Volume 16, Number 7 / July, 2009

Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcomas

Prognostic Significance of Phosphorylated FOXO1 Expression in Soft Tissue Sarcoma

Binglin Zhang MD, PhD, Yasuhiko Tomita MD, PhD, Eweseng Ch’ng MD, Ying Qiu MD, Juxiang He MD, Yu-Fen Jin MD, PhD, Miki Tomoeda DDS, PhD, Ken-ichiro Hamada MD, PhD, Takafumi Ueda MD, PhD, Katsuyuki Aozasa MD, PhD
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Valgus Ankle Deformity After Vascularized Fibular Reconstruction for Oncologic Disease

Saminathan S. Nathan FRCS, Edward Athanasian FACS, Patrick J. Boland FRCS, John H. Healey FACS
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Breast Oncology

Genetics and Personal Genomics for Personalized Breast Cancer Surgery: Progress and Challenges in Research and Clinical Practice

Dimosthenis Ziogas MD, Dimitrios H. Roukos MD
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Clinicopathological Factors and Nomograms Predicting Nonsentinel Lymph Node Metastases After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer Patients

P. Gimbergues MD, C. Abrial PhD, X. Durando MD, PhD, G. Le Bouedec MD, F. Cachin MD, F. Penault-Llorca MD, PhD, M. A. Mouret-Reynier MD, F. Kwiatkowski MSc, J. Maublant MD, PhD, A. Tchirkov MD, PhD, J. Dauplat MD, PhD
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Predictors of Completion Axillary Lymph Node Dissection in Patients with Positive Sentinel Lymph Nodes

Amer K. Karam MD, Meier Hsu MS, Sujata Patil PhD, Michelle Stempel MS, Tiffany A. Traina MD, Alice Y. Ho MD, Hiram S. Cody MD, Elisa R. Port MD, Monica Morrow MD, Mary L. Gemignani MD, MPH
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The Risk of Developing Arm Lymphedema Among Breast Cancer Survivors: A Meta-Analysis of Treatment Factors

Rebecca J. Tsai MS, Leslie K. Dennis PhD, Charles F. Lynch MD, PhD, Linda G. Snetselaar RD, PhD, LD, Gideon K. D. Zamba PhD, Carol Scott-Conner MD, PhD, MBA
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Recall of and Reactions to a Surgeon Referral Letter for BRCA Genetic Counseling Among High-Risk Breast Cancer Patients

Susan T. Vadaparampil PhD, Gwendolyn P. Quinn PhD, Cheryl A. Miree MS, Jennifer Brzosowicz MS, Bradford Carter MD, Christine Laronga MD
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Video-Assisted Skin-Sparing Breast-Conserving Surgery for Breast Cancer and Immediate Reconstruction with Autologous Tissue: Clinical Outcomes

Hiroo Nakajima PhD, Ikuya Fujiwara PhD, Naruhiko Mizuta PhD, Koichi Sakaguchi PhD, Yasushi Hachimine MD, Junji Magae PhD
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Consensus Report: Resectable and Borderline Resectable Pancreas Cancer

Pretreatment Assessment of Resectable and Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer: Expert Consensus Statement by Callery et al.

Michael A. Choti MD, MBA, FACS, Elijah Dixon MD, FRCSC, FACS, Douglas Tyler MD, FACS
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Surgical Treatment of Resectable and Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer: Expert Consensus Statement by Evans et al.

Reid B. Adams MD, Peter J. Allen MD
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CONSENSUS REPORT: RESECTABLE AND BORDERLINE RESECTABLE PANCREAS CANCER

AHPBA/SSO/SSAT Consensus Conference on Resectable and Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer: Rationale and Overview of the Conference

Jean-Nicolas Vauthey MD, Elijah Dixon MD
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Surgical Treatment of Resectable and Borderline Resectable Pancreas Cancer: Expert Consensus Statement

Douglas B. Evans MD, Michael B. Farnell MD, Keith D. Lillemoe MD, Charles Vollmer Jr MD, Steven M. Strasberg MD, Richard D. Schulick MD
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Combined Modality Treatment of Resectable and Borderline Resectable Pancreas Cancer: Expert Consensus Statement

Ross A. Abrams MD, Andrew M. Lowy MD, Eileen M. O’Reilly MD, Robert A. Wolff MD, Vincent J. Picozzi MD, MMM, Peter W. T. Pisters MD
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Endocrine Tumors

Expression of the Transcription Factor Snail and Its Target Gene Twist Are Associated with Malignancy in Pheochromocytomas

Jens Waldmann MD, Emily P. Slater PhD, Peter Langer MD, Malte Buchholz PhD, Annette Ramaswamy MD, Martin K. Walz MD, Kurt W. Schmid MD, Georg Feldmann MD, Detlef K. Bartsch MD, Volker Fendrich MD
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Clinical and Pathological Factors Related to 18F-FDG-PET Positivity in the Diagnosis of Recurrence and/or Metastasis in Patients with Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

D. Esteva MD, M. A. Muros PhD, J. M. Llamas-Elvira PhD, J. Jiménez Alonso PhD, J. M. Villar PhD, M. López de la Torre PhD, T. Muros PhD
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Gastrointestinal Oncology

Genetic Susceptibility to Gastrointestinal Cancer: Minireview of the Genomewide Studies

Masayoshi Tokuoka MD, Hideshi Ishii MD, PhD, Koshi Mimori MD, PhD, Hiroshi Inoue MD, PhD, Yuichiro Doki MD, Masaki Mori MD, PhD, FACS
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Timing of Multimodality Therapy for Resectable Synchronous Colorectal Liver Metastases: A Retrospective Multi-Institutional Analysis

Srinevas K. Reddy, Daria Zorzi, Ying Wei Lum, Andrew S. Barbas, Timothy M. Pawlik, Dario Ribero, Eddie K. Abdalla, Michael A. Choti, Clinton Kemp, Jean-Nicolas Vauthey, Michael A. Morse, Rebekah R. White, Bryan M. Clary
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Analysis of Factors Associated with Outcome in Patients Undergoing Isolated Hepatic Perfusion for Unresectable Liver Metastases from Colorectal Center

H. Richard Alexander Jr. MD, David L. Bartlett MD, Steven K. Libutti MD, James F. Pingpank MD, Douglas L. Fraker MD, Richard Royal MD, Seth M. Steinberg PhD, Cynthia B. Helsabeck RN, Tatiana H. Beresneva MD
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Adjustment of N Stages of Gastric Cancer by the Ratio Between the Metastatic and Examined Lymph Nodes

Chan-Young Kim MD, Doo-Hyun Yang MD
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Prognostic Significance of Tumor Size in T3 Gastric Cancer

Xiaowen Liu MD, Yu Xu MD, Ziwen Long MD, Huiyan Zhu MD, Yanong Wang MD, PhD
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Quality Indicators for Gastric Cancer Surgery: A Survey of Practicing Pathologists in Ontario

Alia P. Qureshi BSc, MSc, MD, C. Andrea Ottensmeyer MSc, Alyson L. Mahar BSc, Runjan Chetty MBBCh, FRCPath, FRCPC, DPhil, Aaron Pollett MD, Frances C. Wright MD, MEd, FRCSC, Natalie G. Coburn MD, MPH, FRCSC
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Prophylactic Total Gastrectomy (PTG) for Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer (HDGC): The Newfoundland Experience with 23 Patients

P. C. Hebbard MD, A. MacMillan MS, D. Huntsman MD, P. Kaurah MSc, F. Carneiro PhD, X. Wen MD, A. Kwan MD, D. Boone MD, F. Bursey MD, J. Green PhD, B. Fernandez MD, D. Fontaine MD, D. A. Wirtzfeld MD
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Prediction of Recurrence of Early Gastric Cancer After Curative Resection

Ji Fu Lai MD, Sungsoo Kim MD, Kiyeol Kim PhD, Chen Li MD, Sung Jin Oh MD, Woo Jin Hyung MD, Sun Young Rha MD, Hyun Cheol Chung MD, Seung Ho Choi MD, Lin Bo Wang MD, Sung Hoon Noh MD
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Long-Term Survival in Patients with Pseudomyxoma Peritonei Treated with Cytoreductive Surgery and Perioperative Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy: 10 Years of Experience from a Single Institution

Terence C. Chua BScMed (Hons), Tristan D. Yan PhD, Michelle E. Smigielski, Katherine J. Zhu MBBS, Keh M. Ng MBBS, Jing Zhao MD, David L. Morris MD
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Progress and Limitations of Surgery in Improving Outcomes of Esophagogastric Junction Cancer

George E. Chalkiadakis MD, Dimosthenis Ziogas MD
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In Reply: Abdominal-Transhiatal Resection for Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagogastric Junction

Fabio Carboni MD, PhD
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Epigenetics in Gastric Cancer: Challenges for Clinical Implications

D. Ziogas MD, D. Roukos MD
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Gynecologic Oncology

Pathological Diagnosis and Cytoreduction of Cardiophrenic Lymph Node and Pleural Metastasis in Ovarian Cancer Patients Using Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery

Myong Cheol Lim MD, Hyun-Sung Lee PhD, Dae Chul Jung PhD, Ji Young Choi MD, Sang-Soo Seo PhD, Sang-Yoon Park MD, PhD
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Healthcare Policy and Outcomes

Effect of Surgeon Training, Specialization, and Experience on Outcomes for Cancer Surgery: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Karl Y. Bilimoria MD, MS, Joseph D. Phillips MD, Colin E. Rock BA, Amanda Hayman MD, MPH, Jay B. Prystowsky MD, MHPE, David J. Bentrem MD, MS
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Effect of Age on Survival of Clinical Stage I Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer

Keith Sigel MD, MPH, Marcelo Bonomi MD, Stuart Packer MD, Juan Wisnivesky MD, MPH
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Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Tumors

Management of Early Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients with Well-Compensated Cirrhosis

Steven C. Cunningham MD, Susan Tsai MD, Hugo P. Marques MD, Paulo Mira MD, Andrew Cameron PhD, Eduardo Barroso MD, Benjamin Philosophe MD, Timothy M. Pawlik MD, MPH
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Perioperative Factors Affecting Long-Term Outcomes of 473 Consecutive Patients Undergoing Hepatectomy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Chih-Chi Wang MD, Shridhar G. Iyer FRCS, Jee Keem Low MD, FRCS, Chih-Yun Lin MS, Shih-Ho Wang MD, Sen-Nan Lu MD, Chao-Long Chen MD
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Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Does Not Predict Overall Survival for Patients With Synchronous Colorectal Hepatic Metastases

David J. Gallagher MD, Junting Zheng PhD, Marinela Capanu PhD, Dana Haviland, Philip Paty MD, Robert P. Dematteo MD, Michael D’Angelica MD, Yuman Fong MD, William R. Jarnagin MD, Peter J. Allen MD, Nancy Kemeny MD
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Survival Outcomes of Patients with Colorectal Liver Metastases Following Hepatic Resection or Ablation in the Era of Effective Chemotherapy

Mehrdad Nikfarjam MD, PhD, Serene Shereef MD, Eric T. Kimchi MD, Niraj J. Gusani MD, Yixing Jiang MD, PhD, Diego M. Avella MD, Rickhesvar P. Mahraj MD, Kevin F. Staveley-O’Carroll MD, PhD
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Medical Oncology

Importance of Early Splenectomy in Patients with Hepatosplenic T-Cell Lymphoma and Severe Thrombocytopenia

Andrew A. Gumbs MD, Jasmine Zain MD, Owen A. O’Connor PhD
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Melanomas

Clinical Considerations on Sentinel Node Biopsy in Melanoma from an Italian Multicentric Study on 1,313 Patients (SOLISM–IMI)

Alessandro Testori MD, Gian Luca De Salvo MD, Maria Cristina Montesco MD, Giuseppe Trifirò MD, Simone Mocellin MD, PhD, Giorgio Landi MD, Giuseppe Macripò MD, Paolo Carcoforo MD, Giuseppe Ricotti MD, Giuseppe Giudice MD, Franco Picciotto MD, Davide Donner MD, Franco Di Filippo MD, Javier Soteldo MD, Dario Casara MD, Mauro Schiavon MD, Antonella Vecchiato MD, Sandro Pasquali MD, Federica Baldini MD
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Multimedia Article

Systematic Subsegmentectomy by Ultrasound-Guided Finger Compression for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Cirrhosis

Guido Torzilli MD, PhD, Matteo Donadon MD, Matteo Cimino MD, Daniele Del Fabbro MD, Fabio Procopio MD, Florin Botea MD
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE – CONSENSUS REPORT: RESECTABLE AND BORDERLINE RESECTABLE PANCREAS CANCER

Pretreatment Assessment of Resectable and Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer: Expert Consensus Statement

Mark P. Callery MD, Kenneth J. Chang MD, Elliot K. Fishman MD, Mark S. Talamonti MD, L. William Traverso MD, David C. Linehan MD
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Thoracic Oncology

Potential Increase in the Prognostic Value of p53 Mutation by Pro72 Allele in Stage I Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer

Wen-Pin Chien MS, Ruey-Hong Wong PhD, Tsu-Chin Wu MD, PhD, Ya-Wen Cheng PhD, Chih-Yi Chen MD, PhD, Huei Lee MD, PhD
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Translational Research and Biomarkers

Preoperative u-PAR Gene Expression in Bone Marrow Indicates the Potential Power of Recurrence in Breast Cancer Cases

Koshi Mimori MD, PhD, Akemi Kataoka MD, PhD, Hiroshi Yamaguchi MD, PhD, Norikazu Masuda MD, PhD, Yoshimasa Kosaka MD, PhD, Hideshi Ishii MD, PhD, Shinji Ohno MD, PhD, Masaki Mori MD, PhD, FACS
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Clinicopathologic Significance of KIAA1199 Overexpression in Human Gastric Cancer

Shinji Matsuzaki, Fumiaki Tanaka PhD, Koshi Mimori PhD, Kouichirou Tahara PhD, Hiroshi Inoue PhD, Masaki Mori MD, PhD, FACS
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Preoperative Serum Angiopoietin-2 Levels Correlate with Lymph Node Status in Patients with Early Gastric Cancer

Min Jung Jo BS, Jun Ho Lee MD, PhD, Byung-Ho Nam PhD, Myeong Cherl Kook MD, PhD, Keun Won Ryu, Il Ju Choi MD, PhD, Young-Woo Kim MD, PhD, Jae-Moon Bae MD, PhD
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Dickkopf-1 Expression as a Marker for Predicting Clinical Outcome in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Tomoki Makino MD, Makoto Yamasaki MD, Ichiro Takemasa MD, Atsushi Takeno MD, Yurika Nakamura PhD, Hiroshi Miyata MD, Shuji Takiguchi MD, Yoshiyuki Fujiwara MD, Nariaki Matsuura MD, Masaki Mori MD, Yuichiro Doki MD
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Urologic Oncology

Caspase 9 and Caspase 8 Gene Polymorphisms and Susceptibility to Bladder Cancer in North Indian Population

Ruchika Gangwar MSc, Anil Mandhani MCh, Rama Devi Mittal PhD
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