Issue 4/2008
Content (50 Articles)
Are “Breast-Focused” Surgeons More Competent?
Helen A. Pass, Suzanne V. Klimberg, Edward M. Copeland III
More Controversy than Ever – Challenges and Promises Towards Personalized Treatment of Gastric Cancer
Theodore Liakakos, Dimitrios H. Roukos
Proceedings of The Fifth International Meeting, Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Eastern and Western Experiences Overview of the Conference
Jean-Nicolas Vauthey, Jacques Belghiti, Masatoshi Makuuchi
Biology of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Roberta W. C. Pang, Jae Won Joh, Philip J. Johnson, Morito Monden, Timothy M. Pawlik, Ronnie T. P. Poon
Early Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Pathology, Imaging, and Therapy
Tadatoshi Takayama, Masatoshi Makuuchi, Masamichi Kojiro, Gregory Y. Lauwers, Reid B. Adams, Stephanie R. Wilson, Hyun-Jung Jang, Chusilp Charnsangavej, Bachir Taouli
Treatment of Large and Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Eddie K. Abdalla, Alban Denys, Kiyoshi Hasegawa, Thomas W. T. Leung, Masatoshi Makuuchi, Ravi Murthy, Dario Ribero, Daria Zorzi, Jean-Nicolas Vauthey, Guido Torzilli
Selection for Resection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Surgical Strategy: Indications for Resection, Evaluation of Liver Function, Portal Vein Embolization, and Resection
Dario Ribero, Steven A. Curley, Hiroshi Imamura, David C. Madoff, David M. Nagorney, Kelvin K. Ng, Matteo Donadon, Valerie Vilgrain, Guido Torzilli, Mark Roh, Jean-Nicolas Vauthey
Treatment before Liver Transplantation for HCC
J. Belghiti, B. I. Carr, P. D. Greig, R. Lencioni, R. T. Poon
Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Vincenzo Mazzaferro, Yun Shin Chun, Ronnie T. P. Poon, Myron E. Schwartz, Francis Y. Yao, J. Wallis Marsh, Sherrie Bhoori, Sung-Gyu Lee
Systemic Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Cytotoxic Chemotherapy, Targeted Therapy and Immunotherapy
Melanie B. Thomas, James P. O’Beirne, Junji Furuse, Anthony T. C. Chan, Ghassan Abou-Alfa, Philip Johnson
Radiotherapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: An Overview
Sunil Krishnan, Laura A. Dawson, Jinsil Seong, Yasuyuki Akine, Sam Beddar, Tina M. Briere, Christopher H. Crane, Francoise Mornex
Axillary and Extra-axillary Lymph Node Recurrences after a Tumor-Negative Sentinel Node Biopsy for Breast Cancer Using Intralesional Tracer Administration
Iris M. C. van der Ploeg, Bin B. R. Kroon, Ninja Antonini, Renato A. Valdés Olmos, Emiel J. T. Rutgers, Omgo E. Nieweg
Outpatient Mastectomy and Breast Reconstructive Surgery
John Bian, Helen Krontiras, Jeroan Allison
Surgical Follow-Up and Clinical Presentation of 142 Breast Papillary Lesions Diagnosed by Ultrasound-Guided Core-Needle Biopsy
Monica Rizzo, Mary Jo Lund, Gabriela Oprea, Matthew Schniederjan, William C Wood, Marina Mosunjac
The Possible Association between IVF and Breast Cancer Incidence
I. Pappo, L. Lerner-Geva, A. Halevy, L. Olmer, S. Friedler, A. Raziel, M. Schachter, R. Ron-El
The Genomic Heritage of Lymph Node Metastases: Implications for Clinical Management of Patients with Breast Cancer
Tyson E. Becker, Rachel E. Ellsworth, Brenda Deyarmin, Heather L. Patney, Rick M. Jordan, Jeffrey A. Hooke, Craig D. Shriver, Darrell L. Ellsworth
PIK3CA Exon 20 Mutation is Independently Associated with a Poor Prognosis in Breast Cancer Patients
Yuen-Liang Lai, Bey-Liing Mau, Wen-Hsuan Cheng, Han-Ming Chen, Hsi-Hsiung Chiu, Chin-Yuan Tzen
Frequent Deletion and Methylation in SH3GL2 and CDKN2A Loci are Associated with Early- and Late-onset Breast Carcinoma
Satyabrata Sinha, Neelanjana Chunder, Nupur Mukherjee, Neyaz Alam, Anup Roy, Susanta Roychoudhury, Chinmay Kumar Panda
A Prospective Longitudinal Study of Cosmetic Outcome in Immediate Latissimus Dorsi Breast Reconstruction and the Influence of Radiotherapy
Helen Jane Thomson, Shelley Potter, Rosemary Jane Greenwood, Amit Bahl, Jane Barker, Simon John Cawthorn, Zoë Ellen Winters
Patterns of Failure and Outcome in Patients with Carcinoma of the Anal Margin
Kaouthar Khanfir, Mahmut Ozsahin, Sabine Bieri, Christiano Cavuto, René O. Mirimanoff, Abderrahim Zouhair
Quality of Life Among Five-Year Survivors After Treatment for Very Low Rectal Cancer With or Without a Permanent Abdominal Stoma
C. Fucini, R. Gattai, C. Urena, L. Bandettini, C. Elbetti
Isolated Chemotherapeutic Perfusion of Pelvis as Neoadjuvant or Palliative Therapy for Advanced Cancer of the Rectum
Harold J. Wanebo, Michael DiSiena, Giovanni Begossi, James Belliveau, Eric Gustafson
Distributions of Angiogenesis and Lymphangiogenesis in Gastrointestinal Intramucosal Tumors
Yan Gao, Wei-Xia Zhong, Dian-Bin Mu, Yin-Ping Yuan, Yu-Hua Zhang, Jin-Ming Yu, Lan-Ping Sun, Lei Wang, Yu-Hui Li, Jian-Bo Zhang, Yan Zhao, Shu-Ping Cai, Geng-Yin Zhou
Reasons for Explantation of Totally Implantable Access Ports: A Multivariate Analysis of 385 Consecutive Patients
Lars Fischer, Phillip Knebel, Steffen Schröder, Thomas Bruckner, Markus K. Diener, Roland Hennes, Klaus Buhl, Bruno Schmied, Christoph M. Seiler
Perihepatic Lymph Node Micrometastases Impact Outcome after Partial Hepatectomy for Colorectal Metastases
Joseph J. Bennett, Carl R. Schmidt, David S. Klimstra, Stephen R. Grobmyer, Nicole M. Ishill, Michael D’Angelica, Ronald P. DeMatteo, Yuman Fong, Leslie H. Blumgart, William R. Jarnagin
Color Doppler Imaging Predicts Portal Invasion by Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
Alexander Kern, Frank Dobrowolski, Stephan Kersting, Dag-Daniel Dittert, Hans Detlev Saeger, Eberhard Kuhlisch, Alfred Bunk
Elevation of Serum IgG4 in Western Patients With Autoimmune Sclerosing Pancreatocholangitis: A Word of Caution
Steven N. Hochwald, Alan W. Hemming, Peter Draganov, Stephen B. Vogel, Lisa R. Dixon, Stephen R. Grobmyer
Prognostic Significance of CD44s Expression in Biliary Tract Cancers
Sang Min Lee, Kyoung Eun Lee, Hye Jung Chang, Moon Young Choi, Min-Sun Cho, Seog Ki Min, Hyeon Kook Lee, Yeung Chul Mun, Eun Mi Nam, Chu Myong Seong, Soon Nam Lee
Pancreatic Metastasis From Renal Cell Carcinoma: Which Patients Benefit From Surgical Resection?
Alessandro Zerbi, Enrico Ortolano, Gianpaolo Balzano, Anna Borri, Aldo Alberto Beneduce, Valerio Di Carlo
The Basis of Racial Differences in the Incidence of Thyroid Cancer
Luc G. T. Morris, Andrew G. Sikora, David Myssiorek, Mark D. DeLacure
Lateral Cervical Lymph Node Metastases from Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: Pattern of Nodal Metastases and Optimal Strategy for Neck Dissection
Jong-Lyel Roh, Jin-Man Kim, Chan Il Park
Cytoreductive Surgery and Intraoperative Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy with Paclitaxel: A Clinical and Pharmacokinetic Study
Eelco de Bree, Hilde Rosing, Dimitris Filis, John Romanos, Maria Melisssourgaki, Markos Daskalakis, Maria Pilatou, Elias Sanidas, Panagiotis Taflampas, Konstantinos Kalbakis, Jos H. Beijnen, Dimitris D. Tsiftsis
EGFR, HER2, and HER3 Expression in Laryngeal Primary Tumors and Corresponding Metastases
Qichun Wei, Liming Sheng, Yongjie Shui, Qiongge Hu, Hans Nordgren, Jorgen Carlsson
Factors Predictive of Nonsentinel Lymph Node Involvement and Clinical Outcome in Melanoma Patients With Metastatic Sentinel Lymph Node
Carlo Riccardo Rossi, Gian Luca De Salvo, Elena Bonandini, Simone Mocellin, Mirto Foletto, Sandro Pasquali, Pierluigi Pilati, Mario Lise, Donato Nitti, Elisa Rizzo, Maria Cristina Montesco
Compliance with Melanoma Treatment Guidelines in a Community Teaching Hospital: Time Trends and Other Variables
Jennifer L. Erickson, Josè M. Velasco, Tina J. Hieken
TNF-Based Isolated Limb Perfusion Followed by Consolidation Biotherapy with Systemic Low-dose Interferon Alpha 2b in Patients with In-transit Melanoma Metastases: A Pilot Trial
Carlo Riccardo Rossi, Francesco Russano, Simone Mocellin, Vanna Chiarion-Sileni, Mirto Foletto, Pierluigi Pilati, Luca G. Campana, Antonio Zanon, Gian Franco Picchi, Mario Lise, Donato Nitti
REG Iα is a Reliable Marker of Chemoradiosensitivity in Squamous Cell Esophageal Cancer Patients
Kaori Hayashi, Satoru Motoyama, Toshihiro Sugiyama, Jun-ichi Izumi, Akira Anbai, Hiroshi Nanjo, Hitoshi Watanabe, Kiyotomi Maruyama, Yoshihiro Minamiya, Souichi Koyota, Yukio Koizumi, Shin Takasawa, Katsuyuki Murata, Jun-ichi Ogawa
Messenger RNA Expression of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Its Receptors in Primary Colorectal Cancer and Corresponding Liver Metastasis
Hirotoshi Kobayashi, Kenichi Sugihara, Hiroyuki Uetake, Tetsuro Higuchi, Masamichi Yasuno, Masayuki Enomoto, Hidekazu Kuramochi, Heinz-Josef Lenz, Kathleen D. Danenberg, Peter V. Danenberg
Enhanced Tumour Growth and Impaired Cellular Antitumoural Defence in Hepatic Colorectal Carcinoma Metastasis in Rats after Laparoscopy Compared to Open Surgery
D. Th. Inderbitzin, G. R. Marti, S. Eichenberger, H.- M. Hoogewoud, L. Kraehenbuehl
Laparoscopic Gastrectomy: Feasibility, Safety and Efficacy
Theodore Liakakos
Advances in Laparoscopic Gastrectomy Expand Clinical Use
E. Hanisch, D. Ziogas, D. Roukos, C. Hottenrott
Perioperative Chemotherapy for Gastric Cancer
Marco Catarci, Alessandro Carrara
The Growing Evidence of the Role of T-Cells in the Treatment of Solid Tumors
Akihiko Kobayashi, Carlo Pulitanò, Guido Liddo, Nobuhiro Ohkohchi
Nodal Micrometastases Status—Will It Influence Decisions on Surgical and Adjuvant Treatment for Breast Cancer?
H. Harissis, M. Fatouros
Breast Cancer Outcomes and Micrometastatic Disease
Armando E. Giuliano, Steven L. Chen
A Novel Use of Botulinum Toxin to Ameliorate Bone Cancer Pain
Hamid Namazi
Axilla Scoring Systems Predicting Risk of Non-sentinel-node Metastasis in Breast Cancer Patients with a Positive Sentinel Node
Emmanuel Barranger, Olivier Morel, Charles Coutant
Positron Emission Tomography Detection of Distant Metastatic or Synchronous Disease in Patients with Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer Receiving Preoperative Chemoradiation
Caio S. R. Nahas, Timothy Akhurst, Henry Yeung, Tobias Leibold, Ellen Riedel, Arnold J. Markowitz, Bruce D. Minsky, Philip B. Paty, Martin R. Weiser, Larissa K. Temple, W. Douglas Wong, Steven M. Larson, José G. Guillem