Volume 19, Number 8 / August, 2012

Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcomas

Cardiac Angiosarcoma Management and Outcomes: 20-Year Single-institution Experience

Nicole J. Look Hong MD, MSc, Prakash K. Pandalai MD, Jason L. Hornick MD, PhD, Prem S. Shekar MD, David C. Harmon MD, Yen-Lin Chen MD, James E. Butrynski MD, Elizabeth H. Baldini MD, MPH, Chandrajit P. Raut MD, MSc
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Recurrent Amplification at 7q21.2 Targets CDK6 Gene in Primary Myxofibrosarcomas and Identifies CDK6 Overexpression as an Independent Adverse Prognosticator

Jen-Wei Tsai MD, Chien-Feng Li MD, Yu-Chien Kao MD, Jun-Wen Wang MD, Fu-Min Fang MD, PhD, Yu-Hui Wang MS, Wen-Ren Wu, Li-Ching Wu, Chung-Hsi Hsing MD, Shau-Hsuan Li MD, Shih-Chen Yu BS, Jui Lan MD, Hsuan-Ying Huang MD
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Breast Oncology

Limited Value and Utility of Breast MRI in Patients Undergoing Breast-Conserving Cancer Surgery

Hee-Chul Shin MD, Wonshik Han MD, PhD, Hyeong-Gon Moon MD, Cha Kyong Yom MD, PhD, Soo Kyung Ahn MD, Jee-Man You MD, Ji Sun Kim MD, Jung-Min Chang MD, PhD, Nariya Cho MD, PhD, Woo Kyung Moon MD, PhD, In-Ae Park MD, PhD, Dong-Young Noh MD, PhD
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Nomograms for Predicting the Risk of Arm Lymphedema after Axillary Dissection in Breast Cancer

José Luiz B. Bevilacqua MD, PhD, Michael W. Kattan PhD, Yu Changhong MS, Sergio Koifman MD, PhD, Inês E. Mattos MD, PhD, Rosalina J. Koifman MD, PhD, Anke Bergmann PhD
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The Association Between Breast Cancer Prognostic Indicators and Serum 25-OH Vitamin D Levels

Luke J. Peppone PhD, MPH, Aaron S. Rickles MD, Michelle C. Janelsins PhD, Michael R. Insalaco AS, Kristin A. Skinner MD
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Comparison of Patient Characteristics and Outcomes of Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy and Unilateral Total Mastectomy in Breast Cancer Patients

Alice Chung MD, Kelly Huynh MD, Camelia Lawrence MD, Myung-Shin Sim MS, PhD, Armando Giuliano MD
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Outcomes after Tumescence Technique versus Electrocautery Mastectomy

Andrea M. Abbott MD, MS, Benjamin T. Miller MD, Todd M. Tuttle MD, MS
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Clinicopathologic Risk Factors for the Local Recurrence of Phyllodes Tumors of the Breast

Jae Hyuck Jang MD, Min-Young Choi MD, Se Kyung Lee MD, Sangmin Kim PhD, Jiyoung Kim MD, Jeonghui Lee MD, Seung Pil Jung MD, Jun-Ho Choe MD, Jung-Han Kim MD, Jee Soo Kim MD, Eun Yoon Cho MD, Jeong Eon Lee MD, Seok Jin Nam MD, Jung-Hyun Yang MD
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Radiofrequency Ablation After Breast Lumpectomy Added to Extend Intraoperative Margins in the Treatment of Breast Cancer (ABLATE): A Single-institution Experience

Aimee Mackey MD, Sheldon Feldman MD, Amiya Vaz BA, Lara Durrant BA, Christopher Seaton BA, V. Suzanne Klimberg MD
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Colorectal Cancer

Risk Factors for Lymph Node Metastasis in pT1 and pT2 Rectal Cancer: A Single-Institute Experience in 943 Patients and Literature Review

Hao-Cheng Chang MD, Shih-Chiang Huang MD, Jinn-Shiun Chen MD, Reiping Tang MD, Chung Rong Changchien MD, Jy-Ming Chiang MD, Chien-Yuh Yeh MD, Pao-Shiu Hsieh MD, Wen-Sy Tsai MD, Hsin-Yuan Hung MD, Jeng-Fu You MD
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A Comparative Study of Voiding and Sexual Function after Total Mesorectal Excision with Autonomic Nerve Preservation for Rectal Cancer: Laparoscopic Versus Robotic Surgery

Jeong Yeon Kim MD, Nam-Kyu Kim MD, Kang Young Lee MD, Hyuk Hur MD, Byung Soh Min MD, Jang Hwan Kim MD
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Short-term Results and Long-term Oncologic Outcomes between Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy and Adjuvant Postoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Stage III Rectal Cancer: A Case-matched Study

Jeonghyun Kang MD, Sung Min Jang MD, Jeong-Heum Baek MD, PhD, Won Suk Lee MD, PhD, Tae Ho Cho MD
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T4N0 Colon Cancer Has Oncologic Outcomes Comparable to Stage III in a Specialized Center

Matteo Rottoli MD, Luca Stocchi MD, David W. Dietz MD
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Endocrine Tumors

Classification of Parathyroid Cancer

Klaus-Martin Schulte MD, FRCS, Anthony J. Gill FRCPA, Marcin Barczynski MD, Elias Karakas MD, Akira Miyauchi MD, W. T. Knoefel MD, Celestino Pio Lombardi MD, Nadia Talat BSc Hons, Salvador Diaz-Cano FRCPath, Clive S. Grant MD
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A Comparative Study of the Transperitoneal and Posterior Retroperitoneal Approaches for Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy for Adrenal Tumors

Cho Rok Lee MD, Martin K. Walz MD, Seulkee Park MD, Jae Hyun Park MD, Jun Soo Jeong MD, So Hee Lee MD, Sang-Wook Kang MD, Jong Ju Jeong MD, Kee-Hyun Nam MD, Woong Youn Chung MD, Cheong Soo Park MD
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Simultaneous Medullary and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: A Population-Level Analysis of an Increasingly Common Entity

Risa L. Wong BS, Hadiza S. Kazaure BSc, Sanziana A. Roman MD, Julie A. Sosa MD
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Resection of Adrenocortical Carcinoma Liver Metastasis: Is it Justified?

Sébastien Gaujoux MD, Hikmat Al-Ahmadie MD, Peter J. Allen MD, Mithat Gonen PhD, Jinru Shia MD, Michael D’Angelica MD, Ronald Dematteo MD, Yuman Fong MD, Leslie Blumgart MD, William R. Jarnagin MD
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Gastrointestinal Oncology

Staging Gastric Cancer Patients after Complete Surgical Resection: Which System Should We Use?

Sam S. Yoon MD
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Surgical Complications in Gastric Cancer Patients Preoperatively Treated with Chemotherapy: Their Risk Factors and Clinical Relevance

Ji Yeong An MD, Kyung Min Kim MD, Yoo Min Kim MD, Jae-Ho Cheong MD, Woo Jin Hyung MD, Sung Hoon Noh MD, PhD
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A 5 Year Analysis of Readmissions after Radical Subtotal Gastrectomy for Early Gastric Cancer

Min-Chan Kim MD, PhD, Ki-Han Kim MD, PhD, Ghap-Joong Jung MD, PhD
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Nodal Counts on MDCT as a Surrogate Marker for Surgical Curability in Gastric Cancer

Tsutomu Kawaguchi MD, Shuhei Komatsu MD, Daisuke Ichikawa MD, Kazuma Okamoto MD, Atsushi Shiozaki MD, Hitoshi Fujiwara MD, Yasutoshi Murayama MD, Yoshiaki Kuriu MD, Hisashi Ikoma MD, Masayoshi Nakanishi MD, Toshiya Ochiai MD, Yukihito Kokuba MD, Tsunehiko Nishimura MD, Eigo Otsuji MD
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Combined Modality Therapy for Rectal Cancer: The Relative Value of Posttreatment Versus Pretreatment CEA as a Prognostic Marker for Disease Recurrence

Suisui Song MD, Julian C. Hong MS, Siobhan E. McDonnell BS, Albert C. Koong MD, PhD, Bruce D. Minsky MD, Daniel T. Chang MD, Stanley L. Liauw MD
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Healthcare Policy and Outcomes

Hospital and Medical Care Days in Pancreatic Cancer

Casey A. Boyd MD, Daniel W. Branch MS, Kristin M. Sheffield PhD, Yimei Han MS, Yong-Fang Kuo PhD, James S. Goodwin MD, Taylor S. Riall MD, PhD
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Hepatobiliary Tumors

Intratumoral IL-17+ Cells and Neutrophils show Strong Prognostic Significance in Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma

Fang-Ming Gu MD, Qiang Gao MD, Guo-Ming Shi MD, Xin Zhang MD, Jiping Wang MD, Jia-Hao Jiang MD, Xiao-Ying Wang MD, Ying-Hong Shi MD, Zhen-Bin Ding MD, Jia Fan MD, Jian Zhou MD
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Long-Term Outcomes of Repeat Hepatic Resection in Patients with Recurrent Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Analysis of Recurrent Types and Their Prognosis: A Single-Center Experience in China

Zhi-yong Huang MD, Bin-yong Liang MD, Min Xiong MD, Da-qian Zhan MD, Shuang Wei MD, Guo-ping Wang MD, Yi-fa Chen MD, Xiao-ping Chen MD
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What Is a Safe Future Liver Remnant Size in Patients Undergoing Major Hepatectomy for Colorectal Liver Metastases and Treated by Intensive Preoperative Chemotherapy?

Masato Narita MD, PhD, Elie Oussoultzoglou MD, Pascal Fuchshuber MD, PhD, FACS, Patrick Pessaux MD, PhD, Marie-Pierre Chenard MD, PhD, Edoardo Rosso MD, Cinzia Nobili MD, Daniel Jaeck MD, PhD, Philippe Bachellier MD, PhD
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Disseminated Tumor Cells in the Bone Marrow Negatively Influence Survival after Resection of Colorectal Liver Metastases

Sebastian Hinz MD, Jessica Bockhorst, Christian Röder PhD, Jan-Hendrik Egberts MD, PhD, Clemens Schafmayer MD, PhD, Thomas Küchler MD, PhD, Thomas Becker MD, PhD, Holger Kalthoff PhD
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Medical Oncology

Anesthetic Management and Renal Function in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Cytoreductive Surgery with Continuous Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) with Cisplatin

Pascal Owusu-Agyemang MD, Radha Arunkumar MD, Holly Green PA-C, Darline Hurst CRNA, Kathryn Landoski CRNA, Andrea Hayes-Jordan MD
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Melanoma

Metastasectomy for Distant Metastatic Melanoma: Analysis of Data from the First Multicenter Selective Lymphadenectomy Trial (MSLT-I)

J. Harrison Howard MD, John F. Thompson MD, Nicola Mozzillo MD, Omgo E. Nieweg MD, Harald J. Hoekstra MD, Daniel F. Roses MD, Vernon K. Sondak MD, Douglas S. Reintgen MD, Mohammed Kashani-Sabet MD, Constantine P. Karakousis MD, Brendon J. Coventry BM, BS, PhD, William G. Kraybill MD, B. Mark Smithers FRACS, Robert Elashoff PhD, Stacey L. Stern MS, Alistair J. Cochran MD, Mark B. Faries MD, Donald
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Melanomas

Surgery for Distant Metastatic Melanoma Improves Survival

Bin B. R. Kroon MD, PhD, FRCS
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Natural History of Merkel Cell Carcinoma Following Locoregional Recurrence

Travis E. Grotz MD, Tina I. Tarantola MD, Clark C. Otley MD, Amy L. Weaver MS, Michaela E. McGree BS, James W. Jakub MD
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Patterns of Recurrence Following Complete Response to Regional Chemotherapy for In-Transit Melanoma

Ketan Sharma BA, MPH, Georgia Beasley MD, Ryan Turley MD, Amanda K. Raymond MD, Gloria Broadwater MS, Bercedis Peterson PhD, Paul Mosca MD, PhD, Douglas Tyler MD
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Neuro-Oncology

Racial and Gender Disparities and the Role of Primary Tumor Type on Inpatient Outcomes Following Craniotomy for Brain Metastases

Miriam Nuño PhD, Debraj Mukherjee MD, MPH, Adam Elramsisy BS, Kristin Nosova MBA, Shivanand P. Lad MD, PhD, Maxwell Boakye MD, MPH, John S. Yu MD, Keith L. Black MD, Chirag G. Patil MD, MS
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Pancreatic Tumors

Postoperative Prognostic Predictors of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: Clinical Analysis and Immunoprofile on Tissue Microarrays

Joo Kyung Park MD, Min A. Kim MD, PhD, Ji Kon Ryu MD, PhD, Yong Bum Yoon MD, PhD, Sun-Whe Kim MD, PhD, Ho-Seong Han MD, PhD, Gyeong Hoon Kang MD, PhD, Haeryoung Kim MD, PhD, Jin-Hyeok Hwang MD, PhD, Yong-Tae Kim MD, PhD
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Osteopontin Expression is Associated with Improved Survival in Patients with Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

Amy L. Collins MD, Jonathan Rock MD, Lavina Malhotra MD, Wendy L. Frankel MD, Mark Bloomston MD
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Reconstructive Oncology

Locoregional Recurrence after Mastectomy with Immediate Transverse Rectus Abdominis Myocutaneous (TRAM) Flap Reconstruction

Sharla Gayle Patterson MD, Paige Teller MD, Radha Iyengar MD, Grant W. Carlson MD, Sheryl G. A. Gabram-Mendola MD, Albert Losken MD, Toncred Styblo MD, Mylin Torres MD, William C. Wood MD, Sebastian D. Perez MS, Marina Mosunjac MD, Monica Rizzo MD
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Translational Research and Biomarkers

Pyrosequencing Assay to Measure LINE-1 Methylation Level in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Shiro Iwagami MD, Yoshifumi Baba MD, PhD, Masayuki Watanabe MD, PhD, Hironobu Shigaki MD, Keisuke Miyake MSc, Satoshi Ida MD, PhD, Yohei Nagai MD, Takatsugu Ishimoto MD, PhD, Masaaki Iwatsuki MD, PhD, Yasuo Sakamoto MD, PhD, Yuji Miyamoto MD, PhD, Hideo Baba MD, PhD
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VEGF-A/VEGFR-2 Signaling Plays an Important Role for the Motility of Pancreas Cancer Cells

Yosuke Doi, Masakazu Yashiro, Nobuya Yamada, Ryosuke Amano, Satoru Noda, Kosei Hirakawa
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Survivin-mediated Therapeutic Efficacy of Gemcitabine through Glucose-regulated Protein 78 in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Chin-Sheng Hung MD, Shen-Fu Lin MS, Hui-Hsiung Liu MD, PhD, Li-Jen Kuo MD, Li-Tzu Li PhD, Hou-Yu Su MD, Phui-Ly Liew MD, Feng-Yen Lin PhD, Po-Li Wei MD, PhD, Der-Zen Liu PhD, Yu-Jia Chang PhD
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UHRF1 Promotes Cell Growth and Metastasis Through Repression of p16ink4a in Colorectal Cancer

Feng Wang PhD, Yong-Zhi Yang MS, Chen-Zhang Shi PhD, Peng Zhang PhD, Mary Pat Moyer PhD, Hui-Zhen Zhang MD, Yang Zou MD, Huan-Long Qin MD
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NDRG2 Is Involved in the Oncogenic Properties of Renal Cell Carcinoma and Its Loss Is a Novel Independent Poor Prognostic Factor After Nephrectomy

Zhe Long Liang MD, Kyeongah Kang PhD, Sukjoon Yoon PhD, Song Mei Huang MD, Jae Sung Lim MD, Jin Man Kim MD, Jong-Seok Lim PhD, Hyo Jin Lee MD
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Urologic Oncology

Decreasing Rates of Lymph Node Dissection During Radical Nephrectomy for Renal Cell Carcinoma

Max Kates BA, Hugh J. Lavery MD, Jonathan Brajtbord BA, David Samadi MD, Michael A. Palese MD
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