Volume 18, Number 13 / December, 2011

Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcomas

Oncologic Impact of the Curettage of Grade 2 Central Chondrosarcoma of the Extremity

Wan Hyeong Cho MD, Won Seok Song MD, Dae-Geun Jeon MD, Chang-Bae Kong MD, Jae-Soo Koh MD, Jeung Il Kim MD, Soo-Yong Lee MD
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Diagnosis, Management, and Outcome of Patients with Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma Systemic Metastasis

Markus P. Ghadimi MD, Tariq Al-Zaid MD, John Madewell MD, Tingsheng Peng MD, PhD, Chiara Colombo MD, Aviad Hoffman MD, Chad J. Creighton PhD, Yiqun Zhang MS, Anna Zhang, Alexander J. Lazar MD, PhD, Raphael E. Pollock MD, PhD, Dina Lev MD
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Sarcoma Lung Metastases Treated with Percutaneous Radiofrequency Ablation: Results from 29 Patients

J. Palussière MD, A. Italiano MD, E. Descat MD, S. Ferron MD, F. Cornélis MD, A. Avril MD, V. Brouste MD, B. N. Bui MD
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Breast Oncology

Outcomes of Screening-Detected Ductal Carcinoma In Situ Treated with Wide Excision Alone

Jonathan Fong MBBS, BMed Sci, Emil D. Kurniawan MBBS, BMedSci, Allison K. Rose MBBS, FRANZCR, MMed, Arlene Mou MBBS, FRANZCR, John P. Collins MBBS, FRACS, FACS, Julie A. Miller MD, FRACS, G. Bruce Mann MBBS, PhD, FRACS
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Office Ductoscopy for Surgical Selection in Women with Pathologic Nipple Discharge

Seema A. Khan MD, Amrit Mangat MD, Aeisha Rivers MD, Elizabeth Revesz MD, Barbara Susnik MD, Nora Hansen MD
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Sentinel Lymph Node Pressure in Breast Cancer

S. David Nathanson MD, Meredith Mahan MS
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The Safety of Multiple Re-excisions after Lumpectomy for Breast Cancer

Suzanne Coopey MD, Barbara L. Smith MD, PhD, Stephanie Hanson BS, Julliette Buckley MB, MD, Kevin S. Hughes MD, Michele Gadd MD, Michelle C. Specht MD
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Needle Versus Excisional Biopsy for Noninvasive and Invasive Breast Cancer: Report from the National Cancer Data Base, 2003–2008

Richelle T. Williams MD, Katharine Yao MD, Andrew K. Stewart MA, David J. Winchester MD, Mary Turk, Addie Gorchow MBA, Nora Jaskowiak MD, David P. Winchester MD
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Colorectal Cancer

Recurrence Rates and Prognostic Factors in ypN0 Rectal Cancer After Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation and Total Mesorectal Excision

Anand Govindarajan MD, MSc, Diane Reidy MD, Martin R. Weiser MD, Philip B. Paty MD, Larissa K. Temple MD, Jose G. Guillem MD, MPH, Leonard B. Saltz MD, W. Douglas Wong MD, Garrett M. Nash MD, MPH
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Survival and Quality of Life Following Cytoreductive Surgery Plus Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy for Peritoneal Carcinomatosis of Colonic Origin

Adrienne R. Hill DO, Richard P. McQuellon PhD, Gregory B. Russell MS, Perry Shen MD, John H. Stewart IV MD, Edward A. Levine MD
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The Revised ACPGBI Model is a Simple and Accurate Predictor of Operative Mortality After Potentially Curative Resection of Colorectal Cancer

Colin H. Richards MRCS, E. Fiona Leitch MRCS, John H. Anderson MD, Ruth F. McKee MD, Donald C. McMillan PhD, Paul G. Horgan PhD
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Molecular Profiling of Colon Tumors: The Search for Clinically Relevant Biomarkers of Progression, Prognosis, Therapeutics, and Predisposition

Manny D. Bacolod PhD, Francis Barany PhD
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Endocrine Tumors

Limitations of the ACS NSQIP in Thyroid Surgery

Rebecca S. Sippel MD, Herbert Chen MD
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Medical and Surgical Risks in Thyroid Surgery: Lessons from the NSQIP

Melanie Goldfarb MD, Zvi Perry MD, MPH, Richard A. Hodin MD, Sareh Parangi MD
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Both BRAF V600E Mutation and Older Age (≥65 Years) are Associated with Recurrent Papillary Thyroid Cancer

Gina M. Howell MD, Sally E. Carty MD, Michaele J. Armstrong PhD, Shane O. LeBeau MD, Steven P. Hodak MD, Christopher Coyne MD, Michael T. Stang MD, Kelly L. McCoy MD, Marina N. Nikiforova MD, Yuri E. Nikiforov MD, Linwah Yip MD
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Staging of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma with Ultrasonography: Performance in a Large Series

Ji Soo Choi MD, Woong Youn Chung MD, PhD, Jin Young Kwak MD, PhD, Hee Jung Moon MD, Min Jung Kim MD, PhD, Eun-Kyung Kim MD, PhD
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Gastrointestinal Oncology

Laparoscopy-Assisted Distal Gastrectomy for Early Gastric Cancer: A Video Demonstration

Seigo Kitano MD, Tsuyoshi Etoh MD, Masafumi Inomata MD, Norio Shiraishi MD
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Oral Vitamin B12 Replacement: An Effective Treatment for Vitamin B12 Deficiency After Total Gastrectomy in Gastric Cancer Patients

Hyoung-Il Kim MD, Woo Jin Hyung MD, PhD, Ki Jun Song PhD, Seung Ho Choi MD, PhD, Choong-Bai Kim MD, Sung Hoon Noh MD, PhD
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Borrmann’s Macroscopic Criteria and p-Smad2 Expression Are Useful Predictive Prognostic Markers for Cytology-Positive Gastric Cancer Patients Without Overt Peritoneal Metastasis

Satoru Noda, Masakazu Yashiro, Takahiro Toyokawa, Jyunya Morimoto, Osamu Shinto, Kazuya Muguruma, Tetsuji Sawada, Kosei Hirakawa
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Neoadjuvant Intraperitoneal and Systemic Chemotherapy for Gastric Cancer Patients with Peritoneal Dissemination

Yoshiyuki Fujiwara MD, PhD, Shuji Takiguchi MD, PhD, Kiyokazu Nakajima MD, PhD, Hiroshi Miyata MD, PhD, Makoto Yamasaki MD, PhD, Yukinori Kurokawa MD, PhD, Kaoru Okada MD, Masaki Mori MD, PhD, Yuichiro Doki MD, PhD
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Nodal Metastasis From Locally Advanced Esophageal Cancer: How Neoadjuvant Therapy Modifies Their Frequency and Distribution

Carlo Castoro MD, Marco Scarpa MD, Matteo Cagol MD, Alberto Ruol MD, Francesco Cavallin MSc, Rita Alfieri MD, Gianpietro Zanchettin MD, Massimo Rugge MD, Ermanno Ancona MD
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Gynecologic Oncology

Prognostic Value of Pathological Resection Margin Distance in Squamous Cell Cancer of the Vulva

Linn Woelber MD, Matthias Choschzick MD, Christine Eulenburg PhD, Matthaeus Hager, Fritz Jaenicke MD, Friederike Gieseking MD, Lilli Kock MD, Maike Ihnen MD, Cordula Petersen MD, Joerg Schwarz MD, Sven Mahner MD
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Risk and Predictors of Malignancy in Women with Endometrial Polyps

Stephanie L. Wethington MD, Thomas J. Herzog MD, William M. Burke MD, Xuming Sun MS, Jodi P. Lerner MD, Sharyn N. Lewin MD, Jason D. Wright MD
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Is Neo-adjuvant Chemotherapy a “Waiver” of Extensive Upper Abdominal Surgery in Advanced Epithelial Ovarian Cancer?

Sokbom Kang MD, Yoo Heon Jong MD, Jong Ha Hwang MD, Myong Cheol Lim MD, Sang-Soo Seo MD, Chong-Woo Yoo MD, Sang-Yoon Park MD
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Healthcare Policy and Outcomes

Quality Improvement in Multidisciplinary Cancer Teams: An Investigation of Teamwork and Clinical Decision-Making and Cross-Validation of Assessments

B. W. Lamb MRCS, N. Sevdalis PhD, H. Mostafid FRCS (Urol.), C. Vincent PhD, J. S. A. Green FRCS (Urol.)
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Features Associated with Successful Recruitment of Diverse Patients onto Cancer Clinical Trials: Report from the American College of Surgeons Oncology Group

Kathleen M. Diehl MD, FACS, Erin M. Green, Armin Weinberg PhD, Wayne A. Frederick MD, FACS, Dennis R. Holmes MD, FACS, Bettye Green, Arden Morris MD, FACS, Henry M. Kuerer MD, PhD, FACS, Robert A. Beltran MD, MBA, Jane Mendez MD, FACS, Venus Gines, David M. Ota MD, FACS, Heidi Nelson MD, FACS, Lisa A. Newman MD, MPH, FACS
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Hepatobiliary Tumors

Adjuvant Chemolipiodolization Reduces Early Recurrence Derived from Intrahepatic Metastasis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma After Hepatectomy

Masaki Ueno MD, Kazuhisa Uchiyama MD, Satoru Ozawa MD, Shinya Hayami MD, Yoshinobu Shigekawa MD, Masaji Tani MD, Hiroki Yamaue MD, PhD
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Locoregional Therapy-Induced Tumor Necrosis as a Predictor of Recurrence after Liver Transplant in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Meng-Hsing Ho MD, Chih-Yung Yu MD, Kuo-Piao Chung PhD, Teng-Wei Chen MD, Heng-Cheng Chu MD, PhD, Chih-Kung Lin MD, Chung-Bao Hsieh MD
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The Predictive Value of Postoperative Clinical Risk Scores for Outcome After Hepatic Resection: A Validation Analysis in 807 Patients

Nuh N. Rahbari MD, Christoph Reissfelder MD, Moritz Koch MD, Heike Elbers MD, Fabian Striebel, Markus W. Büchler MD, Jürgen Weitz MD
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Efficacy of Surgical Microwave Therapy in Patients with Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Shinji Itoh MD, PhD, Yasuharu Ikeda MD, PhD, Hirofumi Kawanaka MD, PhD, Toshirou Okuyama MD, PhD, Katsumi Kawasaki MD, Daihiko Eguchi MD, PhD, Daisuke Korenaga MD, PhD, FACS, Kenji Takenaka MD, PhD
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Surgery Versus Intra-arterial Therapy for Neuroendocrine Liver Metastasis: A Multicenter International Analysis

Skye C. Mayo MD, MPH, Mechteld C. de Jong MD, Mark Bloomston MD, Carlo Pulitano MD, Bryan M. Clary MD, Srinevas K. Reddy MD, T. Clark Gamblin MD, MS, Scott A. Celinski MD, David A. Kooby MD, Charles A. Staley MD, Jayme B. Stokes MD, Carrie K. Chu MD, David Arrese MD, Alessandro Ferrero MD, Richard D. Schulick MD, Michael A. Choti MD, Jean-Francois H. Geschwind MD, Jennifer Strub MD, Todd W. Bauer
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Melanomas

Melanoma in the Older Patient: Measuring Frailty as an Index of Survival

Julie R. Lange MD ScM, Sewon Kang MD, Charles M. Balch MD
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Sarcopenia as a Prognostic Factor among Patients with Stage III Melanoma

Michael S. Sabel MD, Jay Lee BS, Shijie Cai PhD, Michael J. Englesbe MD, Stephen Holcombe MS, Stewart Wang MD, PhD
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Factors Predictive of the Status of Sentinel Lymph Nodes in Melanoma Patients from a Large Multicenter Database

Richard L. White Jr. MD, Gregory D. Ayers MS, Virginia H. Stell BA, Shouluan Ding PhD, Jeffrey E. Gershenwald MD, Jonathan C. Salo MD, Barbara A. Pockaj MD, Richard Essner MD, Mark Faries MD, Kim James Charney MD, Eli Avisar MD, Axel Hauschild MD, Friederike Egberts MD, Bruce J. Averbook MD, Carlos A. Garberoglio MD, John T. Vetto MD, Merrick I. Ross MD, David Chu MD, Vijay Trisal MD, Harald Hoeks
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Original Article - Pancreatic Tumors

Robot-Assisted Spleen-Preserving Laparoscopic Distal Pancreatectomy

Sung Hoon Choi MD, Chang Moo Kang MD, Woo Jung Lee MD, Hoon Sang Chi MD
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Pancreatic Tumors

Significance of Pathologic Response to Preoperative Therapy in Pancreatic Cancer: The Future Ain’t What It Used To Be

Peter J. Allen MD
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Significance of Pathologic Response to Preoperative Therapy in Pancreatic Cancer

Yun Shin Chun MD, Harry S. Cooper MD, Steven J. Cohen MD, Andre Konski MD, Barbara Burtness MD, Crystal S. Denlinger MD, Igor Astsaturov MD, PhD, Michael J. Hall MD, John P. Hoffman MD
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Splenic Artery Invasion in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma of the Body and Tail: A Novel Prognostic Parameter for Patient Selection

Stefano Partelli MD, Stefano Crippa MD, Giuliano Barugola MD, Domenico Tamburrino MD, Paola Capelli MD, Mirko D’Onofrio MD, Paolo Pederzoli MD, Massimo Falconi MD
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Survival and Quality of Life of Patients with Resected Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Treated with Adjuvant Interferon-Based Chemoradiation: A Phase II Trial

Matthew H. G. Katz MD, Robert Wolff MD, Christopher H. Crane MD, Gauri Varadhachary MD, Milind Javle MD, E. Lin PhD, Douglas B. Evans MD, Jeffrey E. Lee MD, Jason B. Fleming MD, Peter W. T. Pisters MD
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Thoracic Oncology

Safety of Thoracoscopic Lobectomy in Locally Advanced Lung Cancer

Mark Hennon MD, Rohit K. Sahai MD, Sai Yendamuri MD, Wei Tan MA, Todd L. Demmy MD, Chukwumere Nwogu MD
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Modified Pleural Tenting for Prevention of Anastomotic Leak After Ivor Lewis Esophagogastrectomy

Christos Asteriou MD, MSc, Nikolaos Barbetakis MD, PhD, Miltiadis Lalountas MD, MSc, Athanassios Kleontas MD, Christodoulos Tsilikas MD, PhD
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Translational Research and Biomarkers

Basal-Like Breast Cancer Defined by FOXC1 Expression Offers Superior Prognostic Value: A Retrospective Immunohistochemical Study

Partha S. Ray MD, Sanjay P. Bagaria MD, Jinhua Wang PhD, Jaime M. Shamonki MD, Xing Ye MS, Myung-Shin Sim PhD, Shawn Steen MD, Ying Qu MD, Xiaojiang Cui PhD, Armando E. Giuliano MD
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Suppression of T-Cell Expansion by Melanoma is Exerted on Resting Cells

Andrew J. Russ MD, Lucy Wentworth BS, Kyle Xu MD, Alexander Rakhmilevich PhD, Christine M. Seroogy MD, Paul M. Sondel MD, PhD, M. Suresh DVM, PhD, Clifford S. Cho MD
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Decreased Expression of RASSF6 Is a Novel Independent Prognostic Marker of a Worse Outcome in Gastric Cancer Patients after Curative Surgery

Yugang Wen MD, PhD, Quan Wang MD, PhD, Chongzhi Zhou MD, PhD, Dongwang Yan MD, PhD, Guoqiang Qiu MD, Chun Yang MD, PhD, Huamei Tang MD, Zhihai Peng MD, PhD
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Transcriptional Factor Prox1 Plays an Essential Role in the Antiproliferative Action of Interferon-γ in Esophageal Cancer Cells

Masatoshi Akagami MD, Kenji Kawada MD, PhD, Hajime Kubo MD, PhD, Mayumi Kawada MD, PhD, Meiko Takahashi PhD, Junichi Kaganoi MD, PhD, Shigeru Kato MD, Atsushi Itami MD, PhD, Yutaka Shimada MD, PhD, Go Watanabe MD, PhD, Yoshiharu Sakai MD, PhD
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Urologic Oncology

Significance of Perineural Invasion, Lymphovascular Invasion, and High-Grade Prostatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia in Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy

Jae Hung Jung MD, Jae Won Lee MD, Francis Raymond P. Arkoncel MD, Nam Hoon Cho MD, PhD, Noor Ashani Md Yusoff MD, Kwang Jin Kim MD, PhD, Jae Mann Song MD, PhD, Sung Jin Kim MD, PhD, Koon Ho Rha MD, PhD
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Oncologic Outcomes and Survival in pT0 Tumors After Radical Cystectomy in Patients Without Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: Results from a Large Multicentre Collaborative Study

Morgan Rouprêt MD, PhD, Sarah J. Drouin MD, Stéphane Larré MD, PhD, Yann Neuzillet MD, Henry Botto MD, Maryam Hitier MD, Jerome Rigaud MD, PhD, Jeremy Crew MD, Evanguelos Xylinas MD, Laurent Salomon MD, PhD, Jean-Nicolas Cornu MD, François Iborra MD, Denis Champetier MD, François Rozet MD, Vincent Flamand MD, Cyrille Bastide MD, PhD, Luc Cormier MD, PhD, Xavier Durand MD, PhD, Pierre Lunardi MD, P
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