Volume 17, Number 4 / April, 2010

Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcomas

Function and Health Status Outcomes Following Soft Tissue Reconstruction for Limb Preservation in Extremity Soft Tissue Sarcoma

Kristen M. Davidge MD, Jay Wunder FRCSC, George Tomlinson PhD, Rebecca Wong FRCPC, Joan Lipa FACS, Aileen M. Davis PhD
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Breast Oncology

Predictors of Completion Axillary Lymph Node Dissection in Patients With Immunohistochemical Metastases to the Sentinel Lymph Node in Breast Cancer

Matthew S. Pugliese MD, Amer K. Karam MD, Meier Hsu BA, Michelle M. Stempel MPH, Sujata M. Patil PhD, Alice Y. Ho MD, Tiffany A. Traina MD, Kimberly J. Van Zee MD, Hiram S. Cody III MD, Monica Morrow MD, Mary L. Gemignani MD
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Lymphatic Drainage Patterns from the Treated Breast

Iris M. C. van der Ploeg, Hester S. A. Oldenburg, Emiel J. T. Rutgers, Marie-Jeanne T. F. D. Baas-Vrancken Peeters, Bin B. R. Kroon, Renato A. Valdés Olmos, Omgo E. Nieweg
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Colorectal Cancer

Adjuvant Therapy for Colon Cancer: Learning from the Past to Inform the Future

Daniel Sargent PhD, Axel Grothey MD
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Long-Term Survival Results of Surgery Alone Versus Surgery Plus 5-Fluorouracil and Leucovorin for Stage II and Stage III Colon Cancer: Pooled Analysis of NSABP C-01 Through C-05. A Baseline from Which to Compare Modern Adjuvant Trials

Neal W. Wilkinson MD, MPH, Greg Yothers PhD, Samia Lopa MS, Joseph P. Costantino DrPH, Nicholas J. Petrelli MD, Norman Wolmark MD
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TGM2 Is a Novel Marker for Prognosis and Therapeutic Target in Colorectal Cancer

Norikatsu Miyoshi MD, Hideshi Ishii MD, Koshi Mimori MD, Fumiaki Tanaka MD, Toshiki Hitora MD, Mitsuyoshi Tei MD, Mitsugu Sekimoto MD, Yuichiro Doki MD, PhD, Masaki Mori MD, PhD, FACS
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Is Total Mesorectal Excision Always Necessary for T1–T2 Lower Rectal Cancer?

Hirotoshi Kobayashi MD, Hidetaka Mochizuki MD, Tomoyuki Kato MD, Takeo Mori MD, Shingo Kameoka MD, Kazuo Shirouzu MD, Yukio Saito MD, Masahiko Watanabe MD, Takayuki Morita MD, Jin-ichi Hida MD, Masashi Ueno MD, Masato Ono MD, Masamichi Yasuno MD, Kenichi Sugihara MD
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Endocrine Tumors

Intraoperative Localization of Insulinoma and Normal Pancreas Using Invisible Near-Infrared Fluorescent Light

Joshua H. Winer MD, Hak Soo Choi PhD, Summer L. Gibbs-Strauss PhD, Yoshitomo Ashitate MD, Yolonda L. Colson MD, PhD, John V. Frangioni MD, PhD
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Occult Contralateral Carcinoma in Patients with Unilateral Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma

Bon Seok Koo MD, Hyun Sil Lim MD, Young Chang Lim MD, Yeo-Hoon Yoon MD, Yong Min Kim MD, Yong Ho Park MD, Ki-Sang Rha MD, PhD
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Gastrointestinal Oncology

Neoadjuvant Docetaxel, Capecitabine and Cisplatin (DXP) in Patients with Unresectable Locally Advanced or Metastatic Gastric Cancer

Sun Jin Sym MD, Heung Moon Chang PhD, Min-Hee Ryu PhD, Jae-Lyun Lee PhD, Tae Won Kim PhD, Jeong Hwan Yook PhD, Sung Tae Oh PhD, Byung Sik Kim PhD, Yoon-Koo Kang PhD
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Gene Expression Profile Prospectively Predicts Peritoneal Relapse After Curative Surgery of Gastric Cancer

Atsushi Takeno MD, Ichiro Takemasa MD, Shigeto Seno PhD, Makoto Yamasaki MD, Masaaki Motoori MD, Hiroshi Miyata MD, Kiyokazu Nakajima MD, Shuji Takiguchi MD, Yoshiyuki Fujiwara MD, Toshiro Nishida MD, Toshitsugu Okayama PhD, Kenichi Matsubara PhD, Yoichi Takenaka PhD, Hideo Matsuda PhD, Morito Monden MD, Masaki Mori MD, Yuichiro Doki MD
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Enhancement the Prediction of Postoperative Survival in Gastric Cancer by Combining the Negative Lymph Node Count with Ratio Between Positive and Examined Lymph Nodes

Jingyu Deng MD, Han Liang MD, Dianchang Wang MD, Dan Sun MS, Xuewei Ding MD, Yi Pan MD, Xiangyu Liu MD
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Gynecologic Oncology

Microscopic Evaluation of Lymph-Node-Bearing Tissue in Early-Stage Cervical Cancer: A Dual-Institution Review

Michael R. Milam MD, MPH, Lisa Abaid MD, MPH, Ricardo dos Reis MD, Michael Frumovitz MD, MPH, Paola A. Gehrig MD, Chad Livasy MD, Russell R. Broaddus MD, PhD, Pedro T. Ramirez MD
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Endometrial Carcinoma with Extra-abdominal Metastasis: Improved Prognosis Following Cytoreductive Surgery

Yutaka Ueda MD, PhD, Takayuki Enomoto MD, PhD, Takashi Miyatake MD, PhD, Tomomi Egawa-Takata MD, Hiromi Ugaki MD, Kiyoshi Yoshino MD, PhD, Masami Fujita MD, PhD, Tadashi Kimura MD, PhD
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Head and Neck Oncology

Outcome Analysis of Patients with pN2 Oral Cavity Cancer

Chun-Ta Liao MD, Shiang-Fu Huang MD, I-How Chen MD, Chung-Jan Kang MD, Chien-Yu Lin MD, Kang-Hsing Fan MD, Hung-Ming Wang MD, Shu-Hang Ng MD, Chuen Hsueh MD, Li-Yu Lee MD, Chung-Kan Tsao MD, Tzu-Chen Yen MD, PhD
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Long-Term Single-Center Results of Management of Ethmoid Adenocarcinoma: 95 Patients over 28 Years

L. de Gabory MD, A. Maunoury MD, S. Maurice-Tison MD, H. Merza Abdulkhaleq MD, V. Darrouzet MD, J. P. Bébéar MD, D. Stoll MD
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Healthcare Policy and Outcomes

Cost Modeling of Preoperative Axillary Ultrasound and Fine-Needle Aspiration to Guide Surgery for Invasive Breast Cancer

Judy C. Boughey MD, James P. Moriarty MSc, Amy C. Degnim MD, Melissa S. Gregg MEd, Jason S. Egginton MPH, Kirsten Hall Long PhD
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Hepatobiliary Tumors

Predictors of Survival in Periampullary Cancers Following Pancreaticoduodenectomy

Ioannis Hatzaras MD, MPH, Nathaniel George BS, Peter Muscarella MD, W. Scott Melvin MD, E. Christopher Ellison MD, Mark Bloomston MD
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Comparing the Clinical and Economic Impact of Laparoscopic Versus Open Liver Resection

Tsafrir Vanounou MD, MBA, Jennifer L. Steel PhD, Kevin Tri Nguyen MD, PhD, Allan Tsung MD, J. Wallis Marsh MD, MBA, David A. Geller MD, T. Clark Gamblin MD, MS
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Tumor Marker Evolution: Comparison with Imaging for Assessment of Response to Chemotherapy in Patients with Colorectal Liver Metastases

Robbert J. de Haas MD, Dennis A. Wicherts MD, Eduardo Flores MD, Michel Ducreux MD, PhD, Francis Lévi MD, PhD, Bernard Paule MD, Daniel Azoulay MD, PhD, Denis Castaing MD, Antoinette Lemoine PhD, René Adam MD, PhD
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Medical Oncology

Focused Microwave Thermotherapy for Preoperative Treatment of Invasive Breast Cancer: A Review of Clinical Studies

William C. Dooley MD, Hernan I. Vargas MD, Alan J. Fenn PhD, Mary Beth Tomaselli MD, Jay K. Harness MD
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The Evolving Role of Taurolidine in Cancer Therapy

Peter M. Neary MB, Patrick Hallihan MB, Jiang H. Wang PhD, Rolf W. Pfirrmann PhD, David J. Bouchier-Hayes FRCS, Henry P. Redmond FRCSI
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Melanomas

Verification of Musculoskeletal FDG-PET-CT Findings Performed for Melanoma Staging

Alfred A. Mansour III MD, Mark C. Kelley MD, Allison R. Hatmaker MD, Ginger E. Holt MD, Herbert S. Schwartz MD
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Influence of Sentinel Lymph Node Tumor Burden on Survival in Melanoma

Thiago Francischetto MD, Nelson Spector MD, PhD, Jose Francisco Neto Rezende MD, Marcelle de Azevedo Antunes MD, Sergio de Oliveira Romano MD, Isabele A. Small, Carlos Gil Ferreira MD, PhD
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Pancreatic Tumors

Challenges in the Study of Adjuvant Chemoradiation After Pancreaticoduodenectomy

Christopher H. Crane MD, Gauri R. Varadhachary MD, Robert A. Wolff MD, Jason B. Fleming MD
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Adjuvant Chemoradiation for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: The Johns Hopkins Hospital—Mayo Clinic Collaborative Study

Charles C. Hsu MD, PhD, Joseph M. Herman MD, MSc, Michele M. Corsini MD, Jordan M. Winter MD, Matthew D. Callister MD, Michael G. Haddock MD, John L. Cameron MD, Timothy M. Pawlik MD, MPH, Richard D. Schulick MD, Christopher L. Wolfgang MD, PhD, Daniel A. Laheru MD, Michael B. Farnell MD, Michael J. Swartz MD, Leonard L. Gunderson MD, MS, Robert C. Miller MD
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Thoracic Oncology

Pathologic Response after Neoadjuvant Therapy is the Major Determinant of Survival in Patients with Esophageal Cancer

Kenneth L. Meredith, Jill M. Weber, Kiran K. Turaga, Erin M. Siegel, Jim McLoughlin, Sarah Hoffe, Melis Marcovalerio, Nilay Shah, Scott Kelley, Richard Karl
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Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA) of Pulmonary Metastases: Technical Success vs. Actual Benefit

Frank C. Detterbeck MD
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In Reply: Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA) of Pulmonary Metastases: Technical Success vs. Actual Benefit

Andrew Huo MBChB
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Translational Research and Biomarkers

KRAS Mutation in Colon Cancer: A Marker of Resistance to EGFR-I Therapy

Ahmad D. Siddiqui MD, Bilal Piperdi MD
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Aberrant Gene Methylation in the Lymph Nodes Provides a Possible Marker for Diagnosing Micrometastasis in Gastric Cancer

Masatsugu Hiraki MD, Yoshihiko Kitajima MD, PhD, Seiji Sato MD, PhD, Mayumi Mitsuno MD, PhD, Yasuo Koga MD, PhD, Jun Nakamura MD, Kazuyoshi Hashiguchi MD, Hirokazu Noshiro MD, PhD, Kohji Miyazaki MD, PhD
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Rate of Freeze Alters the Immunologic Response After Cryoablation of Breast Cancer

Michael S. Sabel MD, Gang Su, Kent A. Griffith MPH, MS, Alfred E. Chang MD
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Associations of MDM2 SNP309, Transcriptional Activity, mRNA Expression, and Survival in Stage I Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Patients with Wild-Type p53 Tumors

Wen-Pin Chien PhD, Ruey-Hong Wong PhD, Ya-Wen Cheng PhD, Chih-Yi Chen MD, PhD, Huei Lee PhD
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Prevention of Local Tumor Recurrence Following Surgery Using Low-Dose Chemotherapeutic Polymer Films

Rong Liu MD, PhD, Jesse B. Wolinsky PhD, Joseph Walpole BS, Emily Southard MS, Lucian R. Chirieac MD, Mark W. Grinstaff PhD, Yolonda L. Colson MD, PhD
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