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Annals of Surgical Oncology

Issue 10/2011

Content (42 Articles)

Endocrine Tumors

Adrenalectomy: Is Volume a Surrogate for Quality?

Kent W. Kercher

Healthcare Policy and Outcomes

Adrenalectomy in Older Americans has Increased Morbidity and Mortality: An Analysis of 6,416 Patients

Hadiza S. Kazaure, Sanziana A. Roman, Julie A. Sosa

Healthcare Policy and Outcomes

Intraoperative Epidural Analgesia Prevents the Early Proinflammatory Response to Surgical Trauma. Results from a Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial of Intraoperative Epidural Versus General Analgesia

Nora Maria Moselli, Elisa Baricocchi, Dario Ribero, Antonio Sottile, Luisa Suita, Felicino Debernardi

Head and Neck Oncology

Long-Term Experience in Sentinel Node Biopsy for Early Oral and Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Martina A. Broglie, Sarah R. Haile, Sandro J. Stoeckli

Head and Neck Oncology

Low-Dose Preoperative Chemoradiation Therapy Compared with Surgery Alone with or Without Postoperative Radiotherapy in Patients with Head and Neck Carcinoma

Thomas Mücke, Mario Konen, Stefan Wagenpfeil, Marco R. Kesting, Klaus-Dietrich Wolff, Frank Hölzle

Head and Neck Oncology

Predictors of Survival in Mucosal Melanoma of the Head and Neck

Daniel Jethanamest, Peter M. Vila, Andrew G. Sikora, Luc G. T. Morris

Open Access Hepatobiliary Tumors

Is the Clinical Risk Score for Patients with Colorectal Liver Metastases Still Useable in the Era of Effective Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy?

Ninos Ayez, Zarina S. Lalmahomed, Anne E. M. van der Pool, Yvonne Vergouwe, Kees van Montfort, Jeroen de Jonge, Alexander M. M. Eggermont, Jan N. M. IJzermans, Cornelis Verhoef

Pancreatic Tumors

Pancreas-Protocol Imaging at a High-Volume Center Leads to Improved Preoperative Staging of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

Dustin M. Walters, Damien J. LaPar, Eduard E. de Lange, Marc Sarti, Jayme B. Stokes, Reid B. Adams, Todd W. Bauer

Colorectal Cancer

Risk Factors for Anastomotic Leakage after Rectal Cancer Resection and Reconstruction with Colorectostomy. A Retrospective Study with Bootstrap Analysis

Rene Warschkow, Thomas Steffen, Jutta Thierbach, Thomas Bruckner, Jochen Lange, Ignazio Tarantino

Colorectal Cancer

Evaluation of 18F-FDG-PET for Early Detection of Suboptimal Response of Rectal Cancer to Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy: A Prospective Analysis

Tobias Leibold, Timothy J. Akhurst, David B. Chessin, Henry W. Yeung, Homer Macapinlac, Jinru Shia, Bruce D. Minsky, Leonard B. Saltz, Elyn Riedel, Madhu Mazumdar, Philip B. Paty, Martin R. Weiser, W. Douglas Wong, Steven M. Larson, José G. Guillem

Colorectal Cancer

MRI-Based Indications for Neoadjuvant Radiochemotherapy in Rectal Carcinoma: Interim Results of a Prospective Multicenter Observational Study

Joachim Strassburg, Reinhard Ruppert, Henry Ptok, Christoph Maurer, Theodor Junginger, Susanne Merkel, Paul Hermanek

Gastrointestinal Oncology

Gastric Adenocarcinoma in Young Patients: a Population-Based Appraisal

Waddah B. Al-Refaie, Chung-Yuan Hu, Peter W. T. Pisters, George J. Chang

Gastrointestinal Oncology

A Comparison of POSSUM and GPS Models in the Prediction of Post-operative Outcome in Patients Undergoing Oesophago-gastric Cancer Resection

Sumanta Dutta, Nesrin M. Al-Mrabt, Grant M. Fullarton, Paul G. Horgan, Donald C. McMillan

Gastrointestinal Oncology

Dissemination of Free Cancer Cells from the Gastric Lumen and from Perigastric Lymphovascular Pedicles during Radical Gastric Cancer Surgery

Tae-Su Han, Seong-Ho Kong, Hyuk-Joon Lee, Hye-Seong Ahn, Keun Hur, Jieun Yu, Woo-Ho Kim, Han-Kwang Yang

Gastrointestinal Oncology

Tumor Size and Depth Predict Rate of Lymph Node Metastasis and Utilization of Lymph Node Sampling in Surgically Managed Gastric Carcinoids

Mandeep S. Saund, Riad H. Al Natour, Ashish M. Sharma, Qin Huang, Valia A. Boosalis, Jason S. Gold

Gastrointestinal Oncology

Evaluation of HER2 Protein Expression in Gastric Carcinomas: Comparative Analysis of 1414 Cases of Whole-Tissue Sections and 595 Cases of Tissue Microarrays

Kab Choong Kim, Young Wha Koh, Heung-Moon Chang, Tae Hwan Kim, Jeong Hwan Yook, Byung Sik Kim, Se Jin Jang, Young Soo Park

Translational Research and Biomarkers

Contrasting Prognostic Implications of Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Receptor-β and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2 in Patients with Angiosarcoma

Kan Yonemori, Koji Tsuta, Masashi Ando, Akihiro Hirakawa, Yutaka Hatanaka, Yoshihiro Matsuno, Hirokazu Chuman, Naoya Yamazaki, Yasuhiro Fujiwara, Tadashi Hasegawa

Breast Oncology

Impact of Breast Cancer Molecular Subtypes on Locoregional Recurrence in Patients Treated with Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Locally Advanced Breast Cancer

Michael O. Meyers, Nancy Klauber-DeMore, David W. Ollila, Keith D. Amos, Dominic T. Moore, Amy A. Drobish, Emily M. Burrows, E. Claire Dees, Lisa A. Carey

Breast Oncology

The Negative Effect of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer on Outcome after Breast-Conserving Therapy

Sandra S. Zaky, MaryJo Lund, Kelly A. May, Karen D. Godette, Jonathan J. Beitler, Leslie R. Holmes, Ruth M. O’Regan, Esther S. Yu, David S. Yu, Jerome C. Landry

Breast Oncology

Morbidity of Sentinel Node Biopsy: Relationship Between Number of Excised Lymph Nodes and Patient Perceptions of Lymphedema

Jessica I. Goldberg, Elyn R. Riedel, Monica Morrow, Kimberly J. Van Zee

Breast Oncology

Ductal Carcinoma-In-Situ of the Breast with Subsequent Distant Metastasis and Death

Robert E. Roses, Banu K. Arun, Sara A. Lari, Elizabeth A. Mittendorf, Anthony Lucci, Kelly K. Hunt, Henry M. Kuerer

Breast Oncology

Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Multicentric Breast Cancer: Five-Year Results in a Large Series from a Single Institution

Oreste Gentilini, Paolo Veronesi, Edoardo Botteri, Fiammetta Soggiu, Giuseppe Trifirò, Germana Lissidini, Viviana Galimberti, Simona Musmeci, Paola Rafaniello Raviele, Antonio Toesca, Silvia Ratini, Andres Del Castillo, Marco Colleoni, Nina Talakhadze, Nicole Rotmensz, Giuseppe Viale, Umberto Veronesi, Alberto Luini

Breast Oncology

Identifying Gaps in the Locoregional Management of Early Breast Cancer: Highlights from the Kyoto Consensus Conference

Masakazu Toi, Eric P. Winer, Takashi Inamoto, John R. Benson, John F. Forbes, Michihide Mitsumori, John F. R. Robertson, Hironobu Sasano, Gunter von Minckwitz, Akira Yamauchi, V. Suzanne Klimberg

Endocrine Tumors

Predictive Value of Cytologic Atypia in Indeterminate Thyroid Fine-Needle Aspirate Biopsies

Meredith A. Kato, Daniel Buitrago, Tracy-Ann Moo, Xavier M. Keutgen, Raza S. Hoda, Joseph A. Ricci, Paul J. Christos, Grace Yang, Thomas J. Fahey III, Rasa Zarnegar

Endocrine Tumors

Diffuse Microcalcifications Only of the Thyroid Gland Seen on Ultrasound: Clinical Implication and Diagnostic Approach

Jung Hyun Yoon, Eun-Kyung Kim, Eun Ju Son, Hee Jung Moon, Jin Young Kwak

Endocrine Tumors

What is the Added Benefit of Cervical Ultrasound to 99mTc-Sestamibi Scanning in Primary Hyperparathyroidism?

Joel T. Adler, Herbert Chen, Sarah Schaefer, Rebecca S. Sippel

Gynecologic Oncology

Prognostic Significance of Splenectomy as Part of Initial Cytoreductive Surgery in Ovarian Cancer

Christopher K. McCann, Whitfield B. Growdon, Elizabeth G. Munro, Marcela G. Del Carmen, David M. Boruta, John O. Schorge, Annekathryn Goodman

Melanomas

Selective Sentinel Lymph Node Dissection for Melanoma: Importance of Harvesting Nodes with Lower Radioactive Counts without the Need for Blue Dye

Liang-Chih Liu, Brian M. Parrett, Tyler Jenkins, Wayne Lee, Eugene Morita, Patrick Treseler, Laura Huang, Suresh Thummala, Robert E. Allen, Mohammed Kashani-Sabet, Stanley P. L. Leong

Melanomas

Racial Differences in Survival after Surgical Treatment for Melanoma

Karen Kadela Collins, Ryan C. Fields, Dadrie Baptiste, Ying Liu, Jeffrey Moley, Donna B. Jeffe

Neuro-Oncology

Prognostic Impact of CD133 mRNA Expression in 48 Glioblastoma Patients Treated with Concomitant Radiochemotherapy: A Prospective Patient Cohort at a Single Institution

Philippe Metellus, Isabelle Nanni-Metellus, Christine Delfino, Carole Colin, Aurelie Tchogandjian, Bema Coulibaly, Frederic Fina, Anderson Loundou, Marylin Barrie, Olivier Chinot, L’Houcine Ouafik, Dominique Figarella-Branger

Gastrointestinal Oncology

COX2 Expression Predicts Resistance to Chemoradiotherapy in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Yasunori Akutsu, Naoyuki Hanari, Gulbostan Yusup, Aki Komatsu-Akimoto, Norimasa Ikeda, Mikito Mori, Yasuo Yoneyama, Satoshi Endo, Yukimasa Miyazawa, Hisahiro Matsubara

Thoracic Oncology

Risk Factors that Influence Early Death Due to Cancer Recurrence After Extended Radical Esophagectomy with Three-Field Lymph Node Dissection

Shin-ichi Kosugi, Tatsuo Kanda, Kazuhito Yajima, Takashi Ishikawa, Katsuyoshi Hatakeyama

Thoracic Oncology

Lymphatic Vessel Invasion is a Significant Prognostic Indicator in Stage IA Lung Adenocarcinoma

Kazuhito Funai, Haruhiko Sugimura, Toyohiko Morita, Yasumasa Shundo, Kei Shimizu, Norihiko Shiiya

Urologic Oncology

Radical Prostatectomy Versus External-Beam Radiotherapy for Localized Prostate Cancer: Long-Term Effect on Biochemical Control—In Search of the Optimal Treatment

Carmen González-San Segundo, Felipe Herranz-Amo, Ana Álvarez-González, Pedro Cuesta-Álvaro, Marina Gómez-Espi, Eva Paños-Fagundo, Juan A. Santos-Miranda

Urologic Oncology

Mortality and Morbidity After Cytoreductive Nephrectomy for Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Population-Based Study

Firas Abdollah, Maxine Sun, Rodolphe Thuret, Jan Schmitges, Shahrokh F. Shariat, Paul Perrotte, Francesco Montorsi, Pierre I. Karakiewicz

Urologic Oncology

Trends of Retroperitoneal Lymphadenectomy Use in Patients with Nonseminomatous Germ Cell Tumor of the Testis: A Population-Based Study

Maxine Sun, Firas Abdollah, Lars Budaüs, Daniel Liberman, Zhe Tian, Monica Morgan, Rupinder Johal, Jan Schmitges, Shahrokh F. Shariat, Francesco Montorsi, Markus Greafen, Paul Perrotte, Pierre I. Karakiewicz

Healthcare Policy and Outcomes

The Significance of PITX2 Overexpression in Human Colorectal Cancer

Hajime Hirose, Hideshi Ishii, Koshi Mimori, Fumiaki Tanaka, Ichiro Takemasa, Tsunekazu Mizushima, Masataka Ikeda, Hirofumi Yamamoto, Mitsugu Sekimoto, Yuichiro Doki, Masaki Mori

Translational Research and Biomarkers

Aberrant Gene Methylation Is a Biomarker for the Detection of Cancer Cells in Peritoneal Wash Samples from Advanced Gastric Cancer Patients

Masatsugu Hiraki, Yoshihiko Kitajima, Yasuo Koga, Tomokazu Tanaka, Jun Nakamura, Kazuyoshi Hashiguchi, Hirokazu Noshiro, Kohji Miyazaki