Issue 12/2013
Content (48 Articles)
Combining Safety and Trainee Education in Surgical Oncology: We All Win
David R. Byrd
Prognostic Gene Signatures for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: What Are We Measuring?
Kenneth K. Tanabe, Yujin Hoshida
Rational Study Endpoint(s) for Preoperative Trials in Pancreatic Cancer: Pathologic Response Rate, Margin Negative Resection, Overall Survival or ‘All of the Above’?
Gauri R. Varadhachary, Douglas B. Evans
Resident Education in the Era of Patient Safety: A Nationwide Analysis of Outcomes and Complications in Resident-Assisted Oncologic Surgery
Anthony W. Castleberry, Bryan M. Clary, John Migaly, Mathias Worni, Jeffrey M. Ferranti, Theodore N. Pappas, John E. Scarborough
Clinical Research in Surgical Oncology: An Analysis of ClinicalTrials.gov
Amber S. Menezes, Alison Barnes, Adena S. Scheer, Guillaume Martel, Husein Moloo, Robin P. Boushey, Elham Sabri, Rebecca C. Auer
Cost-Effectiveness of Minimally Invasive Versus Open Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer
Lawrence Lee, Monisha Sudarshan, Chao Li, Eric Latimer, Gerald M. Fried, David S. Mulder, Liane S. Feldman, Lorenzo E. Ferri
Uptake and Patient Outcomes of Laparoscopic Colon and Rectal Cancer Surgery in a Publicly Funded System and Following Financial Incentives
Marko Simunovic, Nancy N. Baxter, Rinku Sutradhar, Ning Liu, Margherita Cadeddu, David Urbach
Prediction of Disease-free Survival in Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Gene Expression Profiling
Ho-Yeong Lim, Insuk Sohn, Shibing Deng, Jeeyun Lee, Sin Ho Jung, Mao Mao, Jiangchun Xu, Kai Wang, Stephanie Shi, Jae Won Joh, Yoon La Choi, Cheol-Keun Park
Resection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Macroscopic Vascular Invasion
Sasan Roayaie, Ghalib Jibara, Bachir Taouli, Myron Schwartz
Impact of Intrahepatic Hepatitis B DNA and Covalently Closed Circular DNA on Survival After Hepatectomy in HBV-Associated Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients
Qin Wang, M. Isabel Fiel, Wei Luan, Sima Blank, Hena Kadri, Ki Won Kim, Spiros P. Hiotis
Hepatic Pedicle Clamping Does Not Worsen Survival after Hepatic Resection for Colorectal Liver Metastasis: Results from a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Akihisa Matsuda, Masao Miyashita, Satoshi Matsumoto, Takeshi Matsutani, Nobuyuki Sakurazawa, Ichiro Akagi, Taro Kishi, Kimiyoshi Yokoi, Eiji Uchida
Intra-arterial Therapy for Advanced Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: A Multi-institutional Analysis
Omar Hyder, J. Wallis Marsh, Riad Salem, Elena N. Petre, Sanjeeva Kalva, Eleni Liapi, David Cosgrove, Donielle Neal, Ihab Kamel, Andrew X. Zhu, Constantinos T. Sofocleous, Jean-Francois H. Geschwind, Timothy M. Pawlik
Phase II Study of Induction Fixed-Dose Rate Gemcitabine and Bevacizumab Followed by 30 Gy Radiotherapy as Preoperative Treatment for Potentially Resectable Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
George Van Buren II, Ramesh K. Ramanathan, Alyssa M. Krasinskas, Ryan P. Smith, Gerard J. Abood, Nathan Bahary, Barry C. Lembersky, Yongli Shuai, Douglas M. Potter, David L Bartlett, Amer H. Zureikat, Herbert J. Zeh, A. James Moser
Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy with Gemcitabine and S-1 for Resectable and Borderline Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: Results from a Prospective Multi-institutional Phase 2 Trial
Fuyuhiko Motoi, Kazuyuki Ishida, Fumiyoshi Fujishima, Shigeru Ottomo, Masaya Oikawa, Takaho Okada, Hiromune Shimamura, Shinichi Takemura, Fuminori Ono, Masanori Akada, Kei Nakagawa, Yu Katayose, Shinichi Egawa, Michiaki Unno
Clinicopathological Correlates of Activating GNAS Mutations in Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm (IPMN) of the Pancreas
Marco Dal Molin, Hanno Matthaei, Jian Wu, Amanda Blackford, Marija Debeljak, Neda Rezaee, Christopher L. Wolfgang, Giovanni Butturini, Roberto Salvia, Claudio Bassi, Michael G. Goggins, Kenneth W. Kinzler, Bert Vogelstein, James R. Eshleman, Ralph H. Hruban, Anirban Maitra
Resolution of New-Onset Diabetes After Radical Pancreatic Resection Predicts Long-term Survival in Patients with Pancreatic Ductal Cell Adenocarcinoma
Xiang Yi He, Jian Fang Li, Wei Yan Yao, Yao Zong Yuan
International Rates of Breast Reconstruction After Prophylactic Mastectomy in BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Carriers
John Semple, Kelly A. Metcalfe, Henry T. Lynch, Charmaine Kim-Sing, Leigha Senter, Tuya Pal, Peter Ainsworth, Jan Lubinski, Nadine Tung, Charis Eng, Donna Gilchrist, Joanne Blum, Susan L. Neuhausen, Christian F. Singer, Parviz Ghadirian, Ping Sun, Steven A. Narod
Clinically Meaningful Tumor Reduction Rates Vary by Prechemotherapy MRI Phenotype and Tumor Subtype in the I-SPY 1 TRIAL (CALGB 150007/150012; ACRIN 6657)
Rita A. Mukhtar, Christina Yau, Mark Rosen, Vickram J. Tandon, Nola Hylton, Laura J. Esserman
Margin Width Should Not Still Enforce a Systematic Surgical Re-excision in the Conservative Treatment of Early Breast Infiltrative Ductal Carcinoma
Isabelle Jaffré, Loic Campion, Magali Dejode, Virginie Bordes, Christine Sagan, Delphine Loussouarn, François Dravet, Nicole Andrieux, Jean-Marc Classe
Breast Cancer Mastectomy Trends Between 2006 and 2010: Association with Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Immediate Breast Reconstruction, and Hospital Volume
Joerg Heil, Geraldine Rauch, Akos Z. Szabo, Carlos A. Garcia-Etienne, Michael Golatta, Christoph Domschke, Mahyar Badiian, Peter Kern, Florian Schuetz, Markus Wallwiener, Christof Sohn, Hubertus Fries, Gunter von Minckwitz, Andreas Schneeweiss, Mahdi Rezai
Level 2 Oncoplastic Surgery for Lower Inner Quadrant Breast Cancers: The LIQ-V Mammoplasty
Krishna B. Clough, Stephane Oden, Tarik Ihrai, Eleanore Massey, Claude Nos, Isabelle Sarfati
Discriminating Pheochromocytomas from Other Adrenal Lesions: The Dilemma of Elevated Catecholamines
Jennifer C. Carr, Philip M. Spanheimer, Maheen Rajput, Fadi S. Dahdaleh, Geeta Lal, Ronald J. Weigel, Sonia L. Sugg, Junlin Liao, James R. Howe
MK-2206 Causes Growth Suppression and Reduces Neuroendocrine Tumor Marker Production in Medullary Thyroid Cancer Through Akt Inhibition
Jocelyn F. Burke, Logan Schlosser, April D. Harrison, Muthusamy Kunnimalaiyaan, Herbert Chen
A New Subfascial Approach in Open Thyroidectomy: Efficacy for Postoperative Voice, Sensory, and Swallowing Symptoms. A Randomized Controlled Study
Seung Pil Jung, Sung Hoon Kim, Soo Youn Bae, Se Kyung Lee, Sangmin Kim, Min-Young Choi, Jiyoung Kim, Minkuk Kim, Won Ho Kil, Jun-Ho Choe, Jung-Han Kim, Seok Jin Nam, Jee Soo Kim
Relative Survival is an Adequate Estimate of Cancer-Specific Survival: Baseline Mortality-Adjusted 10-Year Survival of 771 Rectal Cancer Patients
Ignazio Tarantino, Philipp Achermann, Ulrich Güller, Alexis Ulrich, Bruno M. Schmied, Daniel Horber, Thomas Cerny, Zeno Stanga, Rene Warschkow
Risk of Colorectal Cancer in Chronic Kidney Disease: A Matched Cohort Study Based on Administrative Data
Mei-Yi Wu, Tung-Cheng Chang, Tsu-Yi Chao, Ming-Te Huang, Hui-Wen Lin
Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma Treated by Cytoreductive Surgery and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy: Is GLUT1 Expression a Major Prognostic Factor? A Preliminary Study
J. Hommell-Fontaine, S. Isaac, G. Passot, E. Decullier, A. Traverse-Glehen, E. Cotte, B. You, F. Mohamed, F. N. Gilly, O. Glehen, F. Berger
Obesity and Peritoneal Surface Disease: Outcomes after Cytoreductive Surgery with Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy for Appendiceal and Colon Primary Tumors
Konstantinos I. Votanopoulos, Douglas S. Swords, Katrina R. Swett, Reese W. Randle, Perry Shen, John H. Stewart, Edward A. Levine
Prognostic Value of Early Postoperative Tumor Marker Response in Gastric Cancer
Dong Hyuk Nam, Yong Kang Lee, Jun Chul Park, Hyuk Lee, Sung Kwan Shin, Sang Kil Lee, Yong Chan Lee, Jae-Ho Cheong, Woo Jin Hyung, Sung Hoon Noh, Choong Bai Kim
Clinical and Immunological Impact of Early Postoperative Enteral Immunonutrition After Total Gastrectomy in Gastric Cancer Patients: A Prospective Randomized Study
Luigi Marano, Raffaele Porfidia, Modestino Pezzella, Michele Grassia, Marianna Petrillo, Giuseppe Esposito, Bartolomeo Braccio, PierLuigi Gallo, Virginia Boccardi, Angelo Cosenza, Giuseppe Izzo, Natale Di Martino
Hemophagocytic Syndrome: An Unusual and Underestimated Complication of Cytoreduction Surgery with Heated Intraperitoneal Oxaliplatin
Lilian Schwarz, Valerie Bridoux, Benoit Veber, Eric Oksenhendler, Vincent Royon, Francis Michot, Jean-Jacques Tuech
The Prognostic Impact of Occult Lymph Node Metastasis in Node-negative Gastric Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Jin-yu Huang, Ying-ying Xu, Min Li, Zhe Sun, Zhi Zhu, Yong-xi Song, Zhi-feng Miao, Jian-hua Wu, Hui-mian Xu
The Impact of Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy on Perioperative Outcomes, Tumor Pathology, and Survival in Clinical Stage II and III Esophageal Cancer
Sheraz R. Markar, Artur Bodnar, Joseph Rosales, Guobin Song, Donald E. Low
Updates on Surgical Management of Advanced Gastric Cancer: New Evidence and Trends. Insights from the First International Course on Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery—Varese (Italy), December 2, 2011
Stefano Rausei, Gianlorenzo Dionigi, Takeshi Sano, Mitsuru Sasako, Alberto Biondi, Paolo Morgagni, Alfredo Garofalo, Luigi Boni, Francesco Frattini, Domenico D’Ugo, Shaun Preston, Daniele Marrelli, Maurizio Degiuli, Carlo Capella, Rosario Sacco, Laura Ruspi, Giovanni De Manzoni, Franco Roviello, Graziella Pinotti, Francesca Rovera, Sung Hoon Noh, Daniel Coit, Renzo Dionigi
The Role of Lymphadenectomy in Cervical Cancer Patients: The Significance of the Number and the Status of Lymph Nodes Removed in 526 Cases Treated in a Single Institution
Antonino Ditto, Fabio Martinelli, Salvatore Lo Vullo, Claudio Reato, Eugenio Solima, Marialuisa Carcangiu, Edward Haeusler, Luigi Mariani, Domenica Lorusso, Francesco Raspagliesi
Timing and Pattern of Recurrence in Ovarian Cancer Patients with High Tumor Dissemination Treated with Primary Debulking Surgery Versus Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy
M. Petrillo, G. Ferrandina, A. Fagotti, G. Vizzielli, P. A. Margariti, Anchora L. Pedone, C. Nero, F. Fanfani, Giovanni Scambia
Age as a Prognostic Factor in Patients with Localized Melanoma and Regional Metastases
Charles M. Balch, Seng-jaw Soong, Jeffrey E. Gershenwald, John F. Thompson, Daniel G. Coit, Michael B. Atkins, Shouluan Ding, Alistair J. Cochran, Alexander M. M. Eggermont, Keith T. Flaherty, Phyllis A. Gimotty, Timothy M. Johnson, John M. Kirkwood, Stanley P. Leong, Kelly M. McMasters, Martin C. Mihm Jr., Donald L. Morton, Merrick I. Ross, Vernon K. Sondak
Reproducibility of AJCC Staging Parameters in Primary Cutaneous Melanoma: An Analysis of 4,924 Cases
Maarten G. Niebling, Lauren E. Haydu, Rooshdiya Z. Karim, John F. Thompson, Richard A. Scolyer
An Opportunity to Ensure High-Quality Melanoma Care Through the Use of a Preoperative Treatment Algorithm
Benjamin S. Kester, Jeffrey D. Wayne, Merrick I. Ross, David J. Bentrem, Ryan P. Merkow, Karl Y. Bilimoria
Prognostic Impact of Body Mass Index in Patients with Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Esophagus
Masayuki Watanabe, Takatsugu Ishimoto, Yoshifumi Baba, Yohei Nagai, Naoya Yoshida, Takeharu Yamanaka, Hideo Baba
Usefulness of Stroke Volume Index Obtained with the FloTrac/Vigileo System for the Prediction of Acute Kidney Injury After Radical Esophagectomy
Yusuke Sugasawa, Masakazu Hayashida, Keisuke Yamaguchi, Yoshiaki Kajiyama, Eiichi Inada
Chemoradiotherapy Before and After Surgery for Locally Advanced Esophageal Cancer: A SEER-Medicare Analysis
Julian C. Hong, James D. Murphy, Samuel J. Wang, Albert C. Koong, Daniel T. Chang
Different Recurrence Pattern After Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy Compared to Surgery Alone in Esophageal Cancer Patients
Justin K. Smit, Sahin Güler, Jannet C. Beukema, Véronique E. Mul, Johannes G. M. Burgerhof, Geke A. P. Hospers, John Th. M. Plukker
Cervical Lymph Node Dissection for Clinically Submucosal Carcinoma of the Thoracic Esophagus
Shin-ichi Kosugi, Yoshihiko Kawaguchi, Tatsuo Kanda, Takashi Ishikawa, Kaoru Sakamoto, Hidenori Akaike, Hideki Fujii, Toshifumi Wakai
Indeterminate Pulmonary Nodules at Colorectal Cancer Staging: A Systematic Review of Predictive Parameters for Malignancy
Andreas Nordholm-Carstensen, Peer A. Wille-Jørgensen, Lars N. Jorgensen, Henrik Harling
An Alternative Pathway in Colorectal Carcinogenesis Based on the Mismatch Repair System and p53 Expression in Korean Patients with Sporadic Colorectal Cancer
Hyoung Ran Kim, Hee Cheol Kim, Hae-Ran Yun, Seok Hyung Kim, Cheol Keun Park, Yong Beom Cho, Seong Hyeon Yun, Woo Yong Lee, Ho-Kyung Chun
The E2F Transcription Factor 1 Transactives Stathmin 1 in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Yi-Ling Chen, Yih-Huei Uen, Chien-Feng Li, Kuo-Chan Horng, Lih-Ren Chen, Wen-Ren Wu, Hong-Yu Tseng, Hsuan-Ying Huang, Li-Ching Wu, Yow-Ling Shiue