Volume 17, Number 6 / June, 2010

Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcomas

Are Radical Compartmental Resections for Retroperitoneal Sarcomas Justified?

Chandrajit P. Raut MD, MSc, Carol J. Swallow MD
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Aggressive Surgery in Retroperitoneal Soft Tissue Sarcoma Carried Out at High-Volume Centers is Safe and is Associated With Improved Local Control

Sylvie Bonvalot MD, PhD, Rosalba Miceli PhD, Mattia Berselli MD, Sylvain Causeret MD, Chiara Colombo MD, Luigi Mariani MD, Hatem Bouzaiene MD, Cécile Le Péchoux MD, Paolo Giovanni Casali MD, Axel Le Cesne MD, Marco Fiore MD, Alessandro Gronchi MD
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Proton-Beam, Intensity-Modulated, and/or Intraoperative Electron Radiation Therapy Combined with Aggressive Anterior Surgical Resection for Retroperitoneal Sarcomas

Sam S. Yoon MD, Yen-Lin Chen MD, David G. Kirsch MD, PhD, Ugwuji N. Maduekwe MD, MMSc, Andrew E. Rosenberg MD, G. Petur Nielsen MD, Dushyant V. Sahani MD, Edwin Choy MD, David C. Harmon MD, Thomas F. DeLaney MD
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Breast Oncology

When is Age More Than Just a Number?

Kathleen Diehl MD, Lisa A. Newman MD, MPH
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Management of Operable Invasive Breast Cancer in Women Over the Age of 70: Long-Term Results of a Large-Scale Single-Institution Experience

Fatima Laki MD, Youlia M. Kirova MD, Alexia Savignoni MD, Francois Campana MD, Beatrice Levu MD, Marc Estève MD, Brigitte Sigal-Zafrani MD, Thierry Dorval MD, Bernard Asselain MD, PhD, Remy J. Salmon MD
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Changes in Circulating Tumor Cell Detection in Patients with Localized Breast Cancer Before and After Surgery

Maria T. Sandri MD, Laura Zorzino DSc, Maria C. Cassatella DSc, Fabio Bassi MD, Alberto Luini MD, Chiara Casadio MD, Edoardo Botteri PhD, Nicole Rotmensz PhD, Laura Adamoli PhD, Franco Nolè MD
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Liver Resection for Multimodal Treatment of Breast Cancer Metastases: Identification of Prognostic Factors

Katrin Hoffmann MD, Clemens Franz, Ulf Hinz, Peter Schirmacher MD, Christian Herfarth MD, Michael Eichbaum MD, Markus W. Büchler MD, Peter Schemmer MD
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HER-2-Negative Breast Cancer Limitations and Next-Generation Sequencing Technology Promises

Georgios Baltogiannis MD, Christos Katsios MD, George C. Zografos MD, Dimitrios H. Roukos MD
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Colorectal Cancer

Body Mass Index does not Affect Postoperative Morbidity and Oncologic Outcomes of Total Mesorectal Excision for Rectal Adenocarcinoma

Nikiforos Ballian MBBS, Brett Yamane MD, Glen Leverson PhD, Bruce Harms MD, Charles P. Heise MD, Eugene F. Foley MD, Gregory D. Kennedy MD, PhD
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Multicentric Study on Robotic Tumor-Specific Mesorectal Excision for the Treatment of Rectal Cancer

Alessio Pigazzi, Fabrizio Luca, Alberto Patriti, Manuela Valvo, Graziano Ceccarelli, Luciano Casciola, Roberto Biffi, Julio Garcia-Aguilar, Jeong-Heum Baek
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Endocrine Tumors

New Operative Surgical Concept of Two Fascial Layers Enveloping the Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve

Jonathan W. Serpell MB, BS, MD, FRACS, FACS
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Prophylactic Lymphadenectomy of Neck Level II in Clinically Node-Positive Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma

Bon Seok Koo MD, Sung-Tae Seo MD, Gun-Ho Lee MD, Jin-Man Kim MD, Eun Chang Choi MD, Young Chang Lim MD
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Gastrointestinal Oncology

Effect of Age on Surgical Outcomes of Extended Gastrectomy With D2 Lymph Node Dissection in Gastric Carcinoma: Prospective Cohort Study

Oh Jeong MD, Young Kyu Park MD, PhD, Seong Yeob Ryu MD, PhD, Young Jin Kim MD, PhD
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Risk Factors for Lymph Node Metastasis from Gastric Cancers with Submucosal Invasion

Yusuke Tajima MD, PhD, Masahiko Murakami MD, PhD, Kimiyasu Yamazaki MD, PhD, Yuki Masuda MD, PhD, Shigeo Aoki MD, Masanori Kato MD, Atsushi Sato MD, Satoru Goto MD, PhD, Koji Otsuka MD, Takashi Kato MD, PhD
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Laparoscopic Total Gastrectomy and D2 Lymphadenectomy

Giovanni Dapri MD, Jacques Himpens MD, Guy-Bernard Cadière MD, PhD
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In Reply: Five Reasons Why Cytoreductive Surgery Plus Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy Must Be Regarded as the New Standard of Care for Diffuse Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma

D. Baratti MD, S. Kusamura MD, PhD, A. D. Cabras MD, B. Laterza MD, M. R. Balestra MD, M. Deraco MD
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Chemoradiotherapy in Adenocarcinoma of the Stomach or Esophagus

Christof Hottenrott MD, Dimosthenis Ziogas MD
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Should Chemoradiotherapy Be Used in Node-Negative Esophageal or Gastric Adenocarcinoma?

Naveenraj L. Solomon, Leonidas G. Koniaris
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Does Metastatic Lymph Node Ratio Really Suit for Prognostic Prediction of the D1 Lymphadenectomy?

Jingyu Deng MD, Han Liang MD
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In Reply: Does Metastatic Lymph Node Ratio Really Suit for Prognostic Prediction of the D1 Lymphadenectomy?

Ugwuji N. Maduekwe MD, Sam S. Yoon MD
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Gynecologic Oncology

Influence of Residual Tumor on Outcome in Ovarian Cancer Patients With FIGO Stage IV Disease : An Exploratory Analysis of the AGO-OVAR (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Gynaekologische Onkologie Ovarian Cancer Study Group)

Pauline Wimberger PhD, Michael Wehling MD, Nils Lehmann PhD, Rainer Kimmig PhD, Barbara Schmalfeldt PhD, Alexander Burges MD, Philipp Harter MD, Jacobus Pfisterer PhD, Andreas du Bois PhD
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Healthcare Policy and Outcomes

The American Joint Committee on Cancer: the 7th Edition of the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual and the Future of TNM

Stephen B. Edge MD, Carolyn C. Compton MD, PhD
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Do Practice Patterns Reflect Practice Guidelines?

Tina W. F. Yen MD, MS, Douglas B. Evans MD
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Medullary Thyroid Cancer: Are Practice Patterns in the United States Discordant From American Thyroid Association Guidelines?

Babita Panigrahi BS, Sanziana A. Roman MD, Julie Ann Sosa MA, MD
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Characteristics and Outcomes of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Surgical-Site Infections in Patients with Cancer: a Case–Control Study

Roy F. Chemaly MD, MPH, Ray Y. Hachem MD, Rola N. Husni MD, Boulos Bahna MD, Georges Abou Rjaili MD, Alain Waked MD, Linda Graviss MT, CIC, B. Nebiyou Bekele PhD, Jharna N. Shah MD, Issam I. Raad MD
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Hepatobiliary Tumors

Prognostic Significance of c-erbB-2 and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Colorectal Liver Metastases

Jinggui Chen MD, Qingguo Li MD, Changjian Wang MD, Jianghong Wu MD, PhD, Guangfa Zhao MD, PhD
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Medical Oncology

Increased Use of Percutaneous Technique for Totally Implantable Venous Access Devices. Is It Real Progress? A 27-Year Comprehensive Review on Early Complications

Isidoro Di Carlo MD, PhD, FACS, Elia Pulvirenti MD, Maurizio Mannino, Adriana Toro MD
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Melanomas

2010 TNM Staging System for Cutaneous Melanoma…and Beyond

Jeffrey E. Gershenwald MD, Seng-jaw Soong PhD, Charles M. Balch MD
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Utility of FDG PET/CT and Brain MRI in Melanoma Patients with Increased Serum S-100B Level During Follow-up

Tjeerd S. Aukema MD, Renato A. Valdés Olmos MD, PhD, Catharina M. Korse MSc, Bin B. R. Kroon MD, PhD, Michel W. J. M. Wouters MD, Wouter V. Vogel MD, PhD, Johannes M. G. Bonfrer PhD, Omgo E. Nieweg MD, PhD
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Conditional Survival After Surgical Treatment of Melanoma: An Analysis of the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Database

Natasha M. Rueth MD, Shawn S. Groth MD, Todd M. Tuttle MD, MS, Beth A. Virnig PhD, MPH, Waddah B. Al-Refaie MD, Elizabeth B. Habermann PhD, MPH
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Pancreatic Tumors

Parenchyma-Preserving Resections for Small Nonfunctioning Pancreatic Endocrine Tumors

Massimo Falconi MD, Alessandro Zerbi MD, Stefano Crippa MD, Gianpaolo Balzano MD, Letizia Boninsegna MD, Vanessa Capitanio MD, Claudio Bassi MD, Valerio Di Carlo MD, Paolo Pederzoli MD
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Reconstructive Oncology

Skin-Sparing Mastectomy and Immediate Breast Reconstruction in the Management of Locally Recurrent Breast Cancer

A. J. Lindford MBBS, MRCS, T. J. Meretoja MD, PhD, K. A. J. von Smitten MD, PhD, T. A. Jahkola MD, PhD
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Thoracic Oncology

Age does not Preclude an Esophagectomy…If Only it were that Simple

Mark B. Orringer MD
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Variations in Surgeon Treatment Recommendations for Lobectomy in Early-Stage Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer by Patient Age and Comorbidity

Selwyn O. Rogers Jr. MD, MPH, Stacy W. Gray MD, AM, Mary Beth Landrum PhD, Carrie N. Klabunde PhD, Katherine L. Kahn MD, Robert H. Fletcher MD, MSc, Steven Clauser PhD, Diana Tisnado PhD, William Doucette PhD, Nancy L. Keating MD, MPH
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Five Reasons Why Cytoreductive Surgery Plus Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy Must be Regarded as the New Standard of Care for Diffuse Malignant Peritoneal

Paul H. Sugarbaker MD, FACS, FRCS
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Translational Research and Biomarkers

Chromosomal Alterations in Pure Nonneoplastic Breast Lesions: Implications for Breast Cancer Progression

Rachel E. Ellsworth PhD, Darrell L. Ellsworth PhD, Jamie D. Weyandt BS, Jamie L. Fantacone-Campbell MS, Brenda Deyarmin HT(ASCP), Jeffrey A. Hooke MD, Craig D. Shriver MD
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Overexpression of Nuclear Protein Kinase CK2 β Subunit and Prognosis in Human Gastric Carcinoma

Kai-Yuan Lin PhD, Chia-Lang Fang MD, Yi Chen MD, Chien-Feng Li MD, Sheng-Hsuan Chen MD, PhD, Chen-Yi Kuo MD, Chein Tai PhD, Yih-Huei Uen MD
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Glucose-Regulated Protein 78 (GRP78) Silencing Enhances Cell Migration but Does Not Influence Cell Proliferation in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Yu-Jia Chang PhD, Chong-Chi Chiu MD, Chih-Hsiung Wu PhD, Jane An BS, Cheng-Chia Wu BS, Tsan-Zon Liu PhD, Po-Li Wei PhD, Ming-Te Huang MD
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Urologic Oncology

Clinical Significance of Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Superfamily Member 11b Polymorphism in Prostate Cancer

Bo-Ying Bao PhD, Victor C. Lin MD, Shu-Hung Huang MD, Jiunn-Bey Pao MS, Ta-Yuan Chang PhD, Te-Ling Lu PhD, Yu-Hsuan Lan PhD, Lu-Min Chen MD, Wen-Chien Ting MD, Wen-Hui Yang PhD, Chi-Jeng Hsieh MS, Shu-Pin Huang MD, PhD
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Cervical Lymph Node Dissection for Metastatic Testicular Cancer

M. G. van Vledder MD, J. A. van der Hage MD, W. J. Kirkels MD, J. W. Oosterhuis MD, C. Verhoef MD, J. H. W. de Wilt
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