Results
We identified 28219 patients who had undergone appendectomy; 95 (0.3%) were undergoing oncologic treatment at time of surgery. Patients in the cancer group were more likely to be receiving steroids, have lower white blood cell counts and have higher American Society of Anesthesiology classes compared to the non-cancer patients. Age, gender, rates of perforation and laparoscopy were similar between the two groups. Patients with an active cancer diagnosis suffered wound complications (measured individually and as an aggregate) at no higher odds than those without a cancer diagnosis.