Issue 2/2020
Content (58 Articles)
Extended Radical Resection: The Standard of Care for Patients with Advanced Pelvic Malignancy
Michael J. Solomon, Kilian G. M. Brown
Editorial on “Predictors and Prevalence of Nodal Disease in Salvage Oropharyngectomy”
J. Y. K. Chan, F. C. Holsinger
Clinical T4b Esophageal Cancer: Can We Make an “Unresectable” Tumour Resectable?
Lorenzo Ferri
Are Lobe-Specific Mediastinal Lymph Node Dissections Reasonable for Peripheral Stage Ia Non-small Cell Lung Cancer?
Justin M. Karush
Size and Importance of Socioeconomic Status-Based Disparities in Use of Surgery in Nonadvanced Stage Gastrointestinal Cancers
Douglas S. Swords, Sean J. Mulvihill, Benjamin S. Brooke, Matthew A. Firpo, Courtney L. Scaife
ASO Author Reflections: Socioeconomic Disparities in Use of Surgery for Gastrointestinal Cancers Are Large and Impactful in Poor-Prognosis Cancers
Douglas S. Swords, Courtney L. Scaife
Increase in Utilization of Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy for Breast Cancer: Indications, Complications, and Oncologic Outcomes
Monica G. Valero, Shirin Muhsen, Tracy-Ann Moo, Emily C. Zabor, Michelle Stempel, Andrea Pusic, Mary L. Gemignani, Monica Morrow, Virgilio S. Sacchini
The Prognostic Value of the AJCC 8th Edition Staging System for Patients Undergoing Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer
Olga Kantor, Jean Bao, Nora Jaskowiak, Katherine Yao, Jennifer Tseng
Staging for Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: Utility of Incorporating Biologic Factors
Min Yi, Heather Lin, Isabelle Bedrosian, Yu Shen, Kelly K. Hunt, Mariana Chavez-MacGregor, Tari A. King, Elizabeth A. Mittendorf
Use of Mammographic Measurements to Predict Complications After Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy in BRCA Mutation Carriers
Ko Un Park, Anna Weiss, Kelly Rosso, Min Yi, Kelly Hunt, Henry Kuerer, Summer E. Hanson, Rosalind Candelaria, Sarah Tevis, Alastair Thompson
ASO Author Reflections: Key Challenges in Expanding the Utilization of Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy
Ko Un Park
Internal Mammary Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Clinically Axillary Lymph Node-Positive Breast Cancer: Diagnosis and Implications for Patient Management
Peng-Fei Qiu, Rong-Rong Zhao, Wei Wang, Xiao Sun, Peng Chen, Yan-Bing Liu, Zhi-Guo Liu, Yong-Sheng Wang
ASO Author Reflections: Internal Mammary Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy—Time for the Back of Internal Mammary Staging?
Peng-Fei Qiu, Yong-Sheng Wang
Preoperative Delays in the Treatment of DCIS and the Associated Incidence of Invasive Breast Cancer
William H. Ward, Lyudmila DeMora, Elizabeth Handorf, Elin R. Sigurdson, Eric A. Ross, John M. Daly, Allison A. Aggon, Richard J. Bleicher
ASO Author Reflections: Delays in the Treatment of DCIS—What are the Costs?
William H. Ward, Richard J. Bleicher
Assessment of DIEP Flap Perfusion with Intraoperative Indocyanine Green Fluorescence Imaging in Vasopressor-Dominated Hemodynamic Support Versus Liberal Fluid Administration: A Randomized Controlled Trial With Breast Cancer Patients
Alexandra M. Anker, Lukas Prantl, Catharina Strauss, Vanessa Brébant, Felix Schenkhoff, Michael Pawlik, Jody Vykoukal, Silvan M. Klein
ASO Author Reflections: The Silent Force Behind Microsurgery
Alexandra M. Anker, Lukas Prantl, Silvan M. Klein
Complications After Extended Radical Resections for Locally Advanced and Recurrent Pelvic Malignancies: A 25-Year Experience
Oliver Peacock, Peadar S. Waters, Joseph C. Kong, Satish K. Warrier, Chris Wakeman, Tim Eglinton, Alexander G. Heriot, Frank A. Frizelle, Jacob J. McCormick
ASO Author Reflections: Major Morbidity After Extended Radical Resections for Locally Advanced and Recurrent Pelvic Malignancies
Oliver Peacock, Peadar S. Waters, Frank A. Frizelle, Jacob J. McCormick
MRI-Based Use of Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy in Rectal Carcinoma: Surgical Quality and Histopathological Outcome of the OCUM Trial
Martin E. Kreis, Reinhard Ruppert, Rainer Kube, Joachim Strassburg, Andreas Lewin, Joerg Baral, Christoph A. Maurer, Joerg Sauer, Günther Winde, Rena Thomasmeyer, Sigmar Stelzner, Cornelius Bambauer, Soenke Scheunemann, Axel Faedrich, Theodor Junginger, Paul Hermanek, Susanne Merkel
ASO Author Reflections: From Overtreatment to Risk-Adjusted Therapy of Rectal Carcinoma
Theodor Junginger
Prognostic Impact of Ventral Versus Dorsal Tumor Location After Total Mesorectal Excision of Rectal Cancer
Clemens Franz, Hans M. Lang, Omid Ghamarnejad, Elias Khajeh, Arianeb Mehrabi, Alexis Ulrich, Martin Schneider, Markus W. Büchler, Yakup Kulu
ASO Author Reflections: Tumor Location Affects Local Recurrence in Rectal Cancer
Clemens Franz, Yakup Kulu
Evaluating Unplanned Returns to the Operating Room in Head and Neck Free Flap Patients
Samantha Tam, Randal S. Weber, Jun Liu, Jose Ting, Summer Hanson, Carol M. Lewis
ASO Author Reflections: Unplanned Return to the Operating Room: Implementing a Specialty-Specific NSQIP in Patients Undergoing Head and Neck Surgery with Free Flap Reconstruction
Samantha Tam, Randal S. Weber, Carol M. Lewis
Predictors and Prevalence of Nodal Disease in Salvage Oropharyngectomy
M. E. Heft Neal, J. Brennan, J. C. Brenner, A. G. Shuman, S. B. Chinn, C. L. Stucken, K. M. Malloy, J. S. Moyer, K. A. Casper, S. A. McLean, M. E. P. Prince, C. R. Bradford, G. T. Wolf, D. B. Chepeha, A. J. Rosko, M. E. Spector
ASO Author Reflections: Nodal Disease in Recurrent Oropharynx
Molly E. Heft Neal, Matthew E. Spector
A 3-Year Overall Survival Update From a Phase 2 Study of Chemoselection With DCF and Subsequent Conversion Surgery for Locally Advanced Unresectable Esophageal Cancer
Tomoya Yokota, Ken Kato, Yasuo Hamamoto, Yasuhiro Tsubosa, Hirofumi Ogawa, Yoshinori Ito, Hiroki Hara, Takashi Ura, Takashi Kojima, Keisho Chin, Shuichi Hironaka, Takayuki Kii, Yasushi Kojima, Yasunori Akutsu, Hisayuki Matsushita, Kentaro Kawakami, Keita Mori, Takashi Makiuchi, Rie Nagumo, Yuko Kitagawa
ASO Author Reflections: How Should the Patients with Locally Advanced Unresectable Esophageal Cancer Be Treated with Multidisciplinary Approach?
Tomoya Yokota, Yuko Kitagawa
ASO Author Reflections: Lobe-Specific Lymph Node Dissection for Early-Stage Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: A Long Way to Go in the Era of Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery
Han-Yu Deng, Qinghua Zhou
Lobe-Specific Lymph Node Dissection for Clinical Early-Stage (cIA) Peripheral Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Patients: What and How?
Han-Yu Deng, Jie Zhou, Ru-Lan Wang, Rui Jiang, Da-Xing Zhu, Xiao-Jun Tang, Qinghua Zhou
The Prognostic Impact of Pericardial Fat Volumes in Resected Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
Shuichi Shinohara, Ryo Otsuki, Kenichi Kobayashi, Masaki Matsuo, Ken Harada, Masakazu Sugaya, Makoto Nakagawa
ASO Author Reflections: The Possibility of a New Prognostic Biomarker of Pericardial Fat Volumes in Resected Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
Shuichi Shinohara, Kenichi Kobayashi, Makoto Nakagawa
Skeletal Muscle Loss After Esophagectomy Is an Independent Risk Factor for Patients with Esophageal Cancer
Yuichiro Nakashima, Hiroshi Saeki, Qingjiang Hu, Yasuo Tsuda, Yoko Zaitsu, Yuichi Hisamatsu, Koji Ando, Yasue Kimura, Eiji Oki, Masaki Mori
ASO Author Reflections: Significance of Skeletal Muscle Loss After Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer
Yuichiro Nakashima, Masaki Mori
Higher Doses of Neoadjuvant Radiation for Esophageal Cancer Do Not Affect the Pathologic Complete Response Rate or Survival: A Propensity-Matched Analysis
Stephanie G. Worrell, Christopher W. Towe, Jennifer A. Dorth, Mitchell Machtay, Yaron Perry, Philip A. Linden
ASO Author Reflections: More May Not Be Better
Stephanie G. Worrell, Philip A. Linden
For Gastroesophageal Junction Cancers, Does an “Esophageal” or “Gastric” Surgical Approach Offer Better Perioperative and Oncologic Outcomes?
Jennifer Tseng, Mitchell C. Posner
Short-Term Outcomes of Laparoscopic and Open Total Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer: A Nationwide Retrospective Cohort Analysis
Takashi Sakamoto, Michimasa Fujiogi, Hiroki Matsui, Kiyohide Fushimi, Hideo Yasunaga
ASO Author Reflections: Anastomotic Complications are More Prevalent in Laparoscopic Total Gastrectomy than in Open Total Gastrectomy
Takashi Sakamoto, Michimasa Fujiogi, Hiroki Matsui, Kiyohide Fushimi, Hideo Yasunaga
Laparoscopic Suprapancreatic Lymph Node Dissection Using a Systematic Mesogastric Excision Concept for Gastric Cancer
Tsutomu Kumamoto, Yasunori Kurahashi, Hirotaka Niwa, Yasutaka Nakanishi, Rie Ozawa, Koichi Okumura, Yoshinori Ishida, Hisashi Shinohara
ASO Author Reflections: Systematic Mesogastric Excision as a Universal Concept in Gastric Cancer Surgery
Tsutomu Kumamoto, Hisashi Shinohara
Prognostic Value of Lymph Node Yield After Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation for Gastric Cancer
Casey J. Allen, Timothy J. Vreeland, Timothy E. Newhook, Prajnan Das, Bruce D. Minsky, Mariela Blum, Jaffer Ajani, Naruhiko Ikoma, Paul F. Mansfield, Brian D. Badgwell
ASO Author Reflections: Do Advances in Neoadjuvant Therapy Influence How We Surgically Manage the Regional Lymphatics in Gastric Cancer?
Casey J. Allen, Brian D. Badgwell
Prognostic Performance of Preoperative Staging: Assessed by Using Multidetector Computed Tomography—Between the New Clinical Classification and the Pathological Classification in the Eighth American Joint Committee on Cancer Classification for Gastric Carcinoma
Oh Jeong, Mi Ran Jung, Ji Hoon Kang, Seong Yeob Ryu
Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients with Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma
Aslam Ejaz, Jordan M. Cloyd, Timothy M. Pawlik
Sentinel Node Biopsy for Melanoma Patients with a Local Recurrence or In-Transit Metastasis
Amanda A. G. Nijhuis, Ivan D. de A. O. Santos Filho, Lodewijka H. J. Holtkamp, Roger F. Uren, John F. Thompson, Omgo E. Nieweg
ASO Author Reflections: Melanoma Patients with a Local Recurrence or In-Transit Metastasis: Sentinel Node Biopsy to Identify Those at Highest Risk of Metastases and Death
Amanda A. G. Nijhuis, Omgo E. Nieweg
Preferences for Immunotherapy in Melanoma: A Systematic Review
Ann Livingstone, Anupriya Agarwal, Martin R. Stockler, Alexander M. Menzies, Kirsten Howard, Rachael L. Morton
ASO Author Reflections: Important Factors for Adjuvant Immunotherapy Treatment Decisions for Stage II–IV Melanoma Patients and Their Clinicians
Ann Livingstone, Rachael L. Morton
Impact of Endocrine and Exocrine Insufficiency on Quality of Life After Total Pancreatectomy
Thomas F. Stoop, Zeeshan Ateeb, Poya Ghorbani, Lianne Scholten, Urban Arnelo, Marc G. Besselink, Marco Del Chiaro
ASO Author Reflections: Acceptable Impact of Endocrine and Exocrine Insufficiency on Quality of Life After Total Pancreatectomy
Thomas F. Stoop, Marco Del Chiaro
Clinical Significance of PD-L1 Expression in Both Cancer and Stroma Cells of Cholangiocarcinoma Patients
Yuki Kitano, Yo-ichi Yamashita, Yosuke Nakao, Rumi Itoyama, Toshihiko Yusa, Naoki Umezaki, Masayo Tsukamoto, Takanobu Yamao, Tatsunori Miyata, Shigeki Nakagawa, Hirohisa Okabe, Katsunori Imai, Akira Chikamoto, Takatoshi Ishiko, Hideo Baba
ASO Author Reflections: Clinical Significance of PD-L1 Expression in Both Cancer and Stroma Cells in Cholangiocarcinoma Patients
Yuki Kitano, Hideo Baba
Impact of CD36 on Chemoresistance in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
Masahiko Kubo, Kunihito Gotoh, Hidetoshi Eguchi, Shogo Kobayashi, Yoshifumi Iwagami, Yoshito Tomimaru, Hirofumi Akita, Tadafumi Asaoka, Takehiro Noda, Yutaka Takeda, Masahiro Tanemura, Masaki Mori, Yuichiro Doki
ASO Author Reflections: Regulation of Chemoresistance in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma by Scavenger Receptor CD36
Masahiko Kubo, Hidetoshi Eguchi