Issue 10/2020
Content (80 Articles)
To Perform an Axillary Lymph Node Dissection or Not? That Is (Still) the Question
Carla S. Fisher
Forewarned Is Forearmed: Can Better Patient Counseling Increase MRI Utilization in High-Risk Women?
Amy E. Cyr, Ranjna Sharma
Primary Site Surgery and Survival Impact in Metastatic HER2-Amplified Breast Cancer: Responsible use of Cohort Data
Robert W. Krell, Philip M. Spanheimer
Virtual Biobanking for Retroperitoneal Sarcoma: A Transatlantic Australasian Retroperitoneal Sarcoma Working Group (TARPSWG) Initiative
Eisar Al-Sukhni, Winan J. van Houdt, Sally M. Burtenshaw, Yael Babichev, Chandrajit P. Raut, Marco Fiore, Elizabeth G. Demicco, Alessandro Gronchi, Rebecca A. Gladdy
Timing Is Everything: Could Surveillance Imaging Intensity Influence Survival in High-Risk Melanoma?
Madalyn G. Neuwirth, Edmund K. Bartlett
Prognosis of Resected Neuroendocrine Metastases: A Complex Puzzle Can Only be Solved One Small Piece at a Time
Lana Bijelic
Warm and Welcoming: Is It What We Say or How We Say It?
Herbert J. Zeh, Sandra L. Wong, Martin J. Heslin
Cardio-Pulmonary Exercise Testing Prior to Major Surgery
Michael R. Gooseman, Alessandro Brunelli
Extranodal Tumor Deposits in the Axillary Fat Indicate the Need for Axillary Dissection Among T1–T2cN0 Patients with Positive Sentinel Nodes
Anita Mamtani, Andrea V. Barrio, Debra A. Goldman, Hannah Y. Wen, Alain Vincent, Monica Morrow
ASO Author Reflections: Refining Risk Assessment in Node-Positive Breast Cancer Patients Eligible for Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy Alone
Anita Mamtani, Monica Morrow
Baseline Screening MRI Uptake and Findings in Women with ≥ 20% Lifetime Risk of Breast Cancer
Alison Laws, Therese M. Mulvey, Nicole Jalbert, Sarah Dalton, Olga Kantor, Katherine A. Harris, Karen J. Krag, Elizabeth P. Walsh, Suzanne B. Coopey
ASO Author Reflections: Breast Cancer Detection of Baseline Screening MRI in High-Risk Women Who Are Not in the Highest Risk Groups
Suzanne B. Coopey
Utility of Oncotype DX in Male Breast Cancer Patients and Impact on Chemotherapy Administration: A Comparative Study with Female Patients
Austin D. Williams, Christopher M. McGreevy, Julia C. Tchou, Lucy M. De La Cruz
ASO Author Reflections: No Profiling in Male Breast Cancer: Where We are and Where We Should Be
Austin D. Williams, Lucy M. De La Cruz
Factors Predicting Breast Cancer Development in Women During Surveillance After Surgery for Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia of the Breast: Analysis of Clinical, Radiologic, and Histopathologic Features
Jung Hyun Yoon, Ja Seung Koo, Hye Sun Lee, Eun-Kyung Kim, Min Jung Kim, Vivian Youngjean Park, Hee Jung Moon
Breast Cancer Surgery Decision Role Perceptions and Choice of Surgery
Lily Gutnik, Chelsea McCarty Allen, Angela P. Presson, Cindy B. Matsen
Germline Genetic Mutations in a Multi-center Contemporary Cohort of 550 Phyllodes Tumors: An Opportunity for Expanded Multi-gene Panel Testing
Laura H. Rosenberger, Samantha M. Thomas, Suniti N. Nimbkar, Tina J. Hieken, Kandice K. Ludwig, Lisa K. Jacobs, Megan E. Miller, Kristalyn K. Gallagher, Jasmine Wong, Heather B. Neuman, Jennifer Tseng, Taryn E. Hassinger, James W. Jakub
The Waiting Game: How Long Are Breast Cancer Patients Waiting for Definitive Diagnosis?
Alexandra Kovar, Michael Bronsert, Kshama Jaiswal, Colleen Murphy, Dulcy Wolverton, Gretchen Ahrendt, Sarah Tevis
Evaluating Need for Additional Imaging and Biopsy After Oncoplastic Breast-Conserving Surgery
Angelena Crown, Ruby Laskin, Christina Weed, Flavio G. Rocha, Janie Grumley
ASO Author Reflections: Oncoplastic Surgery Does Not Compromise Surveillance Imaging
Angelena Crown, Janie Grumley
The Landmark Series: Systemic Therapy for Resectable Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
Emily Z. Keung, Chandrajit P. Raut, Piotr Rutkowski
The Landmark Series: Multimodality Treatment of Extremity Sarcoma
Christina L. Roland, Winan van Houdt, Alessandro Gronchi
Imaging Intensity and Survival Outcomes in High-Risk Resected Melanoma Treated by Systemic Therapy at Recurrence
Andrea Marie Ibrahim, Melanie Le May, Dominick Bossé, Horia Marginean, Xinni Song, Carolyn Nessim, Michael Ong
Improved Perioperative Seroma and Complication Rates Following the Application of a 2-Layer Negative Pressure Wound Therapy System After Inguinal Lymphadenectomy for Metastatic Cutaneous Melanoma
Marc D. Moncrieff, Riti A. Sharma, Esther Gathura, Martin J. Heaton
The Landmark Series: Minimally Invasive (Laparoscopic and Robotic) Colorectal Cancer Surgery
Marco E. Allaix, Fabrizio Rebecchi, Alessandro Fichera
ASO Author Reflections: Minimally Invasive Surgery for Colorectal Cancer: Where Do We Stand?
Marco E. Allaix, Fabrizio Rebecchi, Alessandro Fichera
Multi-institutional Development and External Validation of a Nomogram Predicting Recurrence After Curative Liver Resection for Neuroendocrine Liver Metastasis
Jun-Xi Xiang, Xu-Feng Zhang, Matthew Weiss, Luca Aldrighetti, George A. Poultsides, Todd W. Bauer, Ryan C. Fields, Shishir Kumar Maithel, Hugo P. Marques, Timothy M. Pawlik
ASO Author Reflections: A Nomogram to Predict Recurrence after Curative-Intent Resection for Neuroendocrine Liver Metastasis
Diamantis I. Tsilimigras, Jun-Xi Xiang, Xu-Feng Zhang, Timothy M. Pawlik
Downstaging with Radioembolization or Chemotherapy for Initially Unresectable Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma
Diane Riby, Alessandro D. Mazzotta, Damien Bergeat, Lucas Verdure, Laurent Sulpice, Heloise Bourien, Astrid Lièvre, Yan Rolland, Etienne Garin, Karim Boudjema, Julien Edeline
ASO Author Reflections: Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: Downstaging Strategies Open the Gate to Surgery and Cure
Karim Boudjema, Julien Edeline
Prognostic Role of Time to Surgery in Hepatocellular Carcinoma at Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer Stage 0-A
Mengchao Wei, Shuling Chen, Jiali Li, Bin Li, Jingxian Shen, Zhenwei Peng, Qian Zhou, Ying Zou, Xiaofang He, Shaoqiang Li, Dongming Li, Baogang Peng, Jiaming Lai, Sui Peng, Beijiao Qin, Ming Kuang
Unconscious Bias in Speaker Introductions at a Surgical Oncology Meeting: Hierarchy Reigns Over Gender
Camille L. Stewart, James P. De Andrade, Narjust Duma, Oliver K. Ralph, Kevin Choong, Lorena Gonzalez, Natalie C. McClintock, Ethan Sandoval, Laleh G. Melstrom, Susanne G. Warner
Peritumoral Lymphatic Vessels Associated with Resistance to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Unfavorable Survival in Esophageal Cancer
Takeo Hara, Tomoki Makino, Makoto Yamasaki, Koji Tanaka, Kotaro Yamashita, Yuya Nogi, Takuro Saito, Tsuyoshi Takahashi, Yukinori Kurokawa, Mitsuaki Tatsumi, Kiyokazu Nakajima, Eiichi Morii, Hidetoshi Eguchi, Yuichiro Doki
ASO Author Reflections: Peritumoral Lymphatic Vessels as a Predictor of Response to Chemotherapy and Survival in Esophageal Cancer
Tomoki Makino, Takeo Hara, Yuichiro Doki
Robotic Surgery in the Frail Elderly: Analysis of Perioperative Outcomes
Alessia Aloisi, Jill Tseng, Theresa Kuhn, Jacqueline Feinberg, Dennis S. Chi, Carol L. Brown, Jennifer J. Mueller, Ginger J. Gardner, Oliver Zivanovic, Elizabeth L. Jewell, Kara Long Roche, Vance Broach, Nadeem R. Abu-Rustum, Mario M. Leitao Jr.
ASO Author Reflections: Robotically Assisted Gynecologic Surgery in the Frail Elderly: Analysis of Perioperative Outcomes
Alessia Aloisi, Mario M. Leitao Jr.
The Role of Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing as a Risk Assessment Tool in Patients Undergoing Oesophagectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Jonathan Sivakumar, Harry Sivakumar, Matthew Read, Rhona C. F. Sinclair, Chistopher P. Snowden, Michael W. Hii
ASO Author Reflections: What is the Role of Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Prior to Oesophagectomy?
Jonathan Sivakumar, Harry Sivakumar, Michael W. Hii
Near-Infrared Fluorescent Image-Guided Lymphatic Mapping in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Haoyao Jiang, Haohua Teng, Yifeng Sun, Xufeng Guo, Rong Hua, Yuchen Su, Bin Li, Bo Ye, Yu Yang, Zhigang Li
Wait-and-See Treatment Strategy Could be Considered for Lung Adenocarcinoma with Special Pleural Dissemination Lesions, and Low Genomic Instability Correlates with Better Survival
Ying Chen, Wen-Fang Tang, Huan Lin, Hua Bao, Wei Li, Ao Wang, Xue Wu, Jian Su, Jie-Shan Lin, Yang W. Shao, Xue-Ning Yang, Yi-Long Wu, Wen-Zhao Zhong
ASO Author Reflections: Lung Adenocarcinoma with Accidental Invisible Pleural Dissemination Lesions: Wait-and-See Strategy for Tumors with Indolent Biologic Characteristics
Wen-Fang Tang, Wen-Zhao Zhong
Long-Term Outcomes of Pulmonary Metastasectomy for Uterine Malignancies: A Multi-institutional Study in the Current Era
Ryu Kanzaki, Yoshiyuki Susaki, Koji Takami, Yasunobu Funakoshi, Yasushi Sakamaki, Ken Kodama, Hideoki Yokouchi, Naoki Ikeda, Yoshihisa Kadota, Teruo Iwasaki, Naoko Ose, Yasushi Shintani
Utility of a Second 99mTc-MIBI Scintigraphy Before Reoperation for Patients With Persistent Sporadic Primary Hyperparathyroidism: Results of a Retrospective Multicenter Study
Samuel Frey, Clément Couëtte, Christophe Trésallet, Antoine Hamy, Cécile Caillard, Claire Blanchard, Fabrice Menegaux, Nathalie Chereau, Matthieu Wargny, Charlotte Lussey-Lepoutre, Delphine Drui, Catherine Ansquer, Eric Mirallié
Does Tumor Size Affect Surgical Outcomes of Transoral Robotic Thyroidectomy for Patients with Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma? A Retrospective Cohort Study
Dora K. C. Tai, Hoon Yub Kim, Dawon Park, Jonathon O. Russell, Ralph P. Tufano, Emad Kandil
ASO Author Reflections: The Application of Transoral Robotic Thyroidectomy (TORT) for Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma
Dora K. C. Tai, Hoon Yub Kim
Bilateral Adrenalectomy: Differences between Cushing Disease and Ectopic ACTH-Producing Tumors
Thomas Szabo Yamashita, Alaa Sada, Irina Bancos, William F. Young, Benzon M. Dy, David R. Farley, Melanie L. Lyden, Geoffrey B. Thompson, Travis J. McKenzie
Minimally Invasive Versus Open Adrenalectomy in Patients with Adrenocortical Carcinoma: A Meta-analysis
Xu Hu, Wei-Xiao Yang, Yan-Xiang Shao, Wei-Chao Dou, San-Chao Xiong, Xiang Li
ASO Author Reflections: Minimally Invasive Versus Open Adrenalectomy in Patients with Adrenocortical Carcinoma: A Meta-analysis
Xu Hu, Xiang Li
Surgical Complications and Referral Patterns in 567 Patients with Differentiated Thyroid Cancer in the Northern Region of the Netherlands: A Population-Based Study Towards Clinical Management Implementation
Deborah van Dijk, Boukje A. C. van Dijk, Annemieke Weistra, Thera P. Links, John Th. M. Plukker
Should We Abandon Systematic Pelvic and Paraaortic Lymphadenectomy in Low-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer?
V. Simon, C. Ngo, E. Pujade-Lauraine, G. Ferron, C. Pomel, E. Leblanc, C. Nadeau, I. Ray-Cocquard, F. Lecuru, H. Bonsang-Kitzis
Lomboaortic Lymphadenectomy in Gynecological Oncology: Laparotomy, Laparoscopy or Robot-Assisted Laparoscopy?
Y. Kerbage, A. Kakkos, F. Kridelka, E. Lambaudie, A. S. Bats, T. Hébert, F. Goffin, J. Wallet, E. Leblanc, D. Hudry, F. Narducci
Does Site Matter? Impact of Tumor Location on Pathologic Characteristics, Recurrence, and Survival of Resected Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
Giuseppe Malleo, Laura Maggino, Cristina R. Ferrone, Giovanni Marchegiani, Claudio Luchini, Mari Mino-Kenudson, Salvatore Paiella, Motaz Qadan, Aldo Scarpa, Keith D. Lillemoe, Claudio Bassi, Carlos Fernàndez-del Castillo, Roberto Salvia
ASO Author Reflections: Does Site Matter? Impact of Tumor Location on Pathologic Characteristics, Recurrence, and Survival of Resected Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
Giuseppe Malleo, Laura Maggino, Carlos Fernàndez-del Castillo, Roberto Salvia
Specific Growth Rate as a Predictor of Survival in Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors: A Multi-institutional Study from the United States Neuroendocrine Study Group
Jordan J. Baechle, Paula Marincola Smith, Marcus Tan, Carmen C. Solórzano, Alexandra G. Lopez-Aguiar, Mary Dillhoff, Eliza W. Beal, George Poultsides, Eleftherios Makris, Flavio G. Rocha, Angelena Crown, Clifford Cho, Megan Beems, Emily R. Winslow, Victoria R. Rendell, Bradley A. Krasnick, Ryan Fields, Shishir K. Maithel, Christina E. Bailey, Kamran Idrees
ASO Author Reflections: Elevated Preoperative Specific Growth Rate is Associated with Shortened Survival After Resection for Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
Jordan J. Baechle, Paula Marincola Smith, Kamran Idrees
Indocyanine Green-Enhanced Fluorescence in Laparoscopic Duodenum-Preserving Pancreatic Head Resection: Technique with Video
Sirui Chen, Pan Gao, He Cai, Yunqiang Cai, Xin Wang, Bing Peng
Circulating Neuroendocrine Gene Transcripts (NETest): A Postoperative Strategy for Early Identification of the Efficacy of Radical Surgery for Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
Stefano Partelli, Valentina Andreasi, Francesca Muffatti, Marco Schiavo Lena, Massimo Falconi
ASO Author Reflections: Circulating Neuroendocrine Gene Transcripts (NETest): A Promising Biomarker for Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumours (PanNET)
Stefano Partelli, Massimo Falconi
The Sequential Radiographic Effects of Preoperative Chemotherapy and (Chemo)Radiation on Tumor Anatomy in Patients with Localized Pancreatic Cancer
Giampaolo Perri, Laura Prakash, Giuseppe Malleo, Andrea Caravati, Gauri R. Varadhachary, David Fogelman, Shubham Pant, Eugene J. Koay, Joseph Herman, Laura Maggino, Michele Milella, Michael Kim, Naruhiko Ikoma, Ching-Wei Tzeng, Roberto Salvia, Jeffrey E. Lee, Claudio Bassi, Matthew H. G. Katz
ASO Author Reflections: The Sequential Radiographic Effects of Preoperative Chemotherapy and (Chemo)Radiation on Tumor Anatomy in Patients with Localized Pancreatic Cancer
Giampaolo Perri, Matthew H. G. Katz
CA19-9 Change During Neoadjuvant Therapy May Guide the Need for Additional Adjuvant Therapy Following Resected Pancreatic Cancer
Hao Liu, Mazen S. Zenati, Caroline J. Rieser, Amr Al-Abbas, Kenneth K. Lee, Aatur D. Singhi, Nathan Bahary, Melissa E. Hogg, Herbert J. Zeh III, Amer H. Zureikat
ASO Author Reflections: Does Adjuvant Therapy Confer a Survival Benefit in Patients Receiving Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Pancreatic Cancer? A CA19-9 Analysis
Hao Liu, Amer Zureikat
Increased Rate of Complete Pathologic Response After Neoadjuvant FOLFIRINOX for BRCA Mutation Carriers with Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer
Talia Golan, Alex Barenboim, Guy Lahat, Ido Nachmany, Yacov Goykhman, Einat Shacham-Shmueli, Naama Halpern, Eli Brazowski, Ravit Geva, Ido Wolf, Yuri Goldes, Menahem Ben-Haim, Joseph M. Klausner, Nir Lubezky
ASO Author Reflections: Pancreatic Cancer Patients with Germline BRCA Mutations Benefit from Early Introduction of Platinum-Based Chemotherapy
Talia Golan, Alex Barenboim, Nir Lubezky
Systematic Review of Factors Affecting Quality of Life After Cytoreductive Surgery with Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy
Maleen Leimkühler, Judith E. K. R. Hentzen, Patrick H. J. Hemmer, Lukas B. Been, Robert J. van Ginkel, Schelto Kruijff, Barbara L. van Leeuwen, Geertruida H. de Bock
Quality of Life After Cytoreductive Surgery and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy: Early Results from a Prospective Cohort Study of 115 Patients
Daniel Steffens, Cherry Koh, Nabila Ansari, Michael J. Solomon, Kilian Brown, Kate McBride, Jane Young, Christopher J. Young, Brendan Moran
ASO Author Reflections: Quality-of-Life Trajectories After Cytoreductive Surgery and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy
Daniel Steffens, Brendan Moran
MMR Deficiency is Homogeneous in Pancreatic Carcinoma and Associated with High Density of Cd8-Positive Lymphocytes
Christoph Fraune, Eike Burandt, Ronald Simon, Claudia Hube-Magg, Georgia Makrypidi-Fraune, Martina Kluth, Franziska Büscheck, Doris Höflmayer, Niclas Ch. Blessin, Tim Mandelkow, Wenchao Li, Daniel Perez, Jakob R. Izbicki, Waldemar Wilczak, Guido Sauter, Jörg Schrader, Michael Neipp, Hamid Mofid, Thies Daniels, Christoph Isbert, Till S. Clauditz, Stefan Steurer
Promoter DNA Hypermethylation of the Cysteine Dioxygenase 1 (CDO1) Gene in Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm (IPMN)
Yoshiki Fujiyama, Yusuke Kumamoto, Nobuyuki Nishizawa, Shuji Nakamoto, Hiroki Harada, Kazuko Yokota, Yoko Tanaka, Kazuharu Igarashi, Hironobu Oiki, Kosuke Okuwaki, Tomohisa Iwai, Sabine Kajita, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Hiroshi Tajima, Takashi Kaizu, Jiichiro Sasaki, Masahiko Watanabe, Keishi Yamashita
Prognostic Value of the C-Reactive Protein/Lymphocyte Ratio in Pancreatic Cancer
Zhiyao Fan, Guopei Luo, Yitao Gong, He Xu, Yunzhen Qian, Shengming Deng, Qiuyi Huang, Chao Yang, He Cheng, Kaizhou Jin, Chen Liu, Xianjun Yu
ASO Author Reflections: C-Reactive Protein/Lymphocyte Ratio as a Promising Marker for Predicting Survival in Pancreatic Cancer
Zhiyao Fan, Guopei Luo, Yitao Gong, Chen Liu, Xianjun Yu
Dynamic Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio: A Novel Prognosis Measure for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Dan Moldoveanu, Vera Pravongviengkham, Gordie Best, Constanza Martínez, Tarek Hijal, Ari Nareg Meguerditchian, Mathieu Lajoie, Sinziana Dumitra, Ian Watson, Sarkis Meterissian
Circulating PD-1 mRNA in Peripheral Blood is a Potential Biomarker for Predicting Survival of Breast Cancer Patients
Miwa Noda, Takaaki Masuda, Shuhei Ito, Taro Tobo, Akihiro Kitagawa, Qingjiang Hu, Dai Shimizu, Hidetoshi Eguchi, Tsuyoshi Etoh, Shinji Ohno, Masafumi Inomata, Koshi Mimori
Clinical Significance of a Gene Signature Generated from Tumor Budding Grade in Colon Cancer
Eiji Shinto, Yuichiro Yoshida, Yoshiki Kajiwara, Koichi Okamoto, Satsuki Mochizuki, Masato Yamadera, Takehiro Shiraishi, Ken Nagata, Hitoshi Tsuda, Kazuo Hase, Yoji Kishi, Hideki Ueno
ASO Author Reflections: Gene Signature Generated from Tumor Budding—A New Molecular Marker of Recurrence Risk
Eiji Shinto, Yuichiro Yoshida, Hideki Ueno
Development and External Validation of Radiomics Approach for Nuclear Grading in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma
Hongyu Zhou, Haixia Mao, Di Dong, Mengjie Fang, Dongsheng Gu, Xueling Liu, Min Xu, Shudong Yang, Jian Zou, Ruohan Yin, Hairong Zheng, Jie Tian, Changjie Pan, Xiangming Fang