Issue 4/2020
Content (63 Articles)
Immediate Implant Reconstruction in Patients Undergoing Radiation Therapy: Opportunities and Challenges
Slava Agafonoff, Neilendu Kundu, Graham Schwarz, Chirag Shah
Identifying Factors Predicting Long-Term Opioid Use After Mastectomy
Sarah M. DeSnyder
Exploring Microsatellite Instability (MSI) in Colorectal Cancer at Elevated Microsatellite Alterations at Selected Tetranucleotides (EMAST)
Vadim Kurbatov, Sajid A. Khan
Comment on “Diagnostic Laparoscopy as a Selection Tool for Patients with Colorectal Peritoneal Metastases to Prevent a Non-therapeutic Laparotomy During Cytoreductive Surgery”
Colette R. Pameijer
Artificial Intelligence in Cancer Staging: Limitless Potential or Passing Fad?
John W. Kunstman
Incidental Gallbladder Cancer: Permission to Operate
Suna Erdem, Rebekah R. White
Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy: A Potential Option for Advanced Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma
Junichi Shindoh
Pain Control in Breast Surgery: Survey of Current Practice and Recommendations for Optimizing Management—American Society of Breast Surgeons Opioid/Pain Control Workgroup
Roshni Rao, Rubie Sue Jackson, Barry Rosen, David Brenin, Wendy Cornett, Oluwadamilola M. Fayanju, Steven L. Chen, Negar Golesorkhi, Kandice Ludwig, Ayemoethu Ma, Starr Koslow Mautner, Michelle Sowden, Lee Wilke, Barbara Wexelman, Sarah Blair, Monique Gary, Stephen Grobmyer, E. Shelley Hwang, Ted James, Nimmi S. Kapoor, Jaime Lewis, Ingrid Lizarraga, Megan Miller, Heather Neuman, Shayna Showalter, Linda Smith, Joshua Froman
ASO Author Reflections: Overregulation Got Us into This, Only Letting Us Be Doctors Will Get Us Out
Roshni Rao, Joshua Froman
Identifying Factors Predicting Prolonged Opioid Use After Mastectomy
Matthew R. Woeste, Neal Bhutiani, Anne E. Geller, Harriet Eldridge-Hindy, Kelly M. McMasters, Nicolás Ajkay
Treatment and Prognosis of Radiation-Associated Breast Angiosarcoma in a Nationwide Population
Samuli H. Salminen, Tom Wiklund, Mika M. Sampo, Maija Tarkkanen, Lea Pulliainen, Tom O. Böhling, Erkki Tukiainen, Katja Hukkinen, Carl P. Blomqvist
ASO Author Reflections: Registry-Based Analysis of Radiation-Associated Angiosarcoma of the Breast Provides Unbiased Insights into this Disease
Samuli H. Salminen, Carl P. Blomqvist
Effect of Surgeon Factors on Long-Term Patient-Reported Outcomes After Breast-Conserving Therapy in Older Breast Cancer Survivors
Benjamin D. Smith, Xiudong Lei, Kevin Diao, Ying Xu, Yu Shen, Grace L. Smith, Sharon H. Giordano, Sarah M. DeSnyder, Kelly K. Hunt, Mediget Teshome, Reshma Jagsi, Simona F. Shaitelman, Susan K. Peterson, Cameron W. Swanick
ASO Author Reflections: Impact of Surgical Subspecialization in Breast Cancer—The Case for Fellowship Training
Kevin Diao, Benjamin D. Smith
Primary Tumor Surgery for Patients with De Novo Stage IV Breast Cancer can Decrease Local Symptoms and Improve Quality of Life
Yiran Si, Peng Yuan, Nanlin Hu, Xue Wang, Jie Ju, Jiayu Wang, Fei Ma, Yang Luo, Pin Zhang, Qing Li, Binghe Xu
ASO Author Reflections: Effect of Primary Surgery on Quality of Life in De Novo Stage IV Breast Cancer Patients
Yiran Si, Peng Yuan
Beyond the NCCN Risk Factors in Colon Cancer: An Evaluation in a Swedish Population-Based Cohort
Erik Osterman, Artur Mezheyeuski, Tobias Sjöblom, Bengt Glimelius
ASO Author Reflections: Emerging Risk Factors in Colon Cancer—End of the Line for Clinomics?
Erik Osterman, Bengt Glimelius
Differences in Metastatic Pattern in Patients Presenting With or Without Obstructing Colorectal Cancer: A Retrospective Observational Study of 2595 Patients
Jeske R. E. Boeding, Winesh Ramphal, Rogier M. P. H. Crolla, Paul D. Gobardhan, Jennifer M. J. Schreinemakers
ASO Author Reflections: Patterns of Metastases in Patients with Obstructing Colorectal Cancer
Jeske R. E. Boeding, Jennifer M. J. Schreinemakers
Elevated Microsatellite Alterations at Selected Tetranucleotides (EMAST) in Colorectal Cancer is Associated with an Elderly, Frail Phenotype and Improved Recurrence-Free Survival
Martin M. Watson, Arezo Kanani, Dordi Lea, Ramesh B. Khajavi, Jon Arne Søreide, Hartwig Kørner, Hanne R. Hagland, Kjetil Søreide
Nicaraven Attenuates Postoperative Systemic Inflammatory Responses-Induced Tumor Metastasis
Xu Zhang, Takahito Moriwaki, Tsuyoshi Kawabata, Shinji Goto, Ke-Xiang Liu, Chang-Ying Guo, Tao-Sheng Li
ASO Author Reflections: How Should a Surgeon Care and Manage Cancer Metastasis?
Xu Zhang, Tao-Sheng Li
Lymph Node Positivity in One-Step Nucleic Acid Amplification is a Prognostic Factor for Postoperative Cancer Recurrence in Patients with Stage II Colorectal Cancer: A Prospective, Multicenter Study
Michio Itabashi, Hirofumi Yamamoto, Naohiro Tomita, Masafumi Inomata, Kohei Murata, Shigeoki Hayashi, Yasuhiro Miyake, Seiji Igarashi, Takeshi Kato, Shingo Noura, Tomohisa Furuhata, Heita Ozawa, Ichiro Takemasa, Masayoshi Yasui, Hiroshi Takeyama, Shu Okamura, Yuko Ohno, Nariaki Matsuura
Diagnostic Laparoscopy as a Selection Tool for Patients with Colorectal Peritoneal Metastases to Prevent a Non-therapeutic Laparotomy During Cytoreductive Surgery
Judith E. K. R. Hentzen, Reickly D. N. Constansia, Lukas B. Been, Frederik J. H. Hoogwater, Robert J. van Ginkel, Gooitzen M. van Dam, Patrick H. J. Hemmer, Schelto Kruijff
Prophylactic HIPEC in pT4 Colon Tumors: Proactive Approach or Overtreatment?
Nerea Borda Arrizabalaga, José María Enriquez Navascués, Garazi Elorza Echaniz, Yolanda Saralegui Ansorena, Carlos Placer Galán, Xabier Arteaga Martín, Leyre Velaz Pardo
Robotic Treatment for Large Duodenal Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor
Alessandra Marano, Fabrizio Allisiardi, Enrico Perino, Luca Pellegrino, Paolo Geretto, Felice Borghi
Four-Point Computed Tomography Scores for Evaluation of Occult Peritoneal Metastasis in Patients with Gastric Cancer: A Region-to-Region Comparison with Staging Laparoscopy
Zi-Yu Li, Lei Tang, Zhe-Min Li, Yan-Ling Li, Jia Fu, Yan Zhang, Xiao-Ting Li, Xiang-Ji Ying, Jia-Fu Ji
A Machine-Based Approach to Preoperatively Identify Patients with the Most and Least Benefit Associated with Resection for Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: An International Multi-institutional Analysis of 1146 Patients
Diamantis I. Tsilimigras, Rittal Mehta, Dimitrios Moris, Kota Sahara, Fabio Bagante, Anghela Z. Paredes, Amika Moro, Alfredo Guglielmi, Luca Aldrighetti, Matthew Weiss, Todd W. Bauer, Sorin Alexandrescu, George A. Poultsides, Shishir K. Maithel, Hugo P. Marques, Guillaume Martel, Carlo Pulitano, Feng Shen, Olivier Soubrane, Bas Groot Koerkamp, Itaru Endo, Timothy M. Pawlik
ASO Author Reflections: Use of Machine Learning to Identify Patients with Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma Who Could Benefit More from Neoadjuvant Therapies
Diamantis I. Tsilimigras, Rittal Mehta, Timothy M. Pawlik
Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy for Unresectable/Locally Recurrent Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma
Alicia C. Smart, Lipika Goyal, Nora Horick, Natasa Petkovska, Andrew X. Zhu, Cristina R. Ferrone, Kenneth K. Tanabe, Jill N. Allen, Lorraine C. Drapek, Motaz Qadan, Janet E. Murphy, Christine E. Eyler, David P. Ryan, Theodore S. Hong, Jennifer Y. Wo
ASO Author Reflections: High-Dose Radiation Offers Local Control for Inoperable Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma
Alicia C. Smart, Jennifer Y. Wo
Re-resection in Incidental Gallbladder Cancer: Survival and the Incidence of Residual Disease
Elise A. J. de Savornin Lohman, Lydia G. van der Geest, Tessa J. J. de Bitter, Iris D. Nagtegaal, Cornelis J. H. M. van Laarhoven, Peter van den Boezem, Chella S. van der Post, Philip R. de Reuver
Laparoscopic Segment 1 with Partial IVC Resection in Advanced Cirrhosis: How to Do It Safely
Eduardo A. Vega, Diana C. Nicolaescu, Omid Salehi, Olga Kozyreva, Usha Vellayappan, David Ricklan, Justin McCarty, Fermin Fontan, Frank Pomposelli, Claudius Conrad
ASO Author Reflections: Laparoscopic Caudate Resection in Advanced Cirrhosis: Are We Transferring the Pain from the Patient to the Surgeon?
Eduardo A. Vega, Claudius Conrad
The MEGNA Score and Preoperative Anemia are Major Prognostic Factors After Resection in the German Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma Cohort
Andreas A. Schnitzbauer, Johannes Eberhard, Fabian Bartsch, Stefan M. Brunner, Güralp O. Ceyhan, Dirk Walter, Helmut Fries, Sabine Hannes, Andreas Hecker, Jun Li, Karl Oldhafer, Nuh Rahbari, Falk Rauchfuss, Hans J. Schlitt, Utz Settmacher, Gregor Stavrou, Jürgen Weitz, Hauke Lang, Wolf O. Bechstein, Felix Rückert
Primary Liver Cancer: An NCDB Analysis of Overall Survival and Margins After Hepatectomy
Christopher Coon, Nicholas Berger, Dan Eastwood, Susan Tsai, Kathleen Christians, Harveshp Mogal, Callisia Clarke, T. Clark Gamblin
KRAS Mutation Predicted More Mirometastases and Closer Resection Margins in Patients with Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases
Qiongyan Zhang, Junjie Peng, Min Ye, Weiwei Weng, Cong Tan, Shujuan Ni, Dan Huang, Weiqi Sheng, Lei Wang
Robotic ALPPS
Marcel Autran C. Machado, Rodrigo C. Surjan, Fabio Makdissi
Survival Outcomes After Metastasectomy in Melanoma Patients Categorized by Response to Checkpoint Blockade
Danielle M. Bello, Katherine S. Panageas, Travis Hollmann, Alexander N. Shoushtari, Parisa Momtaz, Paul B. Chapman, Michael A. Postow, Margaret K. Callahan, Jedd D. Wolchok, Mary S. Brady, Daniel G. Coit, Charlotte E. Ariyan
ASO Author Reflections: Is There a Re-invigorated Role for Melanoma Metastasectomy in a Checkpoint Blockade Era?
Danielle M. Bello, Charlotte E. Ariyan
Neoadjuvant Therapy is Associated with Improved Survival in Borderline-Resectable Pancreatic Cancer
Akhil Chawla, George Molina, Linda M. Pak, Michael Rosenthal, Joseph D. Mancias, Thomas E. Clancy, Brian M. Wolpin, Jiping Wang
ASO Author Reflections: Neoadjuvant Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer—Standard of Care or Still Worth Debating?
Akhil Chawla, Jiping Wang
Trends in the Number of Lymph Nodes Evaluated Among Patients with Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors in the United States: A Multi-Institutional and National Database Analysis
Kota Sahara, Diamantis I. Tsilimigras, Rittal Mehta, Amika Moro, Anghela Z. Paredes, Alexandra G. Lopez-Aguiar, Flavio Rocha, Zaheer Kanji, Sharon Weber, Alexander Fisher, Ryan Fields, Bradley A. Krasnick, Kamran Idrees, Paula M. Smith, George A. Poultsides, Eleftherios Makris, Cliff Cho, Megan Beems, Mary Dillhoff, Shishir K. Maithel, Itaru Endo, Timothy M. Pawlik
ASO Author Reflections: Trends in the Number of Lymph Nodes Evaluated Following Resection of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors—An Increasing Adoption of the AJCC Guidelines?
Kota Sahara, Diamantis I. Tsilimigras, Timothy M. Pawlik
Central Pancreatectomy Versus Distal Pancreatectomy and Pancreaticoduodenectomy for Benign and Low-Grade Malignant Neoplasms: A Retrospective and Propensity Score-Matched Study with Long-Term Functional Outcomes and Pancreas Volumetry
Doo-Ho Lee, Youngmin Han, Yoonhyeong Byun, Hongbeom Kim, Wooil Kwon, Jin-Young Jang
ASO Author Reflections: Central Pancreatectomy Versus Distal Pancreatectomy and Pancreaticoduodenectomy for Benign or Low-Grade Malignant Neoplasms: A Propensity Score-Matched Study with Long-Term Functional Outcomes and Pancreas Volumetry
Doo-Ho Lee, Jin-Young Jang
How Many Nodes Need to be Removed to Make Esophagectomy an Adequate Cancer Operation, and Does the Number Change When a Patient has Chemoradiotherapy Before Surgery?
Jonathan C. Yeung, Manjit S. Bains, Arianna Barbetta, Tamar Nobel, Steven R. DeMeester, Brian E. Louie, Mark B. Orringer, Linda W. Martin, Rishindra M. Reddy, Francisco Schlottmann, Daniela Molena
Optimized Cutoff Value of Serum Squamous Cell Carcinoma Antigen Concentration Accurately Predicts Recurrence After Curative Resection of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Esophagus
Mitsuro Kanda, Masahiko Koike, Dai Shimizu, Chie Tanaka, Daisuke Kobayashi, Norifumi Hattori, Masamichi Hayashi, Kenji Omae, Suguru Yamada, Goro Nakayama, Yasuhiro Kodera
Prognostic Value of Tumor Regression Grade Based on Ryan Score in Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Adenocarcinoma of Esophagus
Flávio Roberto Takeda, Francisco Tustumi, Carlos de Almeida Obregon, Gustavo Gonçalves Yogolare, Yasmin Peres Navarro, Vanderlei Segatelli, Rubens Antonio Aissar Sallum, Ulysses Ribeiro Junior, Ivan Cecconello
ASO Author Reflections: Evaluation of Tumor Regression After Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy in Esophageal Carcinoma—How to Do It?
Flavio Roberto Takeda, Francisco Tustumi, Ivan Cecconello
External Validation of Pretreatment Pathological Tumor Extent in Patients with Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy Plus Surgery for Esophageal Cancer
Sebastian Brinkmann, Bo J. Noordman, Arnulf H. Hölscher, Katharina Biermann, David van Klaveren, Elfriede Bollschweiler, Katharina Pütz, J. Jan B. van Lanschot, Uta Drebber
Impact on Health-Related Quality of Life of Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery for Lung Cancer
Kerry N. L. Avery, Jane M. Blazeby, Katy A. Chalmers, Timothy J. P. Batchelor, Gianluca Casali, Eveline Internullo, Rakesh Krishnadas, Clare Evans, Doug West
Perioperative Detection of Circulating Tumor Cells in Radical or Partial Nephrectomy for Renal Cell Carcinoma
Nobuhiro Haga, Akifumi Onagi, Tomoyuki Koguchi, Seiji Hoshi, Soichiro Ogawa, Hidenori Akaihata, Junya Hata, Hiroyuki Hiraki, Ruriko Honda, Ryo Tanji, Kanako Matsuoka, Masao Kataoka, Yuichi Sato, Kei Ishibashi, Yoshiyuki Kojima
ASO Author Reflections: Increase of Circulating Tumor Cells After Open Radical Nephrectomy Compared with Other Surgical Modalities
Nobuhiro Haga
A Novel Prediction Tool Based on Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Determine the Biopsy Strategy for Clinically Significant Prostate Cancer in Patients with PSA Levels Less than 50 ng/ml
Bi-Ming He, Zhen-Kai Shi, Hu-Sheng Li, Heng-Zhi Lin, Qing-Song Yang, Jian-Ping Lu, Ying-Hao Sun, Hai-Feng Wang
ASO Author Reflections: A Pair of Nomograms to Choose Appropriate Prostate Biopsy Strategy
Bi-Ming He, Ying-Hao Sun, Hai-Feng Wang
Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Benefits Survival in High-Grade Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma: A Propensity Score-Based Analysis
Lingxiao Chen, Zhenyu Ou, Ruizhe Wang, Mengda Zhang, Wei He, Junjie Zhang, Xiongbing Zu, Lu Yi, Ran Xu, Shusuan Jiang, Lin Qi, Long Wang
Commentary and Complementary Data to Add to “Compliance with Cancer Quality Measures Over Time and Their Association with Survival Outcomes: The Commission on Cancer’s Experience with the Quality Measure Requiring at Least 12 Regional Lymph Nodes to be Removed and Analyzed with Colon Cancer Resections”
Mary Charlton, Amanda Kahl, Xiang Gao, Mary Schroeder, Muneera Kapadia, Ingrid Lizarraga
Dr Charlton et al., Commentary and Complementary Data to Add to “Compliance with Cancer Quality Measures Over Time and Their Association with Survival Outcomes: The Commission on Cancer’s Experience with the Quality Measure Requiring at Least 12 Regional Lymph Nodes to be Removed and Analyzed with Colon Cancer Resections”
Lawrence N. Shulman