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Annals of Surgical Oncology

Issue Special Issue 2/2004

Content (260 Articles)

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

The novel hepatitis C virus (HCV) alternate reading frame proteins (ARFPs) are over-expressed in patients with HCV cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)

M. Schwartz, J. L. Walewski, S. Roayaie, J. A. Gutierrez, E. J. Fernandez, D. Dieterich, T. Schiano, S. N. Thung, M. I. Fiel, A. D. Branch

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

The polo-like kinase sak phosphorylates p53 and is haploinsufficient for hepatocellular carcinogenesis

M. A. Ko, J. Hudson, C. Rosario, R. Chetty, J. Dennis, C. Swallow

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Estrogen receptor negative breast cancers express estrogen receptor mRNA

C. McMahon, A. Alkarain, A. Seth, J. Slingerland

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Outer breast quadrants demonstrate increased patterns of DNA genomic instability

D. L. Ellsworth, R. E. Ellsworth, B. Love, B. Deyarmin, V. Mittal, S. Lubert, R. I. Somiari, C. Shriver

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

A comparison of three tumor markers (MIA, TA90IC, S100B) in stage III melanoma patients

M. B. Faries, R. K. Gupta, X. Ye, C. Lee, R. Yee, Z. Leopoldo, D. A. Elashoff, D. L. Morton

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Cox-2 overexpression increases motility and invasion of breast cancer cells

A. Lucci, B. Singh, J. A. Berry, A. Shoher, V. Ramakrishnan

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

RNAi modulation of p12DOC-1 expression in human colorectal cancer

T. Sotsky-Kent, Z. Yuan, A. Miller, T. Weber

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

The estrogen receptor (ER) as a novel target for therapeutics in breast cancer cell refractory to antihormone therapy

S. Lim, B. Amundsen, S. Pearce, M. Chang, V. C. Jordan

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Randomized clinical trial of long-term outcome after curative resection of pancreatic head cancer by post-operative intra-arterial infusion chemotherapy

S. Nakamori, A. Miyamoto, Y. Takahashi, M. Tsujie, S. Marubashi, H. Nagano, K. Dono, K. Umeshita, M. Sakon, M. Monden

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Treatment-related upper-limb morbidity one year after sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) or axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) for stage I or II breast cancer

J. S. Rietman, P. U. Dijkstra, J. H. Geertzen, P. Baas, J. De Vries, W. Dolsma, J. W. Groothoff, W. H. Eisma, H. J. Hoekstra

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Proteomic serum analysis of differentially expressed proteins in early stage melanoma patients using SELDI-TOF mass spectrometry

L. Wilson, D. L. Morton, D. Hoon

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Resection of progressive or residual tumor after treatment with imatinib for advanced GI stromal tumors

P. Hohenberger, U. Schneider, D. Pink, K. Emmerich, C. Kettelhack, O. Roetschke, P. Reichardt

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Clinical impact of FDG-PET on the management of esophageal cancer

C. P. Duong, H. Demitriou, A. Thompson, L. Weih, W. A. Phillips, R. J. Thomas, R. J. Hicks

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Molecular profiling predicts colon cancer survival better than dukes staging

I. Yang, S. Eschrich, G. Bloom, J. Quackenbush, T. J. Yeatman

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Hyperthermic isolated limb perfusion with TNF and Melphalan for primarily irresectable soft tissue sarcoma; three time periods at risk for amputation

R. Van Ginkel, K. Thijssens, E. Pras, W. De Graaf, A. Suurmeyer, H. Hoekstra

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Effects of neoadjuvant chemoradiation on operative mortality and morbidity for pancreaticoduodenectomy

T. Y. Cheng, R. White, T. Ueno, H. I. Hurwitz, M. A. Morse, B. Czito, B. M. Clary, T. N. Pappas, D. S. Tyler

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Complete response to neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy for esophageal cancer does not confer a survival advantage

C. R. Schmidt, J. L. Tarpley, J. R. Roberts, A. S. Pearson, M. C. Kelley, M. Ninan, J. D. Berlin, A. B. Chakravarthy, R. D. Beauchamp, N. B. Merchant

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Intraperitoneal gemcitabine therapy for advanced adenocarcinoma of the pancreas

T. C. Gamblin, M. J. Egorin, E. G. Zuhowski, T. F. Lagattuta, L. L. Herscher, A. Russo, H. R. Alexander, R. L. Dedrick, D. L. Bartlett

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm of the pancreas: Importance of accurate histologic evaluation

C. P. Raut, K. R. Cleary, P. W. Pisters, J. N. Vauthey, J. E. Lee, D. B. Evans

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

In vivo expression of an adenoviral vector encoding soluble tie2 inhibits metastatic hepatic tumor growth

S. Sarraf-Yazdi, J. Mi, C. Kontos, M. Dewhirst, B. Clary

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Effecy of isolated hepatic perfusion (IHP) in patients with progressive unresectable colorectal cancer (CRC) liver metastases (LM) after irinotecan (CPT-11)

R. Alexander, S. Libutti, J. Pingpank, D. Bartlett, C. Helsabeck, T. Beresneva

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Palliative Gastrectomy improves survival in metastatic gastric cancer

R. F. Saidi, N. N. Hanna, P. S. Dudrick

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Institutional Commitment to Rectal cancer screening results in earlier stage cancer on diagnosis

A. C. Battat, R. V. Rouse, L. Dempsey, S. M. Wren

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Breast cancer patients with pN0(i+) sentinel nodes are NOT node negative

T. Mehes, P. I. Tartler, Estabrook, S. Rosenbaum Smith

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Beyond the clinical trials: How prevalent are sentinel lymph node biopsies performed for breast cancer

M. A. Maggard, K. E. Lane, J. B. O'Connell, C. Y. Ko

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Breast cancer: Presentation and intervention in women with gastrointestinal metastasis and carcinomatosis

E. C. McLemore, B. A. Pockaj, C. A. Reynolds, R. J. Gray, C. S. Grant, J. H. Donohue

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Incidence and clinical significance of lymph node metastasis detected by imuno-histochemical stain in DCIS

M. B. El-Tamer, J. Chun, M. Gill, D. Bassi, S. Lee, H. Hibshoosh, M. Mansukhani

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Axillary recurrence following sentinel node biopsy

J. S. Jeruss, D. J. Winchester, S. F. Sener, E. M. Brinkman, M. M. Bilimoria, E. Barrera, E. Alwawi, M. G. Schermerhorn, D. P. Winchester

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Ductal lavage (DL) findings in women with mammographic microcalcifications undergoing biopsy

S. A. Khan, J. A. Wolfman, L. Segal, S. Benjamin, R. Nayar, E. L. Wiley, M. Bryk, M. Morrow

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

High provider volume is associated with better outcomes for breast cancer surgery: analysis of 234,254 patients

U. Guller, S. Safford, R. Pietrobon, M. Heberer, D. Oerli, N. Jain

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Proteomic analysis of BRCA-1 breast cancer, BRCA-1 carriers and sporadic breast cancer

S. Becker, L. Cazares, P. Watson, H. Lynch, O. J. Semmes, R. Drake, C. Laronga

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Isolated limb perfusion for unresectable melanoma of the limbs

E. M. Noorda, B. C. Vrouenraets, O. E. Nieweg, A. N. Geel, A. M. Eggermont, B. B. Kroon

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Specific active immunotherapy for primary melanoma: Experience with 5399 Patients

R. White, P. Mosca, W. Stanley, J. Johnson, D. S. Tyler, H. F. Seigler

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Detection of melanoma lymph node metastases by proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy of fine-needle aspirates

J. Stretch, R. Somorjai, R. Bourne, E. Hsaio, L. Li, C. De Silva, B. Dolenko, J. Thompson, C. Mountford, C. Lean

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Outcome in 846 cutaneous melanoma patients from a single center after negative sentinel node biopsy

V. S. Ka, J. F. Thompson, J. G. McKinnon, R. A. Scolyer, L. X. Li, R. Uren

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Desmoplastic melanoma: A pathologically and clinically distinct form of cutaneous melanoma B

W. G. Hawkins, K. J. Busam, L. BenPorat, K. Panageas, D. G. Coit, D. E. Gyorki, D. C. Linehan, M. S. Brady

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Predictors and natural history of in-transit melanoma after sentinel lymphadenectomy

T. M. Pawlik, M. I. Ross, M. M. Johnson, I. Bedrosian, C. W. Schacherer, P. F. Mansfield, J. E. Lee, J. N. Cormier, J. E. Gershenwald

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Multivariate prognostic model for patients with thick cutaneous melanoma: Results of a large multi-institutional study

S. C. Montgomery, K. S. Panageas, J. F. Thompson, J. E. Gershenwald, G. W. Carlson, S. P. Leong, J. S. Goydos, D. G. Cott

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Mitotic rate as a predictor for sentinel lymph node positivity in patients with thin melanomas

S. B. Kesmodel, G. C. Karakousis, K. P. Terhune, R. J. Canter, P. Wahl, P. Gimotty, D. Guerry, D. L. Fraker, B. J. Czerniecki, F. R. Spitz

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Is parathyroid carcinoma a lethal disease

K. P. Kleinpeter, N. D. Perrier, P. B. Clark, J. F. Lovato

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

AMES risk classification and extent of thyroidectomy for well-differentiated thyroid cancer in the united states

P. Haigh, D. Urbach, L. Rotstein

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Thyroid cancer: Is the incidence still increasing

N. Hodgson, B. Wohler-Torres, C. Solarzano

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Gland size is associated with changes in gene expression profiles in sporadic parathyroid adenomas

J. E. Rosen, N. G. Costouros, D. Lorang, A. L. Burns, H. R. Alexander, M. C. Skarulis, J. F. Pingpank, S. J. Marx, A. M. Spiegel, S. K. Libutti

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Clinical prognostic factors and outcomes for the surgical treatment of recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck

V. M. Bondar, J. D. Ellenhorn, D. Qiah, S. Berndt, L. D. Wagman, I. B. Paz

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Paranasal sinus and nasal fossae carcinoma. Prognostic factors

J. F. Carrillo, A. Guemes-Meza, J. M. Aguilar-Melchor, L. F. Onate-Ocana

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Tissue eosinophilia: A valuable marker in assessing stromal invasion, locoregional recurrence & distant metastasis in head & neck squamous cell carcinomas

S. J. Alrawi, D. Tan, W. Douglas, W. Hicks, T. Loree, N. Rigual

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Electrical impedance scanning of thyroid nodules prior to thyroid surgery: A prospective study

A. Stojadinovic, S. I. Fields, C. D. Shriver, T. Peretz, H. R. Freund, A. Nissan

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Inhibition of HIF-1α reduces tumor growth and angiogenesis of human gastric cancer

O. Stoeltzing, M. F. McCarty, J. Wey, F. Fan, W. Liu, C. D. Bucana, P. Mansfield, G. L. Semenza, L. M. Ellis

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Emploving hepatoma hypoxia to augment herpes oncolytic therapy

R. H. Pin, M. Reinblatt, Y. Fong

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Systemic administration of an anti-VEGF monoclonal antibody inhibits growth of human pancreatic adenocarcinoma in an orthotopic mouse model

S. E. Holloway, A. Beck, M. Davis, T. Hart, R. A. Brekken, J. B. Fleming

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Interferon-inducible protein (IP)-10 inhibition of melanoma xenograft growth in nude mice is associated with alterations in angiogenic gene expression profiles

D. Elaraj, D. Weinreich, A. Feldman, E. Turner, S. Libutti, R. Alexander

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Therapeutic targeting of the insulin-like growth factor-I receptor (IGF-IR) plus oxaliplatin decreases hepatic growth of human colon cancer

T. W. Bauer, M. F. McCarty, J. Wey, A. Belcheva, R. J. Somcio, F. Fan, W. Liu, R. Singh, L. M. Ellis

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

In vivo monotherapy and combination treatment of pancreatic cancer with the antiendothelial agent EMAP-II

S. Konduri, M. A. Schwarz, R. E. Schwarz

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Inhibition of mucin 2 production: Implications for treatment of pseudomyxoma peritonei

E. Silva, B. W. Loggie, Z. Nawaz, Z. Gatalica, G. A. El-Ella

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Targeting tumor hypoxia by adenoviral gene therapy

S. P. Mckenzie, W. Al-Jumaily, S. Warrick, N. Hanna

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Predictive value of peritoneal cytology in patients with gastric carcinoma undergoing a curative resection

D. J. Bentrem, D. Wilton, M. Mazumdar, M. Karpeh, M. Brennan, D. Coit

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Vitamin E acetate decreases tamoxifen efficacy in human breast cancer xenografts

D. L. Engle, M. So, E. A. Peralta

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Cancer-directed surgery for localized disease: Underuse in the elderly

J. B. O'Connell, M. A. Maggard, C. Y. Ko

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

The new AJCC 6 staging system for colon cancer-does it prognosticate correctly

J. B. O'Connell, M. A. Maggard, C. Y. Ko

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Focal adhesion kinase inhibitory peptides induce apoptosis in human breast cancer cells

C. A. Garces, J. Chang, R. I. Wilson, E. V. Kurenova, V. M. Golubovskaya, W. G. Cance

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Isolated limb perfusion (ILP) with tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF) and melphalan (M) prevents amputation in patients with multiple sarcomas in arm or leg

D. Grunhagen, J. De Wilt, F. Brunstein, A. Van Geel, A. Eggermont

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Mechanisms involved in radiation enhancement of intratumoral dendritic cell therapy

S. Teitz-Tennenbaum, Q. Li, M. Davis, A. E. Chang

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Depletion of regulatory T cells promotes a tumor-specific immune response

C. T. Viehl, U. K. Liyanage, T. T. Moore, J. P. Ehlers, T. J. Eberlein, P. S. Goedegebuure, D. C. Linehan

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Comparison of immunological responses in node-positive and node-negative breast cancer patients receiving a HER2/neu E75 peptide vaccine

M. T. Hueman, J. M. Gurney, C. E. Storrer, L. Kotula, K. Jackson, M. Wilson, C. D. Shriver, S. Ponnian, G. E. Peoples

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

IL-7 and IL-15 can trigger cancer regression after adoptive transfer of CD8+T lymphocytes

S. E. Finkelstein, C. A. Klebanoff, P. A. Antony, L. N. Hwang, D. M. Heimann, P. J. Spiess, D. R. Surman, D. C. Palmer, S. A. Rosenberg, N. P. Restifo

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

CpG oligonucleotides enhance the effect of a poxvirus vaccine targeting p53 in murine tumor models

M. Faynsod, P. Daftarian, G. Song, Z. Wang, J. Longmate, D. J. Diamond, J. Ellenhorn

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Role of CTLA4 in tumor immunity

K. Bannister, A. Lodge, S. L. Sugg, J. Shilyansky

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

A tat fusion protein-based tumor vaccine for breast cancer

C. T. Viehl, M. Becker-Hapak, J. S. Lewis, Y. Tanaka, U. K. Liyanage, D. C. Linehan, T. J. Eberlein, P. S. Goedegebuure

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Survival efficacy of adjuvant cytosine analog CS-682 treatment of human pancreatic cancer in an orthotopic metastatic model monitored by fluorescence whole-body imaging

M. H. Katz, M. Bouvet, S. Takimoto, D. Spivack, A. R. Moossa, R. M. Hoffman

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Is pylorospasm a cause of delayed gastric emptying after pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy

D. K. Kim, A. A. Hindenburg, J. H. Grendell, W. P. Reed

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Long-term survival after cytoreduction and hyperthermic inteaperitoneal chemotherapy for colorectal carcinomatosis

V. Verwaal, F. Zoetmulder, G. Slooten, H. Boot

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Prognostic significance of histologic response to preoperative chemoradiation for pancreatic cancer

R. White, H. B. Xie, M. Gottfried, H. Hurwitz, M. Morse, B. Czito, E. Paulson, B. M. Clary, T. N. Pappas, D. S. Tyler

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Significant long-term survival in unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma treated with radiofrequency ablation

C. P. Raut, F. Izzo, P. Marra, L. M. Ellis, J. N. Vauthey, B. Danielle, P. Vallone, B. Fornage, S. A. Curley

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

The impact of surgeon volume on mortality for colorectal cancer resections

S. L. Chen, M. Comstock, P. A. Taheri

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Colorectal cancer patient follow-up following surgery with curative intent

F. E. Johnson, K. S. Virgo, W. E. Longo, E. M. Grossmann, R. Fossati

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Relationship between pathological T stage and nodal metastases following preoperative chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced rectal cancer

S. Pucciarelli, C. Capirci, E. Urso, P. Toppan, M. L. Friso, G. M. Pennelli, G. Crepaldi, L. Pasetto, D. Nitti, M. Lise

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Reproducibility study of lymphoscintigraphy: Excisional biopsy of breast lesions changes drainage patterns

S. H. Estourgie, O. E. Nieweg, R. A. Valdes Olmos, C. A. Hoefnagel, E. J. Rutgers, B. B. Kroon

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Can sentinel lymph node biopsy be omitted in patients with favorable breast cancer histology

J. E. Mendez, J. Fey, H. Cody, P. Borgen, L. Sclafani

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Sentinel lymph node biopsy accurately reflects nodal status following preoperative chemotherapy for breast cancer

K. Kawase, K. Hunt, H. Kuerer, F. Meric-bernstam, N. Mirza, B. Feig, F. Ames, G. Babiera, E. Singletary, M. Ross

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Sentinel lymph node metastases detected by immunohistochemistry only do not mandate complete axillary lymph node dissection in breast cancer

R. J. Gray, B. A. Pockaj, C. R. Conley

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Assessment of the current medicare reimbursement system for breast cancer operations

A. Lucci, A. Shoher, N. Knesek

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Breast conservation therapy in T4 locally advanced breast cancer: Effective local control with long-term survival

J. Shen, V. Valero, T. Buchholz, S. E. Singletary, K. Hunt, M. Ross, M. Cristofanilli, G. V. Babiera, F. Meric-Bernstam, H. M. Kuerer

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Intraoperative examination of sentinel lymph nodes frequently changes management in women with breast cancer

L. Fortunato, M. Amini, M. Farina, S. Rapacchietta, L. Costarelli, F. R. Piro, G. Alessi, P. Pompili, C. E. Vitelli

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Quality of life in long-term survivors after isolated limb perfusion for melanoma of the limbs

E. M. Noorda, R. H. Kreij, B. C. Vrouenraets, O. E. Nieweg, M. Muller, B. B. Kroon, N. K. Aaronson

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Repeat isolated limb perfusions (ILP) with tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF) and melphalan are highly effective in melanoma patients with multiple in-transit metastases who have failed prior ILPs

B. Van Etten, D. Grunhagen, F. Brunstein, J. De Wilt, A. Van Geel, A. Eggermont

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Initial clinical response predicts outcome and is associated with dose schedule in metastatic melanoma and renal cell carcinoma patients treated with high-dose interleukin-2

K. Spanknebel, K. Hurst-Wicker, Y. K. Cheung, C. Hesdorffer, G. DeRaffele, H. Kaufman

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Indications for sentinel lymph node biopsy in thin melanomas

J. Vaquerano, W. Kraybill, R. Cheney, J. M. Kane

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Surgical management of melanoma patients with epitrochlear or popliteal lymph node metastases

K. A. Delman, J. N. Cormier, M. I. Ross, J. E. Gershenwald, J. E. Lee, P. F. Mansfield

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Histopathologic characteristics, recurrence patterns, and survival of 129 patients with desmoplastic melanoma

K. E. Posther, P. J. Mosca, M. A. Selim, W. E. Stanley, J. L. Johnson, D. S. Tyler, H. F. Seigler

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Ten year experience and followup of effective gene therapy in patients with cancer

M. T. Lotze, H. Tahara, W. J. Storkus, T. L. Whiteside, T. Hall, D. Kinzler, H. J. Zeh

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Isolated chemotherapeutic perfusion as neoadjuvant therapy for advanced/unresectable pelvic malignancy

H. J. Wanebo, G. Begossi, A. Levy, E. Gustavson, J. Belliveau

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Combination of primary and recurrent tumor characteristics predict survival in locally recurrent extremity soft tissue sarcoma

F. C. Eilber, M. F. Brennan, K. Alektiar, E. Riedel, S. Singer

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Role of hyperthermia in regional alkylating agent chemotherapy

O. I. Abdel-Wahab, E. Grubbs, T. Y. Cheng, B. Viglianti, T. Ueno, S. Curtiss, S. K. Pruitt, M. W. Dewhirst, D. S. Tyler

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

A prospective evaluation of isolated limb perfusion with doxorubicin in patients with unresectable extremity sarcomas

B. W. Feig, M. I. Ross, K. K. Hunt, J. Cormier, J. Griffin, P. Pisters, R. Pollock, R. Benjamin

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

A modified eilber protocol provides maximum local control and minimum major morbidity in soft tissue sarcoma

L. A. Mack, P. J. Crowe, W. J. Temple, N. S. Schachar, J. L. Yang, D. G. Morris, E. Kurien, R. L. Lindsay, E. Magi, W. G. DeHaas

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Long-term management of patients after potentially curative treatment of extremity soft-tissue sarcoma

F. E. Johnson, K. S. Virgo, A. L. Beitler, J. F. Gibbs, K. Sakata, S. Sarkar, W. G. Kraybill, R. A. Audisio

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

Near-infrared fluorescence imaging: A novel technique for identifying in vivo patterns of drainage from the pleural space to prognostic lymph node stations

C. P. Parungo, S. Ohnishi, A. DeGrand, Y. Colson, J. Frangioni, L. Cohn

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

The strategy to select which thoracic esophageal cancer patients should receive cervical lymph node dissection during esophagectomy

Y. Shimada, S. Nagatani, Z. Li, Y. Ding, M. Kondo, T. Kan, J. Kaganoi, G. Watanabe, M. Imamura

Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions

NF-κB and p38 inhibition augment apoptosis induced by selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor in human lung cancer cells in vitro

M. Alam, J. H. Wang, S. S. Qadri, J. C. Coffey, A. F. O'Donnell, T. Aherne, H. P. Redmond

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Assessment of the teratogenicity of isosulfan blue (Lymphazurin 1%)

S. B. Banks, Q. Miller, J. G. Harre, M. C. Lilly, D. M. Rose

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

A novel method for the expansion of cytotoxic T-cells using an artificially created cell (CHO) in the presence of MHC dimer-peptide in naive and primed cell lines

S. F. Abdessalam, K. May, E. Kocak, E. Martin, P. Zheng, Y. Liu

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Blockade of IGF-IR function reduces COX-2 expression in human pancreatic cancer cells

O. Stoeltzing, F. Fan, W. Liu, A. A. Parikh, N. Reinmuth, D. J. Hicklin, L. M. Ellis

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Rapamycin synergistically enhances the cytotoxicity of paclitaxel in breast cancer cells

W. Mondesire, W. Jian, H. Zhang, J. Peng, J. Dong, F. Meric-Bernstam

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Inhibition of platelet derived growth factor receptor restricts the growth of breast cancer cells in the bone but not in the mammary fatpad

D. Chelouche-Lev, S. J. Kim, I. J. Fidler, J. E. Price

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Prognostic significance of hypermethylated tumor suppressor genes in metastatic melanomas

K. Yao, C. Kuo, H. Wang, R. Lai, D. Morton, D. Hoon

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

The onset of genomic instability in sporadic colorectal polyps

B. M. Brenner, W. Vandewalle, R. A. Komorowski, D. M. Ota

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Quantitative analysis of immunosuppressive genes expressed in melanoma sentinel nodes

J. H. Lee, H. Torisu-Itakura, Y. Huynh, R. Essner

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

NF-kB activation leads to chemoresistance in pancreatic cancersB

K. M. Baerman, K. Dave-Coombe, A. Baldwin, H. J. Kim

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Plasmacytoid dendritic cells promote the clonal expansion of T cells with a Th1/Tc1 phenotype

P. Rao, H. Graor, J. A. Kim

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

The suppression of Crk inhibits the metastatic profile of breast cancer cells lines

G. Chan, S. P. Rodrigues, F. Halwani, S. Meterissian, M. Park

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Activin and smad 3 supression of breast cancer cell cycle progression

J. S. Jeruss, E. J. Lee, A. W. Rademaker, T. K. Woodruff

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Intralesional IL-12 and TNF-α loaded microspheres can generate systemic anti-tumor immunity to B16 melanoma

M. S. Sabel, W. J. Chang, N. K. Egilmez, E. Mathiowitz, A. E. Chang

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Effects of HIV-1 nef, a cytotoxic viral protein, on the growth of primary colorectal cancer

H. L. Bumpers, M. Huang, V. C. Bond

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

CC chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5) Δ 32 bp gene deletions and progression of advanced-stage melanoma

R. Essner, J. H. Lee, H. Torisu-Itakura, Y. Huynh

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Altered gene expression in metastatic vs primary follicular thyroid carcinoma cell lines by cDNA microarray

B. Xiang, L. Du, A. Kappes, J. Shilvansky, M. J. Hessner, N. Jiang, M. J. Demeure, S. D. Wilson, S. L. Sugg

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

The zinc finger transcriptional repressors SLUG and SIP1 are upregulated during ras-induced malignant transformation of intestinal epithelial cells

C. Schmidt, T. Patel, Y. Gi, D. Beauchamp, S. Pearson

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Inhibiting capillary formation in hypoxic pancreatic adenocarcinoma

M. Reinblatt, R. H. Pin, Y. Fong

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

The effects of radiofrequency ablation and partial hepatectomy on residual tumor growth

K. L. Meredith, D. Mahvi, D. Haemmerich, C. Qi

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Quantitative hypermethylation analysis of the cell cycle regulatory gene, 14-3-3 sigma in gastrointestinal cancer cell lines

D. Shibata, F. Sato, J. Yin, Y. Mori, F. Selaru, S. Wang, S. Meltzer

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Macrophage proinflammatory human chemokine-3α (mip-3α), through its receptor, CCR6, promotes pancreatic cancer cell invasion

T. F. Kimsey, D. Albo, A. S. Campbell, T. N. Wang

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

A new approach to paracrine-based immunotherapy using radiofrequency ablated tissue with fluorescein as a surrogate marker

L. B. Riley, A. Maggitti, M. Habibi, D. C. Desai

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Tumor exosomes expressing fas ligand mediate CD8+ T cell apoptosis

C. A. O'Brien, T. E. Ichim, Z. Zhong, W. P. Min

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Expression of prostaglandin E-receptors in pancreatic cancer

T. J. Kennedy, X. Ding, M. Talamonti, M. Ujiki, T. Adrian, R. Bell Jr.

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Combination therapy of heceptin and ad-mda7 inhibits growth of her-2/neu overexpressing breast cancer in vivo

T. S. McKenzie, Y. Lui, S. Swisher, A. Pataer, S. Chada, M. Fanale, K. Hunt

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Loss of heterozygosity in primary breast carcinomas and metastatic tumors of the axillary lymph nodes

R. Ellsworth, D. L. Ellsworth, B. Deyarmin, M. Sarachine, P. Brown, R. Somiarl, J. Hooke, C. D. Shriver

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Does magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have a unique role in the diagnosis of locally recurrent breast cancer B

C. D. Murphy, E. Morris, J. Fey, P. Borgen, L. M. Sclafani

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

The rate of immediate reconstruction following mastectomy for breast cancer varies by patient race

J. F. Tseng, S. J. Kronowitz, K. K. Hunt, C. C. Sun, G. V. Babiera, E. Singletary, F. Meric-Bernstam, M. J. Ross, B. W. Feig, H. M. Kuerer

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Predictors of invasive breast cancer in patients with an initial diagnosis of ductal carcinoma in situ: A guide to the selective carcinoma in situ

T. W. Yen, N. Mirza, K. Hunt, M. Ross, G. Babiera, S. E. Singletary, F. Meric-Bernstam, B. Feig, F. Ames, H. Kuerer

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Isolation and expression profiling of circulating tumor cells in breast cancer

J. E. Lang, D. Khodabakhsh, J. Scott, J. Crothers, D. Nonaka, D. Moore, D. Ginzinger, L Esserman, J. Park, C. Haqq

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Relationship between initial margin status and residual carcinoma after re-excision for invasive duct breast carcinoma

C. Kotwall, M. Ranson, A. Stiles, M. Hamann, T. Hall, C. Brinker, A. Weiss

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Alpha B crystallin, a novel marker for breast cancer metastasis

D. Chelouche-Lev, H. Kluger, J. E. Price

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Breast cancer risk correlates with level of atypia in prophylactic mastectomy(PM) specimens

S. Kulkarni, A. Rademaker, S. Khan, V. Staradub, L. Wiley, S. Acharya, K. Bethke, M. Morrow

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

is sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy really contraindicated in clinically node-positive breast cancerB

M. Specht, J. Fey, P. I. Borgen, H. S. Cody

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Contralateral prophylactic mastectomy: Efficacy and determinants of significant histologic findings

K. Goldflam, J. E. Gershenwald, K. K. Hunt, S. E. Singletary, N. Mirza, B. Arun, G. V. Babiera, H. M. Kuerer, M. I. Ross, F. Meric-Bernstam

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Leptin receptor expression and SOCS-3 signaling in breast cancer: A critical link

K. Frankenberry, P. Somasundar, D. W. McFadden, L. Vona-Davis

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Lobular breast carcinomas do not metastasize earlier than ductal carcinomas

K. Hribar, J. Recabaren

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

A randomized trial of tamoxifen with or without breast radiation in women over 50 years of age with T1/2 N0 disease

D. McCready, A. Fyles, L. Manchul, M. Trudeau, I. Olivotto, L. Weir, P. Merante, M. Pintilie

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Mammary endoscopy (ductoscopy) to guide surgical excision in women with spontaneous nipple discharge

R. M. Moncrief, R. Nayar, L. K. Diaz, V. L. Staradub, M. Morrow, S. A. Khan

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Impact of eIF4E overexpression on survival in advanced beast cancer

Q. D. Chu, D. McClusky, R. H. Turnage, L. W. Johnson, J. C. McDonald, B. D. Li

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Is breast conservation an acceptable alternative for breast cancer patients with collagen vascular diseases

S. White, F. Ampil, G. Burton, B. Li, Q. Chu

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

The impact of radiation therapy access on mastectomy use in early stage breast cancer patients

A. T. Schroen, D. R. Brenin

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Rapid frozen section is inappropriate for breast sentinel node analysis

K. Hribar, G. Akopian, J. Recabaren

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Comparative analysis of bone marrow micrometastases with sintinel lymph node (SLN) status in early breast cancer S. Saha, D. Iddings, J. Bevenour, R. Aravapalli, A. Kunadi, S. Rajurkar, D. Wiese, T. Singh, M. Arora, T. Branigan

S. Saha, D. M. Iddings, J. J. Bevenour, R. Aravapalli, A. Kunadi, S. Rajurkar, D. Wiese, T. Singh, M. Arora, T. Branigan

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Atypical ductal hyperplasia: To core or excise, that is the question

S. S. Chang, R. J. Brenner, A. E. Giuliano, N. M. Hansen

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Correlation between clinical stage, ER status and circulating tumour cell burden in patients with breast cancer

M. A. Kelly, N. J. Aherne, K. C. Redmond, N. Relihan, J. Wang, J. Kelly, D. Richardson, D. O'Hanlon, H. P. Redmond

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Donut mastopexy lumpectomy: an oncoplastic resection for breast conservation of large unicentric malignancies

B. O. Anderson, D. R. Reed, G. N. Mann, M. Austin-Seymour, R. E. Moe

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Breast cancer in ethnic minorities: A population study

H. Hodgson, J. Powell, B. Wohler-Iorres, D. Franceschi, F. L. Moffat

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Sentinel node biopsy prior to neoadjuvant chemotherapy for determining axillary status and treatment prognosis in locally advanced breast cancer

C. Cox, B. T. Furman, N. G. Stowell, L. B. White, J. D. Clark, E. L. Dupont, S. B. Minton

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Can we identify women at risk for receptor (ER) positive breast cancer

S. R. Gorla, N. Hou, S. Acharya, A. W. Rademaker, V. Staradub, S. A. Khan, M. Morrow

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Intraoperative subareolar technetium injection results in consistent sentinel lymph node identification

T. G. Zogakis, R. Wetherille, R. Christensen, K. Ose, J. Friedman, M. Colbert, C. Svendsen, O. Sanan, T. Tuttle

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Could breast cancer patients have been targeted for chemoprevention prior to their diagnosis

S. Acharya, A. Pakilit, K. Ortiz, I. Helenowski, A. Rademaker, M. Morrow

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Axillary recurrence in sentinel-node-positive breast cancer patients who decline axillary dissection is an infrequent event

A. M. Naik, J. Fey, P. I. Borgen, H. S. Cody

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Risk factors for recurrence and death after primary surgical treatment of malignant phyllodes tumors

J. Donohue, O. Asoglu, D. K. Blanchard, C. Reynolds, S. S. Cha, M. Ugurlu

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Intra-operative electron irradiation and external beam irradiation after lumpectomy in patients with T1/T2N0M0 breast cancer: Preliminary results

B. A. Pockaj, W. W. Wong, R. J. Gray, M. Y. Halyard, S. A. Vora, S. E. Schild, H. A. Apsey

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Influence of lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS) associated with invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) on local recurrence in women treated with breast conservation

T. C. Hurd, R. Penetrante, E. R. Schultz, E. R. Schultz, N. Watroba, S. B. Edge

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Cytological atypia diagnosed by nipple duct lavage: reproducibility and MRI findings

A. Johnson, R. Ashfaq, L. Cler, E. Naftalis, A. M. Leitch, S. Hoover, D. M. Euhus

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Tumor mitotic count is predictive of macrometases in the sentinel lymph node

Y. G. Fan, S. P. Leong, C. A. Ewing, K. E. Lane, L. J. Esserman, L. M. Burke, E. S. Hwang

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Mammary ductoscopy to further characterize ductal lavage-diagnosed atypia: Correlation between cytology, endoscopy, and surgical pathology

J. R. Dietz, A. Rastelli, J. Bokern, V. Herrmann

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

The role of sentinal lymph node biopsy in determining the need for completion axillary node dissection after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with lymph node positive breast cancer

A. Khan, M. Sabel, K. Diehl, A. Schott, V. Cimmino, A. Chang, C. Kleer, L. A. Newman

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Who needs an axillary dissections?

L. W. Hoque, a. E. Loscalzo, J. F. Day, J. Killeen, M. A. Zeug, S. Shaha

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Clinico-pathologic and radiopharmacokinetic factors affecting, gamma probe guided parathyroidectomy

O. Ugur, F. M. Bozkurt, E. Hamaloglu, C. Sokmensuer, I. Etikan, I. Sayek, S. A. Gulec

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma agonist rosiglitazone inhibits growth and downregulates Bcl-2 gene expression in human follicular thyroid cancer cells

W. T. Shen, T. S. Wong, M. G. Wong, E. Kebebew, Q. Y. Duh, O. H. Clark

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Partial median sternotomy: An attractive approach to mediastinal parathyroid disease

J. S. Gold, P. I. Donovan, R. Udelsman

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Different operative protocols for minimally invasive radioguided parathyroidectomy. A randomized prospective study

F. Lumachi, M. Iacopone, M. C. Marzola, P. Zucchetta, D. Cecchin, F. Bur, G. Favia

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Risk of malignancy in patients with incidentally discovered adrenal masses. Accuracy of CT-scan, MRI, norcholesterol scintigraphy, and image-guided FNA cytology. A prospective study

F. Lumachi, S. Borsato, A. Tregnaghi, P. Zucchetta, M. C. Marzola, F. Bui, S. M. Basso, G. Favia

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

The approach to adrenalectomy: Is there a difference in outcomes

C. A. Babcock, E. Mack, J. Starling, D. Mahvi, H. Chen

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Incidental carcinoid tumors of the appendix: Do they change presentation or prognosis

J. J. Van Gompel, T. F. Warner, E. Stoddard, H. Chen

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Impact of FDG-PET in patients with biochemical evidence of recurrent or residual medullary thyroid cancer

J. T. Plukker, J. W. De Groot, T. P. Links, P. L. Jager

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

The use of intraoperative parathyroid hormone assay (QPTH) in patients with parathyroid cancer

D. M. Carneiro, M. C. Ramirez, G. L. Irvin III, C. C. Solorzano

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Complete closed thymectomy for anterior mediastinal hyperparathyroidism

M. S. Cohen, J. Cooper, S. A. Wells, T. C. Lairmore, G. A. Patterson, J. F. Moley

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Long term survival after an aggressive surgical approach in patients with breast cancer hepatic metastases

D. L. Smith, G. V. Vlastos, S. E. Singletary, N. Q. Mirza, T. M. Tuttle, R. J. Popat, S. A. Curley, L. M. Ellis, M. S. Roh, J. N. Vauthey

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Angiocidin, a novel thrombospondin-1 receptor, and matrix metalloproteinase-9 are up-regulated in colon cancer

N. Gupta, S. Miyauchi, V. Ganapathy, R. Podolsky, G. P. Tuszynski, D. Albo

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

AttenuatedSalmonella typhimurium-induced immunity to hepatic colorectal metastases

L. J. Soto, B. Sorenson, B. Nelson, A. Leonard, D. Saltzman

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Expressions of cyclooxygenase-2 and vascular endothelial growth factor in colorectal adenoma

S. Park, H. Uetake, K. Sugihara

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Race and AFP levels predict survival in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

T. W. Reichman, B. Koneru, A. Fisher, D. Wilson, A. Dela Torre, L. E. Harrison

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Outcome after curative resection for locally recurrent rectal cancer

I. Bedrosian, G. Giacco, L. Pederson, M. Rodriguez-Bigas, B. Feig, K. Hunt, L. Ellis, S. Curley, J. N. Vauthey, J. Skibber

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Pre-operative radiotherapy improves outcome of multimodality treatment in recurrent rectal cancer

M. Vermaas, F. Ferenschild, C. Verhoef, J. Nuyttens, T. Wiggers, A. Marinelli, A. Eggermont, J. De Wilt

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Total pelvic exenteration for primary locally advanced and recurrent rectal cancer

M. Vermaas, F. Ferenschild, C. Verhoef, J. Nuyttens, T. Wiggers, A. Marinelli, A. Eggermont, J. De Wilt

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Colorectal cancer in hispanics: A population at risk for earlier onset, advanced disease and decreased survival

D. Stefanidis, J. Miranda, A. Wong, B. Pollock, C. Thomas, M. Kahlenberg

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Gene expression profiling of primary and metastatic colorectal cancer

C. Belluco, A. D'Arrigo, M. Digito, G. Esposito, A. Ambrost, A. Bertola, E. Mammano, A. Leon, D. Nitti, M. Lise

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Impact of tumor resection (Rxn) and intraperitoneal (IP) chemotherapy (CHRx) on health related quality of life (HRQL) in patients (Pts) with peritoneal surface malignancies (PSM)

R. Alexander, S. Mavroukakis, S. Libutti, J. Pingpank, T. Beresneva, S. Marden, S. Steinberg, D. Liewehr

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Upstaging of early colon cancer (T1 & T2) by sentinel lymph node (SLN) mapping

A. Dan, S. Saha, D. Wiese, A. Bilchik, M. Nolff, T. Beutler, R. AlSamkari, K. Barber, T. Branigan, S. Kaushal

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Poor prognostic impact of the expression of valosin-containing protein (VCP) on patients with colorectal carcinomas (CRC)

M. Ikeda, S. Yamamoto, Y. Tomita, Y. Hoshida, M. Sakon, S. Imaoka, M. Sekimoto, S. Nakamori, M. Monden, K. Aozasa

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Radiofrequency ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma: Five-year experience at a single institution

K. A. Varker, D. Dupuy, D. A. Iannitti

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Marginal clearance does not impact pattern of recurrence following resection of colorectal liver metastases

C. R. Scoggins, E. M. Loyer, R. J. Popat, E. K. Abdalla, S. A. Curley, L. M. Ellis, J. N. Vauthey

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

High grade gastric epithelial dysplasia: Clinical management according to histopathological category

A. I. Sarela, N. Scott, C. S. Verbeke, J. I. Wyatt, P. J. Guillou

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Prognostic significance of circumferential margin involvement after long-term preoperative chemoradiotherapy and surgery for rectal cancer

P. Luna, A. Maffuz, S. Rodriguez, M. Gutierrez de la Barrera, I. Alvarado, E. Bustos, S. Labastida

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Cytoreductive surgical treatment by cryodestruction or radiofrequency ablation for metastatic carcinoid of the liver

M. K. Shafir, R. Warner, S. Gonsalves

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Gene expression profiling and treatment response in esophageal cancers

C. P. Duong, A. Kowalczyk, A. Thompson, R. Chen, J. Spillane, B. Mann, R. J. Hicks, W. A. Phillips, R. J. Thomas

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Early and late complications after radiofrequency ablation of malignant liver tumors in 608 patients

C. P. Raut, P. Marra, F. Izzo, L. M. Ellis, J. N. Vauthey, E. K. Abdalla, C. L. Scaife, S. A. Curley

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Radical reresection is indicated for all T2 and T3 gallbladder cancers and results in the same survival as primarily resected gallbladder cancers

H. Hoshi, J. M. Foster, Q. Chu, B. Kuvshinoff, A. Rajput, H. Nava, J. F. Gibbs

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Complications, continence and quality of life after an intensive preoperative radio-chemotherapy regimen for locally advanced rectal cancer: analysis of a phase I–II study

S. Pucciarelli, E. Urso, S. Serpentini, P. Toppan, G. L. De Salvo, G. Fabris, M. L. Friso, C. Aschele, A. Bruttocao, M. Lise

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

mTOR signaling is a possible new biochemical target for pancreatic cancer therapy

D. Ito, K. Fujimoto, R. Doi, E. Toyoda, T. Mori, K. Kami, Y. Shimada, M. Imamura

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Safety and efficacy of metallic stents in the management of colorectal obstruction

D. Stefanidis, K. Brown, H. Nazario, H. Trevino, H. Ferral, C. Brady, G. Gross, D. Postoak, R. Chadhury, M. Kahlenberg

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Rectus flap reconstruction decreases perineal wound complications following pelvic radiation and surgery: A cohort analysis

D. B. Chessin, J. Hartley, M. Mazumdar, P. Cordeiro, B. Minsky, A. Cohen, P. Paty, M. Weiser, D. Wong, J. G. Guillem

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

A novel method of pancreatic cancer detection by simultaneous analysis of multiple serum markers

S. Winikoff, A. Lokshin, D. Landsittel, K. L. Lee, A. J. Moser, W. H. Schraut, M. T. Lotze, D. L. bartlett, H. J. Zeh

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Implication of BRCA genes in colon tumorigenesis

N. S. Sivarajasingham, L. Cawkwell, J. V. Tilsed, J. Greenman, J. R. Monson

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Neoadjuvant/adjuvant therapy shows improved survival following surgical resection of advanced gastric cancer

H. J. Wanebo, J. T. Tomicic, H. Safran

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Is extended lymphadenectomy (D2) justified in patients with early gastric cancer

D. Nitti, A. Marchet, C. Belluco, M. Olivieri, A. Ambrosi, R. Mencarelli, M. Lise

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Neoadjuvant chemoradiation in locally advanced rectal cancer: Results of a phase II study

P. Delrio, A. Avallone, C. Guida, P. Marone, A. Petrillo, F. Tatangelo, M. Di Marzo, D. Scala, V. Parisi

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Improving nodal harvest in colorectal cancer: a simple effective approach

L. K. Helyer, P. Johnson, D. Malatjalian, G. Porter

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Changing physician practice and introduction of treatment guidelines for colorectal cancer: An analysis of 162,477 patients

F. L. Greene, L. B. Saltz, A. K. Stewart, E. G. Gay

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

The role of surgery in the management of loco-regional esophageal cancer

M. Javle, S. Khemka, K. Donohue, T. Demmy, G. Yang, J. Smith, H. Nava, H. O. Douglass

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Survival following repeat hepatectomy for metastatic colorectal cancer

A. C. Wel, I. D. McGilvray, D. Grant, M. Cattral, B. Taylor, B. Langer, P. Greig, S. Gallinger

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Molecular markers as predictors of tumor response to preoperative chemoradiotherapy in locally advanced rectal adenocarcinoma

S. E. Rodriguez-Ramirez, I. Alvarado, S. Labastida, P. Luna

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Laparoscopy is the best method to diagnose intraabdominal lymphoma

J. Donohue, O. Asoglu, L. Porter, J. Strickler, M. Ugurlu

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Results of surgical salvage after failed chemoradiation therapy for epidermoid carcinoma of the anal canal

J. T. Mullen, M. A. Rodriguez-Bigas, C. H. Barcenas, C. Crane, J. M. Skibber, B. W. Feig

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

The effect of surgical interest and technique on patient outcomes after colon cancer resections

S. Balasubramaniam, G. Anthone, M. Brophy Ebbers, P. Vukasin, A. Ortega, W. Cozen, R. W. Beart

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Thrombocytosis as a prognostic factor of survival in patients with rectal cancer

A. Cravioto, P. Luna-Perez, S. Rodriguez, M. Gutierrez, S. Labastida

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Positron emission tomography underestimates the extent of disease found by laparotomy in metastatic colorectal cancer

E. Kocak, S. F. Abdessalam, D. M. Agnese, K. F. May, E. W. Martin

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Results of pancreaticoduodenectomy in a managed care community hospital

P. Fuchshuber, T. Bosshardt

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Late vascular complications from hepatic artery infusional chemotherapy catheters

D. Ruan, M. Zuraek, E. K. Bergsland, A. P. Venook, D. O'Neill, R. S. Warren

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Lymphatic mapping and sentinel node biopsy in oral cavity cancer

F. Gallegos-Hernandez, R. Flores-Diaz, H. Arias-Ceballos, J. Resendiz-Colosia, A. Mantilla-Morales, M. Chavez-Garcia, M. Hernandez-Sanjuan, G. Minauro-Munoz

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Minimally invasive parathyroidectomy for primary hyperparathyroidism without using intra-operative PTH assays

D. Ollila, A. Caudle, W. Cance, H. Kim, J. Swasey, J. Cusack, B. Calvo

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Institutions experience in the management of second malignancy of the lung associated with a head and neck cancer

W. G. Douglas, J. Bauer, N. R. Rigual, T. R. Loree, S. Al-Rawi, W. Giese, J. Schwarz, W. L. Hicks

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Effect of Pgp and MRP expression on detection of parathyroid tumors by 99mTc-sestamibi scintigraphy

F. H. Jorna, H. Hollema, L. Que, P. L. Jager, D. A. Piers, J. T. Plukker

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors

S. J. Kovach, A. C. Fischer, P. J. Katzman, R. Salloum, S. E. Ettinghausen, L. O. Schoeniger, L. G. Koniaris

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Genetic differences detected by comparative genomic hybridisation may explain differences in biological behaviour of hypopharyngeal and laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma

H. S. Patmore, J. A. Ashman, L. Cawkwell, N. Stafford, J. Greenman

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Malignant melanoma metastatic to the gastrointestinal tract: Analysis of survival factors

C. M. Copper, J. L. Bell, P. S. Dudrick, V. K. Gupta

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Title: A new method for primary closure of melanoma excisions

E. M. Golomb

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Increased utilization of regional lymph node staging for melanoma

N. N. Baxter, T. M. Tuttle

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Intraoperative lymphoscintigraphy and sentinel node mapping in patients with melanoma using a miniature gamma camera

S. A. Gulec, S. Trocha, M. Faries, D. L. Morton

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Expression of pro-angiogenic factors in malignant melanoma and their regulation by low-dose interferon-α

M. Go, J. Biber, G. B. Lesinski, W. E. Carson

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Clinicopathologic variables predictive of positive nodes in melanoma in the era of sentinel nodes

D. M. Agnese, A. M. Lehman, E. Kocak, W. E. Burak, C. M. Magro, M. J. Walker

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

The prognostic relevance of sentinel lymph node biopsy in thin melanoma patients

J. M. Ranieri, J. D. Wagner, S. D. Wenck, C. Calley, J. J. Coleman III

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Sentinel node biopsy is more accurate than elective lymph node dissection in determining the regional node status of patients with cutaneous melanoma

A. Doubrovsky, J. H. De Wilt, R. A. Scolyer, W. H. McCarthy, J. F. Thompson

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Clinicopathologic factors affecting recurrence and survival in hair-bearing scalp melanoma

A. Oh, J. M. Kane, W. Kraybill, T. Loree, D. Driscoll, R. Cheney, N. Rigual

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

The computer synoptic operative report—A leap forward in the science of surgery

I. Edhemovic, W. J. Temple, C. J. De Gara, G. C. Stuart

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Predictive value of 3D computed tomography in assessing hepatic volumes prior to resection

M. Molinari, C. Vollmer, I. McGilvray, S. Gallinger, M. Cattral, D. Grant, P. D. Greig

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Pigmented spindle cell naevus: a melanoma simulator

E. Pennacchioli, M. Baldi, A. Bono, T. Camerini, D. Moglia, R. Patuzzo, G. Tragni, N. Santoro, M. Santinami

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Variations in the use of curative surgery: How do regions in the US compare

J. B. O'Connell, M. A. Maggard, C. Y. Ko

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Development of a tetracycline-inducible system for regulation of oncolytic vaccinia virus gene expression

S. Winikoff, S. Mohammad, Z. S. Guo, M. O'Malley, H. J. Zeh, D. L. Bartlett

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

New technology identifies unsuspected associations in a clinical cancer database

A. D. Brooks, I. Y. Song, H. Han, X. Hu, A. Prestrud, M. F. Brennan

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Clinical significance of regional lymph node metastasis in soft tissue sarcoma

K. A. Behranwala, J. M. Thomas

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Costs of follow-up after curative-intent treatment for extremity soft-tissue sarcoma

F. E. Johnson, A. Goel, M. E. Christy, K. S. Virgo, W. G. Kraybill

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Multifocal post radiation malignancies

G. E. Holt, A. M. Griffin, J. S. Wunder, B. Rougraff, R. S. Bell, H. S. Schwartz

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Radiation-induced sarcoma: a challenge for the surgical oncologist

K. Thijssens, E. Pras, R. J. Van Ginkel, A. Suurmeijer, W. Van der Graaf, M. Hollander, R. Komdeur, H. J. Hoekstra

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Early radical resection for recurrent giant cell tumor of bone

V. Ghaemmaghami, V. Khatri

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

The treatment and outcome of patients with extremity synovial sarcoma

E. McCarron, W. Kraybill, K. Donohue, J. M. Kane

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Clinical significance of osteopontin in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: A comparative analysis with generally used tumor markers

Y. Shimada, G. Watanabe, I. Komoto, J. Kawamura, T. Okumura, T. Soma, M. Okabe, T. Inoue, M. Imamura

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Transabdominal pleural drainage during transhiatal esophagectomy

S. A. Spector, W. R. Kassira, M. Renfrow, L. Sparling, A. S. Livingstone, D. Franceschi

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Intraoperative lymphatic mapping and sentinel lymph node identification with lymphazurin in patients with resectable esophageal cancer

S. A. Spector, D. Franceschi, L. Sparling, A. S. Livingstone

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

In stage I nonsmall cell lung cancer (nsclc), does tumor size predict survival

K. H. Kernstine, N. P. Busick, K. Mclaughlin, R. R. Sarin, K. F. Welke, K. W. Thomas, J. E. Everett, C. K. Brown

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

The DNA tumor suppressor gene is downregulated in human lung cancer by promoter methylation

J. C. Sung, J. Turner, C. Li, S. McCarthy, F. Gonzalez, T. J. Yeatman

Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations

Evaluation of pulmonary carcinoids with FDG-PET

H. J. Soukiasian, W. V. Houck, R. J. McKenna