Volume 18, Number 3 / March, 2011

Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcomas

Myxofibrosarcoma: Prognostic Factors and Survival in a Series of Patients Treated at a Single Institution

Roberta Sanfilippo MD, Rosalba Miceli PhD, Federica Grosso MD, Marco Fiore MD, Elisa Puma MD, Elisabetta Pennacchioli MD, Marta Barisella MD, Claudia Sangalli MD, Luigi Mariani MD, Paolo G. Casali MD, Alessandro Gronchi MD
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Forequarter Amputation

Constantine P. Karakousis MD, PhD, FACS, John L. Butsch MD, FACS
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Breast Oncology

Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Patients with Previous Ipsilateral Complete Axillary Lymph Node Dissection

Paramjeet Kaur MD, John V. Kiluk MD, FACS, Tammi Meade BS, Daniel Ramos BS, William Koeppel BS, Julia Jara BS, Jeff King BS, Charles E. Cox MD, FACS
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Does Neoadjuvant Bevacizumab Increase Surgical Complications in Breast Surgery?

M. Golshan MD, J. E. Garber MD, R. Gelman PhD, Nadine Tung MD, B. L. Smith MD, PhD, S. Troyan MD, C. C. Greenberg MD, E. P. Winer MD, P. Ryan MD, PhD
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Impact of Preoperative Ultrasonography and Fine-Needle Aspiration of Axillary Lymph Nodes on Surgical Management of Primary Breast Cancer

So Hee Park MD, Min Jung Kim MD, Byoung-Woo Park MD, Hee Jung Moon MD, Jin Young Kwak MD, Eun-Kyung Kim MD
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Breast Cancer Surgery Trend Changes Since the Introduction of BRCA1/2 Mutation Screening: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis of 158 Mutation Carriers Treated at a Single Institution

Angela Mislowsky MD, Susan Domchek MD, Cecilia Stroede MD, Meredith R. Bergey MS, Seema S. Sonnad PhD, Liza Wu MD, Julia Tchou MD, PhD
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Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia in Directional Vacuum-Assisted Biopsy of Breast Microcalcifications: Considerations for Surgical Excision

Christopher V. Nguyen MD, Constance T. Albarracin MD, Gary J. Whitman MD, Adriana Lopez MS, Nour Sneige MD
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Colorectal Cancer

Outcome Standards for an Organ Preservation Strategy in Stage II and III Rectal Adenocarcinoma after Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation

Albert M. Wolthuis MD, Freddy Penninckx MD, PhD, Karin Haustermans MD, PhD, Nadine Ectors MD, PhD, Eric Van Cutsem MD, PhD, André D’Hoore MD, PhD
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Operative Salvage for Retroperitoneal Nodal Recurrence in Colorectal Cancer: A Systematic Review

Thomas WaiThong Ho MD, FRCSEd, Lloyd A. Mack MD, FRCSC, Walley J. Temple MD, FRCSC, FACS
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Prognostic Impact of Inferior Mesenteric Artery Lymph Node Metastasis in Colorectal Cancer

Jeonghyun Kang MD, Hyuk Hur MD, Byung Soh Min MD, Nam Kyu Kim MD, PhD, Kang Young Lee MD, PhD
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Loss of E-cadherin and MUC2 Expressions Correlated with Poor Survival in Patients with Stages II and III Colorectal Carcinoma

Haeyoun Kang MD, Byung Soh Min MD, Kang Young Lee MD, Nam Kyu Kim MD, Soo Nyung Kim MD, Junjeong Choi MD, Hoguen Kim MD
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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, PhD
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Endocrine Tumors

Electronic Synoptic Operative Reporting for Thyroid Surgery using an Electronic Data Management System: Potential for Prospective Multicenter Data Collection

N. Gopalakrishna Iyer MD, PhD, Iain J. Nixon MD, Frank Palmer BA, Ian Ganly MD, PhD, Snehal G. Patel MD, Ashok R. Shaha MD
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Thyroid Isthmusectomy for Well-Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

Iain J. Nixon MD, Frank L. Palmer BA, Monica M. Whitcher BA, Ashok R. Shaha MD, Jatin P. Shah MD, Snehal G. Patel MD, Ian Ganly MD, PhD
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Changing Intraoperative Parathyroid Hormone Collection Sites from Peripheral to Central Does Not Affect Predictive Accuracy during Minimally Invasive Parathyroidectomy

Sherif R. Z. Abdel-Misih MD, James T. Broome MD, Xiaobai Li PhD, David Arrese MD, J. Kenneth Jacobs MD, Eugene P. Chambers MD, John E. Phay MD
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The Value of Postoperative Parathyroid Hormone Levels in Predicting the Need for Long-Term Vitamin D Supplementation after Total Thyroidectomy

Tracy S. Wang MD, MPH, Ashley K. Cayo MD, Stuart D. Wilson MD, Tina W. F. Yen MD, MS
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Gastrointestinal Oncology

Treatment and Outcome of Patients with Gastric Remnant Cancer After Resection for Peptic Ulcer Disease

James J. Mezhir MD, Mithat Gonen PhD, John B. Ammori MD, Vivian E. Strong MD, Murray F. Brennan MD, Daniel G. Coit MD
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Preoperative Chemotherapy with Cisplatin and Docetaxel Followed by Surgery and Clip-Oriented Postoperative Chemoradiation in Patients with Localized Gastric or Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma: Results from a Phase II Feasibility Study

G. Spizzo MD, D. Öfner MD, A. de Vries MD, P. Lukas MD, G. Steger MD, U. Pluschnig MD, J. Zacherl MD, J. Widder MD, A. Zabernigg MD, G. Gastl MD, G. Mühlmann MD
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An Elevated Body Mass Index Does Not Reduce Survival After Esophagectomy for Cancer

Marcovalerio Melis MD, Jill M. Weber MPH, James M. McLoughlin MD, Erin M. Siegel PhD, MPH, Sarah Hoffe MD, Ravi Shridhar MD, Kiran K. Turaga MD, George Dittrick MD, E. Michelle Dean PA-C, Richard C. Karl MD, Kenneth L. Meredith MD
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Letter to the Editor

Massimiliano Mistrangelo MD, PhD, Fernando Munoz MD, Enrica Milanesi MD
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Gynecologic Oncology

Radiation-Induced Bowel Complications: Laparoscopic Versus Open Staging of Gynecologic Malignancy

Fabio Ghezzi MD, Antonella Cromi PhD, MD, Maurizio Serati MD, Stefano Uccella MD, Giorgio Formenti MD, Giorgio Bogani MD, Paolo Vanoli MD
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Head and Neck Oncology

Diagnostic Value of BRAFV600E Mutation Analysis of Thyroid Nodules According to Ultrasonographic Features and the Time of Aspiration

Hee Jung Moon MD, Eun-Kyung Kim MD, Woong Youn Chung MD, Jong Rak Choi MD, Jung Hyun Yoon MD, Jin Young Kwak MD
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Surgical Management of Metastases to the Thyroid Gland

Iain J. Nixon MD, Monica Whitcher BA, Joelle Glick MD, Frank L. Palmer BA, Ashok R. Shaha MD, Jatin P. Shah MD, Snehal G. Patel MD, Ian Ganly MD
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Impact of uPA System Gene Polymorphisms on the Susceptibility of Environmental Factors to Carcinogenesis and the Development of Clinicopathology of Oral Cancer

Chia-Jui Weng PhD, Chiao-Wen Lin MS, Tsung-Te Chung MD, Chiung-Man Tsai MS, Mu-Kuan Chen MD, PhD, Shun-Fa Yang PhD
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Healthcare Policy and Outcomes

Quality Measurement in Cancer Care Delivery

Nabil Wasif MD, Janice N. Cormier MD, Clifford Y. Ko MD, Laurence E. McCahill MD, Stephen B. Edge MD, Sandra L. Wong MD, Thomas Anthony MD, Daniel Kollmorgen MD, Stuart G. Marcus MD, Aaron Bleznak MD, Stanley P. L. Leong MD
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Hepatobiliary Tumors

Analysis of Prognostic Factors and a Proposed New Classification for Invasive Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms

Jin-Young Jang MD, Dae Wook Hwang MD, Min A. Kim MD, Mee-Joo Kang MD, Chang Sup Lim MD, Seung Eun Lee MD, Sun-Whe Kim MD
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Prognostic Factors After Surgical Resection for Intrahepatic, Hilar, and Distal Cholangiocarcinoma

Yoshiaki Murakami MD, Kenichiro Uemura MD, Takeshi Sudo MD, Yasushi Hashimoto MD, Akira Nakashima MD, Naru Kondo MD, Ryutaro Sakabe MD, Hiroki Ohge MD, Taijiro Sueda MD
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Predicting Individual Prognosis for Patients Undergoing Resection of Colorectal Liver Metastases

Jinggui Chen MD, Guangfa Zhao MD, PhD
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Melanomas

Lymphadenectomy for Melanoma: Toward a Videoscopic Approach

Antonio Sommariva MD, Sandro Pasquali MD, Carlo Riccardo Rossi MD
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In Reply: Continuing Discussion Regarding Novel Technique for Inguinal Lymphadenectomy

Keith Delman MD, Viraj Master MD, PhD
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Original Article - Pancreatic Tumors

Single-Access Transumbilical Diagnostic Laparoscopy for Pancreatic Tumor Using Curved and Reusable Instruments

Giovanni Dapri MD, FACS, Pietro Carnevali BSc, Jacques Himpens MD, Paolo Bianchi MD, Enrico Opocher MD, Marco Montorsi MD, Guy-Bernard Cadière MD, PhD
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Pancreatic Tumors

Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer: What Have We Learned and Where Do We Go From Here?

Matthew H. G. Katz MD, Peter W. T. Pisters MD, Jeffrey E. Lee MD, Jason B. Fleming MD
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Preoperative Capecitabine and Concurrent Radiation for Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer

Jayme B. Stokes MD, Norris J. Nolan MD, Edward B. Stelow MD, Dustin M. Walters MD, Geoffrey R. Weiss MD, Eduard E. de Lange MD, Tyvin A. Rich MD, Reid B. Adams MD, Todd W. Bauer MD
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A Qualitative Assessment of a Provincial Quality Improvement Strategy for Pancreatic Cancer Surgery

Frances C. Wright MD, Margaret Fitch PhD, Angela J. Coates MEd, Marko Simunovic MD
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Prospective Evaluation of Laparoscopic Celiac Plexus Block in Patients with Unresectable Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

Peter J. Allen MD, Joanne Chou MPH, Maria Janakos BS, Vivian E. Strong MD, Daniel G. Coit MD, Murray F. Brennan MD
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Robotic Left Pancreatectomy for Pancreatic Solid Pseudopapillary Tumor

Dimitrios Ntourakis MD, Ettore Marzano MD, Vito De Blasi MD, Elie Oussoultzoglou MD, Daniel Jaeck MD, PhD, FRCS, Patrick Pessaux MD, PhD
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Reconstructive Oncology

Assessment of Cosmesis After Breast Reconstruction Surgery: a Systematic Review

Shelley Potter MBChB (Hons), Diana Harcourt PhD, Simon Cawthorn MS, Robert Warr MD, Nicola Mills PhD, Daphne Havercroft, Jane Blazeby MD
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Thoracic Oncology

Correlation Between gp96 Expression and the Surgical Outcome in Patients With Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Yasunori Akutsu MD, PhD, Hisahiro Matsubara MD, PhD, Masayuki Kano MD, PhD, Akihiro Usui MD, PhD, Yasuo Yoneyama MD, PhD, Norimasa Ikeda MD, Aki Komatsu BS, Gulbostan Yusup MD
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Thoracoscopic Esophagectomy in Prone Position

Guy Bernard Cadière, Giovanni Dapri, Jacques Himpens, Amin Rajan
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Induction of the Mitochondria Apoptosis Pathway by Phytohemagglutinin Erythroagglutinating in Human Lung Cancer Cells

Wei-Ting Kuo MS, Yung-Jen Ho MD, Shyh-Ming Kuo PhD, Feng-Huei Lin PhD, Fuu-Jen Tsai PhD, Yueh-Sheng Chen PhD, Guo-Chung Dong PhD, Chun-Hsu Yao PhD
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Translational Research and Biomarkers

Local and Systemic Recurrence is the Achilles Heel of Cancer Surgery

Louis A. Aliperti, Jarrod D. Predina, Anil Vachani, Sunil Singhal
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CIP2A is Overexpressed in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and Correlates with Poor Prognosis

Qian-Ze Dong MD, PhD, Yang Wang MD, PhD, Xin-Jun Dong MASc, Zi-Xuan Li PhD, Zhong-Ping Tang MD, Quan-Ze Cui MD, En-Hua Wang MD
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In Vitro Sarcoma Cells Release a Lipophilic Substance That Activates the Pain Transduction System via TRPV1

Meeghan A. Lautner MD, Shivani B. Ruparel MS, PhD, Mayur J. Patil MS, Kenneth M. Hargreaves PhD
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Expression and Clinical Significance of Hepatoma-Derived Growth Factor as a Prognostic Factor in Human Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma

Yan-feng Liu MD, Rui Zhao MD, Sen Guo MD, Xian-qiang Wang MD, Pei-long Lian MD, Yue-guang Chen MD, Ke-sen Xu MD
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Role of Survivin Gene Promoter Polymorphism (−31G>C) in Susceptibility and Survival of Esophageal Cancer in Northern India

Rohit Upadhyay MSc, Rohini Khurana MD, Shaleen Kumar MD, Uday Chand Ghoshal DM, Balraj Mittal PhD
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Prognostic Significance of CD151 Expression in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma with Aggressive Cell Proliferation and Invasiveness

Shigemasa Suzuki MD, Tatsuya Miyazaki MD, PhD, Naritaka Tanaka MD, PhD, Makoto Sakai MD, PhD, Akihiko Sano MD, PhD, Takanori Inose MD, PhD, Makoto Sohda MD, PhD, Masanobu Nakajima MD, PhD, Hiroyuki Kato MD, PhD, Hiroyuki Kuwano MD, PhD
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Regarding: Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Induced by Hepatitis C Virus Core Protein in Cholangiocarcinoma

Clara Balsano MD, Beatrice Conti PhD, Mario Arciello PhD
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Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition and LOXL2: Consideration Continues

Dajiang Li PhD, Tianyu Li PhD, Shuguang Wang PhD
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Urologic Oncology

Impact of Surgical Experience on In-Hospital Complication Rates in Patients Undergoing Minimally Invasive Prostatectomy: A Population-Based Study

Lars Budäus MD, Maxine Sun BSc, Firas Abdollah MD, Kevin C. Zorn MD, Monica Morgan MD, Rupinder Johal MD, Daniel Liberman MD, Rodolphe Thuret MD, Hendrik Isbarn MD, Georg Salomon MD, Alexander Haese MD, Francesco Montorsi MD, Shahrokh F. Shariat MD, Paul Perrotte MD, Markus Graefen MD, Pierre I. Karakiewicz MD
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