Volume 19, Number 7 / July, 2012

Breast Oncology

Alternatives for Optimizing Outcomes in Oncoplastic Breast Surgery

Mona P. Tan MBBS, FRCS
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Race and the Prognostic Influence of p53 in Women with Breast Cancer

Keith A. Dookeran MBBS, FRCS(Ed), MD, MBA, James J. Dignam PhD, Nathaniel Holloway MD†, Karen Ferrer MD, Marin Sekosan MD, Worta McCaskill-Stevens MD, Sarah Gehlert PhD
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Outcome of Patients with Ductal Carcinoma In Situ and Sentinel Node Biopsy

T. J. Meretoja MD, PhD, P. S. Heikkilä MD, PhD, K. Salmenkivi MD, PhD, M. H. K. Leidenius MD, PhD
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Colorectal Cancer

Lymph Node Yield and Oncologic Outcome after Colorectal Cancer Resection

Garrett M. Nash
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The Relationship of Lymph Node Evaluation and Colorectal Cancer Survival After Curative Resection: A Multi-Institutional Study

Yukihide Kanemitsu MD, Koji Komori PhD, Seiji Ishiguro PhD, Toshiaki Watanabe PhD, Kenichi Sugihara PhD
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Compartmental Differences of Circulating Tumor Cells in Colorectal Cancer

Nuh N. Rahbari MD, Ulrich Bork MD, Alexandra Kircher MD, Thomas Nimitz BSc, Sebastian Schölch MD, Christoph Kahlert MD, Thomas Schmidt MD, Gunnar Steinert PhD, Alexis B. Ulrich MD, Christoph Reissfelder MD, Markus W. Büchler MD, Moritz Koch MD, Jürgen Weitz MD, MSc
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Prognostic Factors for Locoregional Recurrences in Colon Cancer

M. A. G. Elferink PhD, O. Visser MD, PhD, T. Wiggers MD, PhD, R. Otter MD, PhD, R. A. E. M. Tollenaar MD, PhD, J. A. Langendijk MD, PhD, S. Siesling PhD
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Diagnostic Accuracy of MRI for Assessment of T Category, Lymph Node Metastases, and Circumferential Resection Margin Involvement in Patients with Rectal Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Eisar Al-Sukhni MD, Laurent Milot MD, MSc, Mark Fruitman MD, Joseph Beyene PhD, J. Charles Victor MSc, Selina Schmocker BSc, Gina Brown MD, Robin McLeod MD, Erin Kennedy MD, PhD
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Repeat Hepatectomy for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Is Safe but Marginally Effective

Natalie B. Jones MD, Megan E. McNally MD, Lavina Malhotra MD, Sherif Abdel-Misih MD, Edward W. Martin MD, Mark Bloomston MD, Carl R. Schmidt MD
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Endocrine Tumors

Sestamibi-Negative Patients: To Operate or Image?

Carrie C. Lubitz MD, MPH, Herbert Chen MD
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Primary Hyperparathyroidism and Negative Tc99 Sestamibi Imaging: To Operate or Not?

Benzon M. Dy MD, Melanie L. Richards MD, Bianca J. Vazquez MD, Geoffrey B. Thompson MD, David R. Farley MD, Clive S. Grant MD
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Clinical Implication of Elastography as a Prognostic Factor of Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma

Hee Jung Moon MD, Eun-Kyung Kim MD, Jung Hyun Yoon MD, Jin Young Kwak MD
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Robotic Versus Laparoscopic Resection of Large Adrenal Tumors

Orhan Agcaoglu MD, Shamil Aliyev MD, Koray Karabulut MD, Jamie Mitchell MD, Allan Siperstein MD, Eren Berber MD
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Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors: Radiographic Calcifications Correlate with Grade and Metastasis

George A. Poultsides MD, MSc, Lyen C. Huang MD, MPH, Yijun Chen MD, Brendan C. Visser MD, Reetesh K. Pai MD, R. Brooke Jeffrey MD, Walter G. Park MD, MSc, Ann M. Chen MD, Pamela L. Kunz MD, George A. Fisher MD, PhD, Jeffrey A. Norton MD
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Endocrine Tumors—Streaming Video

Robotic Transaxillary Thyroid Lobectomy of a Follicular Neoplasm

Saleh Massasati MD, Salem Noureldine MD, Rizwan Aslam DO, Emad Kandil MD, FACS
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Erratum

Erratum to: 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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Erratum to: A Phase I Trial of Oxaliplatin for Intraperitoneal Hyperthermic Chemoperfusion for the Treatment of Peritoneal Surface Dissemination from Colorectal and Appendiceal Cancers

John H. Stewart IV MD, Perry Shen MD, Greg Russell MS, Joyce Fenstermaker RN, Libby McWilliams BS, Faith M. Coldrun MS, Keith E. Levine PhD, Bradley T. Jones PhD, Edward A. Levine MD
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Gastrointestinal Oncology

The Real Estate of Gastric Cancer Induction Therapy: Location Versus Intrinsic Molecular Architecture

Roderich E. Schwarz MD, PhD, John C. Mansour MD
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Adenocarcinomas of the Esophagogastric Junction Are More Likely to Respond to Preoperative Chemotherapy than Distal Gastric Cancer

Daniel Reim MD, Ralf Gertler MD, Alexander Novotny MD, Karen Becker MD, Christian Meyer zum Büschenfelde MD, Matthias Ebert MD, Martin Dobritz MD, Rupert Langer MD, Heinz Hoefler MD, Helmut Friess MD, Christoph Schumacher
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Prediction of Response and Prognosis by a Score Including Only Pretherapeutic Parameters in 410 Neoadjuvant Treated Gastric Cancer Patients

Sylvie Lorenzen MD, PhD, Susanne Blank MD, Florian Lordick MD, PhD, Jörg-Rüdiger Siewert MD, PhD, Katja Ott MD, PhD
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Surgery in Esophageal and Gastric Cancer Patients: What is the Role for Nutrition Support in your Daily Practice?

Christophe Mariette MD, PhD, Marie-Laure De Botton ANP, Guillaume Piessen MD, PhD
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Comparison Between Radical Esophagectomy and Definitive Chemoradiotherapy in Patients with Clinical T1bN0M0 Esophageal Cancer

Masaaki Motoori MD, Masahiko Yano MD, Ryu Ishihara MD, Sachiko Yamamoto MD, Yoshifumi Kawaguchi MD, Koji Tanaka MD, Kentaro Kishi MD, Isao Miyashiro MD, Yoshiyuki Fujiwara MD, Tatsushi Shingai MD, Shingo Noura MD, Masayuki Ohue MD, Hiroaki Ohigashi MD, Satoaki Nakamura MD, Osamu Ishikawa MD
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Predicting Pathological Response to Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer Using 18FDG-PET/CT

Skandan Shanmugan, Rodrigo Arrangoiz, James R. Nitzkorski, Jian Q. Yu, Tianyu Li, Harry Cooper, Andre Konski, Jeffrey M. Farma, Elin R. Sigurdson
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The Treatment of Peritoneal Carcinomatosis of Colorectal Cancer with Complete Cytoreductive Surgery and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Peroperative Chemotherapy (HIPEC) with Oxaliplatin: A Belgian Multicentre Prospective Phase II Clinical Study

Daphne Hompes MD, André D’Hoore MD, PhD, Eric Van Cutsem MD, PhD, Steffen Fieuws PhD, Wim Ceelen MD, PhD, Marc Peeters MD, PhD, Kurt Van der Speeten MD, PhD, Claude Bertrand MD, Hugues Legendre MD, Joseph Kerger MD
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Gynecologic Oncology

Cytoreduction and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemoperfusion in Women with Heavily Pretreated Recurrent Ovarian Cancer

Wim P. Ceelen MD, PhD, FACS, Yves Van Nieuwenhove MD, PhD, Simon Van Belle MD, PhD, Hannelore Denys MD, PhD, Piet Pattyn MD, PhD
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Head and Neck Oncology

Clinical and Ultrasonographic Findings Affecting Nondiagnostic Results upon the Second Fine Needle Aspiration for Thyroid Nodules

Yoon Seong Choi MD, Soon Won Hong MD, PhD, Jin Young Kwak MD, PhD, Hee Jung Moon MD, PhD, Eun-Kyung Kim MD, PhD
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Management of the Neck in the Setting of Definitive Chemoradiation: Is There a Consensus? A GETTEC Study

Juliette Thariat MD, Marc Hamoir MD, Renaud Garrel MD, PhD, Alain Cosmidis MD, Olivier Dassonville MD, Janot MD, C. A. Righini MD, PhD, P. O. Vedrine MD, J. M. Prades MD, J. Lacau-Saint-Guily MD, F. Jegoux MD, O. Malard MD, PhD, E. De Mones MD, A. Benlyazid MD, R.-J. Bensadoun MD, B. Baujat MD, PhD, J. C. Merol MD, C. Ferron MD, C. Scavennec MD, D. Salvan MD, Y. Mallet MD, PhD, S. Moriniere MD, P
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Risk Factors for Gastric-Tube Dependence Following Tongue Reconstruction

Shimpei Miyamoto MD, Minoru Sakuraba MD, Shogo Nagamatsu MD, Shuji Kayano MD, Kenichi Kamizono MD, Ryuichi Hayashi MD
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Healthcare Policy and Outcomes

“It’s Not the Destination, It’s the Journey”: 2011 Society of Surgical Oncology Presidential Address

Mitchell C. Posner MD, FACS
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Tobacco Use Is Associated with Increased Recurrence and Death from Gastric Cancer

E. C. Smyth MD, M. Capanu PhD, Y. Y. Janjigian MD, D. K. Kelsen MD, D. Coit MD, V. E. Strong MD, M. A. Shah MD
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Robotic versus Laparoscopic Proctectomy for Rectal Cancer: A Meta-analysis

Sameer Memon FRACS, Alexander G. Heriot MD, MBA, FRACS, FRCS, Declan G. Murphy FRCS Urol, Mathias Bressel MSc, A. Craig Lynch MMedSci, FRACS, FCSSANZ, FASCRS (Int)
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Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma: Ethical Issues for the Surgeon

Andrew G. Shuman MD, Ashok R. Shaha MD, R. Michael Tuttle MD, Joseph J. Fins MD, FACP, Luc G. T. Morris MD
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Hepatobiliary Tumors

Liver Injury Due to Chemotherapy-induced Sinusoidal Obstruction Syndrome Is Associated with Sinusoidal Capillarization

Masato Narita MD, PhD, Elie Oussoultzoglou MD, Marie-Pierre Chenard MD, PhD, Pascal Fuchshuber MD, PhD, FACS, Muddasar Rather MD, Edoardo Rosso MD, Pietro Addeo MD, Daniel Jaeck MD, PhD, FRCS, Philippe Bachellier MD, PhD
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Salvage Hepatectomy for Local Recurrent Hepatocellular Carcinoma After Ablation Therapy

Hiroyuki Sugo MD, Yoichi Ishizaki MD, Jiro Yoshimoto MD, Hiroshi Imamura MD, Seiji Kawasaki MD
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Melanomas

Merkel Cell Carcinoma of Unknown Primary Origin

Jeremiah L. Deneve DO, Jane L. Messina MD, Suroosh S. Marzban MA, Ricardo J. Gonzalez MD, Brooke M. Walls DO, Kate J. Fisher MA, Y. Ann Chen PhD, C. Wayne Cruse MD, Vernon K. Sondak MD, Jonathan S. Zager MD, FACS
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Neuro-Oncology

Integration of Global Spectral Karyotyping, CGH Arrays, and Expression Arrays Reveals Important Genes in the Pathogenesis of Glioblastoma Multiforme

Paola E. Leone PhD, M. Belén González PhD, Carolina Elosua BS, Juan A. Gómez-Moreta MD, Eva Lumbreras BS, Cristina Robledo PhD, Angel Santos-Briz MD, José Maria Valero MD, PhD, Rafael Díaz de la Guardia PhD, Norma C. Gutiérrez MD, PhD, Jesús M. Hernández MD, PhD, Juan L. García PhD
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Pancreatic Tumors

Adjuvant PEFG (Cisplatin, Epirubicin, 5-Fluorouracil, Gemcitabine) or Gemcitabine Followed by Chemoradiation in Pancreatic Cancer: A Randomized Phase II Trial

Michele Reni MD, Gianpaolo Balzano MD, Giuseppe Aprile MD, Stefano Cereda MD, Paolo Passoni MD, Alessandro Zerbi MD, Maria Chiara Tronconi MD, Carlo Milandri MD, Piercarlo Saletti MD, Alessia Rognone MD, Clara Fugazza, Alessandro Magli MD, Nadia Di Muzio MD, Valerio Di Carlo MD, Eugenio Villa MD
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Clinical Significance of Folate Receptor β–expressing Tumor-associated Macrophages in Pancreatic Cancer

Hiroshi Kurahara MD, PhD, Sonshin Takao MD, PhD, Taisaku Kuwahata MD, Taku Nagai PhD, Qiang Ding MD, PhD, Koki Maeda MD, Hiroyuki Shinchi MD, PhD, Yuko Mataki MD, PhD, Kosei Maemura MD, PhD, Takami Matsuyama MD, PhD, Shoji Natsugoe MD, PhD
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MicroRNA-10a is Overexpressed in Human Pancreatic Cancer and Involved in Its Invasiveness Partially via Suppression of the HOXA1 Gene

Kenoki Ohuchida MD, PhD, Kazuhiro Mizumoto MD, PhD, Cui Lin MD, PhD, Hiroshi Yamaguchi MD, PhD, Takao Ohtsuka MD, PhD, Norihiro Sato MD, PhD, Hiroki Toma MD, PhD, Masafumi Nakamura MD, PhD, Eishi Nagai MD, PhD, Makoto Hashizume MD, PhD, Masao Tanaka MD, PhD
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Thoracic Oncology

Endoscopic Tumor Length Is an Independent Prognostic Factor in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Bing-Yen Wang MD, Chao-Yu Liu MD, Ching-Hsiung Lin MD, PhD, Po-Kuei Hsu MD, Wen-Hu Hsu MD, Yu-Chung Wu MD, Ching-Yuan Cheng MD
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Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor 2 Gene Polymorphisms as Predictors for Tumor Recurrence and Overall Survival in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer

Faik G. Uzunoglu MD, Caroline Kaufmann, Harriet Wikman PhD, Cenap Güngör DSc, Benjamin A. Bohn MD, Michael F. Nentwich MD, Matthias Reeh MD, Klaus Pantel, Maximilian Bockhorn PhD, Asad Kutup MD, Oliver Mann PhD, Jakob R. Izbicki, Yogesh K. Vashist MD
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Translational Research and Biomarkers

Putatively Functional PLCE1 Variants and Susceptibility to Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma (ESCC): A Case–Control Study in Eastern Chinese Populations

Haichuan Hu MD, Jingmin Yang PhD, Yihua Sun MD, Yajun Yang PhD, Ji Qian PhD, Li Jin PhD, Mengyun Wang PhD, Rui Bi MD, Ruoxin Zhang MS, Meiling Zhu PhD, Menghong Sun MD, PhD, Hongxia Ma PhD, Qingyi Wei MD, PhD, Guoliang Jiang MD, Xiaoyan Zhou MD, PhD, Haiquan Chen MD
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Combination of Haptoglobin and Osteopontin Could Predict Colorectal Cancer Hepatic Metastasis

Lichao Sun MD, Jian Pan PhD, Liang Peng PhD, Lv Fang PhD, Xuan Zhao MS, Lixin Sun MS, Zhihua Yang BS, Yuliang Ran PhD
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Urologic Oncology

Treatment Management of Small Renal Masses in the 21st Century: A Paradigm Shift

Maxine Sun BSc, Firas Abdollah MD, Marco Bianchi MD, Quoc-Dien Trinh MD, Claudio Jeldres MD, Rodolphe Thuret MD, Zhe Tian BSc, Shahrokh F. Shariat MD, Francesco Montorsi MD, Paul Perrotte MD, Pierre I. Karakiewicz MD
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Adjuvant Surgery in Testicular Cancer Patients Undergoing Postchemotherapy Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection

Hooman Djaladat MD, Craig Nichols MD, Siamak Daneshmand MD
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