Issue 12/2012
Content (49 Articles)
Cost Effectiveness of Treatment Strategies for Primary Operable Pancreatic Head Adenocarcinoma: Do We Have More Scientific Evidence to Call for Further Centralization of Care?
Csaba Gajdos, Richard Schulick
Teach Your Children Well: Stage IV Colorectal Cancer and Variability in Practice Patterns
William R. Jarnagin, William C. Chapman, Sharon Weber
Does the Rapid Acceptance of ACOSOG Z0011 Compromise Selection of Systemic Therapy?
Hiram S. Cody III
Clinical Cancer Genome and Precision Medicine
Dimitrios H. Roukos, Chee-Seng Ku
Frequent and Early Death Limits Quality of Life Assessment in Patients with Advanced Malignancies Evaluated for Palliative Surgical Intervention
Brian Badgwell, Robert Krouse, Janice Cormier, Caesar Guevara, V. Suzanne Klimberg, Betty Ferrell
Cost-effectiveness of Treatment Strategies for Pancreatic Head Adenocarcinoma and Potential Opportunities for Improvement
Daniel E. Abbott, Ryan P. Merkow, Scott B. Cantor, Jason B. Fleming, Gauri R. Varadhachary, Christopher Crane, David J. Bentrem, Karl Y. Bilimoria
Treating Patients with Colon Cancer Liver Metastasis: A Nationwide Analysis of Therapeutic Decision Making
Hari Nathan, John F. Bridges, David P. Cosgrove, Luis A. Diaz Jr, Daniel A. Laheru, Joseph M. Herman, Richard D. Schulick, Barish H. Edil, Christopher L. Wolfgang, Michael A. Choti, Timothy M. Pawlik
Short-Term Outcomes of Ablation Therapy for Hepatic Tumors: Evidence from the 2006–2009 Nationwide Inpatient Sample
Justin P. Fox, Joshua Gustafson, Mayur M. Desai, Minia Hellan, Thav Thambi-Pillai, James Ouellette
Is Serum Alpha-Fetoprotein Useful for Predicting Recurrence and Mortality Specific to Hepatocellular Carcinoma After Hepatectomy? A Test Based on Propensity Scores and Competing Risks Analysis
Ju Hyun Shim, Da-Lim Yoon, Seungbong Han, Young-Joo Lee, Sung-Gyu Lee, Kang Mo Kim, Young-Suk Lim, Han Chu Lee, Young-Hwa Chung, Yung Sang Lee
A Comprehensive Meta-regression Analysis on Outcome of Anatomic Resection Versus Nonanatomic Resection for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Alessandro Cucchetti, Matteo Cescon, Giorgio Ercolani, Eleonora Bigonzi, Guido Torzilli, Antonio D. Pinna
Tumor Budding is an Independent Predictor of Outcome in AJCC/UICC Stage II Colorectal Cancer
Johannes Betge, Peter Kornprat, Marion J. Pollheimer, Richard A. Lindtner, Andrea Schlemmer, Peter Rehak, Michael Vieth, Cord Langner
Evaluation of Lymphadenectomy in Patients Receiving Neoadjuvant Radiotherapy for Rectal Adenocarcinoma
Maithao Le, Rebecca Nelson, Wendy Lee, Brian Mailey, Marjun Duldulao, Yi-Jen Chen, Julio Garcia-Aguilar, Joseph Kim
Prognostic Relevance of Occult Metastases Detected by Cytokeratin 20 and Mucin 2 mRNA Levels in Sentinel Lymph Nodes from Colon Cancer Patients
Oddmund Nordgård, Satu Oltedal, Ole Gunnar Aasprong, Jon Arne Søreide, Kjetil Søreide, Kjersti Tjensvoll, Bjørnar Gilje, Reino Heikkilä, Marianne Guriby, Ragnhild A. Lothe, Rune Smaaland, Hartwig Kørner
Robot-Assisted Versus Conventional Laparoscopic Surgery for Colorectal Disease, Focusing on Rectal Cancer: A Meta-analysis
Yongzhi Yang, Feng Wang, Peng Zhang, Chenzhang Shi, Yang Zou, Huanlong Qin, Yanlei Ma
The Role of Laparoscopy in Peritoneal Surface Malignancies Selected for Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC)
Antonio Sommariva, Vittorina Zagonel, Carlo Riccardo Rossi
Postoperative Bleeding Complications after Gastric Cancer Surgery in Patients Receiving Anticoagulation and/or Antiplatelet Agents
Kazuhito Mita, Hideto Ito, Ryo Murabayashi, Kouichirou Sueyoshi, Hideki Asakawa, Masashi Nabetani, Akira Kamasako, Kazuya Koizumi, Takashi Hayashi
Duodenal Duplication Cyst: A Potentially Malignant Disease
B. Seeliger, T. Piardi, E. Marzano, D. Mutter, J. Marescaux, P. Pessaux
Omission of Axillary Dissection after a Positive Sentinel Node Dissection may Influence Adjuvant Chemotherapy Indications in Operable Breast Cancer Patients
Filippo Montemurro, Furio Maggiorotto, Giorgio Valabrega, Franziska Kubatzki, Valentina Rossi, Alessandra Magistris, Francesco Marocco, Marco Gatti, Ivana Sarotto, Massimo Aglietta, Riccardo Ponzone
Characteristics and Outcomes of Sentinel Node–Positive Breast Cancer Patients after Total Mastectomy without Axillary-Specific Treatment
Sarah Milgrom, Hiram Cody, Lee Tan, Monica Morrow, Catherine Pesce, Jeremy Setton, Katherine Rogers, Brittany Arnold, Anne Eaton, Jeffrey Catalano, Beryl McCormick, Simon Powell, Alice Ho
Repeating Conservative Surgery after Ipsilateral Breast Tumor Reappearance: Criteria for Selecting the Best Candidates
Oreste Gentilini, Edoardo Botteri, Paolo Veronesi, Claudia Sangalli, Andres Del Castillo, Bettina Ballardini, Viviana Galimberti, Mario Rietjens, Marco Colleoni, Alberto Luini, Umberto Veronesi
Biology, Treatment, and Outcome in Very Young and Older Women with DCIS
Rosalinda Alvarado, Sara A. Lari, Robert E. Roses, Benjamin D. Smith, Wei Yang, Elizabeth A. Mittendorf, Banu K. Arun, Anthony Lucci, Gildy V. Babiera, Jamie L. Wagner, Abigail S. Caudle, Funda Meric-Bernstam, Rosa F. Hwang, Isabelle Bedrosian, Kelly K. Hunt, Henry M. Kuerer
Twenty-Year Outcomes after Breast-Conserving Surgery and Definitive Radiotherapy for Mammographically Detected Ductal Carcinoma In Situ
J. Ben Wilkinson, Frank A. Vicini, Chirag Shah, Simona Shaitelman, Maha S. Jawad, Hong Ye, Larry L. Kestin, Neal S. Goldstein, Alvaro A. Martinez, Pamela Benitez, Peter Y. Chen
A Randomized, Controlled Trial Comparing Acetaminophen Plus Ibuprofen versus Acetaminophen Plus Codeine Plus Caffeine (Tylenol 3) after Outpatient Breast Surgery
Alex Mitchell, Patrick McCrea, Karen Inglis, Geoffrey Porter
Cutaneous Radiation-Associated Angiosarcoma of the Breast: Poor Prognosis in a Rare Secondary Malignancy
Elizabeth A. Morgan, David E. Kozono, Qian Wang, Carlos M. Mery, James E. Butrynski, Elizabeth H. Baldini, Suzanne George, Alessandra F. Nascimento, Chandrajit P. Raut
Timing of Surgery and the Role of Adjuvant Radiotherapy in Ewing Sarcoma of the Chest Wall: A Single-institution Experience
Jason W. Denbo, W. Shannon Orr, Yanan Wu, Jianrong Wu, Catherine A. Billups, Fariba Navid, Bhaskar N. Rao, Andrew M. Davidoff, Matthew J. Krasin
Analysis of Prognostic Factors in Extraosseous Ewing Sarcoma Family of Tumors: Review of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Experience
W. Shannon Orr, Jason W. Denbo, Catherine A. Billups, Jianrong Wu, Fariba Navid, Bhaskar N. Rao, Andrew M. Davidoff, Matthew J. Krasin
Tumor Proximity to the Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve in Patients with Primary Hyperparathyroidism Undergoing Parathyroidectomy
Brian R. Untch, Mohamed A. Adam, Melissa E. Danko, Michael E. Barfield, Darshana Dixit, Randall P. Scheri, John A. Olson
Sestamibi Imaging for Primary Hyperparathyroidism: The Impact of Surgeon Interpretation and Radiologist Volume
Saqib Zia, Rebecca S. Sippel, Herbert Chen
Robotic Transperitoneal Aortic Lymphadenectomy in Gynecologic Cancer: A New Robotic Surgical Technique and Review of the Literature
Enrico Vizza, Emanuela Mancini, Ermelinda Baiocco, Cristina Vicenzoni, Lodovico Patrizi, Maria Saltari, Monica Cimino, Stefano Sindico, Giacomo Corrado
Comparison of Laparoscopic-Assisted Radical Vaginal Hysterectomy and Laparoscopic Radical Hysterectomy in the Treatment of Cervical Cancer
Chel Hun Choi, Jeong-Won Lee, Yoo-Young Lee, Ha-Jeong Kim, Taejong Song, Min-Kyu Kim, Tae-Joong Kim, Byoung-Gie Kim, Duk-Soo Bae
Systematic Para-aortic and Pelvic Lymphadenectomy in Early Stage Epithelial Ovarian Cancer: A Prospective Study
Antonino Ditto, Fabio Martinelli, Claudio Reato, Shigeky Kusamura, Eugenio Solima, Rosanna Fontanelli, Edward Haeusler, Francesco Raspagliesi
Risk Stratification in Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Preoperative CRP and SCC Antigen Levels
Shiang-Fu Huang, Fu-Chan Wei, Chun-Ta Liao, Hung-Ming Wang, Chien-Yu Lin, Steven Lo, Jung-Ju Huang, I-How Chen, Chung-Jan Kang, Huei-Tzu Chien, Hsuan-Ho Chen
Intraoperative Molecular Assessment for Lymph Node Metastasis in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Using One-Step Nucleic Acid Amplification (OSNA) Assay
Takashi Matsuzuka, Katsumasa Takahashi, Daisuke Kawakita, Naoyuki Kohno, Hiroshi Nagafuji, Koichi Yamauchi, Masahiro Suzuki, Tomohiro Miura, Nobuhiko Furuya, Yasushi Yatabe, Keitaro Matsuo, Koichi Omori, Yasuhisa Hasegawa
Robot-assisted Supraomohyoid Neck Dissection via a Modified Face-lift or Retroauricular Approach in Early-stage cN0 Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity: A Comparative Study with Conventional Technique
Hyoung Shin Lee, Won Shik Kim, Hyun Jun Hong, Myung Jin Ban, Dongwon Lee, Yoon Woo Koh, Eun Chang Choi
Use of Panitumumab-IRDye800 to Image Microscopic Head and Neck Cancer in an Orthotopic Surgical Model
C. Hope Heath, Nicholas L. Deep, Larissa Sweeny, Kurt R. Zinn, Eben L. Rosenthal
The Unique Clinical Characteristics of Melanoma Diagnosed in Children
Dale Han, Jonathan S. Zager, Gang Han, Suroosh S. Marzban, Christopher A. Puleo, Amod A. Sarnaik, Damon Reed, Jane L. Messina, Vernon K. Sondak
A Phase I Multi-Institutional Study of Systemic Sorafenib in Conjunction with Regional Melphalan for In-Transit Melanoma of the Extremity
G. M. Beasley, A. P. Coleman, A. Raymond, G. Sanders, M. A. Selim, B. L. Peterson, M. S. Brady, M. A. Davies, C. Augustine, D. S. Tyler
Lymphatic Drainage Patterns from Melanomas on the Shoulder or Upper Trunk to Cervical Lymph Nodes and Implications for the Extent of Neck Dissection
Hidde J. Veenstra, W. Martin C. Klop, Maarten J. Speijers, Peter J. F. M. Lohuis, Omgo E. Nieweg, Harald J. Hoekstra, Alfons J. M. Balm
Therapeutic Lymph Node Dissection in Melanoma: Different Prognosis for Different Macrometastasis Sites?
K. P. Wevers, E. Bastiaannet, H. P. A. M. Poos, R. J. van Ginkel, J. T. Plukker, H. J. Hoekstra
Evaluation of Incomplete Sentinel Node Biopsy Procedures and Sentinel Node Positivity Rates as Surgical Quality-Assurance Parameters in Melanoma Patients
Andrew J. Spillane, Lauren E. Haydu, Nicholas C. Lee, Roger F. Uren, Jonathan R. Stretch, Kerwin F. Shannon, Michael J. Quinn, Robyn P. M. Saw, William H. McCarthy, John F. Thompson
The Management of Cervical Lymph Nodes in Patients with Cutaneous Melanoma
R. C. W. Martin, K. F. Shannon, M. J. Quinn, R. P. M. Saw, A. J. Spillane, J. R. Stretch, M. H. Colman, K. Gao, J. F. Thompson
Vaginal Reconstruction Following Radical Surgery for Colorectal Malignancies: A Systematic Review of the Literature
Adrian McArdle, Danielle A. Bischof, Kristen Davidge, Carol J. Swallow, Desmond C. Winter
Characteristic Immunophenotype of Solid Subtype Component in Lung Adenocarcinoma
Teruhisa Takuwa, Genichiro Ishii, Kanji Nagai, Junji Yoshida, Mitsuyo Nishimura, Tomoyuki Hishida, Shinya Neri, Seiki Hasegawa, Atsushi Ochiai
Recruitment of Podoplanin Positive Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts in Metastatic Lymph Nodes Predicts Poor Prognosis in Pathological N2 Stage III Lung Adenocarcinoma
Shinya Neri, Genichiro Ishii, Tetsuhiko Taira, Tomoyuki Hishida, Junji Yoshida, Mitsuyo Nishimura, Kanji Nagai, Atsushi Ochiai
Incidence and Risk Factors of Postoperative Delirium in Patients with Esophageal Cancer
Mari Takeuchi, Hiroya Takeuchi, Daisuke Fujisawa, Kaya Miyajima, Kimio Yoshimura, Saori Hashiguchi, Soji Ozawa, Nobutoshi Ando, Joichiro Shirahase, Yuko Kitagawa, Masaru Mimura
Low Expression of IGFBP7 is Associated with Poor Outcome of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
Wei An, Qi-wen Ben, Hai-tao Chen, Jian-ming Zheng, Ling Huang, Gui-xiang Li, Zhao-shen Li
Elevated Levels of Proliferating and Recently Migrated Tumor-associated Macrophages Confer Increased Aggressiveness and Worse Outcomes in Breast Cancer
Rita A. Mukhtar, Amy P. Moore, Vickram J. Tandon, Onouwem Nseyo, Patrick Twomey, Charles Adeyinka Adisa, Ndukauba Eleweke, Alfred Au, Frederick L. Baehner, Dan H. Moore, Michael S. McGrath, Olofunmilayo I. Olopade, Joe W. Gray, Michael J. Campbell, Laura J. Esserman
Prognostic Value of Renin–Angiotensin System Blockade in Non-muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer
Kazuyuki Yuge, Akira Miyajima, Nobuyuki Tanaka, Suguru Shirotake, Takeo Kosaka, Eiji Kikuchi, Mototsugu Oya