EDITORIALS:

Benjamin O. Anderson

Pathologic Response to Preoperative Systemic Therapy: The New Biological Paradigm for Predicting Outcome and Planning Therapy
Ann Surg Oncol 2003 10: 713-715. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tara M. Breslin

Preoperative Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer: Do We Need to Redefine Our End Points?
Ann Surg Oncol 2003 10: 716-717. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dimitrios H. Roukos, Angelos M. Kappas, and Niki J. Agnantis

Perspectives and Risks of Breast-Conservation Therapy for Breast Cancer
Ann Surg Oncol 2003 10: 718-721. [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW APPROACHES TO THE TREATMENT OF HEPATIC MALIGNANCIES:

Oliver Stoeltzing, Wenbiao Liu, Niels Reinmuth, Alexander Parikh, Syed A. Ahmad, Young D. Jung, Fan Fan, and Lee M. Ellis

Angiogenesis and Antiangiogenic Therapy of Colon Cancer Liver Metastasis
Ann Surg Oncol 2003 10: 722-733. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ORIGINAL ARTICLES:

Lisa A. Newman, Nat L. Pernick, Volkan Adsay, Kathryn A. Carolin, Philip I. Philip, Susan Sipierski, David L. Bouwman, Mary A. Kosir, Michael White, and Daniel W. Visscher

Histopathologic Evidence of Tumor Regression in the Axillary Lymph Nodes of Patients Treated With Preoperative Chemotherapy Correlates With Breast Cancer Outcome
Ann Surg Oncol 2003 10: 734-739. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tzu-Chieh Chao, Miin-Fu Chen, Chia-Siu Wang, Yi-Yin Jan, Tsann-Long Hwang, and Shin-Cheh Chen

Small Invasive Breast Carcinomas in Taiwanese Women
Ann Surg Oncol 2003 10: 740-747. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lidewij E. Hoorntje, Marguerite E. I. Schipper, Petra H. M. Peeters, Frank Bellot, Remmert K. Storm, and Inne H. M. Borel Rinkes

The Finding of Invasive Cancer After a Preoperative Diagnosis of Ductal Carcinoma-In-Situ: Causes of Ductal Carcinoma-In-Situ Underestimates With Stereotactic 14-Gauge Needle Biopsy
Ann Surg Oncol 2003 10: 748-753. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ioannis G. Kaklamanos, Gail R. Walker, Kristian Ferry, Dido Franceschi, and Alan S. Livingstone

Neoadjuvant Treatment for Resectable Cancer of the Esophagus and the Gastroesophageal Junction: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials
Ann Surg Oncol 2003 10: 754-761. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Matthew H. Katz, Daniel E. Spivack, Shinako Takimoto, Bingliang Fang, Douglas W. Burton, A.R. Moossa, Robert M. Hoffman, and Michael Bouvet

Gene Therapy of Pancreatic Cancer With Green Fluorescent Protein and Tumor Necrosis Factor–Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand Fusion Gene Expression Driven by a Human Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase Promoter
Ann Surg Oncol 2003 10: 762-772. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

W. Kenneth Washburn, Gerald D. Dodd, III, Ruth E. Kohlmeier, Victor A. McCoy, Dacia H. Napier, Linda G. Hubbard, Glenn A. Halff, Robert M. Esterl, Francisco G. Cigarroa, and Francis E. Sharkey

Radiofrequency Tissue Ablation: Effect of Hepatic Blood Flow Occlusion on Thermal Injuries Produced in Cirrhotic Livers
Ann Surg Oncol 2003 10: 773-777. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carol D. Morris, Kent Sepkowitz, Claudette Fonshell, Neil Margetson, Janet Eagan, Jeremy Miransky, Patrick J. Boland, and John Healey

Prospective Identification of Risk Factors for Wound Infection After Lower Extremity Oncologic Surgery
Ann Surg Oncol 2003 10: 778-782. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Abeezar I. Sarela, Alan D. Turnbull, Daniel G. Coit, David Klimstra, Murray F. Brennan, and Martin S. Karpeh

Accurate Lymph Node Staging is of Greater Prognostic Importance Than Subclassification of the T2 Category for Gastric Adenocarcinoma
Ann Surg Oncol 2003 10: 783-791. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hiroya Takeuchi, Soji Ozawa, Nobutoshi Ando, Yuko Kitagawa, Masakazu Ueda, and Masaki Kitajima

Cell-Cycle Regulators and the Ki-67 Labeling Index Can Predict the Response to Chemoradiotherapy and the Survival of Patients With Locally Advanced Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Esophagus
Ann Surg Oncol 2003 10: 792-800. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mario Nano, Edda Battaglia, Guido Gasparri, Luca Dughera, Pier Agostino Casalegno, Graziella Bellone, Daniela Tibaudi, Claudia Gramigni, Marco Ferronato, Luigi Chiusa, Monica Navino, Mario Solej, Marcello Dei Poli, and Giorgio Emanuelli

Decreased Expression of Stem Cell Factor in Esophageal and Gastric Mucosa After Esophagogastric Anastomosis for Cancer: Potential Relevance to Motility
Ann Surg Oncol 2003 10: 801-809. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ajay Jain, Jill E. Slansky, Laurel C. Matey, Heather E. Allen, Drew M. Pardoll, and Richard D. Schulick

Synergistic Effect of a Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor–Transduced Tumor Vaccine and Systemic Interleukin-2 in the Treatment of Murine Colorectal Cancer Hepatic Metastases
Ann Surg Oncol 2003 10: 810-820. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Thomas H. Connor, Peter van Balen, and Paul J. M. Sessink

Monitoring for Hazardous Drugs in the Operating Room
Ann Surg Oncol 2003 10: 821-822. [Full Text] [PDF]  

O. Anthony Stuart, Laura S. Welch, and Paul H. Sugarbaker

Operating Room Environmental Safety With Heated Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy
Ann Surg Oncol 2003 10: 822-823. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marjolein L. Smidt, Johannes A. Wegdam, Andre J. A. Bremers, and Robert P. Bleichrodt

Missing Evidence for the Adequacy of a 1-cm Distal Margin in Resected Rectal Cancer
Ann Surg Oncol 2003 10: 823-824. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jose G. Guillem, Harvey G. Moore, Philip B. Paty, Alfred M. Cohen, and W. Douglas Wong

Adequacy of Distal Resection Margin Following Preoperative Combined Modality Therapy for Rectal Cancer
Ann Surg Oncol 2003 10: 824. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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