Volume 19, Number 4 / April, 2012

Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcomas

The Combination of Surgery and Imatinib in GIST: A Reality for Localized Tumors at High Risk, an Open Issue for Metastatic Ones

Alessandro Gronchi MD, Chandrajit P. Raut MD, Msc
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Phase II Trial of Neoadjuvant/adjuvant Imatinib Mesylate for Advanced Primary and Metastatic/recurrent Operable Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors: Long-term Follow-up Results of Radiation Therapy Oncology Group 0132

Dian Wang MD, PhD, Qiang Zhang PhD, Charles D. Blanke MD, George D. Demetri MD, Michael C. Heinrich MD, James C. Watson MD, John P. Hoffman MD, Scott Okuno MD, John M. Kane MD, Margaret von Mehren MD, Burton L. Eisenberg MD
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Myxoid\Round Cell Liposarcoma (MRCLS) Revisited: An Analysis of 418 Primarily Managed Cases

Louis-Charles Moreau, Robert Turcotte, Peter Ferguson, Jay Wunder, Paul Clarkson, Bas Masri, Marc Isler, Norbert Dion, Joel Werier, Michelle Ghert, Benjamin Deheshi
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Breast Oncology

Lobular Breast Cancer: Same Survival and Local Control Compared with Ductal Cancer, but Should Both Be Treated the Same Way? Analysis of an Institutional Database over a 10-Year Period

Lucio Fortunato MD, Alessandra Mascaro MD, Igor Poccia MD, Renato Andrich MD, Mostafà Amini MD, Leopoldo Costarelli MD, Giuliana Cortese MD, Massimo Farina MD, Carlo Vitelli MD
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Is There a Low-Grade Precursor Pathway in Breast Cancer?

Tari A. King MD, Rita A. Sakr MD, PhD, Shirin Muhsen MD, Victor P. Andrade MD, Dilip Giri MD, Kimberly J. Van Zee MD, Monica Morrow MD
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Favorable Outcome of Secondary Axillary Dissection in Breast Cancer Patients with Axillary Nodal Relapse

Shih-Che Shen MD, Chien-Hung Liao MD, Yung-Feng Lo MD, Hsiu-Pei Tsai MD, Wen-Lin Kuo MD, Chi-Chang Yu MD, Tzu-Chieh Chao MD, Miin-Fu Chen MD, Hsien-Kun Chang MD, Yung-Chang Lin MD, Wen-Chi Shen MD, Shir-Hwa Ueng MD, Li-Yu Lee MD, Swei Hsueh MD, Yi-Ting Huang MD, Shin-Cheh Chen MD
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Which Eligible Breast Conservation Patients Choose Mastectomy in the Setting of Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer?

Cameron D. Adkisson MD, Sanjay P. Bagaria MD, Alexander S. Parker PhD, Jillian M. Bray MD, MPH, Tammeza Gibson PA, Colleen S. Thomas MS, Michael G. Heckman MS, Sarah A. McLaughlin MD
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Prospective Evaluation of the Nipple–Areola Complex Sparing Mastectomy for Risk Reduction and for Early-Stage Breast Cancer

Jamie L. Wagner DO, Regina Fearmonti MD, Kelly K. Hunt MD, Rosa F. Hwang MD, Funda Meric-Bernstam MD, Henry M. Kuerer MD, Isabelle Bedrosian MD, Melissa A. Crosby MD, Donald P. Baumann MD, Merrick I. Ross MD, Barry W. Feig MD, Savitri Krishnamurthy MD, Mike Hernandez MS, Gildy V. Babiera MD
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Impact of FOXA1 Expression on the Prognosis of Patients with Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer

Yuichi Hisamatsu MD, Eriko Tokunaga MD, PhD, Nami Yamashita MD, Sayuri Akiyoshi MD, Satoko Okada MD, Yuichiro Nakashima MD, Shinichi Aishima MD, PhD, Masaru Morita MD, PhD, Yoshihiro Kakeji MD, PhD, Yoshihiko Maehara MD, PhD
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Local Recurrence after Breast-Conserving Surgery: Multivariable Analysis of Risk Factors and the Impact of Young Age

Randy C. Miles MD, MPH, Rachel E. Gullerud BA, Christine M. Lohse MS, James W. Jakub MD, Amy C. Degnim MD, Judy C. Boughey MD
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Clinical Implications of Occult Metastases and Isolated Tumor Cells in Sentinel and Non-Sentinel Lymph Nodes in Early Breast Cancer Patients: Serial Step Section Analysis with Long-Term Follow-Up

Takashi Takeshita MD, Hitoshi Tsuda MD, Tomoyuki Moriya MD, Tamio Yamasaki MD, Hideki Asakawa MD, Shigeto Ueda MD, Kazuhiko Sato MD, Shinsuke Aida MD, Seiichi Tamai MD, Osamu Matsubara MD, Kazuo Hase MD, Junji Yamamoto MD
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Association between Recency of Last Pregnancy and Biologic Subtype of Breast Cancer

Melissa Pilewskie MD, Polina Gorodinsky BS, Angela Fought MS, Nora Hansen MD, Kevin Bethke MD, Jacqueline Jeruss MD, Denise Scholtens PhD, Seema A. Khan MD
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Phyllodes Tumor of the Breast: Role of CD10 in Predicting Metastasis

Mahmoud Al-Masri MD, Ghaleb Darwazeh MD, Samer Sawalhi MD, Ayman Mughrabi MD, Maher Sughayer MD, Marwa Al-Shatti MD
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Colorectal Cancer

Radiation-Induced Apoptosis of Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes is Correlated with Histological Regression of Rectal Cancer in Response to Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy

Soichiro Ishihara MD, PhD, Hisae Iinuma PhD, Yoshihisa Fukushima MD, Takuya Akahane MD, Atsushi Horiuchi MD, Ryu Shimada MD, Hajime Shibuya MD, PhD, Tamuro Hayama MD, PhD, Hideki Yamada MD, PhD, Keijiro Nozawa MD, PhD, Keiji Matsuda MD, PhD, Toshiaki Watanabe MD, PhD
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Adverse Features on Rectal MRI Identify a High-risk Group that May Benefit from More Intensive Preoperative Staging and Treatment

Chris J. Hunter MBChB, MRCS, Aurelie Garant, Té Vuong MD, FRCPC, Giovanni Artho MD, Robert Lisbona MD, FRCPC, Paris Tekkis BMedSci, BMBS, MD, FRCS, Muti Abulafi MS, FRCS, Gina Brown MBBS, MRCP, FRCR, MD
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Is Adjuvant Chemotherapy Really Needed After Curative Surgery for Rectal Cancer Patients Who are Node-Negative After Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy?

Ravi P. Kiran MD, Hasan T. Kirat MD, Adele N. Burgess MD, Pasha J. Nisar MD, Matthew F. Kalady MD, Ian C. Lavery MD
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Lymphovascular Invasion is a Significant Prognosticator in Rectal Cancer Patients Who Receive Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy Followed by Total Mesorectal Excision

Jong Hoon Lee MD, Hong Seok Jang MD, Jun-Gi Kim MD, Hyun Min Cho MD, Byoung Yong Shim MD, Seong Taek Oh MD, Sei-Chul Yoon MD, Yeon-Sil Kim MD, Byung Ock Choi MD, Sung Hwan Kim MD
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Endocrine Tumors

Is Focused Minimally Invasive Parathyroidectomy Appropriate for Patients With Familial Primary Hyperparathyroidism?

Ruth S. Prichard FRCSI, Christine J. O’Neill FRACS, Jennifer J. Oucharek FRCSC, Rebecca S. Sippel MD, FACS, Leigh W. Delbridge MD, FRACS, Stanley B. Sidhu PhD, FRACS, Herbert Chen MD, FACS
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Robot-Assisted Transaxillary Thyroid Surgery in the United States: Is it Comparable to Open Thyroid Lobectomy?

Christine S. Landry MD, Elizabeth G. Grubbs MD, Carla L. Warneke MS, Mandy Ormond PA, Cindy Chua RN, Jeffrey E. Lee MD, Nancy D. Perrier MD
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Adrenocortical Carcinoma with Intracaval Extension to the Right Atrium: Resection on Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Ryan Z. Swan MD, Erin M. Hanna MD, David Sindram MD, PhD, David A. Iannitti MD, John B. Martinie MD
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Erratum

Erratum to: The Combination of Surgery and Imatinib in GIST: A Reality for Localized Tumors at High Risk, an Open Issue for Metastatic Ones

Alessandro Gronchi MD, Chandrajit P. Raut MD, Msc
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Gastrointestinal Oncology

The Value of Palliative Gastrectomy in Gastric Cancer with Distant Metastasis

Ye Rim Chang MD, Dong Seok Han MD, Seong-Ho Kong MD, Hyuk-Joon Lee MD, Se Hyung Kim MD, Woo Ho Kim MD, Han-Kwang Yang MD
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The Combined Expression of Metaplasia Biomarkers Predicts the Prognosis Of Gastric Cancer

Yun-Suhk Suh MD, Hyuk-Joon Lee MD, PhD, Eun-Jung Jung MD, Min-A Kim MD, PhD, Ki Taek Nam DVM, PhD, James R. Goldenring MD, PhD, Han-Kwang Yang MD, PhD, Woo Ho Kim MD, PhD
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Parietal Peritonectomy

Paul H. Sugarbaker MD
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Multifocality in Early Gastric Cancer Does not Increase the Risk of Lymph Node Metastasis in a Single-Center Study

Hee Man Kim MD, Hyun Ki Kim MD, Sang Kil Lee MD, Jae Hee Cho MD, Kyung Ho Pak MD, Woo Jin Hyung MD, Sung Hoon Noh MD, Choong Bai Kim MD, Yong Chan Lee MD, Si Young Song MD, Young Hoon Youn MD
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Gynecologic Oncology

Feasibility of Surgery After Systemic Treatment with the Humanized Recombinant Antibody Bevacizumab in Heavily Pretreated Patients with Advanced Epithelial Ovarian Cancer

Jalid Sehouli MD, PhD, G. Papanikolaou MD, E.-I. Braicu MD, K. Pietzner MD, P. Neuhaus MD, PhD, C. Fotopoulou MD, PhD
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Head and Neck Oncology

Robot-Assisted Selective Neck Dissection via Modified Face-lift Approach for Early Oral Tongue Cancer: A Video Demonstration

Yoon Woo Koh MD, PhD, Woong Youn Chung MD, PhD, Hyun Jun Hong MD, So-Yoon Lee MD, Won Shik Kim MD, Hyoung Shin Lee MD, Eun Chang Choi MD, PhD
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Healthcare Policy and Outcomes

Comparative Assessment of the Safety and Effectiveness of Radiofrequency Ablation Among Elderly Medicare Beneficiaries with Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Nader N. Massarweh MD, MPH, James O. Park MD, Raymond S. W. Yeung MD, David R. Flum MD, MPH
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Improving Nodal Harvest in Colorectal Cancer: So What?

Geoffrey A. Porter MD, Robin Urquhart MSc, Jingyu Bu MSc, Paul Johnson MD, Daniel Rayson MD, Eva Grunfeld MD
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Hepatobiliary Tumors

Two Decades of Experience with Hepatic Cryotherapy for Advanced Colorectal Metastases

Keh M. Ng, Terence C. Chua, Akshat Saxena, Jing Zhao, Francis Chu, David L. Morris
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High Serum Hyaluronic Acid and HBV Viral Load are Main Prognostic Factors of Local Recurrence after Complete Radiofrequency Ablation of Hepatitis B-Related Small Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Feng Xia MD, PhD, Eric C. H. Lai MBChB, FRACS, Wan-Yee Lau MD, FRCS, FACS, FRACS(Hon), Kuansheng Ma MD, PhD, Xiaowu Li MD, PhD, Ping Bie MD, PhD, Cheng Qian MD, PhD
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A Systematic Review of Clinical Response and Survival Outcomes of Downsizing Systemic Chemotherapy and Rescue Liver Surgery in Patients with Initially Unresectable Colorectal Liver Metastases

Vincent W. T. Lam FRACS, Calista Spiro MBBS, Jerome M. Laurence FRACS, Emma Johnston FRACS, Michael J. Hollands FRACS, Henry C. C. Pleass FRACS, Arthur J. Richardson FRACS
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Relationship Between Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Histological Tumor Grading of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Mitsuru Nakanishi MD, PhD, Makoto Chuma MD, PhD, Shuhei Hige MD, PhD, Tokuhiko Omatsu MD, PhD, Hideki Yokoo MD, PhD, Kazuaki Nakanishi MD, PhD, Toshiya Kamiyama MD, PhD, Kanako Kubota MD, PhD, Hironori Haga MD, PhD, Yoshihiro Matsuno MD, PhD, Yuya Onodera MD, PhD, Mototsugu Kato MD, PhD, Masahiro Asaka MD, PhD
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Chemotherapy Between the First and Second Stages of a Two-Stage Hepatectomy for Colorectal Liver Metastases: Should We Routinely Recommend It?

Andrea Muratore MD, Giuseppe Zimmitti MD, Dario Ribero MD, Alfredo Mellano MD, Luca Viganò MD, Lorenzo Capussotti MD
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Melanomas

Micrometastases in Sentinel Lymph Nodes: Not Getting Lost in Translation

Sandra L. Wong MD, MS
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Sentinel Lymph Nodes Containing Very Small (<0.1 mm) Deposits of Metastatic Melanoma Cannot Be Safely Regarded as Tumor-Negative

Rajmohan Murali MBBS, MD, FRCPA, Chitra DeSilva BSc, Stanley W. McCarthy MBBS, FRCPA, John F. Thompson MBBS, MD, FRACS, FACS, Richard A. Scolyer MBBS, MD, FRCPA, FRCPath
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Preoperative Ultrasound is Not Useful for Identifying Nodal Metastasis in Melanoma Patients Undergoing Sentinel Node Biopsy: Preoperative Ultrasound in Clinically Node-Negative Melanoma

Christy Y. Chai MD, Jonathan S. Zager MD, Margaret M. Szabunio MD, Suroosh S. Marzban MS, Alec Chau MD, Robert M. Rossi BS, Vernon K. Sondak MD
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Original Article – Hepatobiliary Tumors

Right Trisectionectomy with Principle En Bloc Portal Vein Resection for Right-Sided Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma: No-Touch Technique

Marcel Autran Machado MD, Fabio F. Makdissi MD, Rodrigo C. Surjan MD
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Pancreatic Tumors

Adjuvant Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Invasive Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm of the Pancreas: an Analysis of the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Registry

Mathias Worni MD, Igor Akushevich PhD, Beat Gloor MD, John Scarborough MD, Junzo P. Chino MD, Danny O. Jacobs MD, MPH, Stephen M. Hahn MD, Bryan M. Clary MD, Ricardo Pietrobon MD, PhD, MBA, Anand Shah MD, MPH
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Thoracic Oncology

Risk Factors for Bronchopleural Fistula After Right Pneumonectomy: Does Eliminating the Stump Diverticulum Provide Protection?

Thomas J. Birdas MD, Mohamed H. Morad MD, Ikenna C. Okereke MD, Karen M. Rieger MD, Laura E. Kruter MD, Praveen N. Mathur MBBS, Kenneth A. Kesler MD
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Comparison between Preoperative Versus Intraoperative Injection of Technetium-99 m Neomannosyl Human Serum Albumin for Sentinel Lymph Node Identification in Early Stage Lung Cancer

Hyun Koo Kim MD, PhD, Sungeun Kim MD, PhD, Ho Kyung Sung MD, Yun-Sang Lee PhD, Jae Min Jeong PhD, Young Ho Choi MD, PhD
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Translational Research and Biomarkers

Changes in Myostatin Signaling in Non-Weight-Losing Cancer Patients

Zaira Aversa MD, Andrea Bonetto PhD, Fabio Penna PhD, Paola Costelli PhD, Gaetano Di Rienzo MD, Angelo Lacitignola MD, Francesco M. Baccino MD, Vincenzo Ziparo MD, Paolo Mercantini MD, Filippo Rossi Fanelli MD, Maurizio Muscaritoli MD
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Absence of CD71 Transferrin Receptor Characterizes Human Gastric Adenosquamous Carcinoma Stem Cells

Masahisa Ohkuma MD, Naotsugu Haraguchi MD, PhD, Hideshi Ishii MD, PhD, Koshi Mimori MD, PhD, Fumiaki Tanaka MD, PhD, Ho Min Kim MD, Miho Shimomura MD, Hajime Hirose MD, Katsuhiko Yanaga MD, PhD, Masaki Mori MD, PhD
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The Association of Protease Activated Receptor 1 gene −506 I/D Polymorphism with Disease-Free Survival in Breast Cancer Patients

Aydan Eroğlu MD, Afife Karabıyık MS, Nejat Akar MD
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