Volume 18, Number 1 / January, 2011

Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcomas

Systematic Review on the Efficacy of Multimodal Treatment of Sarcomatosis with Cytoreduction and Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy

Gitonga Munene MD, Lloyd A. Mack MD, FRCSC, Walley J. Temple MD, FRCSC, FACS
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Breast Oncology

Cancer Genome Explosion and Systems Biology: Impact on Surgical Oncology?

Dimitrios H. Roukos MD, PhD
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Update on DCIS Outcomes from the American Society of Breast Surgeons Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation Registry Trial

Jacqueline S. Jeruss MD, PhD, FACS, Henry M. Kuerer MD, PhD, FACS, Peter D. Beitsch MD, FACS, Frank A. Vicini MD, FACR, Martin Keisch MD
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Consequences of Axillary Ultrasound in Patients with T2 or Greater Invasive Breast Cancers

M. Catherine Lee MD, Jennifer Eatrides BS, Alec Chau MD, Gang Han PhD, John V. Kiluk MD, Nazanin Khakpour MD, Charles E. Cox MD, W. Bradford Carter MD, Christine Laronga MD
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Measuring the Quality of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Breast Cancer Using Newly Developed Quality Indicators: A Feasibility Study

Bryan J. Wells MD, MSc, Hesham Najjar MD, Frances C. Wright MD, MEd, Claire M. B. Holloway MD, PhD, Novlette Fraser MA, David McCready MD, MSc, May Lynn Quan MD, MSc
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The Number of Axillary Lymph Nodes Involved with Metastatic Breast Cancer Does not Affect Outcome as Long as All Disease is Confined to the Sentinel Lymph Nodes

James W. Jakub MD, Kanesha Bryant MD, Marianne Huebner PhD, Tanya Hoskin MS, Judy C. Boughey MD, Carol Reynolds MD, Amy C. Degnim MD
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Cumulative Imaging Radiation Exposure Following Breast-Conservation Therapy

Jennifer L. Marti MD, Lawrence T. Dauer PhD, Michelle Stempel MPH, Sujata Patil PhD, Jennifer B. Kaplan MD, Leslie L. Montgomery MD, FACS
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Radiocolloid in Combination with Methylene Dye Localization, Rather Than Wire Localization, is a Preferred Procedure for Excisional Biopsy of Nonpalpable Breast Lesions

Jun Tang MD, Xiao-Ming Xie MD, PhD, Xi Wang MD, PhD, Ze-Ming Xie MD, Jie-Hua He MD, Yao-Pan Wu MD, Wei Fan MD, Jian-Hua Fu MD, PhD, Ming-Tian Yang MD, PhD
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Surgical Management Modifications Following Systematic Additional Shaving of Cavity Margins in Breast-Conservation Treatment

Delphine Héquet MD, Alexandre Bricou MD, Yann Delpech MD, Emmanuel Barranger MD, PhD
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Predictors of Local Recurrence in a Population-Based Cohort of Women with Ductal Carcinoma In Situ Treated with Breast Conserving Surgery Alone

Elaine S. Wai BSc, MD, SM, FRCPC, Mary L. Lesperance BA, BSc, MMath, PhD, PStat, Cheryl S. Alexander CHIM, Pauline T. Truong MD, FRCPC, Patrizia Moccia BSc, MD, Matthew Culp BSc, MD, Jennifer Lindquist BSc, Ivo A. Olivotto BSc, MD, FRCPC
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Aesthetics in Breast Conserving Therapy: Do Objectively Measured Results Match Patients’ Evaluations?

Joerg Heil MD, Julia Dahlkamp, Michael Golatta MD, Joachim Rom MD, Christoph Domschke MD, Geraldine Rauch PhD, Maria Joao Cardoso MD, PhD, Christof Sohn MD
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Alternative Approaches for Oncoplastic Breast Surgery

Mona Tan, Owen Ung
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Colorectal Cancer

S100B Protein Expressions as an Independent Predictor of Early Relapse in UICC Stages II and III Colon Cancer Patients after Curative Resection

Chi-Ching Hwang PhD, Han-Tan Chai PhD, Hsin-Wei Chen PhD, Hsiang-Lin Tsai MD, Chien-Yu Lu MD, Fang-Jung Yu MD, Ming-Yii Huang MD, Jaw-Yuan Wang MD, PhD
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Significance of Lymph Node Retrieval From the Terminal Ileum for Patients With Cecal and Ascending Colonic Cancers

Yuan-Tzu Lan MD, Jen-Kou Lin MD, PhD, Jeng-Kai Jiang MD, PhD, Shih-Ching Chang MD, PhD, Wen-Yih Liang MD, Shung-Haur Yang MD, PhD
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Endocrine Tumors

A Comparison of the LigaSure and Harmonic Scalpel in Thyroid Surgery: A Single Institution Review

Barbara Zarebczan MD, Devi Mohanty MD, Herbert Chen MD, FACS
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Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma: Long-Term Outcomes of Surgical Treatment

Deepak T. Abraham MS, Tsu-Hui Low MBBS (Hons), Marinella Messina PhD, Nicole Jackson PhD, Anthony Gill FRCPA, Angela S. Chou FRCPA, Leigh Delbridge FRACS, Diana Learoyd FRACP, Bruce G. Robinson FRACP, Stan Sidhu FRACS, Mark Sywak FRACS
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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

Kevin London BHB, DipSci, MBChB, DCH, FRACP, MM, Michael Lin FRCP
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Surgeon-Performed Ultrasound Can Predict Differentiated Thyroid Cancer in Patients with Solitary Thyroid Nodules

Ritesh Agrawal, Sudhi Agarwal, Gyan Chand
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Gastrointestinal Oncology

Technical Feasibility of Laparoscopic Lateral Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection for Patients with Low Rectal Cancer after Concurrent Chemoradiation Therapy

Jin-Tung Liang MD, PhD
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Simultaneous Indocyanine Green and 99mTc-Antimony Sulfur Colloid-Guided Laparoscopic Sentinel Basin Dissection for Gastric Cancer

Do Joong Park MD, PhD, Hyung-Ho Kim MD, PhD, Young Soo Park MD, PhD, Hye Seung Lee MD, PhD, Won Woo Lee MD, PhD, Hyuk-Joon Lee MD, PhD, Han-Kwang Yang MD, PhD
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Phase II Comparison Study of Intraoperative Autotransfusion for Major Oncologic Procedures

Matthew R. Bower MD, Susan F. Ellis RN, Charles R. Scoggins MD, MBA, Kelly M. McMasters MD, PhD, Robert C. G. Martin MD, PhD
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Severe Electrolyte Disturbances After Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy: Oxaliplatin Versus Mitomycin C

Natasha M. Rueth MD, Sara E. Murray MD, Stephen J. Huddleston MD, PhD, Andrea M. Abbott MD, Edward W. Greeno MD, Mark N. Kirstein PharmD, Todd M. Tuttle MD
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Chemotherapy-Associated Liver Injury: Impact on Surgical Management of Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases

Peter J. Kneuertz MD, Shishir K. Maithel MD, Charles A. Staley MD, David A. Kooby MD
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Single-Incision Transumbilical Laparo-Endoscopic Gastric Benign Tumor Resection

Giovanni Dapri MD, FACS, Ruffin Ntounda MD, Jacques Himpens MD, Pietro Carnevali BSc, Serena Scomersi MD, Guy-Bernard Cadière MD, PhD
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Regarding “Two Steps Procedure for Pseudomyxoma”

Marc Pocard MD, PhD, Clarisse Eveno MD, Patrice Valleur MD
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In Reply: Pseudomyxoma Peritonei: Debulk or Maximal Cytoreduction?

Akshat Saxena BMedSc, Terence C. Chua BSc (Med)(Hons), MBBS, David L. Morris MD, PhD
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Self-Expanding Esophageal Stents and Neoadjuvant Therapy

M. Webb MBBS, MRCS, S. M. Griffin MD, FRCS, J. Shenfine PhD, FRCS
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In Reply: Stent Placement in Treatment of Esophageal or Esophago-Gastric Cancer

Felix B. Langer MD, Johannes Zacherl MD
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Quality Control in Laparoscopic Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer—Measurement of Nodes Harvested?

E. Hanisch MD, D. Ziogas MD, C. Katsios MD
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Gynecologic Oncology

Balancing Fertility and Oncologic Outcomes: Can We Have Our Cake and Eat It Too?

Michael Frumovitz
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Prognostic Factors of a Large Retrospective Series of Mucinous Borderline Tumors of the Ovary (Excluding Peritoneal Pseudomyxoma)

Martin Koskas MD, Catherine Uzan MD, PhD, Sebastien Gouy MD, Patricia Pautier MD, Catherine Lhommé MD, Christine Haie-Meder MD, Pierre Duvillard MD, Philippe Morice MD, PhD
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Clinical Outcome of Tertiary Surgical Cytoreduction in Patients with Recurrent Epithelial Ovarian Cancer

Christina Fotopoulou MD, PhD, Rolf Richter, Ioana Elena Braicu MD, Sven-Christian Schmidt MD, PhD, Peter Neuhaus MD, PhD, Werner Lichtenegger MD, PhD, Jalid Sehouli MD, PhD
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Lymph-Vascular Space Invasion as a Significant Risk Factor for Isolated Para-aortic Lymph Node Metastasis in Endometrial Cancer: A Study of 203 Consecutive Patients

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

The Learning Curve for Robotic Thyroidectomy: A Multicenter Study

Jandee Lee MD, Jong Ho Yun MD, Kee Hyun Nam MD, Euy-Young Soh MD, Woong Youn Chung MD, PhD
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Paradoxical Risk Stratification for Contralateral Neck Recurrence in Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Cheng-Ying Shiau MD
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Statistical Issues Involved in “Risk Stratification of Patients with Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Contralateral Neck Recurrence Following Radical Surgery”

Tzu-Chen Yen MD, PhD, Chun-Ta Liao MD
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Healthcare Policy and Outcomes

What Healthcare Reform Means for Surgical Oncology

Andrew M. Ibrahim BA, Vasanth Ananthaiah MSc, Martin A. Makary MD, MPH
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Are You Too Burnt Out to Read This? I Expect Not

Murray F. Brennan MD
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Burnout and Career Satisfaction Among Surgical Oncologists Compared with Other Surgical Specialties

C. M. Balch MD, FACS, T. D. Shanafelt MD, J. Sloan PhD, D. V. Satele BA, H. M. Kuerer MD, FACS
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Guideline Recommended Gastric Cancer Care in the Elderly: Insights into the Applicability of Cancer Trials to Real World

Vikas Dudeja MD, Elizabeth B. Habermann MPH, PhD, Wei Zhong MS, Todd M. Tuttle MD, FACS, MS, Selwyn M. Vickers MD, FACS, Eric H. Jensen MD, Waddah B. Al-Refaie MD, FACS
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Improving on National Quality Indicators of Breast Cancer Care in a Large Public Hospital as a Means to Decrease Disparities for African American Women

Monica Rizzo MD, Harvey Bumpers MD, Joel Okoli MD, Diana Senior-Crosby NP, Ruth O’Regan MD, Amelia Zelnak MD, Lin Pan MS, Marina Mosunjac MD, Sharla Gayle Patterson MD, Sheryl G. A. Gabram MD
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Hepatobiliary Tumors

Hepatic Intra-Arterial Injection of Drug-Eluting Bead, Irinotecan (DEBIRI) in Unresectable Colorectal Liver Metastases Refractory to Systemic Chemotherapy: Results of Multi-Institutional Study

Robert C. G. Martin PhD, Jonathan Joshi MD, Ken Robbins MD, Dana Tomalty MD, Petar Bosnjakovik MD, Milous Derner MD, Radek Padr MD, Miloslav Rocek MD, Alexander Scupchenko MD, Cliff Tatum MD
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Neuro-Oncology

Supratentorial Glioblastoma Multiforme: The Role of Surgical Resection Versus Biopsy Among Older Patients

Kaisorn L. Chaichana MD, Tomas Garzon-Muvdi MD, Scott Parker BS, Jon D. Weingart MD, Alessandro Olivi MD, Richard Bennett MD, Henry Brem MD, Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa MD
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Hemorrhagic Pituitary Macroadenoma: Characteristics, Endoscopic Endonasal Transsphenoidal Surgery, and Outcomes

Xiang Zhang PhD, Wei Zhang PhD, Luo-an Fu MD, Jin-xiang Cheng MD, Bo-lin Liu MD, Wei-dong Cao PhD, Zhou Fei PhD, Jian-ning Zhang PhD, Wei-ping Liu PhD, Hai-ning Zhen PhD
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Pancreatic Tumors

Pancreatic Cyst Fluid and Serum Mucin Levels Predict Dysplasia in Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms of the Pancreas

Ajay V. Maker MD, Nora Katabi MD, Mithat Gonen PhD, Ronald P. DeMatteo MD, Michael I. D’Angelica MD, Yuman Fong MD, William R. Jarnagin MD, Murray F. Brennan MD, Peter J. Allen MD
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What Is the Major Prognostic Factor in Tumor–Node–Metastasis Staging of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma?

Irene Santi MS, Andreas Brandt PhD, Kari Hemminki MD, PhD
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Thoracic Oncology

Reacting to Changes in Staging Designations in the 7th Edition of the AJCC Staging Manual

Daniel J. Boffa MD, Frederick L. Greene MD
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MiRNAs and Their Association with Locoregional Staging and Survival Following Surgery for Esophageal Carcinoma

Richard Hummel MD, Damian J. Hussey PhD, Michael Z. Michael PhD, Joerg Haier MD, Matthias Bruewer MD, Norbert Senninger MD, David I. Watson MD, FRACS
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Translational Research and Biomarkers

STC2: A Predictive Marker for Lymph Node Metastasis in Esophageal Squamous-Cell Carcinoma

Yoshiaki Kita MD, PhD, Koshi Mimori MD, PhD, Masaaki Iwatsuki MD, PhD, Takehiko Yokobori MD, PhD, Keisuke Ieta MD, PhD, Fumiaki Tanaka MD, PhD, Hideshi Ishii MD, PhD, Hiroshi Okumura MD, PhD, Shoji Natsugoe MD, PhD, Masaki Mori MD, PhD, FACS
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Low Expression of Claudin-4 is Associated with Poor Prognosis in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Chang Ohk Sung MD, Song Yiang Han MD, Seok-Hyung Kim MD, PhD
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