Issue 4/2018
Content (29 Articles)
Neoadjuvant Radiotherapy Versus No Radiotherapy for Stage IV Rectal Cancer: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Ryan Anthony F. Agas, Lester Bryan A. Co, JC Kennetth M. Jacinto, Kelvin Ken L. Yu, Paolo G. Sogono, Warren R. Bacorro, Teresa T. Sy Ortin
Faecal Occult Blood Point-of-Care Tests
Barbara Kościelniak-Merak, Branimir Radosavljević, Andrzej Zając, Przemysław J. Tomasik
Clinical Impact of Mismatch Repair Protein Testing on Outcome of Early Staged Colorectal Carcinomas
Jatin Sundersham Gandhi, Malini Goswami, Anila Sharma, Parul Tanwar, Gurudutt Gupta, Nikhil Gupta, Sunil Pasricha, Anurag Mehta, Shivender Singh, Mohit Agarwal, Nitin Gupta
Venous Thromboembolism Is an Independent Predictor of Mortality Among Patients with Gastric Cancer
Harry E. Fuentes, D. M. Oramas, L. H. Paz, Y. Wang, X. A. Andrade, A. J. Tafur
Rectal Cancer Surveillance—Recurrence Patterns and Survival Outcomes from a Cohort Followed up Beyond 10 Years
Winson Jianhong Tan, Hiang Jin Tan, Sreemanee Raaj Dorajoo, Fung Joon Foo, Choong Leong Tang, Min Hoe Chew
Primary Care Versus Oncology-Based Surveillance Following Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Resected Pancreatic Cancer
Haider H. Samawi, Yaling Yin, Howard J. Lim, Winson Y. Cheung
Predicting the Correlation of EZH2 and Cancer Stem Cell Markers in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
GholamReza Karami Madani, Abolfazl Rad, Mehdi Molavi, Sima Ardalan Khales, Mohammad Reza Abbaszadegan, Mohammad Mahdi Forghanifard
Systematic Review and Meta-analysis: Use of Statins Is Associated with a Reduced Incidence of Oesophageal Adenocarcinoma
Tom Thomas, Yoon Loke, Ian L. P. Beales
Outcomes of a Single Surgeon-Based Transanal-Total Mesorectal Excision (TATME) for Rectal Cancer
Antonio Caycedo-Marulanda, Henry Y. Jiang, Erica L. Kohtakangas
SBRT for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: 8-Year Experience from a Regional Transplant Center
Haoming Qiu, Michael J. Moravan, Michael T. Milano, Kenneth Y. Usuki, Alan W. Katz
Combination of Irinotecan, Oxaliplatin and 5-Fluorouracil as a Rechallenge Regimen for Heavily Pretreated Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Patients
Gustavo Dos Santos Fernandes, Maria Ignez Braghiroli, Michelle Artioli, Ana Carolina Carvalho Rocha Paterlini, Marcela Crosara Teixeira, Brenda Pires Gumz, Daniel da Motta Girardi, Oddone F. M. Braghiroli, Frederico Perego Costa, Paulo M. Hoff
Hepatocellular Carcinoma Screening Utilising Serum Alpha-Fetoprotein Measurement and Abdominal Ultrasound Is More Effective than Ultrasound Alone in Patients with Non-viral Cirrhosis
Thomas Worland, Benjamin Harrison, Leighton Delmenico, Damian Dowling
Predictive Value of Serum Carbohydrate Antigen 19-9 (CA19-9) for Early Mortality in Advanced Pancreatic Cancer
Pedro L. S. Usón Junior, Donato Callegaro-Filho, Diogo D. G. Bugano, Fernando Moura, Fernando C. Maluf
Expression Analysis of Survivin and XIAP in Gallbladder Cancer: a Case-control Study in Indo-Gangetic Plain
Ruhi Dixit, Mohd Raza, Mohan Kumar, S. Basu, V. K. Shukla
Surgical Resection for Hepatoblastoma—Updated Survival Outcomes
Bhanu Jayanand Sunil, Ravisankar Palaniappan, Balasubramanian Venkitaraman, Rama Ranganathan
Adenocarcinoma Ex-goblet Cell Carcinoid of the Appendix: a Case Report and Overview of the Disease
Uroosa Ibrahim, Gautam Valecha, Gwenalyn Garcia, Amina Saqib, Monika Wrzolek, Meekoo Dhar
Occipital Headache as Initial Manifestation of a Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor
Nikolaos Tsoukalas, Agathangelos Triantafyllidis, Maria Tolia, Michail Galanopoulos, Ioannis D. Kostakis, Stamatina Demiri, Christos Toumpanakis, Georgios Koumakis
Skin Lumps and Leg Humps: an Unusual Presentation of a Common Visceral Malignancy
Aakanksha Goel, Manish Kumar Gaur, Sonal Sharma, Pankaj Kumar Garg
Pancreatic Tail Neoplasm Masquerading as Recurrent Splenic Abscesses
Karthik Gnanapandithan, Nishrutha Karthik, Thiruvengadam Muniraj
Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Bile Duct Tumor Thrombi
Ufuk Uylas, Huseyin Kerem Tolan, Volkan Ince, Cuneyt Kayaalp, Sezai Yilmaz
Primary Extra-Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor of Mesenteric Root: a Rare Version of a Soft Tissue Tumor Located on a Critical Region
Yakup Yalcin, Kemal Kursat Bozkurt, Ibrahim Metin Ciris, Sevim Sureyya Cerci, Evrim Erdemoglu
Metastasis from Hepatocellular Carcinoma Masquerading as a Jugular Paraganglioma
Debashish Chaudhary, Shraddha Patkar, Shailesh V. Shrikhande, Mahesh Goel
Renal Cell Carcinoma Metastatic to the Gallbladder
Ben Hazen, Amy Deeken, Andrei Cocieru
Mesenteric Cystic Teratoma Masquerading as Acute Abdomen
Vinutha Lakshman, Panduranga Chikkannaiah, Srinivasamurthy Venkataramappa
Synchronous Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of Colon Presenting as Subacute Intestinal Obstruction—a Rare Case Report
Subramanian Kalaivani Selvi, B. H. Srinivas, Bhawana Ashok Badhe, Kadambari Dharanipragada
Alpha-Fetoprotein-Secreting Gallbladder Carcinoma: a Case Report
Guray Akturk, Ozgul Sagol, Tarkan Unek, Mucahit Ozbilgin, Tufan Egeli, Sedat Karademir, Funda Obuz, Ibrahim Kemal Astarcioglu
Endoscopic Mucosal Resection of Granular Cell Tumors in the Esophagus: a Study of Four Cases and Brief Literature Review
Neil R. Sharma, Colin S. Linke, Christina Zelt
Two Cases of Capecitabine-Induced Ileitis in Patients Treated with Radiochemotherapy to the Pelvis and Review of the Literature
L. Nicosia, I. Russo, V. De Sanctis, G. Minniti, M. Valeriani, M. F. Osti
Association of ki67 Index with Recurrence in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
Patricia Segales-Rojas, Leonardo S. Lino-Silva, Eduardo Aguilar-Cruz, Rosa A. Salcedo-Hernández