering will provide highly individualized care and personal attention at every step of the way during your diagnosis and treatment. Our experts see about 150 patients with various types of appendix cancer each year, a high number for a rare cancer that is diagnosed annually in fewer than 1,000 patients in the United States.
Whether you have just been diagnosed with early-stage appendix cancer or you have more-advanced disease, we provide treatments that offer the best chance to cure or control your cancer.
Surgery
![Memorial Sloan Kettering surgical oncologist Martin Weiser](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/660/1x1/weiser_clinic_180831_301r_1200x1200_0.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs, Department of Surgery; Stuart H.Q. Quan Chair in Colorectal Surgery
![Memorial Sloan Kettering surgeon Julio Garcia-Aguilar](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/18001/image/garcia-aguilar_0-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Chief, Colorectal Service; Benno C. Schmidt Chair in Surgical Oncology
![Surgeon Garrett Nash](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/452/1x1/nash_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Vice Chair for Quality and Safety, Department of Surgery
![Memorial Sloan Kettering surgeon Emmanouil Pappou](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/147448/1x1/pappou_171107_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Surgeon
![Philip B. Paty, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/490/image/paty-philip_0-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Attending Surgeon, Talcott Chair for Clinical Excellence
![J. Joshua Smith, MD, PhD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/105272/1x1/jesse-joshua-smith_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Associate Attending Surgeon
![Memorial Sloan Kettering surgeon Iris Wei](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/145168/1x1/wei_170721_1200x1200_0.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Surgeon
![Memorial Sloan Kettering colorectal surgeon Maria Widmar](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/181318/1x1/widmar_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Surgeon
Medical Oncology
![David Paul Kelsen, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/326/image/kelsen-david-paul-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Edward S. Gordon Chair in Medical Oncology
![Leonard Saltz, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/546/image/saltz-leonard-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Executive Director for Clinical Value & Sustainability; Head, Colorectal Oncology Section
![Memorial Sloan Kettering Medical Oncologist Fiyinfolu Balogun](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/209461/1x1/balogun-fiyinfolu_200818_02_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Physician
![Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist Andrea Cercek](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/112/1x1/2017msk_mp_04_colorectal53rd_310.nef.1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Section Head, Colorectal Cancer; Co-Director, Center for Young Onset Colorectal and Gastrointestinal Cancers
![Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist Louise Connell](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/165988/1x1/connell-louise_181005_14_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Physician
![Samuel Cytryn](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/292766/1x1/cytryn-samuel-231219-06_rt-1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Physician
![Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist Michael Foote](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/246988/1x1/foote-michael-220602-01_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Physician
![Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist Smita Joshi](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/182113/1x1/joshi-smitha_190916_13_1200x1200_0.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Physician
![Parisa Momtaz, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/109013/1x1/momtaz_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Medical Director, Strategic Partnerships; Clinical Director, Melanoma Service
![Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist Maliha Nusrat](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/188545/1x1/nusrat-maliha_191217_14_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Physician
![Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist Eileen O'Reilly](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/461/1x1/o-reilly_161213_15_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Winthrop Rockefeller Endowed Chair of Medical Oncology; Chair, Human Research Protection Program and Institutional Review Board; Co-Director, Medical Initiatives, David M. Rubenstein Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research; Section Head, Hepatopancreaticobi
![MSK medical oncologist Nitya Raj](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/124600/1x1/raj_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Clinical Director, Gastrointestinal Oncology Service; Medical Site Director, Laurence S. Rockefeller Outpatient Pavilion at 53rd Street
![Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist Diane Reidy Lagunes](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/518/1x1/180221-km-msk-lagunes-26r_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Vice Chair of Oncology Operations, Regional Care Network; Past President, MSK Medical Staff; Creator and Host, Cancer Straight Talk Podcast
![Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist Neil Segal](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/568/1x1/segal-neil-211210-009-1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Research Director, Division of Gastrointestinal Oncology
![Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist Zsofia Stadler](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/605/1x1/stadler_190123_22_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Clinical Director, Clinical Genetics Service
![Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist Ryan Sugarman](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/179542/1x1/sugarman-ryan_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Medical Site Director, MSK Nassau; Medical Director, Strategic Partnerships
![Anna M. Varghese, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/19776/image/varghese-anna-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Associate Attending Physician
![Rona D. Yaeger, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/674/1x1/yeager_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Associate Attending Physician
![Medical oncologist Alice Zervoudakis](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/122686/1x1/zervoudakis_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Clinical Director, Gastrointestinal Oncology Service
Pathology
![Memorial Sloan Kettering pathologist Olca Basturk](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/18182/1x1/basturk_181204_08_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Attending Pathologist
Assistant Attending Physician
![Memorial Sloan Kettering surgical pathologist Jinru Shia](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/578/1x1/shia_170724_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Director, Gastrointestinal Pathology
![Laura H. Tang, MD, PhD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/621/1x1/tang-laura_190729_05-1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Attending Pathologist
![Memorial Sloan Kettering pathologist Efsevia Vakiani](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/645/1x1/vakiani-efsevia_171108_13_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Associate Attending Pathologist
Radiology
![Memorial Sloan Kettering radiologist James L. Fuqua, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/210/1x1/fuqua-james_200221_07-1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Associate Attending Radiologist
![Marc J. Gollub, MD, FACR](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/239/image/gollub-marc-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Director, Colorectal Radiology
Social Work
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