Volume 17, Number 9 / September, 2010

Breast Oncology

Ki-67 and Bcl-2 Antigen Expression in Adenomatous Colorectal Polyps from Women with Breast Cancer

Edílson Carvalho de Sousa-Júnior MD, Airlane Pereira Alencar PhD, Benedito Borges da Silva MD, PhD
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Is there a Role for MRI in the Preoperative Assessment of Patients with DCIS?

Lisa R. Allen MD, Claudia E. Lago-Toro MD, Jenevieve H. Hughes MD, Eduardo Careaga MD, Anjeanette T. Brown MD, Michael Chernick MA, PhD, Andrea V. Barrio MD, Thomas G. Frazier MD
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Axillary Staging in the Neoadjuvant Setting

Alice Chung MD, Armando Giuliano MD
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Metastasectomy and Surgical Resection of the Primary Tumor in Patients With Stage IV Breast Cancer : Time for a Second Look?

Barbara A. Pockaj MD, Nabil Wasif MD, Amylou C. Dueck PhD, Dennis A. Wigle MD, Judy C. Boughey MD, Amy C. Degnim MD, Richard J. Gray MD, Sarah A. McLaughlin MD, Donald W. Northfelt MD, Robert P. Sticca MD, James W. Jakub MD, Edith A. Perez MD
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Colorectal Cancer

A Clinicopathologic Analysis of Peritoneal Metastases of Colorectal and Appendiceal Origin

Sjoerd C. Bruin MD, Victor J. Verwaal MD, PhD, Andrew Vincent MSc, Laura J. van‘t Veer PhD, Marie-Louise F. van Velthuysen MD, PhD
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FANCD2 mRNA Overexpression is a Bona Fide Indicator of Lymph Node Metastasis in Human Colorectal Cancer

Heita Ozawa MD, Masaaki Iwatsuki MD, Koshi Mimori MD, Tetsuya Sato PhD, Fredrik Johansson PhD, Hiroyuki Toh PhD, Masahiko Watanabe MD, Masaki Mori MD, FACS
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Clinical Significance of CEA and CA19-9 in Postoperative Follow-up of Colorectal Cancer

Tomomi Yakabe MD, Yuji Nakafusa MD, PhD, Kenji Sumi MD, PhD, Atsushi Miyoshi MD, PhD, Yoshihiko Kitajima MD, PhD, Seiji Sato MD, PhD, Hirokazu Noshiro MD, PhD, Kohji Miyazaki MD, PhD
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Sentinel Node Biopsy by Indocyanine Green Retention Fluorescence Detection for Inguinal Lymph Node Staging of Anal Cancer: Preliminary Experience

C. Hirche MD, S. Dresel MD, R. Krempien MD, M. Hünerbein MD
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Endocrine Tumors

Chromogranin A—Biological Function and Clinical Utility in Neuro Endocrine Tumor Disease

Irvin M. Modlin MD, PhD, DSc, FRCS, Bjorn I. Gustafsson MD, PhD, Steven F. Moss MD, Marianne Pavel MD, Apostolos V. Tsolakis MD, Mark Kidd PhD
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Prognostic Value of Histological and Immunohistochemical Characteristics for Predicting the Recurrence of Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma

A. Ríos PhD, J. M. Rodríguez PhD, J. M. Acosta MD, M. D. Balsalobre MD, N. Torregrosa MD, J. Sola PhD, D. Pérez-Flores MD, P. Parrilla PhD
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Gastrointestinal Oncology

The Effect of Low Molecular Weight Heparin Thromboprophylaxis on Bleeding Complications After Gastric Cancer Surgery

Oh Jeong MD, Seong Yeop Ryu MD, PhD, Young Kyu Park MD, PhD, Young Jin Kim MD, PhD
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Peritoneal Carcinomatosis from Gastric Cancer: A Multi-Institutional Study of 159 Patients Treated by Cytoreductive Surgery Combined with Perioperative Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy

Olivier Glehen MD, PhD, François Noel Gilly MD, PhD, Catherine Arvieux MD, PhD, Eddy Cotte MD, Florent Boutitie, Baudouin Mansvelt MD, PhD, Jean Marc Bereder MD, Gérard Lorimier MD, François Quenet MD, Dominique Elias MD, PhD
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Phosphorylated mTOR Expression is Associated with Poor Prognosis for Patients with Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Kotaro Hirashima MD, Yoshifumi Baba MD, PhD, Masayuki Watanabe MD, PhD, Ryu-ichi Karashima MD, Nobutaka Sato MD, Yu Imamura MD, PhD, Yukiharu Hiyoshi MD, PhD, Yohei Nagai MD, Naoko Hayashi MD, PhD, Ken-ichi Iyama MD, PhD, Hideo Baba MD, PhD
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In vivo Toxicity and Bioavailability of Taxol® and a Paclitaxel/β-Cyclodextrin Formulation in a Rat Model During HIPEC

W. Bouquet PhD, W. Ceelen PhD, E. Adriaens PhD, A. Almeida Pharm, T. Quinten Pharm, F. De Vos PhD, P. Pattyn PhD, M. Peeters PhD, J. P. Remon PhD, C. Vervaet PhD
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Gynecologic Oncology

Risk of Postoperative Pelvic Abscess in Major Gynecologic Oncology Surgery: One-Year Single-Institution Experience

Anna Fagotti MD, Barbara Costantini MD, Francesco Fanfani MD, Giuseppe Vizzielli MD, Cristiano Rossitto MD, Antonella Lecca MD, Giovanni Scambia MD
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Head and Neck Oncology

Sentinel Node Biopsy in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Cancer: 5-Year Follow-Up of a European Multicenter Trial

Lee W. T. Alkureishi MRCS, Gary L. Ross FRCS (Plast), Taimur Shoaib FRCS (Plast), David S. Soutar ChM, A. Gerry Robertson FRCR, Richard Thompson MD, Keith D. Hunter FRCPath, Jens A. Sorensen PhD, Jorn Thomsen MD, Annelise Krogdahl DMSc, Julio Alvarez MD, Luis Barbier MD, Joseba Santamaria MD, Tito Poli MD, Enrico Sesenna ChM, Adorjan F. Kovács PhD, Frank Grünwald MD, Luigi Barzan MD, Sandro Sulfar
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Healthcare Policy and Outcomes

Annals of Surgical Oncology: The Global Journal for Surgeons Treating Patients with Cancer

Charles Balch MD, Deborah Whippen, V. Suzanne Klimberg, Mark Roh MD
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Body Mass Index and Major Cancer Surgery Outcomes: Lack of Association or Need for Alternative Measurements of Obesity?

Waddah B. Al-Refaie MD, FACS, Helen M. Parsons MPH, William G. Henderson MPH, PhD, Eric H. Jensen MD, Todd M. Tuttle MD, FACS, MS, David A. Rothenberger MD, FACS, Todd A. Kellogg MD, FACS, Beth A. Virnig MPH, PhD
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Assessment of ACS NSQIP’s Predictive Ability for Adverse Events After Major Cancer Surgery

Daniel Borja-Cacho MD, Helen M. Parsons MPH, Elizabeth B. Habermann MPH, PhD, David A. Rothenberger MD, FACS, William G. Henderson MPH, PhD, Waddah B. Al-Refaie MD, FACS
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Hepatobiliary Tumors

Recurrent Hepatocellular Carcinoma After Living Donor Liver Transplantation: A Preventable Problem or an Acceptable Risk?

Christopher J. Sonnenday MD, MHS
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Improved Results of a Surgical Resection for the Recurrence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma After Living Donor Liver Transplantation

Akinobu Taketomi MD, Takasuke Fukuhara MD, Kazutoyo Morita MD, Hiroto Kayashima MD, Mizuki Ninomiya MD, Yoichi Yamashita MD, Toru Ikegami MD, Hideaki Uchiyama MD, Tomoharu Yoshizumi MD, Yuji Soejima MD, Ken Shirabe MD, Yoshihko Maehara MD
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Response to Therapy as a Criterion for Awarding Priority to Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma Awaiting Liver Transplantation

Alessandro Vitale MD, PhD, Francesco D’Amico MD, PhD, Anna Chiara Frigo MD, Francesco Grigoletto MD, Alberto Brolese MD, Giacomo Zanus MD, PhD, Daniele Neri MD, Amedeo Carraro MD, Francesco Enrico D’Amico MD, Patrizia Burra MD, Francesco Russo MD, Paolo Angeli MD, Umberto Cillo MD
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Prospective Study of Outcomes after Percutaneous Biliary Drainage for Malignant Biliary Obstruction

P. C. Robson BA, BSN, RN, N. Heffernan BSN, RN, M. Gonen PhD, R. Thornton MD, L. A. Brody MD, R. Holmes BS, K. T. Brown MD, A. M. Covey MD, D. Fleischer NP, G. I. Getrajdman MD, W. Jarnagin MD, C. Sofocleous MD, L. Blumgart MD, M. D’Angelica MD
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Melanomas

A Triangular Intermuscular Space Sentinel Node in Melanoma: Association With Axillary Lymphatic Drainage

Sara A. Hennessy MD, Lynn T. Dengel MD, Tjasa Hranjec MD, MS, Craig L. Slingluff Jr. MD
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Utility of Lymph Node Assessment for Atypical Spitzoid Melanocytic Neoplasms

Bahair Ghazi, Grant W. Carlson, Douglas R. Murray, Kenneth W. Gow, Andrew Page, Megan Durham, David A. Kooby, Douglas Parker, Louis Rapkin, David H. Lawson, Keith A. Delman
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Pancreatic Tumors

Prognostic Impact of Perioperative Serum CA 19-9 Levels in Patients with Resectable Pancreatic Cancer

Naru Kondo MD, Yoshiaki Murakami MD, Kenichiro Uemura MD, Yasuo Hayashidani MD, Takeshi Sudo MD, Yasushi Hashimoto MD, Akira Nakashima MD, Ryutaro Sakabe MD, Norifumi Shigemoto MD, Yasushi Kato MD, Hiroki Ohge MD, Taijiro Sueda MD
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Pediatric Oncology

Diagnosis in Childhood Abdominal Burkitt’s Lymphoma

Sema Vural MD, Didem Baskin MD, Öner Dogan MD, Nedim Polat MD, Can Caliskan MD, Nafiye Urganci MD, Serap Karaman MD
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Reconstructive Oncology

Skin-Reducing Mastectomy With Immediate Implant Reconstruction as an Indispensable Tool in the Provision of Oncoplastic Breast Services

Amit Nair MS, MRCS, Sahila Jaleel MRCS, Nick Abbott MRCS, Pauline Buxton MRCS, Pilar Matey FRCS
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Thoracic Oncology

Risk Stratification for Early Esophageal Adenocarcinoma: Analysis of Lymphatic Spread and Prognostic Factors

Andrew P. Barbour PhD, Mark Jones PhD, Ian Brown MD, David C. Gotley MD, Ian Martin MD, Janine Thomas MD, Andrew Clouston PhD, B. Mark Smithers MD
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Translational Research and Biomarkers

Prognostic Role of Estrogen Receptor α and Estrogen Receptor β in Gastric Cancer

C. Y. Xu MD, J. L. Guo MD, Z. N. Jiang MD, S. D. Xie MD, J. G. Shen MD, J. Y. Shen MD, L. B. Wang MD
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The Clinical Significance of Vimentin-Expressing Gastric Cancer Cells in Bone Marrow

Masaaki Iwatsuki MD, Koshi Mimori MD, Takeo Fukagawa MD, Hideshi Ishii MD, Takehiko Yokobori MD, Mitsuru Sasako MD, Hideo Baba MD, Masaki Mori MD, FACS
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