Volume 17, Number 8 / August, 2010

Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcomas

Soft Tissue Sarcoma of Extremities: The Prognostic Significance of Adequate Surgical Margins in Primary Operation and Reoperation After Recurrence

Chun-Yu Liu MD, Chueh-Chuan Yen MD, PhD, Wei-Ming Chen MD, Tain-Hsiung Chen MD, Paul Chih-Hsueh Chen MD, PhD, Hung-Ta Hondar Wu MD, Cheng-Ying Shiau MD, Yu-Chung Wu MD, Chien-Lin Liu MD, Cheng-Hwai Tzeng MD
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Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans: How Wide Should We Resect?

Jeffrey M. Farma MD, John B. Ammori MD, Jonathan S. Zager MD, Suroosh S. Marzban BS, Marilyn M. Bui MD, PhD, Christopher K. Bichakjian MD, Timothy M. Johnson MD, Lori Lowe MD, Michael S. Sabel MD, Sandra L. Wong MD, G. Douglas Letson MD, Jane L. Messina MD, Vincent M. Cimmino MD, Vernon K. Sondak MD
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Breast Oncology

Incidental Breast Lesions Identified by 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose-Positron Emission Tomography

Alice Chung MD, Heiko Schoder MD, Michelle Sampson BS, Monica Morrow MD, Elisa Port MD
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Impact of Omission of Axillary Lymph Node Dissection After Negative Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy: 70-Month Follow-up

Hee Jeong Kim MD, Byung Ho Son MD, Woo Sung Lim MD, Jin Yong Seo MD, Beom Seok Koh MD, Jong Won Lee MD, Gyung Yup Gong MD, Sei Hyun Ahn MD
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Intraoperative Imprint Cytology Examination of Sentinel Lymph Nodes After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer Patients

P. Gimbergues MD, M. M. Dauplat MD, X. Durando MD, PhD, C. Abrial PhD, G. Le Bouedec MD, M. A. Mouret-Reynier MD, F. Cachin MD, F. Kwiatkowski MSc, Andrei Tchirkov MD, PhD, J. Dauplat MD, PhD, F. Penault-Llorca MD, PhD
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Micrometastatic Node-Positive Breast Cancer: Long-Term Outcomes and Identification of High-Risk Subsets in a Large Population-Based Series

Pauline T. Truong MDCM, Mary Lesperance PhD, Karen Hui Li MSc, Robyn MacFarlane MD, Caroline H. Speers BA, Stephen Chia MD
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Colorectal Cancer

Stromal CXCR4 and CXCL12 Expression is Associated with Distant Recurrence and Poor Prognosis in Rectal Cancer After Chemoradiotherapy

Susumu Saigusa MD, Yuji Toiyama MD, Koji Tanaka MD, Takeshi Yokoe MD, Yoshinaga Okugawa MD, Aya Kawamoto MD, Hiromi Yasuda MD, Yasuhiro Inoue MD, Chikao Miki MD, PhD, Masato Kusunoki MD, PhD
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Bevacizumab Improves Pathological Response of Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases Treated with XELOX/FOLFOX

Markus Klinger MD, Dietmar Tamandl MD, Sandra Eipeldauer MD, Stefan Hacker MD, Beata Herberger MSc, Klaus Kaczirek MD, Marion Dorfmeister MD, Birgit Gruenberger MD, Thomas Gruenberger MD
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Prognostic Value of Perineural Invasion in Patients with Stage II Colorectal Cancer

Jung Wook Huh MD, Hyeong Rok Kim MD, Young Jin Kim MD
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Endocrine Tumors

How to Approach Thyroid Nodules with Indeterminate Cytology

Jung Hyun Yoon MD, Jin Young Kwak MD, PhD, Eun-Kyung Kim MD, PhD, Hee Jung Moon MD, Min Jung Kim MD, PhD, Ji Youn Kim MD, Hye Ryoung Koo MD, Myung Hyun Kim MD
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Gastrointestinal Oncology

Laparoscopy-Assisted Distal Gastrectomy with Jejunal Pouch Interposition

Seigo Kitano MD, FACS, Norio Shiraishi MD
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Improved Long-Term Quality of Life in Patients with Laparoscopy-Assisted Distal Gastrectomy with Jejunal Pouch Interposition for Early Gastric Cancer

Junhyun Lee MD, Hoon Hur MD, Wook Kim MD, PhD
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Can Superextended Lymph Node Dissection be Justified for Gastric Cancer with Pathologically Positive Para-aortic Lymph Nodes?

Masanori Tokunaga MD, Shigekazu Ohyama MD, PhD, Naoki Hiki MD, PhD, Tetsu Fukunaga MD, PhD, Susumu Aikou MD, PhD, Toshiharu Yamaguchi MD, PhD
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Prognostic Significance of Perineural Invasion in Patients with Gastric Cancer Who Underwent Curative Resection

Ahmet Bilici MD, Mesut Seker MD, Bala Basak Oven Ustaalioglu MD, Umut Kefeli MD, Emre Yildirim MD, Dilek Yavuzer MD, Fatih Muhammed Aydin MD, Taflan Salepci MD, Mustafa Oncel MD, FASCRS(Int), Mahmut Gumus MD
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Head and Neck Oncology

Improvements in the Staging of Cutaneous Squamous-Cell Carcinoma in the 7th Edition of the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual

Thomas Lardaro BSc, Sofia M. Shea MD, William Sharfman MD, Nanette Liégeois MD, PhD, Arthur J. Sober MD
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Impact of Diabetes Mellitus on the Prognosis of Patients with Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Cheng-Hsien Wu DDS, Tzu-Ying Wu DDS, Chia-Chen Li DDS, Man-Tin Lui DDS, Kuo-Wei Chang DDS, PHD, Shou-Yen Kao DDS, DMSc
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Healthcare Policy and Outcomes

Adherence to the National Quality Forum (NQF) Breast Cancer Measures Within Cancer Clinical Trials: A Review From ACOSOG Z0010

Lee G. Wilke MD, Karla V. Ballman PhD, Linda M. McCall MS, Armando E. Giuliano MD, Pat W. Whitworth MD, Peter W. Blumencranz MD, Douglas S. Reintgen MD, William E. Burak MD, A. Marilyn Leitch MD, Kelly K. Hunt MD
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Hepatobiliary Tumors

Sequenced Chemotherapy and Surgery for Potentially Resectable Colorectal Liver Metastases: A Debate Over Goals of Research and an Approach While the Jury Remains Out

Jean-Nicolas Vauthey MD, Bernard Nordlinger MD, Scott Kopetz MD, Graeme Poston MD
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Surgical Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Portal Vein Tumor Thrombus

Jie Shi MD, Eric C. H. Lai MBChB, MRCS(Ed), FRACS, Nan Li MD, Wei-Xing Guo MD, Jie Xue MD, Wan Yee Lau MD, FRCS, FACS, FRACS(Hon), Meng-Chao Wu MD, Shu-Qun Cheng MD
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Predictive Factors for Hypertrophy of the Future Remnant Liver After Selective Portal Vein Embolization

Thierry de Baere MD, Christophe Teriitehau MD, Frederic Deschamps MD, Laurence Catherine MD, Pramod Rao MD, Antoine Hakime MD, Anne Auperin MD, Diane Goere MD, Dominique Elias MD, Lukas Hechelhammer MD
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Laparoscopic Right Hemihepatectomy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Ho-Seong Han MD, PhD, Yoo-Seok Yoon MD, PhD, Jai Young Cho MD, PhD, Keun Soo Ahn MD
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Melanomas

Creating and Providing Predictions of Melanoma Outcome

Kenneth K. Tanabe MD, Sebastian Jara BSc, James Michaelson PhD
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Sentinel Node Positive Melanoma Patients: Prediction and Prognostic Significance of Nonsentinel Node Metastases and Development of a Survival Tree Model

Martin Wiener MBChB, Katharine M. Acland MRCP, Helen M. Shaw PhD, Seng-Jaw Soong PhD, Hui-Yi Lin PhD, Dung-Tsa Chen PhD, Richard A. Scolyer MD, Julie B. Winstanley PhD, CStat, John F. Thompson MD
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Predicting Survival Outcome of Localized Melanoma: An Electronic Prediction Tool Based on the AJCC Melanoma Database

Seng-jaw Soong PhD, Shouluan Ding PhD, Daniel Coit MD, Charles M. Balch MD, Jeffrey E. Gershenwald MD, John F. Thompson MD, Phyllis Gimotty PhD
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Conditional Survival Estimates Improve Over 5 Years for Melanoma Survivors with Node-Positive Disease

Tawnya L. Bowles MD, Yan Xing MD, MS, PhD, Chung-Yuan Hu MPH, Kristi S. Mungovan MS, PA-C, Robert L. Askew MPH, George J. Chang MD, Jeffrey E. Gershenwald MD, Jeffrey E. Lee MD, Paul F. Mansfield MD, Merrick I. Ross MD, Janice N. Cormier MD, MPH
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Pancreatic Tumors

Unresectable Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer: A Multimodal Treatment Using Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy (Gemcitabine Plus Stereotactic Radiosurgery) and Subsequent Surgical Exploration

Francesco Polistina MD, Giorgio Costantin MD, Franco Casamassima MD, PhD, Paolo Francescon, Rosabianca Guglielmi MD, Gino Panizzoni MD, Antonio Febbraro MD, Giovanni Ambrosino MD, PhD
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Thoracic Oncology

Risk of Varices Bleeding after Spleen-Preserving Distal Pancreatectomy with Excision of Splenic Artery and Vein

Yu-Wen Tien MD, PhD, Kao-Lang Liu MD, Rey-Heng Hu MD, PhD, Hsiu-Po Wang MD, King-Jen Chang MD, PhD, Po-Huang Lee MD, PhD
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Translational Research and Biomarkers

Society of Surgical Oncology Presidential Address: The War on Cancer—Shifting from Disappointment to New Hope

William G. Cance MD
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Clinical Implication and Mitotic Effect of CD44 Cleavage in Relation to Osteopontin/CD44 Interaction and Dysregulated Cell Cycle Protein in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor

Kai-Hsi Hsu MD, MSc, Hung-Wen Tsai MD, Pin-Wen Lin MD, Yun-Shang Hsu BSc, Yan-Shen Shan MD, PhD, Pei-Jung Lu PhD
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Positive Expression of L1-CAM is Associated with Perineural Invasion and Poor Outcome in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

Qi-Wen Ben MD, Jian-Cheng Wang MD, PhD, Jun Liu MD, Ying Zhu MD, Fei Yuan MM, Wei-Yan Yao MD, Yao-Zong Yuan MD, PhD
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Epigenetic Inactivation of the Thyroid Hormone Receptor β1 Gene at 3p24.2 in Lung Cancer

Yasuki Iwasaki MD, Noriaki Sunaga MD, Yoshio Tomizawa MD, Hisao Imai MD, Hironobu Iijima MD, Noriko Yanagitani MD, Kazuhiko Horiguchi MD, Masanobu Yamada MD, Masatomo Mori MD
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Biobanking of Human Pancreas Cancer Tissue: Impact of Ex-Vivo Procurement Times on RNA Quality

Udo Rudloff MD, PhD, Umesh Bhanot MD, William Gerald MD, PhD, David S. Klimstra MD, William R. Jarnagin MD, Murray F. Brennan MD, Peter J. Allen MD
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Loss of SFRP1 Expression is Associated with Aberrant β-Catenin Distribution and Tumor Progression in Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of Salivary Glands

Chien-Hsing Lee MD, Yi-Jen Hung MD, Chih-Yuan Lin MD, Pei-Hsin Hung MD, Hsing-Wen Hung MD, Yi-Shing Shieh MD, PhD
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Inhibition of Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase Enhances the Effect of Chemotherapy in an Animal Model of Regional Therapy for the Treatment of Advanced Extremity Malignant Melanoma

Hiroaki Toshimitsu MD, Yasunori Yoshimoto MD, Christina K. Augustine PhD, James C. Padussis MD, Jin S. Yoo MD, M. Angelica Selim MD, Scott K. Pruitt MD, Henry S. Friedman MD, Francis Ali-Osman DSC, Douglas S. Tyler MD
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