Volume 17, Number 12 / December, 2010

Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcomas

Prognostic Implication of Ezrin Overexpression in Myxofibrosarcomas

Hsuan-Ying Huang MD, Chien-Feng Li MD, Fu-Min Fang MD, PhD, Jen-Wei Tsai MD, Shau-Hsuan Li MD, Yuan-Ting Lee MS, Huei-Min Wei BS
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Peritoneal Sarcomatosis: Is There a Subset of Patients Who May Benefit from Cytoreductive Surgery and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy?

Dario Baratti MD, Elisabetta Pennacchioli MD, Shigeki Kusamura PhD, Marco Fiore MD, Maria Rosaria Balestra MD, Chiara Colombo MD, Elvira Mingrone MD, Gronchi Alessanrdro MD, Marcello Deraco MD
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Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma: Clinical Presentation, Treatment, and Outcome in a Series of 33 Patients at a Single Institution

Elisabetta Pennacchioli MD, Marco Fiore MD, Paola Collini MD, Stefano Radaelli MD, Palma Dileo MD, Silvia Stacchiotti MD, Paolo G. Casali MD, Alessandro Gronchi MD
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Breast Oncology

Experience with Seed Localization for Nonpalpable Breast Lesions in a Public Health Care System

Roshni Rao MD, Amy Moldrem MD, Venetia Sarode MD, John White CNMT, Matt Amen BS, Madhu Rao MBA, Valerie Andrews MD, David Euhus MD, Lee Radford MD, Michael Ulissey MD
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Clinical Series of Oncoplastic Mastopexy to Optimize Cosmesis of Large-Volume Resections for Breast Conservation

J. Bong MD, J. Parker PA, R. Clapper BS, W. Dooley MD
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Disseminated Tumor Cells in Biologic Subtypes of Stage I–III Breast Cancer Patients

Carolyn Hall PhD, Savitri Krishnamurthy MD, Ashutosh Lodhi MBBS, Kailash Mosalpuria MD, MPH, Henry M. Kuerer MD, Funda Meric-Bernstam MD, Isabelle Bedrosian MD, Kelly K. Hunt MD, Anthony Lucci MD
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The Clinical Outcome of Chemotherapy-Induced Amenorrhea in Premenopausal Young Patients with Breast Cancer with Long-Term Follow-up

Minkyu Jung, Hyun Joon Shin, Sun Young Rha, Hei Cheul Jeung, Soojung Hong, Yong Wha Moon, Hyo Song Kim, Kyung Jin Oh, Woo Ick Yang, Jae Kyung Roh, Hyun Cheol Chung
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Pseudoangiomatous Stromal Hyperplasia and Breast Cancer Risk

Amy C. Degnim MD, Marlene H. Frost PhD, Derek C. Radisky PhD, Stephanie S. Anderson BS, Robert A. Vierkant MS, Judy C. Boughey MD, V. Shane Pankratz PhD, Karthik Ghosh MD, Lynn C. Hartmann MD, Daniel W. Visscher MD
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Morbidity of Sentinel Node Biopsy in Breast Cancer: The Relationship Between the Number of Excised Lymph Nodes and Lymphedema

Jessica I. Goldberg BA, Lisa I. Wiechmann MD, Elyn R. Riedel MA, Monica Morrow MD, Kimberly J. Van Zee MS, MD
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Colorectal Cancer

Reaching the Colorectal Liver Masses

David Sindram MD, PhD
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Robotic-Assisted versus Laparoscopic Surgery for Low Rectal Cancer: Case-Matched Analysis of Short-Term Outcomes

Jun Seok Park MD, Gyu-Seog Choi MD, Kyoung Hoon Lim MD, You Seok Jang MD, Soo Han Jun MD
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Endocrine Tumors

Prophylactic Central Neck Dissection and Local Recurrence in Papillary Thyroid Cancer: A Meta-analysis

Tarek Zetoune MD, Xavier Keutgen MD, Daniel Buitrago MD, Hasan Aldailami, Huibo Shao MS, Madhu Mazumdar PhD, Thomas J. Fahey III MD, Rasa Zarnegar MD
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The BRAF Mutation Is Predictive of Aggressive Clinicopathological Characteristics in Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma

Kuai-Lu Lin MD, Ou-Chen Wang MD, Xiao-Hua Zhang MD, Xuan-Xuan Dai MD, Xiao-Qu Hu MD, PhD, Jin-Miao Qu MD
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Gastrointestinal Oncology

7th Edition of the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual: Stomach

Kay Washington MD, PhD
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Clinical Outcomes and Prognostic Factors of Metastatic Gastric Carcinoma Patients Who Experience Gastrointestinal Perforation During Palliative Chemotherapy

Myoung Hee Kang MD, Shi Nae Kim MD, Noe Kyeong Kim MD, PhD, Young-Iee Park MD, PhD, Young-Woo Kim MD, PhD, Keun Won Ryu MD, PhD, Jun Ho Lee MD, PhD, Jong Seok Lee MD, Sook Ryun Park MD, PhD
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Positive Peritoneal Cytology in Patients with Gastric Cancer: Natural History and Outcome of 291 Patients

James J. Mezhir MD, Manish A. Shah MD, Lindsay M. Jacks MS, Murray F. Brennan MD, Daniel G. Coit MD, Vivian E. Strong MD
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18F-FAMT-PET Is Useful for the Diagnosis of Lymph Node Metastasis in Operable Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Makoto Sohda, Hiroyuki Kato, Shigemasa Suzuki, Naritaka Tanaka, Akihiko Sano, Makoto Sakai, Takanori Inose, Masanobu Nakajima, Tatsuya Miyazaki, Minoru Fukuchi, Noboru Oriuchi, Keigo Endo, Hiroyuki Kuwano
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CpG Methylation of Transcription Factor 4 in Gastric Carcinoma

Jae Kyoon Joo MD, PhD, Sang Hyun Kim MD, Ho Gun Kim MD, PhD, Dong Yi Kim MD, PhD, Seong Yeob Ryu MD, PhD, Kyung Hwa Lee MD, PhD, Jae Hyuk Lee MD, PhD
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The Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor-4 Arg388 Allele is Associated with Gastric Cancer Progression

Yanwei Ye MD, Yingqiang Shi MD, Ye Zhou MD, Chunyan Du MD, Chunmeng Wang MD, Heqin Zhan PhD, Biqiang Zheng PhD, Xi Cao MD, Meng-hong Sun MD, Hong Fu MD
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Gynecologic Oncology

Para-aortic Lymphadenectomy in the Management of Preoperative Grade 1 Endometrial Cancer Confined to the Uterine Corpus

Jong-Hyuck Yoon MD, Seung-Chul Yoo MD, PhD, Woo Young Kim MD, Suk-Joon Chang MD, PhD, Ki-Hong Chang MD, PhD, Hee-Sug Ryu MD, PhD
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Head and Neck Oncology

Recurrent Pleomorphic Adenoma: Results of Surgical Treatment

Marc Makeieff MD, PhD, Pierfrancesco Pelliccia MD, Flavie Letois MD, Grégoire Mercier MD, Sebastien Arnaud MD, Cartier César MD, Renaud Garrel MD, PhD, Louis Crampette MD, PhD, Bernard Guerrier MD
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Healthcare Policy and Outcomes

Patterns of Referral and Resection Among Patients with Liver-Only Metastatic Colorectal Cancer (MCRC)

Doran Ksienski MD, Ryan Woods MSc, Caroline Speers BA, Hagen Kennecke MD
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2010 SSO Presidential Address: Subspecialty Certificate in Advanced Surgical Oncology

Fabrizio Michelassi MD
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Health Insurance Status Affects Staging and Influences Treatment Strategies in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Victor Zaydfudim MD, MPH, Martin A. Whiteside PhD, MSPH, Marie R. Griffin MD, MPH, Irene D. Feurer PhD, J. Kelly Wright MD, C. Wright Pinson MBA, MD
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Hepatobiliary Tumors

Surgical Management of Hepatic Neuroendocrine Tumor Metastasis: Results from an International Multi-Institutional Analysis

Skye C. Mayo MD, MPH, Mechteld C. de Jong MD, Carlo Pulitano MD, Brian M. Clary MD, Srinevas K. Reddy MD, T. Clark Gamblin MD, MS, Scott A. Celinksi MD, David A. Kooby MD, Charles A. Staley MD, Jayme B. Stokes MD, Carrie K. Chu MD, Alessandro Ferrero MD, Richard D. Schulick MD, Michael A. Choti MD, Giles Mentha MD, Jennifer Strub MD, Todd W. Bauer MD, Reid B. Adams MD, Luca Aldrighetti MD, Lorenzo
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Adjuvant Therapy With Capecitabine Postpones Recurrence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma After Curative Resection: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Yong Xia MD, Yinghe Qiu MD, Jun Li MD, Lehua Shi MD, Kui Wang MD, Tao Xi MD, Feng Shen MD, Zhenlin Yan MD, Mengchao Wu MD
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Exploration of Potential Genomic Portraits Associated with Intrahepatic Recurrence in Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Nobuyoshi Kittaka, Ichiro Takemasa, Shigeto Seno, Yutaka Takeda, Shogo Kobayashi, Shigeru Marubashi, Keizo Dono, Koji Umeshita, Hiroaki Nagano, Hideo Matsuda, Morito Monden, Masaki Mori, Yuichiro Doki
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Role of Preoperative Optimization of the Liver for Resection in Patients with Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma Type III

Stéphane Grandadam MD, Philippe Compagnon MD, PhD, Alexis Arnaud MD, Damien Olivié MD, Yannick Malledant MD, Bernard Meunier MD, Bernard Launois MD, FACS, Karim Boudjema MD
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Melanomas

The Impact on Morbidity and Length of Stay of Early Versus Delayed Complete Lymphadenectomy in Melanoma: Results of the Multicenter Selective Lymphadenectomy Trial (I)

Mark B. Faries MD, John F. Thompson MD, Alistair Cochran MD, Robert Elashoff PhD, Edwin C. Glass MD, Nicola Mozzillo MD, Omgo E. Nieweg MD, Daniel F. Roses MD, Harold J. Hoekstra MD, Constantine P. Karakousis MD, Douglas S. Reintgen MD, Brendon J. Coventry BM, BS, PhD, He-Jing Wang MD, Donald L. Morton MD
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The Prognostic Significance of Nonsentinel Lymph Node Metastasis in Melanoma

Russell E. Brown MD, Merrick I. Ross MD, Michael J. Edwards MD, R. Dirk Noyes MD, Douglas S. Reintgen MD, Lee J. Hagendoorn MBA, Arnold J. Stromberg PhD, Robert C. G. Martin MD, PhD, Kelly M. McMasters MD, PhD, Charles R. Scoggins MD, MBA
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Original Article – Hepatobiliary Tumors

Retrohepatic Vena Cava Resection Associated With Right Trisectionectomy and Caudate Lobectomy for Colorectal Liver Metastases

Gerardo Sarno MD, Hassan Z. Malik MD, Stephen W. Fenwick MD, Ali A. Al-Sarira MBBS, Graeme J. Poston MS
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Pancreatic Tumors

Adjuvant Radiation Therapy for Distal Pancreatic Cancer: Is There a Role?

Brian G. Czito MD, Christopher G. Willett MD
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Adjuvant Chemoradiation Therapy for Adenocarcinoma of the Distal Pancreas

Kristin J. Redmond MD, MPH, Christopher L. Wolfgang MD, PhD, Elizabeth A. Sugar PhD, Julia Ahn BA, Hari Nathan MD, Daniel Laheru MD, Barish H. Edil MD, Michael A. Choti MD, Timothy M. Pawlik MD, Ralph H. Hruban MD, John L. Cameron MD, Joseph M. Herman MD, MSc
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MicroRNA-203 Expression as a New Prognostic Marker of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

Naoki Ikenaga MD, Kenoki Ohuchida MD, PhD, Kazuhiro Mizumoto MD, PhD, Jun Yu MD, PhD, Tadashi Kayashima MD, Hiroshi Sakai MD, Hayato Fujita MD, PhD, Kohei Nakata MD, PhD, Masao Tanaka MD, PhD
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Pediatric Oncology

Outcomes of Pediatric Patients with Malignancies of the Major Salivary Glands

Michael E. Kupferman MD, Gabriel O. de la Garza MD, Alfredo A. Santillan MD, MPH, Michelle D. Williams MD, Bipin T. Varghese MD, Winston Huh MD, Dianna Roberts PhD, Randal S. Weber MD
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Thoracic Oncology

Influence of Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation on the Number and Size of Analyzed Lymph Nodes in Esophageal Cancer

Elfriede Bollschweiler MD, PhD, Sarah Besch MD, Uta Drebber MD, Wolfgang Schröder MD, Stefan P. Mönig MD, Daniel Vallböhmer MD, Stephan E. Baldus MD, Ralf Metzger MD, Arnulf H. Hölscher MD, FACS, FRCS
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Translational Research and Biomarkers

Histone Deacetylase (HDAC) 1 and 2 Expression and Chemotherapy in Gastric Cancer

Kathrin Mutze, Rupert Langer MD, Karen Becker MD, Katja Ott MD, Alexander Novotny MD, Birgit Luber PhD, Alexander Hapfelmeier, Martin Göttlicher MD, Heinz Höfler MD, Gisela Keller PhD
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Serum Matrix-Metalloproteinase-1 is a Bona Fide Prognostic Marker for Colorectal Cancer

Kouichirou Tahara MD, PhD, Koshi Mimori MD, PhD, Hisae Iinuma PhD, Masaaki Iwatsuki MD, PhD, Takehiko Yokobori MD, Hideshi Ishii MD, PhD, Hideaki Anai MD, PhD, Seigo Kitano MD, PhD, Masaki Mori MD, PhD, FACS
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Improved Testing for Microsatellite Instability in Colorectal Cancer Using a Simplified 3-Marker Assay

Iyare Esemuede MD, Ann Forslund PhD, Sajid A. Khan MD, Li-Xuan Qin PhD, Mark I. Gimbel MD, Garrett M. Nash MD, Zhaoshi Zeng MD, Shoshana Rosenberg MS, Jinru Shia MD, Francis Barany PhD, Philip B. Paty MD
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Knockdown of Thrombomodulin Enhances HCC Cell Migration through Increase of ZEB1 and Decrease of E-cadherin Gene Expression

Ming-Te Huang MD, Po-Li Wei PhD, Jun-Jen Liu PhD, Der-Zen Liu PhD, Huang Huey-Chun PhD, Jane An BS, Cheng-Chia Wu BS, Chih-Hsiung Wu PhD, Yuan-Soon Ho PhD, Yi-Yuan Yang PhD, Yu-Jia Chang PhD
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Jun Activation Domain Binding Protein 1 is Overexpressed from the Very Early Stages of Hepatocarcinogenesis

Shinichi Yachida MD, Katsumi Imaida MD, Masanao Yokohira MD, Nozomi Hashimoto MD, Shugo Suzuki MD, Keiichi Okano MD, Hisao Wakabayashi MD, Hajime Maeta MD, Yasuyuki Suzuki MD
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Evaluation of the Association of Urokinase Plasminogen Activator System Gene Polymorphisms with Susceptibility and Pathological Development of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Chia-Jui Weng PhD, Chiung-Man Tsai MS, Yi-Chen Chen PhD, Yi-Hsien Hsieh PhD, Chiao-Wen Lin MS, Yu-Fan Liu PhD, Shih-Chi Su MS, Mu-Kuan Chen PhD, Shun-Fa Yang PhD
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