Issue 2/2008
Content (38 Articles)
Secondary Analyses of Large Population-Based Data Sets: Issues of Quality, Standards, and Understanding
Clifford Y. Ko, Janak Parikh, David Zingmond
Editorial: Complications of Neck Dissection for Thyroid Cancer
Ashok R. Shaha
A Career in Surgical Oncology: Finding Meaning, Balance, and Personal Satisfaction
Tait Shanafelt
Limitations of Claims and Registry Data in Surgical Oncology Research
Hari Nathan, Timothy M. Pawlik
Prospective Identification of Chyle Leakage in Patients Undergoing Lateral Neck Dissection for Metastatic Thyroid Cancer
Jong-Lyel Roh, Dong Hyun Kim, Chan IL Park
Is there any Prognostically Different Subgroup among Patients with Stage IIIC (Any TN3M0) Breast Carcinoma?
Nüvit Duraker, Zeynep C. Çaynak, Bakır Batı
Terminal Duct Lobular Units are Scarce in the Nipple: Implications for Prophylactic Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy
Alan J. Stolier, Jianzhou Wang
Patterns of Surgical Treatment for Women Diagnosed with Early Breast Cancer in Queensland
Bridie Thompson, Peter Baade, Michael Coory, Philippe Carrière, Lin Fritschi
MRI Screening in a Clinic Population with a Family History of Breast Cancer
Jeanne Yu, Anna Park, Elizabeth Morris, Laura Liberman, Patrick I. Borgen, Tari A. King
The Role of Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration of Axillary Nodes in the Staging of Breast Cancer
Ajay Jain, Mary Ellen Haisfield-Wolfe, Julie Lange, Nita Ahuja, Nagi Khouri, Theodore Tsangaris, Zhe Zhang, Charles Balch, Lisa K. Jacobs
How Important is the Axillary Nodal Status for Adjuvant Treatment Decisions at a Breast Cancer Multidisciplinary Tumor Board? A Survival Analysis
Toralf Reimer, Rainer Fietkau, Susanne Markmann, Angrit Stachs, Bernd Gerber
Prognosis of Patients Who Relapse after Fertility-Sparing Surgery in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
Olivier Marpeau, Jeanne Schilder, Yaelle Zafrani, Catherine Uzan, Sebastien Gouy, Catherine Lhommé, Philippe Morice
Fluorescence in situ Hybridization and Immunohistochemical Analysis of p53 Expression in Endometrial Cancer: Prognostic Value and Relation to Ploidy
Olivier Graesslin, Sandra Chantot-Bastaraud, Marianne Lorenzato, Philippe Birembaut, Christian Quéreux, Emile Daraï
Value of Intraoperative Parathyroid Hormone Monitoring
Jyotirmay Sharma, Mira Milas, Eren Berber, Peter Mazzaglia, Alan Siperstein, Collin J. Weber
Laparoscopic Resection of Extraadrenal Pheochromocytoma
Emmanuel E. Zervos, Alan J. Durkin, Desiree Villadolid, Nasreen Vohra
Stage-Specific Effect of Adjuvant Therapy Following Gastric Cancer Resection: a Population-based Analysis of 4,041 Patients
Natalie G. Coburn, Anand Govindarajan, Calvin H. L. Law, Ulrich Guller, Alex Kiss, Jolie Ringash, Carol J. Swallow, Nancy N. Baxter
Indication for endoscopic mucosal resection in early signet ring cell gastric cancer
T. K. Ha, J. Y. An, H. K. Youn, J. H. Noh, T. S. Sohn, S. Kim
A Novel Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in XRCC4 Gene is Associated with Gastric Cancer Susceptibility in Taiwan
Chang-Fang Chiu, Chung-Hsing Wang, Cheng-Li Wang, Cheng-Chieh Lin, Nan-Yung Hsu, Jing-Ru Weng, Da-Tian Bau
Effect of Adjuvant Radiotherapy on Local Recurrence in Stage II Rectal Cancer
In Ja Park, Hee Cheol Kim, Chang Sik Yu, Tae Won Kim, Se Jin Jang, Jin Cheon Kim
Pseudomyxoma Peritonei: Clinical Pathological and Biological Prognostic Factors in Patients Treated with Cytoreductive Surgery and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC)
Dario Baratti, Shigeki Kusamura, Daisuke Nonaka, Martin Langer, Salvatore Andreola, Miriam Favaro, Cecilia Gavazzi, Barbara Laterza, Marcello Deraco
Safety and Efficacy of Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemoperfusion with High-Dose Oxaliplatin in Patients with Peritoneal Carcinomatosis
Wim P. Ceelen, Marc Peeters, Philippe Houtmeyers, Christophe Breusegem, Filip De Somer, Piet Pattyn
Closed Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy with Open Abdomen: a Novel Technique to Reduce Exposure of the Surgical Team to Chemotherapy Drugs
Laurent Benoit, Nicolas Cheynel, Pablo Ortega-Deballon, Giovanni Di Giacomo, Bruno Chauffert, Patrick Rat
Perimembrane Aurora-A Expression is a Significant Prognostic Factor in Correlation with Proliferative Activity in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
Eiji Ogawa, Kazumasa Takenaka, Hiromichi Katakura, Masashi Adachi, Yosuke Otake, Yoshinobu Toda, Hirokazu Kotani, Toshiaki Manabe, Hiromi Wada, Fumihiro Tanaka
The Expression of Type IV Collagen α6 Chain Is Related to the Prognosis in Patients with Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Yoshifumi Baba, Ken-ichi Iyama, Koei Ikeda, Shinji Ishikawa, Naoko Hayashi, Nobutomo Miyanari, Yoshikazu Sado, Yoshifumi Ninomiya, Hideo Baba
Impact of the Site of Anastomosis after Oncologic Esophagectomy on Quality of Life — A Prospective, Longitudinal Outcome Study
Jan-Hendrik Egberts, Bodo Schniewind, Beate Bestmann, Clemens Schafmayer, Friederike Egberts, Fred Faendrich, Thomas Kuechler, Juergen Tepel
Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy or Endoscopic Stenting for Advanced Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Esophagus: A Case-Control Study
Simon K. H. Wong, Philip W. Y. Chiu, S. F. Leung, K. Y. Cheung, Angus C. W. Chan, Alex C. M. Au-Yeung, James F. Griffith, Sydney S. C. Chung, Enders K. W. Ng
Serum Cytokeratin 19 Fragment (CYFRA21-1) as a Prognostic Factor in Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma
Takahiro Uenishi, Osamu Yamazaki, Hiromu Tanaka, Shigekazu Takemura, Takatsugu Yamamoto, Shogo Tanaka, Shuhei Nishiguchi, Shoji Kubo
Prognosis of Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma: Hilar Bile Duct Cancer versus Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma Involving the Hepatic Hilus
Tsuyoshi Sano, Kazuaki Shimada, Yoshihiro Sakamoto, Hidenori Ojima, Minoru Esaki, Tomoo Kosuge
Surgical Management of Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma - A Population-Based Study
Jensen C. C. Tan, Natalie G. Coburn, Nancy N. Baxter, Alex Kiss, Calvin H. L. Law
Prognostic Significance of the Immediate Early Response Gene X-1 (IEX-1) Expression in Pancreatic Cancer
Tetsuro Sasada, Koichi Azuma, Tatsuya Hirai, Hiroki Hashida, Michiyuki Kanai, Takashi Yanagawa, Arimichi Takabayashi
Prognostic Factors and Optimal Treatment Strategy for Intrahepatic Nodular Recurrence After Curative Resection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Gi-Hong Choi, Dong-Hyun Kim, Chang-Moo Kang, Kyung-Sik Kim, Jin-Sub Choi, Woo-Jung Lee, Byong-Ro Kim
The Complex Relationships Between Sentinel Node Positivity, Patient Age, and Primary Tumor Desmoplasia: Analysis of 2303 Melanoma Patients Treated at a Single Center
Sander Sassen, Helen M. Shaw, Marjorie H. Colman, Richard A. Scolyer, John F. Thompson
Biological and Genetic Characteristics of Tumor-Initiating Cells in Colon Cancer
Keisuke Ieta, Fumiaki Tanaka, Naotsugu Haraguchi, Yoshiaki Kita, Hiroyuki Sakashita, Koshi Mimori, Toshifumi Matsumoto, Hiroshi Inoue, Hiroyuki Kuwano, Masaki Mori
Cetuximab Shows Activity in Colorectal Cancer Patients With Tumors for Which FISH Analysis Does Not Detect an Increase in EGFR Gene Copy Number
Antoine Italiano, Philippe Follana, François-Xavier Caroli, Jean-Luc Badetti, Daniel Benchimol, Georges Garnier, Jean Gugenheim, Juliette Haudebourg, Frédérique Keslair, Gérard Lesbats, Gérard Lledo, Jean-Francois Roussel, Florence Pedeutour, Eric François
Isolated Adrenal Mass in Cachectic Patients—Don’t Forget Malignant Pheochromocytoma
Rinkoo Dalan, Veerendra Chadachan, Melvin Khee Shing Leow
Practice Pearl: A Novel use of Botulinum toxin for Unicameral Bone Cyst Ablation
Hamid Namazi
The Importance of Surgical Margin Control in Breast-Conserving Therapy
Dimosthenis Ziogas, Nikolaos Xeropotamos, Charalabos Batsis