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World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Issue 1/2021

Content (350 Articles)

Open Access Seroma Correspondence

Acellular dermal matrix as filler in breast-conserving surgery: warnings for a careful use

Gianluca Franceschini, Riccardo Masetti

Rectal Cancer Case report

Heterotopic ossification in lymph node metastasis after rectal cancer resection: a case report and literature review

Hideki Nagano, Tamotsu Togawa, Takeshi Watanabe, Kenji Ohnishi, Toshihisa Kimura, Atsushi Iida, Sakon Noriki, Yoshiaki Imamura, Yasunori Sato, Takanori Goi

Open Access Magnetic Resonance Imaging Case report

Clear cell neuroendocrine tumor in the gallbladder diagnosed as a benign polyp preoperatively: a case report

Ryusuke Sumiya, Atsushi Shimizu, Takeshi Nagai, Hayato Ono, Keigo Kumazawa, Daisuke Endo, Takashi Oide, Nobuyoshi Aoyanagi

Open Access Lymphoma Case report

Cessation of methotrexate and a small intestinal resection provide a good clinical course for a patient with a jejunum perforation induced by a methotrexate-associated lymphoproliferative disorder: a case report

Masahiro Nomura, Ryusuke Sumiya, Hayato Ono, Takeshi Nagai, Keigo Kumazawa, Atsushi Shimizu, Daisuke Endo, Nobuyoshi Aoyanagi

Open Access Prostate Cancer Research

Primary metastatic prostate cancer between prognosis or adequate/proper medical therapy

Mahmoud Mustafa, Honood Abu Rass, Mothafr Yahya, Khaleel Hamdan, Yazan Eiss

Open Access Colectomy Research

Short- and medium-term outcomes of intracorporeal versus extracorporeal anastomosis in laparoscopic right colectomy: a propensity score-matched study

Chun-Kai Liao, Yih-Jong Chern, Yueh-Chen Lin, Yu-Jen Hsu, Jy-Ming Chiang, Wen-Sy Tsai, Pao-Shiu Hsieh, Hsin-Yuan Hung, Chien-Yuh Yeh, Jeng-Fu You

Open Access Cholangiocarcinoma Research

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma and distal cholangiocarcinoma: a proposal of preoperative diagnostic score for differential diagnosis

Edoardo Maria Muttillo, Antonio Ciardi, Raffaele Troiano, Paolina Saullo, Gabriele Masselli, Marianna Guida, Alessandra Tortora, Isabella Sperduti, Giulio Marinello, Piero Chirletti, Roberto Caronna

Open Access Milligan-Morgan Hemorrhoidectomy Case report

Robotic low anterior resection for rectal cancer with side-to-end anastomosis in a patient with anal stenosis

Yosuke Tajima, Tsunekazu Hanai, Hidetoshi Katsuno, Koji Masumori, Yoshikazu Koide, Keigo Ashida, Hiroshi Matsuoka, Junichiro Hiro, Tomoyoshi Endo, Tadahiro Kamiya, Yongchol Chong, Kotaro Maeda, Ichiro Uyama

Open Access Hyperparathyroidism Research

Atypical parathyroid adenoma: clinical and anatomical pathologic features

Alessandro Galani, Riccardo Morandi, Mira Dimko, Sarah Molfino, Carla Baronchelli, Silvia Lai, Federico Gheza, Carlo Cappelli, Claudio Casella

Open Access Metastasis Research

Clinicopathological features and risk factors analysis of lymph node metastasis and long-term prognosis in patients with synchronous multiple gastric cancer

Liang Chen, Chao Yue, Gang Li, Xuezhi Ming, Rongmin Gu, Xu Wen, Bin Zhou, Rui Peng, Wei Wei, Huanqiu Chen

Open Access Arterial Diseases Research

Chemotherapy and adverse cardiovascular events in colorectal cancer patients undergoing surgical resection

Chieh Yang Koo, Bee-Choo Tai, Dedrick Kok Hong Chan, Li Ling Tan, Ker Kan Tan, Chi-Hang Lee

Open Access Computed Tomography Case report

Laparoscopic-assisted disinvagination and polypectomy for multiple intussusceptions induced by small intestinal polyps in patients with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome: a case report

Masaaki Yamamoto, Kazuya Iwamoto, Rei Suzuki, Yosuke Mukai, Tomohira Takeoka, Kei Asukai, Naoki Shinno, Hisashi Hara, Takashi Kanemura, Nozomu Nakai, Shinichiro Hasegawa, Keijiro Sugimura, Naotsugu Haraguchi, Junichi Nishimura, Hiroshi Wada, Hidenori Takahashi, Chu Matsuda, Masayoshi Yasui, Takeshi Omori, Hiroshi Miyata, Masayuki Ohue, Masaru Murata

Comparison between 3-dimensional and 2-dimensional endoscopic thyroidectomy for benign and malignant lesions: a meta-analysis

Zigao Huang, Haiquan Qin, Jiankun Liao, Linghou Meng, Yongjie Qin, Baojia Li, Hao Lai, Xianwei Mo

Open Access Multiple Myeloma Case report

C3 glomerulonephritis along with light chain proximal tubulopathy without crystal deposits in multiple myeloma: a case report

Junhui Xu, Xiaojuan Yu, Suxia Wang, Miao Yan, Mangju Wang, Jinping Ou, Lihong Wang, Huihui Liu, Xinan Cen

Open Access Laparoscopy Research

Preoperative Controlling Nutritional Status (CONUT) score predicts short-term outcomes of patients with gastric cancer after laparoscopy-assisted radical gastrectomy

Yun Qian, Huaying Liu, Junhai Pan, Weihua Yu, Jiemin Lv, Jiafei Yan, Jiaqi Gao, Xianfa Wang, Xiaolong Ge, Wei Zhou

Open Access Lung Cancer Research

Establishment of a regression model of bone metabolism markers for the diagnosis of bone metastases in lung cancer

Zhongliang Zhu, Guangyu Yang, Zhenzhen Pang, Jiawei Liang, Weizhong Wang, Yonglie Zhou

Open Access Breast Cancer Research

Identification of differentially methylated genes as diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers of breast cancer

Xiao-hong Mao, Qiang Ye, Guo-bing Zhang, Jin-ying Jiang, Hong-ying Zhao, Yan-fei Shao, Zi-qi Ye, Zi-xue Xuan, Ping Huang

Open Access Metastasis Research

Nomogram based on homogeneous and heterogeneous associated factors for predicting distant metastases in patients with colorectal cancer

Tianwen Luo, Yutong Wang, Xuefeng Shan, Ye Bai, Chun Huang, Guangcan Li, Hongmei Wang

Metastasis Research

Thirty-three long-term survivors after cytoreductive surgery in patients with peritoneal metastases from colorectal cancer: a retrospective descriptive study

Yasuyuki Kamada, Koya Hida, Haruaki Ishibashi, Shouzou Sako, Akiyoshi Mizumoto, Masumi Ichinose, Naveen Padmanabhan, Shinya Yoshida, Yutaka Yonemura

Open Access Ultrasound Technical innovations

Application of ultrasound-guided intranodal lymphangiography and embolisation in cancer patients with postoperative lymphatic leakage

Xingwei Sun, Feng Zhou, Xuming Bai, Qiang Yuan, Mingqing Zhang, Liang Ma, Yong Jin

Open Access Metastasis Research

Surgical outcomes of pulmonary metastasectomy in hepatocellular carcinoma patients according to approach method: thoracoscopic versus open approach

Han Pil Lee, Jae Kwang Yun, Hee Suk Jung, Duk Hwan Moon, Geun Dong Lee, Sehoon Choi, Yong-Hee Kim, Dong Kwan Kim, Seung Il Park, Hyeong Ryul Kim

Open Access Rectal Cancer Research

Geriatric nutritional risk index predicts cancer prognosis in patients with local advanced rectal cancer undergoing chemoradiotherapy followed by curative surgery

Shozo Ide, Yoshinaga Okugawa, Yusuke Omura, Akira Yamamoto, Takashi Ichikawa, Takahito Kitajima, Tadanobu Shimura, Hiroki Imaoka, Hiroyuki Fujikawa, Hiromi Yasuda, Takeshi Yokoe, Yoshiki Okita, Masaki Ohi, Yuji Toiyama

Metastasis Research

High GFPT1 expression predicts unfavorable outcomes in patients with resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

Yitao Gong, Yunzhen Qian, Guopei Luo, Yu Liu, Ruijie Wang, Shengming Deng, He Cheng, Kaizhou Jin, Quanxing Ni, Xianjun Yu, Weiding Wu, Chen Liu

Open Access Ovarian Cancer Correspondence

The disease sites of female genital cancers of BRCA1/2-associated hereditary breast and ovarian cancer: a retrospective study

Takashi Mitamura, Masayuki Sekine, Masami Arai, Yuka Shibata, Momoko Kato, Shiro Yokoyama, Hiroko Yamashita, Hidemichi Watari, Ichiro Yabe, Hiroyuki Nomura, Takayuki Enomoto, Seigo Nakamura

Open Access Rectal Cancer Research

Comparison of robotic and laparoscopic rectal cancer surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Bo Tang, Xiong Lei, Junhua Ai, Zhixiang Huang, Jun Shi, Taiyuan Li

Open Access Nephrectomy Research

A low RENAL Nephrometry Score can avoid the need for the intraoperative insertion of a ureteral catheter in robot-assisted partial nephrectomy

Kenichi Nishimura, Yuichiro Sawada, Naoya Sugihara, Keisuke Funaki, Kanae Koyama, Terutaka Noda, Tetsuya Fukumoto, Noriyoshi Miura, Yuki Miyauchi, Tadahiko Kikugawa, Takashi Saika

Open Access Magnetic Resonance Imaging Research

The peritumoral hypointense rim around hepatocellular carcinoma on T2*-weighted magnetic resonance imaging: radiologic–pathologic correlation

Yoshinori Tsukahara, Yukinori Okajima, Akira Yamada, Masanobu Momose, Takeshi Uehara, Akira Shimizu, Yuji Soejima, Yasunari Fujinaga

Open Access Research

Pooled analysis of Xpert Bladder Cancer based on the 5 mRNAs for rapid diagnosis of bladder carcinoma

Ye-Ling Liu, Xue-Lin Wang, Xiao-Hui Yang, Xiao-Huan Wu, Guo-Xin He, Li-Min Xie, Xun-Jie Cao, Xu-Guang Guo

Open Access Lung Cancer Research

Dynamic perfusion digital radiography for predicting pulmonary function after lung cancer resection

Jun Hanaoka, Makoto Yoden, Kazuki Hayashi, Takuya Shiratori, Keigo Okamoto, Ryosuke Kaku, Yo Kawaguchi, Yasuhiko Ohshio, Akinaga Sonoda

Open Access Cholangiocarcinoma Research

The preoperative prognostic value of the radiomics nomogram based on CT combined with machine learning in patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

Youyin Tang, Tao Zhang, Xianghong Zhou, Yunuo Zhao, Hanyue Xu, Yichun Liu, Hang Wang, Zheyu Chen, Xuelei Ma

Open Access Computed Tomography Case report

Four cases of completion lobectomy for locally relapsed lung cancer after segmentectomy

Shigeki Suzuki, Keisuke Asakura, Kyohei Masai, Kaoru Kaseda, Tomoyuki Hishida, Hisao Asamura

Open Access Breast Cancer Research

Sequential vs concurrent adjuvant chemotherapy of anthracycline and taxane for operable breast cancer

Wanjing Chen, Qian Tu, Yanfei Shen, Kejun Tang, Mengying Hong, Yong Shen

Does the Endoscopic Surgical Skill Qualification System improve patients’ outcome following laparoscopic surgery for colon cancer? A multicentre, retrospective analysis with propensity score matching

Keisuke Kazama, Masakatsu Numata, Toru Aoyama, Yosuke Atsumi, Hiroshi Tamagawa, Teni Godai, Hiroyuki Saeki, Yusuke Saigusa, Manabu Shiozawa, Norio Yukawa, Munetaka Masuda, Yasushi Rino

Open Access Colorectal Cancer Research

miR-378a-5p inhibits the proliferation of colorectal cancer cells by downregulating CDK1

Kai Li, Jieling Zhang, Mingkang Zhang, Yaohua Wu, Xinyu Lu, Yiping Zhu

Open Access Pancreatoduodenostomy Technical innovations

Surgical training model and safe implementation of robotic pancreatoduodenectomy in Japan: a technical note

Kosei Takagi, Yuzo Umeda, Ryuichi Yoshida, Takahito Yagi, Toshiyoshi Fujiwara, Amer H. Zureikat, Melissa E. Hogg, Bas Groot Koerkamp

Open Access Cystectomy Research

Comparison of open and intracorporeal modified ureterosigmoidostomy (Mainz II) after laparoscopic radical cystectomy with bladder cancer

Duo Zheng, Junyao Liu, Gongjin Wu, Shujun Yang, Chuang Luo, Tianci Du, Yao Luo, Junsheng Bao, Junqiang Tian, Zhiping Wang, Panfeng Shang, Zhongjin Yue

Open Access Surgery Research

Two-step cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy for pseudomyxoma peritonei with high peritoneal carcinomatosis index

Bertrand Trilling, Alexandre Brind’Amour, Raphael Hamad, Jean-Francois Tremblay, Pierre Dubé, Andrew Mitchell, Lucas Sidéris

Open Access Lymphoma Review

Primary sacral non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma: report of a case and systematic review of literature

Satya Vijay Chigurupati, Mridula Shukla, Manoj Pandey

Metastasis Research

Clinicopathologic characteristics, metastasis-free survival, and skeletal-related events in 628 patients with skeletal metastases in a tertiary orthopedic and trauma center

Georg Herget, Babak Saravi, Eugenia Schwarzkopf, Mara Wigand, Norbert Südkamp, Hagen Schmal, Markus Uhl, Gernot Lang

Open Access Laparoscopy Research

Two-stage laparoscopic resection of giant hepatoblastoma in infants combined with liver partial partition and artery ligation

Yaohao Wu, Lexiang Zeng, Ronglin Qiu, Jie Zhang, Jianhang Su, Minyi Liao, Xiaogeng Deng

Open Access Lung Cancer Research

Recombinant human endostatin combined with chemotherapy for advanced squamous cell lung cancer: a meta-analysis

Li Feng, Zhicong Wang, Li Jing, Zhiguo Zhou, Shuai Shi, Ruoying Deng, Yibing Liu, Qingju Meng

Open Access Laparoscopy Case report

Laparoscopic intragastric resection of gastric synovial sarcoma: report of the first ever case with video demonstration

Matteo Rivelli, Eduardo Fernandes, Cristian Conti, Laura Bernardoni, Sara Pecori, Sara Cingarlini, Corrado Pedrazzani

Hepatitis B Research

Identification and validation of three core genes in p53 signaling pathway in hepatitis B virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma

Mingxue Yu, Wenli Xu, Yusheng Jie, Jiahui Pang, Siqi Huang, Jing Cao, Jiao Gong, Xinhua Li, Yutian Chong

Open Access Metastasis Research

Circ_DOCK1 regulates USP11 through miR-132-3p to control colorectal cancer progression

Weitong Zhang, Zhenfen Wang, Guohao Cai, Ping Huang

Open Access Radiotherapy Research

Chordomas and chondrosarcomas of the skull base: treatment and outcome analysis in a consecutive case series of 24 patients

Christopher Metcalfe, Jameel Muzaffar, Kevin Kulendra, Paul Sanghera, Simon Shaw, Amjad Shad, Natarajan Saravanappa, Alessandro Paluzzi, Shahzada Ahmed

Open Access Research

Mortality due to primary brain tumours in China and detection rate in people with suspected symptoms: a nationally representative cross-sectional survey

Bin Jiang, Hongmei Liu, Dongling Sun, Haixin Sun, Xiaojuan Ru, Jie Fu, Siqi Ge, Wenzhi Wang

Open Access Mastectomy Research

Oncological safety of immediate breast reconstruction with skin- or nipple-sparing mastectomy: the value of tumor-to-dermis distance measured by preoperative ultrasonography

Takaaki Fujii, Yuko Nakazawa, Misato Ogino, Sayaka Obayashi, Reina Yajima, Chikako Honda, Hideharu Nakamura, Takaya Makiguchi, Ken Shirabe

Open Access Colorectal Cancer Research

Preoperative C-reactive protein and other inflammatory markers as predictors of postoperative complications in patients with colorectal neoplasia

Sufana H. Alsaif, Ailín C. Rogers, Priscilla Pua, Paul T. Casey, Geoff G. Aherne, Ann E. Brannigan, Jurgen J. Mulsow, Conor J. Shields, Ronan A. Cahill

Open Access Research

Circ-KIAA0907 inhibits the progression of oral squamous cell carcinoma by regulating the miR-96-5p/UNC13C axis

Wenjie Dong, Lei Zhao, Shiyang Zhang, Shijie Zhang, Hongyun Si

Splenectomy Research

Early oral feeding is safe and useful after rectosigmoid resection with anastomosis during cytoreductive surgery for primary ovarian cancer

Kazuyoshi Kato, Kohei Omatsu, Sanshiro Okamoto, Maki Matoda, Hidetaka Nomura, Terumi Tanigawa, Yoichi Aoki, Mayu Yunokawa, Hiroyuki Kanao

Open Access Hepatocellular Carcinoma Case report

Combined primary hepatic neuroendocrine carcinoma and hepatocellular carcinoma: case report and literature review

Akira Nakano, Kenichi Hirabayashi, Hiroshi Yamamuro, Taro Mashiko, Yoshihito Masuoka, Seiichiro Yamamoto, Soji Ozawa, Toshio Nakagohri

Open Access Correspondence

Does cellular senescence play an important role in the prognosis of sarcomatoid carcinoma of the pancreas?

Toshihisa Kimura, Tamotsu Togawa, Atsushi Iida, Sakon Noriki, Yasunori Sato, Takanori Goi

Open Access Breast Cancer Research

The lobular neoplasia enigma: management and prognosis in a long follow-up case series

Jasna Metovic, Simona Osella Abate, Fulvio Borella, Elena Vissio, Luca Bertero, Giovanna Mariscotti, Manuela Durando, Rebecca Senetta, Ada Ala, Chiara Benedetto, Anna Sapino, Paola Cassoni, Isabella Castellano

Open Access Rectal Cancer Research

Rectal washout does not increase the complication risk after anterior resection for rectal cancer

Karl Teurneau-Hermansson, Rebecca Svensson Neufert, Pamela Buchwald, Fredrik Jörgren

Metastasis Case report

Isolated brachioradialis metastasis of gastric adenocarcinoma after R0 resection

Elizabeth Jacob, Levi Smucker, Ryan Crouse, Ayana Allard-Picou

Effect and safety of intraoperative intraperitoneal chemotherapy on patients suffering from colorectal cancer

An Shang, Shuang Wang, Yongping Yang, Liping Li, Zeyun Zhao, Donglin Li, Yu Guo, Min Wang

Open Access Metastasis Research

Effect and limitation of neoadjuvant chemotherapy for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: consideration from a new perspective

Yoshihiro Kurata, Takayuki Shiraki, Masanori Ichinose, Keiichi Kubota, Yasuo Imai

Open Access Lung Cancer Research

Comparison of non-intubated and intubated video-assisted thoracoscopic surgeries of major pulmonary resections for lung cancer—a meta-analysis

Wenfei Xue, Guochen Duan, Xiaopeng Zhang, Hua Zhang, Qingtao Zhao, Zhifei Xin, Jie He

Open Access Research

PDIA6 contributes to aerobic glycolysis and cancer progression in oral squamous cell carcinoma

Ling Mao, Xiaoweng Wu, Zhengpeng Gong, Ming Yu, Zhi Huang

Open Access Biomarkers Research

Circulating long noncoding RNAs as potential biomarkers for stomach cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Fang Cao, Yongwei Hu, Zaichang Chen, Wei Han, Weijie Lu, Jianhao Xu, Houzhong Ding, Xiaojun Shen

Open Access Colorectal Cancer Research

A study of the correlation between M2 macrophages and lymph node metastasis of colorectal carcinoma

Yanping Wang, Jikun Wang, Chunyu Yang, Yue Wang, Jinhao Liu, Zuoxiu Shi, Yanlei Chen, Yang Feng, Xueqian Ma, Shifeng Qiao

Open Access Laparotomy Case report

An abdominal-sacral approach with preoperative embolisation for vulvar solitary fibrous tumour: a case report

Akimasa Takahashi, Hiroki Nishimura, Tsukuru Amano, Mari Deguchi, Fumi Yoshino, Ryo Kasei, Fuminori Kimura, Suzuko Moritani, Takashi Murakami

Open Access Breast Surgery Review

New classifications of axillary lymph nodes and their anatomical-clinical correlations in breast surgery

Roberto Cirocchi, Maria Ida Amabile, Alessandro De Luca, Federico Frusone, Domenico Tripodi, Patrizia Gentile, Renata Tabola, Daniele Pironi, Flavio Forte, Massimo Monti, Vito D’Andrea, Salvatore Sorrenti

Metastasis Research

Significance of frailty in prognosis after surgery in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

Shinichiro Yamada, Mitsuo Shimada, Yuji Morine, Satoru Imura, Tetsuya Ikemoto, Yu Saito, Katsuki Miyazaki, Takuya Tokunaga, Masaaki Nishi

Open Access Hepatocellular Carcinoma Research

Efficacy of the association liver partition and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy for the treatment of solitary huge hepatocellular carcinoma: a retrospective single-center study

Zhenfeng Deng, Zongrui Jin, Yonghui Qin, Mingqi Wei, Jilong Wang, Tingting Lu, Ling Zhang, Jingjing Zeng, Li Bao, Ya Guo, Minhao Peng, Banghao Xu, Zhang Wen

Open Access Colorectal Cancer Research

Actual survival after resection of primary colorectal cancer: results from a prospective multicenter study

Inge van den Berg, Robert R. J. Coebergh van den Braak, Jeroen L. A. van Vugt, Jan N. M. Ijzermans, Stefan Buettner

Open Access Metastasis Research

Efficacy of upfront hepatectomy without neoadjuvant chemotherapy for resectable colorectal liver metastasis

Kosuke Ono, Tomoyuki Abe, Akihiko Oshita, Yusuke Sumi, Takuya Yano, Hiroshi Okuda, Manabu Kurayoshi, Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, Hideki Ohdan, Toshio Noriyuki, Masahiro Nakahara

Open Access Colorectal Cancer Research

Overexpression of DSCR1 prevents proliferation and predicts favorable prognosis in colorectal cancer patients

Wen-Xiang Li, Jia-Jia Zheng, Gang Zhao, Chen-Tao LYU, Wei-Qi Lu

Open Access Gastrectomy Research

Long-term oncologic result of laparoscopic versus open gastrectomy for gastric cancer: a propensity score matching analysis

Si-Yuan Wu, Meng-Hsing Ho, Hao-Ming Chang, Kuo-Feng Hsu, Jyh-Cherng Yu, De-Chuan Chan

Open Access Esophagus Resection Research

SUVmax reduction predicts long-term survival in patients of non-pCR both in the tumor and lymph nodes after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Yushi Nagaki, Satoru Motoyama, Yusuke Sato, Akiyuki Wakita, Hiromu Fujita, Yoshihiro Sasaki, Kazuhiro Imai, Yoshihiro Minamiya

Open Access Colorectal Cancer Research

Impact of frailty on 5-year survival in patients older than 70 years undergoing colorectal surgery for cancer

Manuel Artiles-Armas, Cristina Roque-Castellano, Roberto Fariña-Castro, Alicia Conde-Martel, María Asunción Acosta-Mérida, Joaquín Marchena-Gómez

Open Access Hemihepatectomy Research

Left-side vs. right-side hepatectomy for hilar cholangiocarcinoma: a meta-analysis

Wenxuan Wu, Qiyang Cheng, Junru Chen, Diyu Chen, Xiaode Feng, Jian Wu

Open Access Lung Cancer Research

Moesin as a prognostic indicator of lung adenocarcinoma improves prognosis by enhancing immune lymphocyte infiltration

Yan-Qi Li, Zhi Zheng, Quan-Xing Liu, Xiao Lu, Dong Zhou, Jiao Zhang, Hong Zheng, Ji-Gang Dai

Open Access Pancreatic Cancer Research

Gene coexpression network approach to develop an immune prognostic model for pancreatic adenocarcinoma

Xiaoqiang Gu, Qiqi Zhang, Xueying Wu, Yue Fan, Jianxin Qian

Open Access Breast Cancer Research

Intra-mammary lymph nodes, an overlooked breast cancer prognostic tool?

Tarek Hashem, Ahmed Abdelmoez, Ahmed Mohamed Rozeka, Hazem Abdelazeem

Open Access Rectal Cancer Research

The risk factors of local recurrence and distant metastasis on pT1/T2N0 mid-low rectal cancer after total mesorectal excision

I-Li Lai, Jeng-Fu You, Yih-Jong Chern, Wen-Sy Tsai, Jy-Ming Chiang, Pao-Shiu Hsieh, Hsin-Yuan Hung, Yu-Jen Hsu

Open Access Pancreatectomy Research

Association of gravity drainage and complications following Whipple: an analysis of the ACS-NSQIP targeted database

Bradley R. Hall, Zachary H. Egr, Robert W. Krell, James C. Padussis, Valerie K. Shostrom, Chandrakanth Are, Bradley N. Reames

Open Access Hepatocellular Carcinoma Research

LncRNA ZEB1-AS1 regulates hepatocellular carcinoma progression by targeting miR-23c

Shuai Xue, Fengqin Lu, Chunhui Sun, Jingjing Zhao, Honghua Zhen, Xin Li

Open Access Pancreatic Cancer Research

A 4-gene-based hypoxia signature is associated with tumor immune microenvironment and predicts the prognosis of pancreatic cancer patients

Jianfeng Ding, Xiaobo He, Xiao Cheng, Guodong Cao, Bo Chen, Sihan Chen, Maoming Xiong

Vascular resection for locally advanced pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: analysis of long-term outcomes from a single-centre series

Claudio F. Feo, Giulia Deiana, Chiara Ninniri, Giuseppe Cherchi, Paola Crivelli, Alessandro Fancellu, Giorgio C. Ginesu, Alberto Porcu

Open Access Breast Cancer Research

Application of the ACOSOG Z0011 criteria to Chinese patients with breast cancer: a prospective study

Yuan Peng, Miao Liu, Xianan Li, Fuzhong Tong, Yingming Cao, Peng Liu, Bo Zhou, Hongjun Liu, Lin Cheng, Jiajia Guo, Fei Xie, Houpu Yang, Siyuan Wang, Chaobin Wang, Yalin Chen, Shu Wang

Open Access Urothelial Cancer Review

Oncological outcomes of laparoscopic versus open nephroureterectomy for the treatment of upper tract urothelial carcinoma: an updated meta-analysis

Radosław Piszczek, Łukasz Nowak, Wojciech Krajewski, Joanna Chorbińska, Sławomir Poletajew, Marco Moschini, Krzysztof Kaliszewski, Romuald Zdrojowy

Open Access Colon Cancer Research

Circ_0055625 knockdown inhibits tumorigenesis and improves radiosensitivity by regulating miR-338-3p/MSI1 axis in colon cancer

Chao Gao, Yi Zhang, Yanming Tian, Chun Han, Lan Wang, Boyue Ding, Hua Tian, Chaoxi Zhou, Yingchao Ju, Ale Peng, Qiyao Yu

Open Access Research

Overexpressed pseudogene MT1L associated with tumor immune infiltrates and indicates a worse prognosis in BLCA

Yanpeng Ding, Nuomin Liu, Mengge Chen, Yulian Xu, Sha Fang, Wenbin Xiang, Xinying Hua, Gaili Chen, Yahua Zhong, Haijun Yu

Open Access Medulloblastoma Research

Clinical-MRI radiomics enables the prediction of preoperative cerebral spinal fluid dissemination in children with medulloblastoma

Hui Zheng, Jinning Li, Huanhuan Liu, Chenqing Wu, Ting Gui, Ming Liu, Yuzhen Zhang, Shaofeng Duan, Yuhua Li, Dengbin Wang

Open Access Colon Cancer Research

Identification of a ferroptosis-related gene signature predictive model in colon cancer

Ye Wang, Heng-bo Xia, Zhang-ming Chen, Lei Meng, A-man Xu

Open Access Sarcoma Case report

Unclassified mesenchymal sarcoma with NTRK1-KHDRBS1 gene fusion: a case report of long-term tumor-free survival with crizotinib treatment

Weijie Chen, Huimei Wang, Dongxian Jiang, Lijuan Luan, Yuhong Zhou, Yingyong Hou

Open Access Colorectal Cancer Review

Prognostic value of the C-reactive protein to albumin ratio in colorectal cancer: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis

Chun-Kai Liao, Yen-Lin Yu, Yueh-Chen Lin, Yu-Jen Hsu, Yih-Jong Chern, Jy-Ming Chiang, Jeng-Fu You

Open Access Rectal Cancer Review

Meta-analysis of neoadjuvant chemotherapy versus neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced rectal cancer

Huaqin Lin, Lei Wang, Xiaohong Zhong, Xueqing Zhang, Lingdong Shao, Junxin Wu

Open Access Cholangiocarcinoma Research

A new pathological classification of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma according to protein expression of SSTR2 and Bcl2

Shoko Yamashita, Yuji Morine, Satoru Imura, Tetsuya Ikemoto, Yu Saito, Chie Takasu, Shinichiro Yamada, Kazunori Tokuda, Shohei Okikawa, Katsuki Miyazaki, Takeshi Oya, Koichi Tsuneyama, Mitsuo Shimada

Open Access Estrogens Case report

Large intraperitoneal lipoleiomyoma in a pre-menopausal woman: a case report

Sara L. Schaefer, Amy L. Strong, Sheena Bahroloomi, Jichang Han, Michella K. Whisman, Jodi M. Wilkowski, Christina V. Angeles

CT imaging-based machine learning model: a potential modality for predicting low-risk and high-risk groups of thymoma: “Impact of surgical modality choice”

Ayten Kayi Cangir, Kaan Orhan, Yusuf Kahya, Hilal Özakıncı, Betül Bahar Kazak, Buse Mine Konuk Balcı, Duru Karasoy, Çağlar Uzun

Open Access Research

Potential role of chimeric genes in pathway-related gene co-expression modules

Piaopiao Li, Yingxia Li, Lei Ma

Metastasis Research

Prognostic value of regional lymph node involvement in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer: palliative versus curative resection

Ya-Ting Kuo, Wen-Sy Tsai, Hsin-Yuan Hung, Pao-Shiu Hsieh, Sum-Fu Chiang, Cheng-Chou Lai, Yih-Jong Chern, Yu-Jen Hsu, Jeng-Fu You

Open Access Rectal Cancer Research

Pathological features of lymph nodes around inferior mesenteric artery in rectal cancer: a retrospective study

Chunhui Jiang, Ye Liu, Chunjie Xu, Yanying Shen, Qing Xu, Lei Gu

Open Access Oral Cancer Research

The expression of the GATA6 gene in oral carcinoma cell lines

Cheng-Lin Xu, Wei-Qun Guan, Xue-Ying Wang

Open Access Rectal Cancer Research

The assessment of risk factors for long-term survival outcome in ypN0 patients with rectal cancer after neoadjuvant therapy and radical anterior resection

Marcin Zeman, Marek Czarnecki, Ewa Chmielik, Adam Idasiak, Władysław Skałba, Mirosław Strączyński, Piotr J. Paul, Agnieszka Czarniecka

Open Access Minimally Invasive Surgery Research

Improved perioperative outcomes and reduced inflammatory stress response in malignant robot-assisted colorectal resections: a retrospective cohort study of 298 patients

Pedja Cuk, Randi Maria Simonsen, Mirjana Komljen, Michael Festersen Nielsen, Per Helligsø, Andreas Kristian Pedersen, Christian Backer Mogensen, Mark Bremholm Ellebæk

Open Access Nephrectomy Research

Clinical significance of circulating tumour cells and Ki-67 in renal cell carcinoma

Jinbo Song, Zhe Yu, Bingqi Dong, Mingkai Zhu, Xiaofeng Guo, Yongkang Ma, Shiming Zhao, Tiejun Yang

Open Access Colon Cancer Correction

Correction to: Actual survival after resection of primary colorectal cancer: results from a prospective multicenter study

Inge van den Berg, Robert R. J. Coebergh van den Braak, Jeroen L. A. van Vugt, Jan N. M. Ijzermans, Stefan Buettner

Open Access Pituitary Adenoma Review

Research advances on the immune research and prospect of immunotherapy in pituitary adenomas

Ding Nie, Qiuyue Fang, Bin Li, Jianhua Cheng, Chuzhong Li, Songbai Gui, Yazhuo Zhang, Peng Zhao

Open Access Research

LncRNA TTN-AS1 acts as a tumor promoter in gallbladder carcinoma by regulating miR-107/HMGA1 axis

Zhaoxia Lin, Yaosheng Li, Rongfeng Shao, Yuqing Hu, Han Gao

Open Access Peritonectomy Research

Feasibility and outcomes of cytoreductive surgery and HIPEC for peritoneal surface malignancies in low- and middle-income countries: a single-center experience of 232 cases

Suryanarayana Deo, Mukurdipi Ray, Babul Bansal, Sandeep Bhoriwal, Sushma Bhatnagar, Rakesh Garg, Nishkarsh Gupta, Atul Sharma, Lalit Kumar, Sanjay Thulkar, Ekta Dhamija, Sandeep Mathur, Prasenjit Das

Open Access Pancreatic Surgery Research

Preoperative plasma D-dimer independently predicts survival in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma undergoing radical resection

Haoda Chen, Fanlu Li, Siyi Zou, Junjie Xie, Jun Zhang, Xiaxing Deng, Hao Chen, Baiyong Shen

Open Access Computed Tomography Research

Interstitial lung disease associated with adjuvant and neoadjuvant chemotherapy in early breast cancer

Kenji Tezuka, Kotaro Miura, Yusuke Nakano, Takahiro Ueda, Kyoko Yagyu, Shimako Matsuyama, Masami Shirai, Hiroshi Okuda, Miho Ujikawa, Takayo Ota

Open Access Sarcopenia Research

Impact of skeletal muscle mass in patients with recurrent gastric cancer

Tomoyuki Matsunaga, Hiroaki Satio, Wataru Miyauchi, Yuji Shishido, Kozo Miyatani, Yuki Murakami, Takehiko Hanaki, Kyoichi Kihara, Manabu Yamamoto, Naruo Tokuyasu, Shuichi Takano, Teruhisa Sakamoto, Toshimichi Hasegawa, Yoshiyuki Fujiwara

Open Access Gastrectomy Research

Significance of a preoperative systemic immune-inflammation index as a predictor of postoperative survival outcomes in gastric cancer

Hiroyuki Inoue, Toshiyuki Kosuga, Takeshi Kubota, Hirotaka Konishi, Atsushi Shiozaki, Kazuma Okamoto, Hitoshi Fujiwara, Eigo Otsuji

Open Access Rectal Cancer Research

Effect of mistletoe extract on tumor response in neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for rectal cancer: a cohort study

Jeong-Heum Baek, Youngbae Jeon, Kyoung-Won Han, Dong Hae Jung, Kyung-Ok Kim

Open Access Lung Cancer Research

Histiocytic pleural effusion: the strong clue to malignancy

Ganghee Chae, Jae-Bum Jun, Hwa Sik Jung, Chui Yong Park, Jin Hyoung Kim, Byung Ju Kang, Hyeon Hui Kang, Seung Won Ra, Kwang Won Seo, Yangjin Jegal, Jong Joon Ahn, Sang Hyuk Park, Taehoon Lee

Open Access Magnetic Resonance Imaging Research

An MR-based radiomics model for differentiation between hepatocellular carcinoma and focal nodular hyperplasia in non-cirrhotic liver

Zongren Ding, Kongying Lin, Jun Fu, Qizhen Huang, Guoxu Fang, Yanyan Tang, Wuyi You, Zhaowang Lin, Zhan Lin, Xingxi Pan, Yongyi Zeng

The role of FOLFIRINOX in metastatic pancreatic cancer: a meta-analysis

Beilei Zhang, Fengyan Zhou, Jiaze Hong, Derry Minyao Ng, Tong Yang, Xinyu Zhou, Jieyin Jin, Feifei Zhou, Ping Chen, Yunbao Xu

Open Access Metastasis Research

False-negative frozen section of sentinel nodes in early breast cancer (cT1-2N0) patients

Zhu-Jun Loh, Kuo-Ting Lee, Ya-Ping Chen, Yao-Lung Kuo, Wei-Pang Chung, Ya-Ting Hsu, Chien-Chang Huang, Hui-Ping Hsu

Open Access Radiotherapy Research

Clinical analysis of 48 cases of malignant superior vena cava syndrome

Manzhen Sun, Xiaoli Chen, Hongfei Li, Xudong Zhang, Xiaofei Wang, Ruipan Zheng, Guowen Li, Lin Wang, Dianyuan Li

Open Access Colorectal Cancer Research

Prognostic significance of CD163+ tumor-associated macrophages in colorectal cancer

Tao Xue, Kejing Yan, Yiqi Cai, Jiancheng Sun, Zhejing Chen, Xiaolei Chen, Wenyi Wu

Open Access Rectal Cancer Research

Risk factors of symptomatic anastomotic leakage and its impacts on a long-term survival after laparoscopic low anterior resection for rectal cancer: a retrospective single-center study

Xinyu Qi, Maoxing Liu, Kai Xu, Pin Gao, Fei Tan, Zhendan Yao, Nan Zhang, Hong Yang, Chenghai Zhang, Jiadi Xing, Ming Cui, Xiangqian Su

Open Access Retraction Note

Retraction Note: Urachal tumour: case report of a poorly understood carcinoma

Stefano Scabini, Edoardo Rimini, Emanuele Romairone, Renato Scordamaglia, Luigi Vallarino, Veronica Giasotto, Carlo Ferro, Valter Ferrando

Open Access Colorectal Cancer Research

Feasibility and outcomes of ERAS protocol in elective cT4 colorectal cancer patients: results from a single-center retrospective cohort study

Vittoria Bellato, Yongbo An, Daniele Cerbo, Michela Campanelli, Marzia Franceschilli, Krishn Khanna, Bruno Sensi, Leandro Siragusa, Piero Rossi, Giuseppe S. Sica

Open Access Ovarian Cancer Research

Long non-coding RNA SDCBP2-AS1 delays the progression of ovarian cancer via microRNA-100-5p-targeted EPDR1

Xiu Liu, Chanyuan Liu, Aijun Zhang, Qi Wang, Jiao Ge, Qunying Li, Jinlei Xiao

Lymphocyte to C-reactive protein ratio predicts long-term outcomes for patients with lower rectal cancer

Masaaki Nishi, Mistuo Shimada, Takuya Tokunaga, Jun Higashijima, Kozo Yoshikawa, Hideya Kashihara, Chie Takasu, Daichi Ishikawa, Yuma Wada, Shohei Eto, Toshiaki Yoshimoto

Open Access Cystectomy Research

A comparative study of perioperative and survival outcomes of robot-assisted radical cystectomy in patients over 80 and under 80 years old

Shangxun Xie, Zihan Zhao, Baofu Feng, Shiwei Zhang, Gutian Zhang, Xiaogong Li, Hongqian Guo, Rong Yang

Open Access Metastasis Research

Assessment of the value of adjuvant radiotherapy for treatment of gastric adenocarcinoma based on pattern of post-surgical progression

Peng Wang, Haihua Zhou, Gaohua Han, Qingtao Ni, Shengbin Dai, Junxing Huang, Chunlei Dai, Lei Yu

Open Access Cervical Cancer Research

MiR-186-3p attenuates tumorigenesis of cervical cancer by targeting IGF1

Xiurong Lu, Xiao Song, Xiaohui Hao, Xiaoyu Liu, Xianyu Zhang, Na Yuan, Huan Ma, Zhilin Zhang

Open Access Metastasis Research

Low urinary iodine is a protective factor of central lymph node metastasis in papillary thyroid cancer: a cross-sectional study

Ziyang Zeng, Kang Li, Xianze Wang, Siwen Ouyang, Zimu Zhang, Zhen Liu, Juan Sun, Xin Ye, Weiming Kang, Jianchun Yu

Open Access Metastasis Research

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy combined with radical surgery for stage IB2/IIA2 cervical squamous cell carcinoma: a prospective, randomized controlled study of 35 patients

Huang Jing, Wu Xiuhong, Yu Ying, Liao Zhenrong, Cheng Xiyun, Luo Deping, Shen Changmei, Wang Qi, Peng Tao, Pan Yiyun

Open Access Hashimoto Thyroiditis Research

Predicting factors of central lymph node metastasis and BRAFV600E mutation in Chinese population with papillary thyroid carcinoma

Sheng Li Zhou, Yan Ping Guo, Lei Zhang, Tao Deng, Zi Guang Xu, Chao Ding, Wen Cong Sun, Yue Wu Zhao, Ling Fei Kong

The value of restaging CT following neoadjuvant chemotherapy for resectable gastric cancer. A population-based study

Alina Desiree Sandø, Reidun Fougner, Jon Erik Grønbech, Erling Audun Bringeland

Open Access Gastric Cancer Research

A novel prognostic model based on epithelial-mesenchymal transition-related genes predicts patient survival in gastric cancer

Wanting Song, Yi Bai, Jialin Zhu, Fanxin Zeng, Chunmeng Yang, Beibei Hu, Mingjun Sun, Chenyan Li, Shiqiao Peng, Moye Chen, Xuren Sun

Open Access Cytostatic Therapy Research

Serum IgG level is a predicting factor for the response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Seiichi Nakaya, Ryo Ogawa, Shunsuke Hayakawa, Shiro Fujihata, Tomotaka Okubo, Hiroyuki Sagawa, Tatsuya Tanaka, Hiroki Takahashi, Yoichi Matsuo, Shuji Takiguchi

Identification of novel antioxidant gene signature to predict the prognosis of patients with gastric cancer

Jianhua Wu, Xuan Wang, Nan Wang, Li Ma, Xin Xie, Hao Zhang, Huafeng Kang, Zhangjian Zhou

Open Access Metastasis Research

Prognostic factors for ovarian metastases in colorectal cancer patients

Chao Chen, Da Wang, Xiaoxu Ge, Jian Wang, Yuhuai Huang, Tianyi Ling, Tian Jin, Jinhua Yang, Fengping Wang, Weihong Wu, Lifeng Sun

Open Access Urothelial Cancer Research

Incidence trends and survival prediction of urothelial cancer of the bladder: a population-based study

Hairong He, Tianjie Liu, Didi Han, Chengzhuo Li, Fengshuo Xu, Jun Lyu, Ye Gao

Open Access Myelodysplastic Syndrome Case report

Infiltration of thyroid papillary cancer tissue with myeloid leukemic cells: a case report

Mehmet Sözen, Çiğdem Vural, Alev Selek, Umay Kiraz, Zeynep Cantürk, Berrin Çetinarslan, Emre Gezer, Damla Köksalan

Open Access Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors Research

Prognostic value of Onodera’s nutritional index for intermediate- and high-risk gastrointestinal stromal tumors treated with or without tyrosine kinase inhibitors

Feng Wang, Tingting Tao, Heng Yu, Yingying Xu, Zhi Yang, Xuefeng Xia, Meng Wang, Liang Zong, Wenxian Guan

Open Access Shock Research

Plasma heat shock protein 90alpha as a biomarker for the diagnosis of liver cancer: in patients with different clinicopathologic characteristics

Yueting Han, Youqin Zhang, Lin Cui, Ze Li, Honglei Feng, Ying Zhang, Da Sun, Li Ren

Open Access Gastric Surgery Research

Application value of hand-sewn anastomosis in totally laparoscopic total gastrectomy for gastric cancer

Zeshen Wang, Yuzhe Wei, Xirui Liu, Zhenglong Li, Guanyu Zhu, Yanfeng Li, Kuan Wang

miR-381-3p suppresses breast cancer progression by inhibition of epithelial–mesenchymal transition

Yong-Zheng Yu, Qiang Mu, Qian Ren, Li-Juan Xie, Qi-Tang Wang, Cui-Ping Wang

Open Access NSCLC Research

Clinical efficacy and safety of maintenance therapy for advanced non-small cell lung cancer: a retrospective real-world study

Xiangwei Xu, Ruya Li, Peizhen Zhu, Penghai Zhang, Jun Chen, Yongsheng Lin, Yinqiao Chen

Open Access Research

Development and validation of prognostic nomograms for patients with colon neuroendocrine neoplasms

Ruitong Xu, Bingrong Zhou, Ping Hu, Bingyan Xue, Danyang Gu, Xiaolin Li, Qiyun Tang

Open Access Endoscopy Technical innovations

The application of rigid and flexible mediastinoscopy in esophagectomy: our experience and a new technology

Chun-Li Wu, Bo Dong, Bin Wu, Shi-Hao Li, Yu Qi

Open Access Metastasis Research

Pressurized intraperitoneal aerosol chemotherapy (PIPAC) for peritoneal malignancy: initial experience of the first program in the Baltic countries

Rokas Račkauskas, Augustinas Baušys, Martynas Lukšta, Jonas Jurgaitis, Marius Paškonis, Kęstutis Strupas

Open Access Breast Cancer Research

Expression levels and clinical values of miR-92b-3p in breast cancer

Yu Du, Zhuang Miao, Kedi Wang, Yan Lv, Lijuan Qiu, Lusheng Guo

Open Access Esophageal Cancer Research

Effects of EFNA1 on cell phenotype and prognosis of esophageal carcinoma

Yongqiang Zhang, Jinning Zhang, Guanlong Pan, Tianhao Guan, Changhao Zhang, An Hao, Yan Li, Hai Ren

Open Access Research

Iliosacral Bone Tumor Resection Using Cannulated Screw-Guided Gigli Saw - A Novel Technique

Tao Ji, Brian Z. J. Chin, Xiaodong Tang, Rongli Yang, Wei Guo

Open Access Metastasis Research

Gastric cancer with positive peritoneal cytology: survival benefit after induction chemotherapy and conversion to negative peritoneal cytology

Massimiliano Valletti, Dilmurodjon Eshmuminov, Nicola Gnecco, Christian Alexander Gutschow, Paul Magnus Schneider, Kuno Lehmann

Open Access Colorectal Cancer Research

Identification and verification of HCAR3 and INSL5 as new potential therapeutic targets of colorectal cancer

Xuan Yang, Wangao Wei, Shisheng Tan, Linrui Guo, Song Qiao, Biao Yao, Zi Wang

Open Access Prostate Cancer Research

miR-499a inhibits the proliferation and apoptosis of prostate cancer via targeting UBE2V2

Yougan Chen, Fanghao Sun, Liansheng Zhang, Jian Zhou, Jianquan Hou

Colostomy Research

Risk scores to predict mortality 2 and 5 years after surgery for colorectal cancer in elderly patients

Nerea González, Ane Loroño, Urko Aguirre, Santiago Lázaro, Marisa Baré, Maximino Redondo, Eduardo Briones, Cristina Sarasqueta, Amaia Bilbao, Nerea Fernández de Larrea, José María Quintana, Jose María Quintana, Marisa Baré, Maximino Redondo, Eduardo Briones, Nerea Fernández de Larrea, Cristina Sarasqueta, Antonio Escobar, Francisco Rivas, Maria M. Morales-Suárez-Varela, Juan Antonio Blasco, Isabel del Cura, Inmaculada Arostegui, Irantzu Barrio, Amaia Bilbao, Nerea González, Susana García-Gutiérrez, Iratxe Lafuente, Urko Aguirre, Miren Orive, Josune Martin, Ane Antón-Ladislao, Núria Torà, Marina Pont, María Purificación Martínez del Prado, Alberto Loizate, Ignacio Zabalza, José Errasti, Antonio Z. Gimeno, Santiago Lázaro, Mercè Comas, Jose María Enríquez, Carlos Placer, Amaia Perales, Iñaki Urkidi, Jose María Erro, Enrique Cormenzana, Adelaida Lacasta, Pep Piera, Elena Campano, Ana Isabel Sotelo, Segundo Gómez-Abril, F. Medina-Cano, Julia Alcaide, Arturo Del Rey-Moreno, Manuel Jesús Alcántara, Rafael Campo, Alex Casalots, Carles Pericay, Maria José Gil, Miquel Pera, Pablo Collera, Josep Alfons Espinàs, Mercedes Martínez, Mireia Espallargues, Caridad Almazán, Paula Dujovne Lindenbaum, José María Fernández-Cebrián, Rocío Anula, Julio Mayol, Ramón Cantero, Héctor Guadalajara, María Alexandra Garceau, Damián García, Mariel Morey, Alberto Colina

Does the primary tumour location affect the prognosis of patients with colorectal cancer peritoneal metastases treated with cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy?

Haipeng Chen, Sicheng Zhou, Jianjun Bi, Qiang Feng, Zheng Jiang, Jianping Xu, Wei Pei, Jianwei Liang, Zhixiang Zhou, Xishan Wang

Open Access Nephrectomy Research

Histopathological validation of safe margin for nephron-sparing surgery based on individual tumor growth pattern

Gang Li, Tengfei Xiao, Keruo Wang, Renya Zhang, Aixiang Wang, Chengzhi Yan, Chunhui Wang

Open Access Breast Cancer Research

Over-expression of SRD5A3 and its prognostic significance in breast cancer

Yong-ping Zhang, Wen-ting Na, Xiao-qiang Dai, Ruo-fei Li, Jian-xiong Wang, Ting Gao, Wei-bo Zhang, Cheng Xiang

Open Access Breast Cancer Research

How accurate is frozen section pathology compared to permanent pathology in detecting involved margins and lymph nodes in breast cancer?

Zahra Mehdipour Namdar, Navid Omidifar, Peyman Arasteh, Majid Akrami, Sedigheh Tahmasebi, Aida Salehi Nobandegani, Sogol Sedighi, Vahid Zangouri, Abdolrasoul Talei

Open Access NSCLC Research

The expression of miRNA-216b is negatively correlated with 18F-FDG uptake in non-small cell lung cancer

Mingfei Zuo, Lan Yao, Lijuan Wen, Jianfei Shen, Na Zhang, Tian Bai, Qicheng Huang

Open Access Magnetic Resonance Imaging Research

Revisit the practice of lymph node biopsy in patients diagnosed as ductal carcinoma in situ before operation: a retrospective analysis of 682 cases and evaluation of the role of breast MRI

Hung-Wen Lai, Yi-Lin Chang, Shou-Tung Chen, Yu-Jun Chang, Wen-Pei Wu, Dar-Ren Chen, Shou-Jen Kuo, Chiung-Ying Liao, Hwa-Koon Wu

Open Access Breast Cancer Research

Clinical impact of PD-L1 expression in triple-negative breast cancer patients with residual tumor burden after neoadjuvant chemotherapy

Gizem Oner, Semen Önder, Hüseyin Karatay, Naziye Ak, Mustafa Tükenmez, Mahmut Müslümanoğlu, Abdullah İğci, Ahmet Dincçağ, Vahit Özmen, Adnan Aydiner, Ekrem Yavuz, Neslihan Cabioğlu

Open Access Colorectal Cancer Research

Importance of Circ0009910 in colorectal cancer pathogenesis as a possible regulator of miR-145 and PEAK1

Sepideh Kadkhoda, Reza Taslimi, Farshid Noorbakhsh, Farzaneh Darbeheshti, Javad Tavakkoly Bazzaz, Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard, Abbas Shakoori

Open Access Biomarkers Review

Prognostic and clinicopathological importance of microRNA-140 expression in cancer patients: a meta-analysis

Mengxia Zheng, Jingting Liu, Chunyan Meng, Kaifeng Tang, Jianhua Liao

Open Access osteosarcoma Case report

Primary extraskeletal osteosarcoma of sigmoid mesocolon: a case report and a review of the literature

Xinyang Nie, Weihua Fu, Chuan Li, Li Lu, Weidong Li

Open Access Metastasis Case report

Pedunculated early colorectal cancer with nodal metastasis: a case report

Hiroka Kondo, Shimpei Ogawa, Takeshi Ohki, Yoshiko Bamba, Yuka Kaneko, Kurodo Koshino, Ryosuke Nakagawa, Kimitaka Tani, Fumi Maeda, Hisako Aihara, Fumiaki Tokito, Shuji Fujikawa, Tomoko Yamamoto, Yoji Nagashima, Yuji Inoue, Michio Itabashi, Shigeki Yamaguchi

Open Access Pituitary Adenoma Research

Potential biomarkers of miRNA in non-functional pituitary adenomas

Qizhi Zhang, Ying Wang, Yinting Zhou, Qiujuan Zhang, Chuan Xu

Open Access Gastrectomy Research

The short-term and long-term outcomes of indocyanine green tracer-guided laparoscopic radical gastrectomy in patients with gastric cancer

Xiaofeng Lu, Song Liu, Xuefeng Xia, Feng Sun, Zhijian Liu, Jiafeng Wang, Xianghui Li, Zhengyang Yang, Xing Kang, Shichao Ai, Wenxian Guan

Open Access Gastrectomy Research

Survival outcomes of adjuvant taxanes, platinum plus fluoropyrimidines versus platinum and fluoropyrimidines for gastric cancer patients after D2 gastrectomy: a retrospective propensity score-matched analysis

Lili Wu, Ying Feng, Zhijun Wu, Hui Xu, Cheng Zhang, Jie Ning, Rong Wang, Jianqiong Chen, Minmin Xie, Yi Zhang, Lijia Bu, Jiqing Hao, Tai Ma

Open Access Breast Cancer Research

Comprehensive analysis of the cancer driver genes in breast cancer demonstrates their roles in cancer prognosis and tumor microenvironment

Xiao-wei Du, Gao Li, Juan Liu, Chun-yan Zhang, Qiong Liu, Hao Wang, Ting-song Chen

Open Access Biomarkers Research

DPYSL2 as potential diagnostic and prognostic biomarker linked to immune infiltration in lung adenocarcinoma

Yang-Jie Wu, Ai-Tao Nai, Gui-Cheng He, Fei Xiao, Zhi-Min Li, San-Yuan Tang, Yan-Ping Liu, Xiao-Hong Ai

Open Access Research

Comprehensive analysis of angiogenesis subtype of squamous cell carcinoma

Fanglu Qin, Shenghua Lin, Kun Deng, Junqi Qin, Zhanyu Xu, Liqiang Yuan, Jiangbo Wei, Yu Sun, Tiaozhan Zheng, Shikang Li

Open Access Acute Kidney Injury Research

Skin autofluorescence as a novel predictor of acute kidney injury after liver resection

Maciej Krasnodębski, Karolina Grąt, Marcin Morawski, Jan Borkowski, Piotr Krawczyk, Andriy Zhylko, Michał Skalski, Piotr Kalinowski, Krzysztof Zieniewicz, Michał Grąt

Open Access Cervical Cancer Research

Determination of a six-gene prognostic model for cervical cancer based on WGCNA combined with LASSO and Cox-PH analysis

Shiyan Li, Fengjuan Han, Na Qi, Liyang Wen, Jia Li, Cong Feng, Qingling Wang

Open Access Oral Cancer Research

The role of postoperative radiotherapy in pN1 oral cavity cancer without extranodal extension

Tsung-You Tsai, Yenlin Huang, Andrea Iandelli, Shiao-Fwu Tai, Shao-Yu Hung, Huang-Kai Kao, Kai-Ping Chang

Open Access Colorectal Cancer Research

LINC01224 promotes colorectal cancer progression through targeting miR-485-5p/MYO6 axis

Jingfeng Gu, Liang Dong, Yun Wang, Wenjia Nie, Wencong Liu, Ji-an Zhao

Open Access Computed Tomography Research

Clinical value of miR-135 and miR-20a combined with multi-detector computed tomography in the diagnosis of gastric cancer

Wenwen Han, Xiangzhen Bu, Yanli Liu, Fang Liu, Yujie Ren, Yongsheng Cui, Shuhong Kong

Open Access Metastasis Research

The effect of Helicobacter pylori eradication on prognosis of postoperative early gastric cancer: a multicenter study

Liang Wang, Jinfeng Wang, Sha Li, Fei Bai, Hailong Xie, Hanguo Shan, Zhuo Liu, Tiexiang Ma, Xiayu Tang, Haibing Tang, Ang Qin, Sanlin Lei, Chaohui Zuo

Open Access Research

FoXA2 promotes esophageal squamous cell carcinoma progression by ZEB2 activation

Hanjing Gao, Zheng Yan, Haiyan Sun, Yanfang Chen

Open Access Acute Myeloid Leukemia Case report

Breast myeloid sarcoma presenting as a palpable breast lump after allogeneic stem cell transplantation for acute myelomonocytic leukemia: a rare case report

Chengmin Huang, Shengqi Fei, Jiang Yao, Panpan Chen, Jiaqing Luo, Yaqi Wang, Jie Li, Weilan Wang

Open Access Helicobacter Pylori Research

T stage and venous invasion are crucial prognostic factors for long-term survival of patients with remnant gastric cancer: a cohort study

Kentaro Matsuo, Sang-Woong Lee, Ryo Tanaka, Yoshiro Imai, Kotaro Honda, Kohei Taniguchi, Hideki Tomiyama, Kazuhisa Uchiyama

Open Access Ultrasound Research

Axillary ultrasound and fine-needle aspiration cytology to predict clinically relevant nodal burden in breast cancer patients

Isabela Panzeri Carlotti Buzatto, Francisco José Cândido dos Reis, Jurandyr Moreira de Andrade, Tamara Cristina Gomes Ferraz Rodrigues, Jéssica Maria Camargo Borba, Amanda Homse Netto, Marina Sconzo Polydoro, Daniel Guimarães Tiezzi

Open Access Laparoscopy Research

Laennec’s approach for laparoscopic anatomical hemihepatectomy

Wei Hu, Gongming Zhang, Meng Chen, Chengcheng Zhong, Mingxu Li, Xitai Sun, Kai Li, Zhong Wang

Open Access Metastasis Research

Lymph node metastasis pattern and significance of left gastric artery lymph node dissection in esophagectomy for esophageal cancers

Xiu-Mei Deng, Tian-Yu Zhu, Guo-Jun Wang, Bu-Lang Gao, Jing-Tao Wang, Rui-Xin Li, Yun-Fei Zhang, Heng-Xuan Ding

Unresected small lymph node assessment predicts prognosis for patients with pT3N0M0 thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Yi Wang, Ping Xiao, Ningjing Yang, Xiang Wang, Ke Ma, Lei Wu, Wei Zhang, Xiang Zhuang, Tianpeng Xie, Qiang Fang, Mei Lan, Qifeng Wang, Lin Peng

Open Access Research

Prognostic value of immune-related lncRNA pairs in patients with bladder cancer

Zhenzhen Gao, Dongjuan Wu, Wenwen Zheng, Taohong Zhu, Ting Sun, Lianhong Yuan, Faming Fei, Peng Fu

Open Access Breast Cancer Research

Effects of the number of removed lymph nodes on survival outcome in patients with sentinel node-negative breast cancer

Calogero Cipolla, Antonio Galvano, Salvatore Vieni, Federica Saputo, Simona Lupo, Mario Latteri, Giuseppa Graceffa, Maria Rosaria Valerio

Open Access Gastrectomy Research

Effect of single-incision laparoscopic distal gastrectomy guided by ERAS and the influence on immune function

Junfeng Zhou, Sheng Lin, Sida Sun, Chengying Zheng, Jiaxing Wang, Qingliang He

Open Access Magnetic Resonance Imaging Research

Efficacy of endoscopic surveillance in the detection of local recurrence after radical rectal cancer surgery is limited? A retrospective study

Michal Jankowski, Wojciech M. Wysocki, Manuela Las-Jankowska, Karol Tkaczyński, Dorian Wiśniewski, Dariusz Bała, Wojciech Zegarski

Open Access Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Case report

A case of ectopic pancreas of the stomach accompanied by intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm with GNAS mutation

Naoko Nambu, Takashi Yamasaki, Nami Nakagomi, Tsutomu Kumamoto, Tatsuro Nakamura, Akio Tamura, Toshihiko Tomita, Hiroto Miwa, Hisashi Shinohara, Seiichi Hirota

Open Access Gastric Cancer Research

Microarray profile analysis identifies ETS1 as potential biomarker regulated by miR-23b and modulates TCF4 in gastric cancer

Dinglian Mei, Yalong Qi, Yuanyuan Xia, Jun Ma, Hao Hu, Jun Ai, Liqiang Chen, Ning Wu, Daixiang Liao

Open Access Liver Resection Research

Improving outcomes of liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma associated with portal vein tumor thrombosis over the evolving eras of treatment

Yu-Chao Wang, Jin-Chiao Lee, Tsung-Han Wu, Chih-Hsien Cheng, Chen-Fang Lee, Ting-Jung Wu, Hong-Shiue Chou, Kun-Ming Chan, Wei-Chen Lee

Open Access Oral Cancer Review

A systematic review of proteomic biomarkers in oral squamous cell cancer

Jyotsnaa Pillai, Tanvi Chincholkar, Ruhi Dixit, Manoj Pandey

Open Access Esophageal Cancer Technical innovations

A safe and simple technique for nasogastric tube insertion in patients with thoracic esophageal cancer surgery

Noriyuki Hirahara, Takeshi Matsubara, Shunsuke Kaji, Yuki Uchida, Tetsu Yamamoto, Ryoji Hyakudomi, Kiyoe Takai, Kazunari Ishitobi, Yoshitsugu Tajima

Open Access Nephrectomy Research

Analysis of predictors of adherent perinephric fat and its impact on perioperative outcomes in laparoscopic partial nephrectomy: a retrospective case–control study

Lu Fang, Huan Li, Tao Zhang, Rui Liu, Taotao Zhang, Liangkuan Bi, Dongdong Xie, Yi Wang, Dexin Yu

Open Access Schistosomiasis Research

Correlation between schistosomiasis and CD8+ T cell and stromal PD-L1 as well as the different prognostic role of CD8+ T cell and PD-L1 in schistosomal-associated colorectal cancer and non-schistosomal-associated colorectal cancer

Weixia Wang, Hongyan Jing, Jican Liu, Dacheng Bu, Yingyi Zhang, Ting Zhu, Kui Lu, Yanchao Xu, Meihong Cheng, Jing Liu, Junxia Yao, Sinian Huang, Limei Wang

Open Access Brachytherapy Case report

Endobronchial brachytherapy as definitive treatment for endobronchial metastasis after surgery of non-small cell lung cancer

Atsushi Ito, Daisuke Yamaguchi, Shinji Kaneda, Koji Kawaguchi, Akira Shimamoto, Makiko Kubooka, Yoshihito Nomoto, Motoshi Takao

Open Access Laparotomy Research

Extraperitoneal laparoscopy for para-aortic lymphadenectomy in endometrial carcinoma staging: an approach with higher efficiency

Wei Zhang, Lingfang Xia, Xiaotian Han, Xingzhu Ju, Xiaohua Wu, Xiaojun Chen

Open Access Metastasis Research

Prediction of survival after eribulin chemotherapy for breast cancer by absolute lymphocyte counts and progression types

Tamami Morisaki, Shinichiro Kashiwagi, Yuka Asano, Wataru Goto, Koji Takada, Sae Ishihara, Masatsune Shibutani, Hiroaki Tanaka, Kosei Hirakawa, Masaichi Ohira

Open Access Metastasis Research

The possible role of SRMS in colorectal cancer by bioinformatics analysis

Jie Zhang, Weidong Liu, Sisi Feng, Baiyun Zhong

Open Access Computed Tomography Case report

Breast cancer-associated opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome: a case report

Aikaterini Kostoglou, Dimitrios Vlastos, Athanasios Bakalis, Debashis Ghosh

Open Access NSCLC Case report

Afatinib combined with anlotinib in the treatment of lung adenocarcinoma patient with novel HER2 mutation: a case report and review of the literature

Huanhuan Xu, Qi Liang, Xian Xu, Shanyue Tan, Sumeng Wang, Yiqian Liu, Lingxiang Liu

Open Access Soft Tissue Sarcoma Case report

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour of an unusual presentation in the uterine cervix: a case report

Alfonso López de Sa, Alejandro Pascual, Javier Garcia Santos, Ramiro Mendez, Monica Bellon, Mar Ramirez, Fatima Matute, Cristina del Arco, Aránzazu Manzano, Pluvio Coronado, Antonio Casado, Gloria Marquina

Open Access Cytostatic Therapy Research

Neoadjuvant camrelizumab plus chemotherapy in treating locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma patients: a pilot study

Peng Yang, Xiao Zhou, Xuefeng Yang, Yuefeng Wang, Tao Sun, Shiying Feng, Xianyou Ma

Open Access Surgery Research

Looking for a strategy in treating peritoneal gastric cancer carcinomatosis: an Italian multicenter Gastric Cancer Research group’s analysis

Luigina Graziosi, Elisabetta Marino, Maria Bencivenga, Alessia D’Ignazio, Leonardo Solaini, Silvia Ministrini, Michela Caprioli, Michele Sacco, Daniele Marrelli, Gianni Mura, Maurizio Degiuli, Paolo Morgagni, Guido Alberto Massimo Tiberio, Giovanni De Manzoni, Franco Roviello, Annibale Donini

Open Access Colorectal Cancer Research

A nomogram model for predicting prognosis of obstructive colorectal cancer

Jian Lv, Yuan yuan Liu, Yi tao Jia, Jing li He, Guang yao Dai, Peng Guo, Zhao long Zhao, Yan ni Zhang, Zhong xin Li

Open Access Prostate Cancer Research

miRNA-214-5p inhibits prostate cancer cell proliferation by targeting SOX4

Guangchi Xu, Yin Meng, Lihe Wang, Bo Dong, Feifei Peng, Songtao Liu, Shukui Li, Tao Liu

Open Access Sarcoma Research

Surgical treatment and long-term outcomes of low-grade myofibroblastic sarcoma: a single-center case series of 15 patients

Jong-Ho Kim, Woosuk Choi, Hwan Seong Cho, Kyu Sang Lee, Joseph Kyu-hyung Park, Baek-Kyu Kim

Open Access Gastrectomy Review

Intussusception after reconstruction following gastrectomy for gastric cancer

Feng Xia, Zhen Sun, Jian-Hong Wu, You Zou

Open Access Anemia Research

Anemia can predict the prognosis of colorectal cancer in the pre-operative stage: a retrospective analysis

Rotem Gvirtzman, Dan Meir Livovsky, Esther Tahover, Eran Goldin, Benjamin Koslowsky

Open Access Myasthenia Gravis Technical innovations

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