Issue 8/2014
Content (48 Articles)
Radiation Therapy for Extremity Soft Tissue Sarcoma: In the Absence of a Clear Survival Benefit, Why Do We Give It?
Elizabeth H. Baldini, Chandrajit Raut
Population-Based Registries are Important in Sarcoma: An Editorial Regarding “Incidence Patterns of Primary Bone Cancer in Taiwan (2003–2010)”
Benjamin J. Miller
Implementation of the American College of Surgeons Oncology Group Z1071 Trial Data in Clinical Practice: Is There a Way Forward for Sentinel Lymph Node Dissection in Clinically Node-Positive Breast Cancer Patients Treated with Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy?
Elizabeth A. Mittendorf, Abigail S. Caudle, Wei Yang, Savitri Krishnamurthy, Simona Shaitelman, Mariana Chavez-MacGregor, Wendy A. Woodward, Isabelle Bedrosian, Henry M. Kuerer, Kelly K. Hunt
The Pregnant Breast Cancer Patient: Are We Failing Our Most Vulnerable Population?
Marie Catherine Lee, Christine Laronga
Quality of Colorectal Cancer Care Among Veterans: A 10-Year Retrospective Cohort
Rebecca A. Snyder, Rajshri Mainthia, Ravi Patel, Robert S. Dittus, Christianne L. Roumie
Efficacy of Adjuvant Radiation Therapy in the Treatment of Soft Tissue Sarcoma of the Extremity: 20-year Follow-Up of a Randomized Prospective Trial
Joal D. Beane, James C. Yang, Donald White, Seth M. Steinberg, Steven A. Rosenberg, Udo Rudloff
Incidence Patterns of Primary Bone Cancer in Taiwan (2003–2010): A Population-Based Study
Giun-Yi Hung, Jiun-Lin Horng, Hsiu-Ju Yen, Chueh-Chuan Yen, Wei-Ming Chen, Paul Chih-Hsueh Chen, Hung-Ta Hondar Wu, Hong-Jen Chiou
Analysis of Prognostic Factors Impacting Oncologic Outcomes After Neoadjuvant Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Therapy for Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
Brian K. Bednarski, Dejka M. Araujo, Min Yi, Keila E. Torres, Alexander Lazar, Jonathan C. Trent, Janice N. Cormier, Peter W. T. Pisters, Dina Chelouche Lev, Raphael E. Pollock, Barry W. Feig, Kelly K. Hunt
Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Pregnant Women with Breast Cancer
Adrienne B. Gropper, Katherina Zabicki Calvillo, Laura Dominici, Susan Troyan, Esther Rhei, Katherine E. Economy, Nadine M. Tung, Lidia Schapira, Jane L. Meisel, Ann H. Partridge, Erica L. Mayer
Timing of Infectious Complications Following Breast-Conserving Therapy with Catheter-Based Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation
Alex B. Haynes, Elizabeth S. Bloom, Isabelle Bedrosian, Henry M. Kuerer, Rosa F. Hwang, Mark F. Munsell, Roy F. Chemaly, Linda S. Graviss, Abigail S. Caudle, Kelly K. Hunt, Welela Tereffe, Simona F. Shaitelman, Gildy V. Babiera
Surgical Outcome after Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Bevacizumab: Results from the GeparQuinto Study (GBG 44)
Bernd Gerber, Gunter von Minckwitz, Holger Eidtmann, Mahdi Rezai, Peter Fasching, Hans Tesch, Holm Eggemann, Iris Schrader, Kornelia Kittel, Claus Hanusch, Christine Solbach, Christian Jackisch, Georg Kunz, Jens-Uwe Blohmer, Jens Huober, Maik Hauschild, Valentina Nekljudova, Sibylle Loibl, Michael Untch
Immunotherapy Following Regional Chemotherapy Treatment of Advanced Extremity Melanoma
Betty S. Jiang, Georgia M. Beasley, Paul J. Speicher, Paul J. Mosca, Michael A. Morse, Brent Hanks, April Salama, Douglas S. Tyler
Endoscopic and Pathologic Findings Associated with Clinical Outcomes of Melanoma in the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract
Ji Yong Ahn, Hee Sang Hwang, Young Soo Park, Hyeong Ryul Kim, Hwoon-Yong Jung, Jin-Ho Kim, Seung Eun Lee, Min A. Kim
Should Stage T2 Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Be Subclassified?
Wei Guo, Hua-Liang Xiao, Zheng Ma, Hui-Jun Liu, Ying-Jian Wang, Long-Yong Mei, Xue-Hai Liu, Yao-Guang Jiang, Ru-Wen Wang
Identification of Subsets of Patients with Favorable Prognosis After Recurrence in Completely Resected Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Makoto Sonobe, Tetsu Yamada, Masaaki Sato, Toshi Menju, Akihiro Aoyama, Toshihiko Sato, Fengshi Chen, Mitsugu Omasa, Toru Bando, Hiroshi Date
Clinicopathology and Genetic Profile of Synchronous Multiple Small Adenocarcinomas: Implication for Surgical Treatment of an Uncommon Lung Malignancy
Mong-Wei Lin, Chen-Tu Wu, Shuenn-Wen Kuo, Yih-Leong Chang, Pan-Chyr Yang
Resection of Pulmonary Metastases from Colon and Rectal Cancer: Factors to Predict Survival Differ Regarding to the Origin of the Primary Tumor
G. Meimarakis, F. Spelsberg, M. Angele, G. Preissler, J. Fertmann, A. Crispin, S. Reu, N. Kalaitzis, M. Stemmler, C. Giessen, V. Heinemann, S. Stintzing, R. Hatz, H. Winter
Routine Contrast Esophagram has Minimal Impact on the Postoperative Management of Patients Undergoing Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer
Jonathan Cools-Lartigue, Amin Andalib, Ali Abo-Alsaud, Stephen Gowing, Maxime Nguyen, David Mulder, Lorenzo Ferri
Diagnostic Accuracy and Utility of Intraoperative Microscopic Margin Analysis of Gastric and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma
Jonathan Spicer, Cassandre Benay, Laurence Lee, Mathieu Rousseau, Amin Andalib, Yael Kushner, Victoria Marcus, Lorenzo Ferri
Prognostic Significance of Non-curative Gastrectomy for Incurable Gastric Carcinoma
Oh Jeong, Young Kyu Park, Won Yong Choi, Seong Yeop Ryu
Gastric Stump Cancer After Distal Gastrectomy for Benign Disease: Clinicopathological Features and Surgical Outcomes
Alberto Di Leo, Corrado Pedrazzani, Maria Bencivenga, Arianna Coniglio, Fausto Rosa, Paolo Morgani, Daniele Marrelli, Alberto Marchet, Luca Cozzaglio, Simone Giacopuzzi, Guido Alberto Massimo Tiberio, Giovanni Battista Doglietto, Giovanni Vittimberga, Franco Roviello, Francesco Ricci
Perioperative Risk Assessment for Gastrectomy by Surgical Apgar Score
Yuichiro Miki, Masanori Tokunaga, Yutaka Tanizawa, Etsuro Bando, Taiichi Kawamura, Masanori Terashima
Pathological Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: A New Prognosis Tool for the Curative Management of Peritoneal Colorectal Carcinomatosis
Guillaume Passot, Benoît You, Gilles Boschetti, Juliette Fontaine, Sylvie Isaac, Evelyne Decullier, Christele Maurice, Delphine Vaudoyer, François-Noël Gilly, Eddy Cotte, Olivier Glehen
Shorter Dinner-to-Bed Time is Associated with Gastric Cardia Adenocarcinoma Risk Partly in a Reflux-Dependent Manner
Qingxu Song, Jianbo Wang, Yibin Jia, Chuan Wang, Nana Wang, Bingxu Tan, Wei Ma, Shanghui Guan, Dong Jiang, Yufeng Cheng
Laparoscopic Intragastric Surgery for Early Gastric Cancer and Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
Claudius Conrad, Marius Nedelcu, Satoshi Ogiso, Thomas A. Aloia, Jean-Nicolas Vauthey, Brice Gayet
Cytoreduction and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy: A Feasible and Effective Option for Colorectal Cancer Patients After Emergency Surgery in the Presence of Peritoneal Carcinomatosis
Thijs R. van Oudheusden, Hidde J. Braam, Simon W. Nienhuijs, Marinus J. Wiezer, Bert van Ramshorst, Misha D. Luyer, Valery E. Lemmens, Ignace H. de Hingh
What is the Effect of Laparoscopic Colectomy on Pattern of Colon Cancer Recurrence? A Propensity Score and Competing Risk Analysis Compared with Open Colectomy
Hirotoshi Hasegawa, Koji Okabayashi, Masahiko Watanabe, Hutan Ashrafian, Leanne Harling, Yoshiyuki Ishii, Daisuke Sugiyama, Ryo Seishima, Ara Darzi, Thanos Athanasiou, Yuko Kitagawa
Toxicity of Oxaliplatin Plus Fluorouracil/Leucovorin Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Elderly Patients with Stage III Colon Cancer: A Population-Based Study
Samia Hamza, Anne-Marie Bouvier, Fabien Rollot, Côme Lepage, Jean Faivre, Laurent Bedenne
The Frequencies and Clinical Implications of Mutations in 33 Kinase-Related Genes in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: A Pilot Study
Khairun I. Abdul-Jalil, Katherine M. Sheehan, Sinead Toomey, Jasmin Schmid, Jochen Prehn, Anthony O’Grady, Robert Cummins, Brian O’Neill, Deborah A. McNamara, Joseph Deasy, Oscar Breathnach, Liam Grogan, Ailin Rogers, Glen Doherty, Des Winter, John Ryan, Sherif El-Masry, David Gibbons, Kieran Sheahan, Peter Gillen, Elaine W. Kay, Bryan T. Hennessy
Nuclear Notch3 Expression is Associated with Tumor Recurrence in Patients with Stage II and III Colorectal Cancer
Tsuyoshi Ozawa, Shinsuke Kazama, Takashi Akiyoshi, Koji Murono, Satomi Yoneyama, Toshiaki Tanaka, Junichiro Tanaka, Tomomichi Kiyomatsu, Kazushige Kawai, Hiroaki Nozawa, Takamitsu Kanazawa, Hironori Yamaguchi, Soichiro Ishihara, Eiji Sunami, Joji Kitayama, Teppei Morikawa, Masashi Fukayama, Toshiaki Watanabe
Hospital and Geographic Variability in Two Colorectal Cancer Surgery Outcomes: Complications and Mortality After Complications
M. Schootman, M. Lian, S. L. Pruitt, S. Hendren, M. Mutch, A. D. Deshpande, D. B. Jeffe, N. O. Davidson
Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: Survival Comparison of Hepatic Resection Versus Cytoreductive Surgery and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy
Aaron U. Blackham, Gregory B. Russell, John H. Stewart IV, Konstantinos Votanopoulos, Edward A. Levine, Perry Shen
Regional Chemotherapy for Unresectable Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: A Potential Role for Dynamic Magnetic Resonance Imaging as an Imaging Biomarker and a Survival Update from Two Prospective Clinical Trials
Ioannis T. Konstantinidis, Richard K. G. Do, David H. Gultekin, Mithat Gönen, Lawrence H. Schwartz, Yuman Fong, Peter J. Allen, Michael I. D’Angelica, Ronald P. DeMatteo, David S. Klimstra, Nancy E. Kemeny, William R. Jarnagin
Hedgehog Signaling Between Cancer Cells and Hepatic Stellate Cells in Promoting Cholangiocarcinoma
Younjoo Kim, Myeong-ok Kim, Jin Sun Shin, Sun Hoo Park, Sang Bum Kim, Jin Kim, Su Cheol Park, Chul Ju Han, Ji Kon Ryu, Yong Bum Yoon, Yong-Tae Kim
Conservative Hepatectomy for Tumors Involving the Middle Hepatic Vein and Segment 1: The Liver Tunnel
Guido Torzilli, Matteo Cimino, Fabio Procopio, Guido Costa, Matteo Donadon, Daniele Del Fabbro, Andrea Gatti, Carlos A. Garcia-Etienne
Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Adjuvant I131 Lipiodol after Excision of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Ruelan Furtado, Michael Crawford, Charbel Sandroussi
Impact of Viral Hepatitis on Outcomes after Liver Resection for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Results from a North American Center
Jonghun J. Lee, Peter T. W. Kim, Sandra Fischer, Scott Fung, Steven Gallinger, Ian McGilvray, Carol-anne Moulton, Alice C. Wei, Paul D. Greig, Sean P. Cleary
The Clinical Behavior of Transplantable Recurrent Hepatocellular Carcinoma After Curative Resection: Implications for Salvage Liver Transplantation
Hyung Soon Lee, Gi Hong Choi, Dong Jin Joo, Myoung Soo Kim, Jin Sub Choi, Soon Il Kim
Thyroglobulin Antibodies Could be a Potential Predictive Marker for Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma
Ioannis Vasileiadis, Georgios Boutzios, Georgios Charitoudis, Eleni Koukoulioti, Theodore Karatzas
The Impact of Surgical Volume on Racial Disparity in Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery
Salem I. Noureldine, Ali Abbas, Ralph P. Tufano, Sudesh Srivastav, Douglas P. Slakey, Paul Friedlander, Emad Kandil
Comparative Patient-Centered Outcomes (Health State and Adverse Sexual Symptoms) Between Adjuvant Brachytherapy Versus No Adjuvant Brachytherapy in Early Stage Endometrial Cancer
Shari Damast, Kaled Alektiar, Anne Eaton, Naamit Kurshan Gerber, Shari Goldfarb, Sujata Patil, Rachel Jia, Mario Leitao, Jeanne Carter, Ethan Basch
Distribution of Lymph Node Metastasis Sites in Endometrial Cancer Undergoing Systematic Pelvic and Para-Aortic Lymphadenectomy: A Proposal of Optimal Lymphadenectomy for Future Clinical Trials
Tetsuji Odagiri, Hidemichi Watari, Tatsuya Kato, Takashi Mitamura, Masayoshi Hosaka, Satoko Sudo, Mahito Takeda, Noriko Kobayashi, Peixin Dong, Yukiharu Todo, Masataka Kudo, Noriaki Sakuragi
The Role of Omentectomy and Random Peritoneal Biopsies as Part of Comprehensive Surgical Staging in Apparent Early-Stage Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
Jung-Yun Lee, Hee Seung Kim, Hyun Hoon Chung, Jae Weon Kim, Noh Hyun Park, Yong-Sang Song
Transoral Endoscopic Resection of Low-Grade, Cricoid Chondrosarcoma
Pierfrancesco Pelliccia, Marcos Martinez Del Pero, Grégoire Mercier, Giorgio Iannetti, Marc Makeieff
Minimal Clinically Important Differences in Quality of Life Scores of Oral Cavity and Oropharynx Cancer Patients
Yoav Binenbaum, Moran Amit, Salem Billan, Jacob T. Cohen, Ziv Gil
Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Comparing the Surgical Outcomes of Invasive Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms and Conventional Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
Ye-Xin Koh, Aik-Yong Chok, Hui-Li Zheng, Chuen-Seng Tan, Brian K. P. Goh
Prognostic Impact of CA 19-9 on Outcome after Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation in Patients with Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer
Stephanie E. Combs, Daniel Habermehl, Kerstin A. Kessel, Frank Bergmann, Jens Werner, Patrick Naumann, Dirk Jäger, Markus W. Büchler, Jürgen Debus
Technique Selection of Bricker or Wallace Ureteroileal Anastomosis in Ileal Conduit Urinary Diversion: A Strategy Based on Patient Characteristics
Longfei Liu, Minfeng Chen, Yuan Li, Long Wang, Fan Qi, Jingeng Dun, Jinbo Chen, Xiongbing Zu, Lin Qi