Issue 11/2014
Content (51 Articles)
Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Melanoma: A Plea to Let the Data be Heard
John F. Thompson, Mark B. Faries, Alistair J. Cochran
Adjuvant Imatinib for GIST: The Pie is Shrinking
Vinod P. Balachandran, Ronald P. DeMatteo
Adjuvant Therapy for Gastric Cancers: More Answers or More Questions?
Theodore S. Hong, Eunice L. Kwak
The Promise of Axillary Imaging in Individualized Surgical Management of Breast Cancer Patients: Another Step Forward
Tina J. Hieken
Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy and Survival: An Ongoing Challenge
Isabelle Bedrosian, Kathy Yao
Embracing National Cancer Registries for Improved Care of Rare Tumors
David F. Schneider
The Influence of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy on Survival for Intermediate-Thickness Melanoma
Swapnil D. Kachare, Jason Brinkley, Jan H. Wong, Nasreen A. Vohra, Emmanuel E. Zervos, Timothy L. Fitzgerald
Sentinel Node Location in Trunk and Extremity Melanomas: Uncommon or Multiple Lymph Drainage Does Not Affect Survival
Daniela Gordon, Karin E. Smedby, Inkeri Schultz, Henrik Olsson, Christian Ingvar, Johan Hansson, Peter Gillgren
Factors Influencing the Use of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in the Netherlands
Anna M. Huismans, Maarten G. Niebling, Kevin P. Wevers, Melinda S. Schuurman, Harald J. Hoekstra
Outcomes of Merkel Cell Carcinoma Treated with Radiotherapy without Radical Surgical Excision
Chris Harrington, Winkle Kwan
Discordance in Histopathologic Evaluation of Melanoma Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy with Clinical Follow-Up: Results from a Prospectively Collected Database
Monisha Dandekar, Lori Lowe, Douglas R. Fullen, Timothy M. Johnson, Michael S. Sabel, Sandra L. Wong, Rajiv M. Patel
Impact of External-Beam Radiation Therapy on Outcomes Among Patients with Resected Gastric Cancer: A Multi-institutional Analysis
Aslam Ejaz, Gaya Spolverato, Yuhree Kim, Malcolm H. Squires, George Poultsides, Ryan Fields, Mark Bloomston, Sharon M. Weber, Konstantinos Votanopoulos, David J. Worhunsky, Douglas Swords, Linda X. Jin, Carl Schmidt, Alexandra W. Acher, Neil Saunders, Clifford S. Cho, Joseph M. Herman, Shishir K. Maithel, Timothy M. Pawlik
Incidence of Additional Primary Malignancies in Patients with Pancreatic and Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrine Tumors
Rondi M. Kauffmann, Li Wang, Sharon Phillips, Kamran Idrees, Nipun B. Merchant, Alexander A. Parikh
A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Comparing Pancreaticoduodenectomy Versus Limited Resection for Duodenal Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
Aik-Yong Chok, Ye-Xin Koh, Mandy Y. L. Ow, John C. Allen Jr., Brian K. P. Goh
Totally Laparoscopic Pancreaticoduodenectomy for Pancreatic Head Cancer with Involvement of the Superior Mesenteric Vein–Portal Vein Confluence
Ziad T. Awad
Predicting the Extent of Nodal Disease in Early-Stage Breast Cancer
Abigail S. Caudle, Henry M. Kuerer, Huong T. Le-Petross, Wei Yang, Min Yi, Isabelle Bedrosian, Savitri Krishnamurthy, Bruno D. Fornage, Kelly K. Hunt, Elizabeth A. Mittendorf
Survival Analysis of Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy: A Question of Selection Bias
Laura Kruper, Rondi M. Kauffmann, David D. Smith, Rebecca A. Nelson
Utilization of Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation for Ductal Carcinoma In Situ, 2003–2011: Report from the National Cancer Database
Katharine Yao, Tomasz Czechura, Erik Liederbach, David J. Winchester, Catherine Pesce, Arif Shaikh, David P. Winchester, Dezheng Huo
Predictors that Influence Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy Election Among Women with Ductal Carcinoma In Situ Who Were Evaluated for BRCA Genetic Testing
Nisreen Elsayegh, Henry M. Kuerer, Heather Lin, Angelica M. Gutierrez Barrera, Michelle Jackson, Kimberly I. Muse, Jennifer K. Litton, Constance Albarracin, Aimaz Afrough, Gabriel N. Hortobagyi, Banu K. Arun
Role of Preoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Surgical Management of Early-Stage Breast Cancer
Sheenu Chandwani, Prethibha A. George, Michelle Azu, Elisa V. Bandera, Christine B. Ambrosone, George G. Rhoads, Kitaw Demissie
Proactive Approach to Lymphedema Risk Reduction: A Prospective Study
Mei R. Fu, Deborah Axelrod, Amber A. Guth, Francis Cartwright, Zeyuan Qiu, Judith D. Goldberg, June Kim, Joan Scagliola, Robin Kleinman, Judith Haber
Locoregional Recurrence and Survival Outcomes by Type of Local Therapy and Trastuzumab Use Among Women with Node-Negative, HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
David J. Peterson, Pauline T. Truong, Betro T. Sadek, Cheryl S. Alexander, Bradley Wiksyk, Mina Shenouda, Rita Abi Raad, Alphonse G. Taghian
Hormone Receptor Status Does Not Affect Prognosis in Metaplastic Breast Cancer: A Population-Based Analysis with Comparison to Infiltrating Ductal and Lobular Carcinomas
G. Paul Wright, Alan T. Davis, Tracy J. Koehler, Marianne K. Melnik, Mathew H. Chung
Breast Pathology Review: Does It Make a Difference?
Anya M. Romanoff, Almog Cohen, Hank Schmidt, Christina R. Weltz, Shabnam M. Jaffer, Chandandeep S. Nagi, Ira J. Bleiweiss, Elisa R. Port
Treatment Patterns and Outcomes for Patients with Adrenocortical Carcinoma Associated with Hospital Case Volume in the United States
Lauren Gratian, John Pura, Michaela Dinan, Shelby Reed, Randall Scheri, Sanziana Roman, Julie Ann Sosa
Impact of Extent of Surgery on Survival in Patients with Small Nonfunctional Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors in the United States
Lauren Gratian, John Pura, Michaela Dinan, Sanziana Roman, Shelby Reed, Julie Ann Sosa
The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology: A Single-Center Experience over 5 Years
Colleen M. Kiernan, J. T. Broome, C. C. Solórzano
Bethesda III Thyroid Nodules: The Role of Ultrasound in Clinical Decision Making
Olov Norlén, Aleksandra Popadich, Schelto Kruijff, Anthony J. Gill, Leba M. Sarkis, Leigh Delbridge, Mark Sywak, Stan Sidhu
Quality of Life is Modestly Improved in Older Patients with Mild Primary Hyperparathyroidism Postoperatively: Results of a Prospective Multicenter Study
Claire Blanchard, Muriel Mathonnet, Frédéric Sebag, Cécile Caillard, Caroline Kubis, Delphine Drui, Elise van Nuvel, Catherine Ansquer, Jean-François Henry, Damien Masson, Françoise Kraeber-Bodéré, Jean-Benoît Hardouin, Rasa Zarnegar, Antoine Hamy, Eric Mirallié
Analysis of IGF and IGFBP as Prognostic Serum Biomarkers for Adrenocortical Carcinoma
Dhaval Patel, Ryan Ellis, Brandi Howard, Myriem Boufraqech, Sudheer Kumar Gara, Lisa Zhang, Martha M. Quezado, Naris Nilubol, Electron Kebebew
Evaluating the Cost-Effectiveness of Laryngeal Examination after Elective Total Thyroidectomy
Brian Hung-Hin Lang, Carlos K. H. Wong, Raymond K. Y. Tsang, Kai Pun Wong, Birgitta Y. H. Wong
Prognostic Factors and Outcome of Spermatic Cord Sarcoma
Stefano Radaelli, Anant Desai, James Hodson, Chiara Colombo, Keith Roberts, David Gourevitch, Alessandro Gronchi
Nomogram Predicting Severe Adverse Events After Musculoskeletal Tumor Surgery: Analysis of a National Administrative Database
Koichi Ogura, Hideo Yasunaga, Hiromasa Horiguchi, Kiyohide Fushimi, Sakae Tanaka, Hirotaka Kawano
Prognostic Factors of Patients with Spinal Chondrosarcoma: A Retrospective Analysis of 98 Consecutive Patients in a Single Center
Huabin Yin, Wang Zhou, Jia Meng, Dan Zhang, Zhipeng Wu, Ting Wang, Jing Wang, Peng Wang, Xin Shi, Sujia Wu, Jianning Zhao, Jianru Xiao
Challenges in the Local Treatment of Large Abdominal Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma
Tobias M. Dantonello, Helmut Lochbühler, Andreas Schuck, Stefanie Kube, Jan Godzinski, Erik Sköldenberg, Gustaf Ljungman, Daniel Kosztyla, Iris Veit-Friedrich, Erika Hallmen, Simone Feuchtgruber, Ruediger Wessalowski, Markus Franke, Stefan S. Bielack, Thomas Klingebiel, Ewa Koscielniak
Laparoscopic Colectomy Decreases the Time to Administration of Chemotherapy Compared with Open Colectomy
Vitaliy Poylin, Thomas Curran, Eliza Lee, Deborah Nagle
Documentation of Quality of Care Data for Colon Cancer Surgery: Comparison of Synoptic and Dictated Operative Reports
Reagan L. Maniar, David J. Hochman, Debrah A. Wirtzfeld, Andrew M. McKay, Clifford S. Yaffe, Benson Yip, Richard Silverman, Jason Park
Systematic Review of FDG-PET Prediction of Complete Pathological Response and Survival in Rectal Cancer
Sameer Memon, A. Craig Lynch, Timothy Akhurst, Samuel Y. Ngan, Satish K. Warrier, Michael Michael, Alexander G. Heriot
Long-term Outcomes after Intersphincteric Resection for Low-Lying Rectal Cancer
Norio Saito, Masaaki Ito, Akihiro Kobayashi, Yusuke Nishizawa, Motohiro Kojima, Yuji Nishizawa, Masanori Sugito
Chemoradiotherapy with a Radiation Boost for Anal Cancer Decreases the Risk for Salvage Abdominoperineal Resection: Analysis From the National Cancer Data Base
Cristina B. Geltzeiler, Nima Nabavizadeh, Jong Kim, Kim C. Lu, Kevin G. Billingsley, Charles R. Thomas, Daniel O. Herzig, Vassiliki L. Tsikitis
Survival Benefit of Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy for Recurrent Ovarian Cancer: A Multi-institutional Case Control Study
Jean-François Le Brun, Loic Campion, Dominique Berton-Rigaud, Gérard Lorimier, Frédéric Marchal, Gwenael Ferron, Anne Sophie Oger, François Dravet, Isabelle Jaffre, Jean-Marc Classe
Identification of Risk and Prognostic Factors for Patients with Clonorchiasis-Associated Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma
Guo-Wei Zhang, Jian-Hua Lin, Jian-Ping Qian, Jie Zhou
Efficacy of Hepatic Arterial Infusion Chemotherapy Using 5-Fluorouracil and Systemic Pegylated Interferon α-2b for Advanced Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma
Kazuhiro Kasai, Yohei Kooka, Yuji Suzuki, Akiko Suzuki, Takayoshi Oikawa, Akira Ushio, Yukiho Kasai, Kei Sawara, Yasuhiro Miyamoto, Kanta Oikawa, Yasuhiro Takikawa
Surgical Resection After Down-Staging of Locally Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Localized Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy
Hyung Soon Lee, Gi Hong Choi, Jin Sub Choi, Kyung Sik Kim, Kwang-Hyub Han, Jinsil Seong, Sang Hoon Ahn, Do Young Kim, Jun Yong Park, Seung Up Kim, Beom Kyung Kim
Surgical Strategy for T1 Gallbladder Cancer: A Nationwide Multicenter Survey in South Korea
Seung Eun Lee, Jin-Young Jang, Sun-Whe Kim, Ho-Seong Han, Hong-Jin Kim, Sung-Su Yun, Baik-Hwan Cho, Hee Chul Yu, Woo Jung Lee, Dong-Sup Yoon, Dong Wook Choi, Seong-Ho Choi, Soon-Chan Hong, Sang-Mok Lee, Hyun Jong Kim, In Seok Choi, In-Sang Song, Sang-Jae Park, Sungho Jo
Partial Tumor Resection Combined with Chemotherapy for Multiple Myeloma Spinal Cord Compression
Jun Qian, Juehua Jing, Dasheng Tian, Huilin Yang
Role of a Multidisciplinary Clinic in the Management of Patients with Pancreatic Cysts: A Single-Center Cohort Study
Anne Marie Lennon, Lindsey L. Manos, Ralph H. Hruban, Syed Z. Ali, Elliot K. Fishman, Ihab R. Kamel, Siva P. Raman, Atif Zaheer, Susan Hutfless, Ashley Salamone, Vandhana Kiswani, Nita Ahuja, Martin A. Makary, Matthew J. Weiss, Kenzo Hirose, Michael Goggins, Christopher L. Wolfgang
Changes in Body Composition Secondary to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Advanced Esophageal Cancer are Related to the Occurrence of Postoperative Complications After Esophagectomy
Satoshi Ida, Masayuki Watanabe, Ryuichi Karashima, Yu Imamura, Takatsugu Ishimoto, Yoshifumi Baba, Shiro Iwagami, Yasuo Sakamoto, Yuji Miyamoto, Naoya Yoshida, Hideo Baba
Aberrant Expression of Plastin-3 Via Copy Number Gain Induces the Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition in Circulating Colorectal Cancer Cells
Keishi Sugimachi, Takehiko Yokobori, Hisae Iinuma, Masami Ueda, Hiroki Ueo, Yoshiaki Shinden, Hidetoshi Eguchi, Tomoya Sudo, Akira Suzuki, Yoshihiko Maehara, Masaki Mori, Koshi Mimori
The Role of Laparoscopy-assisted Renal Autotransplantation in the Treatment of Primary Ureteral Tumor
Yuan-Tso Cheng, Stuart M. Flechner, Po-Hui Chiang