Volume 16, Number 10 / October, 2009

Breast Oncology

Are Mastectomies on the Rise? A 13-Year Trend Analysis of the Selection of Mastectomy Versus Breast Conservation Therapy in 5865 Patients

Kandace P. McGuire MD, Alfredo A. Santillan MD, MPH, Paramjeet Kaur MD, Tammi Meade BS, Jateen Parbhoo BS, Morgan Mathias, Corinne Shamehdi BS, Michelle Davis BS, Daniel Ramos BS, Charles E. Cox MD, FACS
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Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy for Unilateral Breast Cancer: An Increasing Trend at a Single Institution

Natalie B. Jones MD, John Wilson PhD, Linda Kotur BS, CTR, Julie Stephens MS, William B. Farrar MD, Doreen M. Agnese MD
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Patient and Surgeon Characteristics Associated with Increased Use of Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy in Patients with Breast Cancer

Amanda K. Arrington MD, Stephanie L. Jarosek MPH, Beth A. Virnig PhD, MPH, Elizabeth B. Habermann PhD, MPH, Todd M. Tuttle MD, MS
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Presenting Features of Breast Cancer Differ by Molecular Subtype

Lisa Wiechmann MD, Michelle Sampson BS, Michelle Stempel MPH, Lindsay M. Jacks MS, Sujata M. Patil PhD, Tari King MD, Monica Morrow MD
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Overexpression of CXCR4 in Primary Tumor of Patients with HER-2 Negative Breast Cancer was Predictive of a Poor Disease-Free Survival: A Validation Study

Jason Mizell MD, Mark Smith MD, Benjamin D. L. Li MD, Fred Ampil MD, Quyen D. Chu MD, FACS
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Potential Impact on Extent of Surgery in Breast Cancer

Haralampos Harissis MD, Dimosthenis Ziogas MD, Dimitrios Roukos MD
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In Reply: Identification of Women at Heightened Risk for Breast Cancer

Melony E. S. Sorbero PhD, MS, MPH, Andrew W. Dick PhD, Ellen Burke Beckjord PhD, MPH, Gretchen Ahrendt MD, FACS
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Preoperative Chemotherapy and Potential Impact on Re-Excision for Early Breast Cancer

H. Batsis MD, E. Ignantiadou MD, H. V. Harissis MD
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Reply to “Preoperative Chemotherapy and Potential Impact on Re-Excision for Early Breast Cancer”

Carla J. Christy MD, Baiba J. Grube MD, Donald R. Lannin MD
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Colorectal Cancer

Accuracy of High-Resolution Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Preoperative Staging of Rectal Cancer

Takayuki Akasu MD, Gen Iinuma MD, Masashi Takawa MD, Seiichiro Yamamoto MD, Yukio Muramatsu MD, Noriyuki Moriyama MD
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Endocrine Tumors

Long-Term Follow-Up After Complete Resection of Well-Differentiated Cancer Confined to the Thyroid Gland

Stephan A. Vorburger MD, MCR, Lucia Übersax MS, Stefan W. Schmid MD, Mariette Balli MD, Daniel Candinas MD, Christian A. Seiler MD, MHA
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Micromedullary Thyroid Cancer: How Micro Is Truly Micro?

Venu G. Pillarisetty MD, Steven C. Katz MD, Ronald A. Ghossein MD, R. Michael Tuttle MD, Ashok R. Shaha MD
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Significance of Marginally Elevated Calcitonin Levels in Micromedullary Thyroid Cancer

Andreas Machens MD, Henning Dralle MD
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Gastrointestinal Oncology

Clinical Impact of Positive Surgical Margin Status on Gastric Cancer Patients Undergoing Gastrectomy

Shang-Yu Wang MD, Chun-Nan Yeh MD, Hsiang-Lin Lee MD, Yu-Yin Liu MD, Tzu-Chieh Chao MD, PhD, Tsann-Long Hwang MD, FACS, Yi-Yin Jan MD, FACS, Miin-Fu Chen MD, FACS
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The Second Procedure Combining Complete Cytoreductive Surgery and Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy for Isolated Peritoneal Recurrence: Postoperative Course and Long-Term Outcome

Antoine Brouquet MD, Diane Goéré MD, Jérémie H. Lefèvre MD, Stéphane Bonnet MD, Frédéric Dumont MD, Bruno Raynard MD, Dominique Elias MD, PhD
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Management and Outcomes of Anorectal Infection in the Cancer Patient

Brian D. Badgwell MD, MS, George J. Chang MD, MS, Miguel A. Rodriguez-Bigas MD, Kerrington Smith MD, Philip J. Lupo MPH, Ralph F. Frankowski PhD, George Delclos MD, PhD, Xianglin L. Du PhD, Janice Cormier MD, MPH
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Critical Analysis of 33 Patients with Peritoneal Carcinomatosis Secondary to Colorectal and Appendiceal Signet Ring Cell Carcinoma

Terence C. Chua BScMed (Hons), Joerg O. W. Pelz MD, Alexander Kerscher MD, David L. Morris MD, Jesus Esquivel MD
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Male Urinary and Sexual Functions After Mesorectal Excision Alone or in Combination with Extended Lateral Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection for Rectal Cancer

Takayuki Akasu MD, Kenichi Sugihara MD, Yoshihiro Moriya MD
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Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasm: The Role of Cyst Morphology, Cyst Fluid Analysis, and Expectant Management

Kevin K. Leung MD, William A. Ross MD, Douglas Evans MD, Jason Fleming MD, E. Lin MS, Eric P. Tamm MD, Jeffrey H. Lee MD, FASGE
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Gynecologic Oncology

The Risk of Lymph Node Metastasis Based on Myometrial Invasion and Tumor Grade in Endometrioid Uterine Cancers: A Multicenter, Retrospective Korean Study

Kwang-Beom Lee MD, PhD, Kyung-Do Ki MD, PhD, Jong-Min Lee MD, PhD, Jae-Kwan Lee MD, PhD, Jae Weon Kim MD, PhD, Chi-Heum Cho MD, PhD, Seok-Mo Kim MD, PhD, Sang-Yoon Park MD, PhD, Dae-Hoon Jeong MD, PhD, Ki-Tae Kim MD, PhD
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Head and Neck Oncology

Protein Expression of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor in Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Index Tumors Correlates with Diagnosis of Second Primary Tumors of the Upper Aero-Digestive Tract

Ross Darius Farhadieh BSc(Med)Hons MBBS, Arash Salardini BSc, MBBS, Charles Geoffrey Gordon Rees BSc(Med)Hons MBBS, Pamela J. Russell BSc, PhD, Jia Lin Yang MB, BSc, Med, PhD, Robert Smee MBBS, FRANZCR
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Healthcare Policy and Outcomes

Multidisciplinary Cancer Conferences: Identifying Opportunities to Promote Implementation

F. C. Wright MD, MEd, N. Lookhong MSc, MD, D. Urbach MSc, MD, D. Davis MD, R. S. McLeod MSc, MD, A. R. Gagliardi PhD
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Hepatobiliary Tumors

Significance of Alpha-Fetoprotein and Des-γ-Carboxy Prothrombin in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Undergoing Hepatectomy

Kentaroh Yamamoto MD, Hiroshi Imamura MD, Yutaka Matsuyama PhD, Kiyoshi Hasegawa MD, Yoshifumi Beck MD, Yasuhiko Sugawara MD, Masatoshi Makuuchi MD, Norihiro Kokudo MD
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Clinical and Prognostic Significance of Urinary Trypsin Inhibitor in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma After Hepatectomy

Isao Kikuchi MD, Hiroshi Uchinami MD, PhD, Hiroshi Nanjo MD, PhD, Manabu Hashimoto MD, PhD, Akio Nakajima MD, PhD, Makoto Kume MD, PhD, Ali Mencin MD, Yuzo Yamamoto MD, PhD
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Melanomas

Biological Factors, Tumor Growth Kinetics, and Survival After Metastasectomy for Pulmonary Melanoma

Jonathan H. Lee MD, Seza A. Gulec MD, Ainura Kyshtoobayeva MD, PhD, Myung-Shin Sim DrPH, Donald L. Morton MD
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Prognostic False-Positivity and Cost-Effectiveness in Sentinel Node Biopsy in Melanoma

J. Meirion Thomas
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In Reply: Cost-Effectiveness of Sentinel Node Biopsy for Melanoma

John F. Thompson MD, Rachael L. Morton MScMed (Clin Epi) (Hons)
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Pancreatic Tumors

Laparoscopic Left Pancreatectomy: Complication Risk Score Correlates With Morbidity and Risk for Pancreatic Fistula

Sharon M. Weber MD, Clifford S. Cho MD, Nipun Merchant MD, Scott Pinchot MD, Robert Rettammel MA, Atilla Nakeeb MD, David Bentrem MD, Alex Parikh MD, Ashley E. Mazo BS, Robert C. G. Martin III MD, PhD, Charles R. Scoggins MD, MBA, Syed A. Ahmad MD, Hong Jin Kim MD, Nicholas Hamilton MD, William Hawkins MD, C. Max Schmidt MD, David A. Kooby MD
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Pediatric Oncology

CT-Guided Radiofrequency Ablation of Pediatric Osteoid Osteoma Utilizing a Water-Cooled Tip

Amos Peyser MD, Yaakov Applbaum MD, Naum Simanovsky MD, Ori Safran MD, Ron Lamdan MD
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Reconstructive Oncology

Immediate Repair of Major Abdominal Wall Defect After Extensive Tumor Excision in Patients With Abdominal Wall Neoplasm: A Prospective Review of 27 Cases

Rui Tang MD, PhD, Yan Gu MD, PhD, Ding-Quan Gong MD, Yun-Liang Qian MD
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Translational Research and Biomarkers

Survival Among Patients with Platinum Resistant, Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Treated with Platinum-Based Systemic Therapy

Thomas A. d’Amato MD, PhD, Brian L. Pettiford MD, Mathew J. Schuchert MD, Ricardo Parker PhD, William A. Ricketts PhD, James D. Luketich MD, Rodney J. Landreneau MD
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Prognostic Significance of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Squamous Cell Carcinomas of the Tonsil in Relation to Human Papillomavirus Status and Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor

Jimin Fei MMed, Angela Hong FRANZCR, Timothy A. Dobbins PhD, Deanna Jones BAppSc, C. Soon Lee FRCPA, Christine Loo FRCPA, Mohammad Al-Ghamdi MBBS, Gerald B. Harnett PhD, Jonathan Clark FRACS, Christopher J. O’Brien FRACS, Barbara Rose PhD
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Mitochondrial Genomic Instability in Colorectal Cancer: No Correlation to Nuclear Microsatellite Instability and Allelic Deletion of hMSH2, hMLH1, and p53 Genes, but Prediction of Better Survival for Dukes’ Stage C Disease

Ming-Hong Tsai MD, Woei-Horng Fang PhD, Shu-Wha Lin PhD, Sou-Jhy Yen MD, Shao-Jiun Chou MD, Ya-Chien Yang PhD
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Allelic Imbalance at p53 and Microsatellite Instability Are Predictive Markers for Resistance to Chemotherapy in Gastric Carcinoma

Masakazu Yashiro MD, PhD, Toru Inoue MD, PhD, Nobuaki Nishioka MD, PhD, Tasuku Matsuoka MD, PhD, C. Richard Boland MD, PhD, Kosei Hirakawa MD, PhD
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Inhibition of Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase/Akt Signaling Suppresses Tumor Cell Proliferation and Neuroendocrine Marker Expression in GI Carcinoid Tumors

Susan C. Pitt MD, Herbert Chen MD, Muthusamy Kunnimalaiyaan PhD
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The FLARE™ Intraoperative Near-Infrared Fluorescence Imaging System: A First-in-Human Clinical Trial in Breast Cancer Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping

Susan L. Troyan MD, Vida Kianzad PhD, Summer L. Gibbs-Strauss PhD, Sylvain Gioux MEng, Aya Matsui MD, PhD, Rafiou Oketokoun MEng, Long Ngo PhD, Ali Khamene PhD, Fred Azar PhD, John V. Frangioni MD, PhD
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Urologic Oncology

Urologic Complications of Composite Resection Following Combined Modality Treatment of Colorectal Cancer

Peter K. Stotland MD, MSc, FRCS(C), Kouros Moozar MD, MSc, FRCS(C), Jonathan A. Cardella MD, MSc, Neil E. Fleshner MD, MPH, FRCS(C), Sharon Sharir MD, MPH, FRCS(C), Andrew J. Smith MD, MSc, FRCS(C), FACS, Carol J. Swallow MD, PhD, FRCS(C), FACS
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