Volume 18, Number 6 / June, 2011

Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcomas

Navigating Risk Stratification Systems for the Management of Patients With GIST

Shreyaskumar Patel MD
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A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Intralesional Versus Wide Resection for Intramedullary Grade I Chondrosarcoma of the Extremities

Michael Hickey MD, Forough Farrokhyar PhD, Ben Deheshi MD, FRCSC, Robert Turcotte MD, FRCSC, Michelle Ghert MD, FRCSC
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Tumor Volume Increase During Preoperative Chemotherapy as a Novel Predictor of Local Recurrence in Extremity Osteosarcoma

Won Seok Song MD, Dae-Geun Jeon MD, Chang-Bae Kong MD, Wan Hyeong Cho MD, Jae-Soo Koh MD, Jun Ah Lee MD, Ji Young Yoo MD, Sung Taek Jung MD, Duk Seop Shin MD, Soo-Yong Lee MD
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Breast Oncology

Has Placement of Surgical Clips in the Lumpectomy Bed Fallen Out of Favor?

Michelle Azu, Sharad Goyal, Umang Patel, Bruce Haffty, Thomas Kearney
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Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy in 99 Patients With a Mean Follow-up of 5 Years

J. Arthur Jensen MD, Jay S. Orringer MD, Armando E. Giuliano MD
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Multifocality in “Basal-Like” Breast Carcinomas and its Influence on Lymph Node Status

Tibor Tot, Gyula Pekár
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Patient Age and Preoperative Breast MRI in Women With Breast Cancer: Biopsy and Surgical Implications

Cameron D. Adkisson MD, Laura A. Vallow MD, Kristin Kowalchik MD, Rebecca McNeil PhD, Stephanie Hines MD, Elizabeth Deperi MD, Alvaro Moreno MD, Vivek Roy MD, Edith A. Perez MD, Sarah A. McLaughlin MD
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The Effect of Hospital Volume on the Outcome of Breast Cancer Surgery

P. Peltoniemi MD, M. Peltola MSc, T. Hakulinen DSc, U. Häkkinen DSc, L. Pylkkänen MD, PhD, K. Holli MD, PhD
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Validation of the S Classification of Sentinel Lymph Node and Microanatomic Location of Sentinel Lymph Node Metastases to Predict Additional Lymph Node Involvement and Overall Survival in Breast Cancer Patients

Astrid Maria Fink MD, Hannes Wondratsch MD, Harald Lass MD, Michael Janauer MD, Paul Sevelda MD, Heinrich Salzer MD, Wolfgang Jurecka MD, Walter Ulrich MD, Andreas Chott MD, Andreas Steiner MD
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Colorectal Cancer

2010 Staging System for Colon and Rectal Carcinoma

J. Milburn Jessup MD, Leonard L. Gunderson MD, Frederick L. Greene MD, Mary Kay Washington MD, Carolyn C. Compton MD, PhD, Leslie H. Sobin MD, Bruce Minsky MD, Richard M. Goldberg MD, Stanley R. Hamilton MD
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Underutilization of Minimally Invasive Surgery for Colorectal Cancer

Steven D. Wexner MD, FACS, FRCS, FRCS (Ed)
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The Challenge in Treating the Elderly Colorectal Cancer Patient

Kirk A. Ludwig MD
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Peritoneal Carcinomatosis from Appendiceal Cancer: Early Adequate Therapeutic Management for Long-Term Survival

Olivier Glehen MD, PhD, Naoual Bakrin MD, Guillaume Passot MD
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Surgical Cytoreduction and Survival in Appendiceal Cancer Peritoneal Carcinomatosis: An Evaluation of 46 Consecutive Patients

Terence C. Chua BScMed (Hons), MBBS, Ihssan Al-Alem MBBS, Akshat Saxena BMedSc, Winston Liauw MBBS, FRACP, David L. Morris MD, PhD
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An Interactive Tool for Individualized Estimation of Conditional Survival in Rectal Cancer

Samuel J. Wang MD, PhD, Amanda R. Wissel BS, Join Y. Luh MD, C. David Fuller MD, Jayashree Kalpathy-Cramer PhD, Charles R. Thomas Jr MD
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Prognostic Value of Nuclear β-catenin Overexpression at Invasive Front in Colorectal Cancer for Synchronous Liver Metastasis

Lin Wang MD, Hongxia Cheng MD, Ying Liu MD, Lei Wang MD, Wenbin Yu MD, Guangyong Zhang MD, Bo Chen MD, Zhiyong Yu MD, Sanyuan Hu MD
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Influence of Modern Systemic Therapies as Adjunct to Cytoreduction and Perioperative Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy for Patients With Colorectal Peritoneal Carcinomatosis: A Multicenter Study

Terence C. Chua MBBS, David L. Morris MD, Akshat Saxena BSc, Jesus Esquivel MD, Winston Liauw MBBS, Joerg Doerfer MD, Christoph-Thomas Germer MD, Alexander G. Kerscher MD, Joerg O. W. Pelz MD
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Ratio of Metastatic To Resected Lymph Nodes Enhances To Predict Survival In Patients With Stage III Colorectal Cancer

Hai-Bo Qiu, Li-Yi Zhang, Yuan-Fang Li, Zhi-Wei Zhou, Rajiv Prasad Keshari, Rui-Hua Xu
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Endocrine Tumors

4D Parathyroid CT as the Initial Localization Study for Patients with De Novo Primary Hyperparathyroidism

Lee F. Starker MD, Amit Mahajan MD, Peyman Björklund PhD, Gordon Sze MD, Robert Udelsman MD, MBA, Tobias Carling MD, PhD
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Surveillance and Intervention After Thyroid Lobectomy

Philip M. Spanheimer MD, Sonia L. Sugg MD, Geeta Lal MD, James R. Howe MD, Ronald J. Weigel MD, PhD
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Gastrointestinal Oncology

Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy in Advanced Gastric Cancer: The End of Skepticism?

Olivier Glehen MD, PhD, François Noël Gilly MD, PhD, Eddy Cotte MD
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Determining the Association Between Preoperative Computed Tomography Findings and Postoperative Outcomes After Cytoreductive Surgery and Perioperative Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy for Pseudomyxoma Peritonei

Terence C. Chua BScMed (Hons), MBBS, Abdulaziz Al-Zahrani MBBS, Akshat Saxena BMedSc, Derek Glenn MBBS, FRANZCR, Winston Liauw MBBS, Jing Zhao MD, David L. Morris MD, PhD
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Pathologic Complete Response After Neoadjuvant Treatment for Rectal Cancer Decreases Distant Recurrence and Could Eradicate Local Recurrence

Luiz Felipe de Campos-Lobato MD, Luca Stocchi MD, Andre da Luz Moreira MD, Daniel Geisler MD, David W. Dietz MD, Ian C. Lavery MD, Victor W. Fazio MD, Matthew F. Kalady MD
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Laparoscopic Versus Open Gastric Resections for Primary Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GISTs): A Size-Matched Comparison

Giorgos C. Karakousis MD, Samuel Singer MD, Junting Zheng MS, Mithat Gonen PhD, Daniel Coit MD, Ronald P. DeMatteo MD, Vivian E. Strong MD
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Aggressive Surgical Approach for Patients with T4 Gastric Carcinoma: Promise or Myth?

Chi-Tung Cheng MD, Chun-Yi Tsai MD, Jun-Te Hsu MD, Rohan Vinayak MD, Keng-Hao Liu MD, Chun-Nan Yeh MD, Ta-Sen Yeh MD, PhD, Tsann-Long Hwang MD, Yi-Yin Jan MD
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Do Perioperative Blood Transfusions Influence Prognosis of Gastric Cancer Patients? Analysis of 927 Patients and Interactions with Splenectomy

Fabio Pacelli MD, Fausto Rosa MD, Daniele Marrelli MD, Corrado Pedrazzani MD, Maurizio Bossola MD, Marco Zoccali MD, Alberto Marchet MD, Mariantonietta Di Cosmo MD, Claudia Roata MD, Luigina Graziosi MD, Emanuel Cavazzoni MD, Marcello Covino MD, Domenico D’Ugo MD, Franco Roviello MD, Donato Nitti MD, Giovanni Battista Doglietto MD
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The Feasibility of N Stage of the 7th Edition TNM for Gastric Cancer

Jingyu Deng MD, Han Liang MD, Diancang Wang MD
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Head and Neck Oncology

Contribution of Computed Tomography to Ultrasound in Predicting Lateral Lymph Node Metastasis in Patients with Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma

Jung Hyun Yoon MD, Ji Youn Kim MD, Hee Jung Moon MD, Ji Hyun Youk MD, PhD, Eun Joo Son MD, PhD, Eun-Kyung Kim MD, Kyung Hwa Han MS, Jin Young Kwak MD
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Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Diameter Increases During Thyroidectomy

Jonathan W. Serpell MBBS, MD, FRACS, FACS, Stacey Woodruff MD, Michael Bailey PhD, MSc, BSc, Simon Grodski MBBS, FRACS, Meei Yeung MBBS, FRACS
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Hepatobiliary Tumors

Medium-Sized HCC: Achieving Effective Local Tumor Control with Combined Chemoebolization and Radiofrequency Ablation

Eleni Liapi MD, Jean-Francois H. Geschwind MD
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Medium-Sized (3.1–5.0 cm) Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Transarterial Chemoembolization Plus Radiofrequency Ablation Versus Radiofrequency Ablation Alone

Jin Hyoung Kim MD, Hyung Jin Won MD, Yong Moon Shin MD, Sung Hee Kim RN, Hyun-Ki Yoon MD, Kyu-Bo Sung MD, Pyo Nyun Kim MD
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Improved Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Therapies Prolong Survival After Resection for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Cirrhosis: The University of Bologna Experience Over 10 Years

Alessandro Cucchetti MD, Matteo Zanello MD, Matteo Cescon MD, Giorgio Ercolani MD, Massimo Del Gaudio MD, Matteo Ravaioli MD, Gian Luca Grazi MD, Antonio D. Pinna MD
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Continuous Occlusion of Hepatic Artery Proper for Prevention of Blood Loss in Partial Hepatectomy for Ruptured Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Case-Matched Comparative Study

Feng Xia MD, PhD, Wan-Yee Lau MD, FRCS, FACS, FRACS(Hon), Cheng Qian MD, PhD, Kuansheng Ma MD, PhD, Xiaowu Li MD, PhD, Ping Bie MD, PhD
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Evaluation of Chemotherapy-Associated Liver Injury in Patients with Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases Using Indocyanine Green Clearance Testing

Peter-Michael Krieger MD, Dietmar Tamandl MD, Beata Herberger BSc, Peter Faybik MD, Edith Fleischmann MD, Judith Maresch MD, Thomas Gruenberger MD
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Preoperative Serum CA 19-9 Level as a Predictive Factor for Recurrence after Curative Resection in Biliary Tract Cancer

Moon Jae Chung MD, Kyong Joo Lee MD, Seungmin Bang MD, Seung Woo Park MD, Kyung Sik Kim MD, Woo Jung Lee MD, Si Young Song MD, Jae Bock Chung MD, Jeong Youp Park MD
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Reconstructive Oncology

Receipt of Delayed Breast Reconstruction After Mastectomy: Do Women Revisit the Decision?

Amy K. Alderman MD, MPH, Sarah T. Hawley PhD, Monica Morrow MD, Barbara Salem MSW, MS, Ann Hamilton PhD, MA, John J. Graff PhD, MS, Steven Katz MD, MPH
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Thoracic Oncology

In-Hospital Mortality After a Surgical Resection for Esophageal Cancer: Analyses of the Associated Factors and Historical Changes

Masaru Morita MD, PhD, FACS, Tomonori Nakanoko MD, Yoshihiko Fujinaka MD, Nobuhide Kubo MD, Natsumi Yamashita MD, Keiji Yoshinaga MD, PhD, Hiroshi Saeki MD, PhD, Yasunori Emi MD, PhD, Yoshihiro Kakeji MD, PhD, FACS, Ken Shirabe MD, PhD, FACS, Yoshihiko Maehara MD, PhD, FACS
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Defining Cure for Esophageal Cancer: Analysis of Actual 5-Year Survivors Following Esophagectomy

Jodi Hirst MBBS, Bernard Mark Smithers MBBS, David C. Gotley MD, MBBS, Janine Thomas BNurs, Andrew Barbour PhD, MBBS
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Translational Research and Biomarkers

Tissue hOGG1 Genotype Predicts Bladder Cancer Prognosis: A Novel Approach Using a Peptide Nucleic Acid Clamping Method

Yun-Sok Ha MD, PhD, Chunri Yan BSc, Isaac Yi Kim MD, PhD, Seok-Joong Yun MD, PhD, Sung-Kwon Moon PhD, Wun-Jae Kim MD, PhD
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Nicotine Enhances Colon Cancer Cell Migration by Induction of Fibronectin

Po-Li Wei MD, Li-Jen Kuo MD, Ming-Te Huang MD, Wen-Chien Ting MD, Yuan-Soon Ho PhD, Weu Wang MD, Jane An MD, Yu-Jia Chang PhD
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Senescence-Associated Gene YPEL3 Is Downregulated in Human Colon Tumors

Rebecca Tuttle MD, Margo Simon BS, David C. Hitch MD, J. Nicholas Maiorano MS, Minia Hellan MD, James Ouellette MD, Paula Termuhlen MD, Steven J. Berberich PhD
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Salinomycin Selectively Targets ‘CD133+’ Cell Subpopulations and Decreases Malignant Traits in Colorectal Cancer Lines

Tao-Tao Dong, Hou-Min Zhou, Lin-Lin Wang, Bo Feng, Bo Lv, Min-Hua Zheng
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