Annals of Surgical Oncology -- Table of Contents (January 1 2008, 15 [1])

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Michael Nicholl and Anton J. Bilchik: Is Routine Use of Sentinel Node Biopsy Justified in Colon Cancer?
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 1-3. [Full Text] [PDF]

Chandrajit P. Raut and Ronald P. DeMatteo: Prognostic Factors for Primary GIST: Prime Time for Personalized Therapy?
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 4-6. [Full Text] [PDF]

Alan W. Hemming: Heading in the Right Direction: Improved Outcome of Surgery for Advanced Colorectal Liver Metastases
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 7-8. [Full Text] [PDF]

Bernardo Sandoval and Yuman Fong: Adjuvant Therapy after Resection of Hepatic Colorectal Metastases
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 9-10. [Full Text] [PDF]

Steven A. Curley: Radiofrequency Ablation Versus Resection for Resectable Colorectal Liver Metastases: Time for a Randomized Trial?
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 11-13. [Full Text] [PDF]

Frederick L. Greene: Is Case Volume the Only Surrogate for Oncologic Surgical Quality?
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 14-15. [Full Text] [PDF]

Michael D. Lagios and Melvin J. Silverstein: Ductal Carcinoma in Situ: Through a Glass, Darkly
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 16-17. [Full Text] [PDF]

Charles F. Levenback: Status of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Gynecological Cancers
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 18-20. [Full Text] [PDF]

Michael Fatouros, Georgios Baltoyiannis, and Dimitrios H. Roukos: The Predominant Role of Surgery in the Prevention and New Trends in the Surgical Treatment of Women With BRCA1/2 Mutations
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 21-33. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Randal S. Weber, Nicolas Jabbour, and Robert C. G. Martin, II: Anemia and Transfusions in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Cancer
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 34-45. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sherry J. Lim, Barry W. Feig, Huamin Wang, Kelly K. Hunt, Miguel A. Rodriguez-Bigas, John M. Skibber, Vickie Ellis, Karen Cleary, and George J. Chang: Sentinel Lymph Node Evaluation Does Not Improve Staging Accuracy in Colon Cancer
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 46-51. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Imran Hassan, Y. Nancy You, Roman Shyyan, Eric J. Dozois, Thomas C. Smyrk, Scott H. Okuno, Cathy D. Schleck, David O. Hodge, and John H. Donohue: Surgically Managed Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors: A Comparative and Prognostic Analysis
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 52-59. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sushil Rekhraj, Omer Aziz, Shirish Prabhudesai, Emmanouil Zacharakis, Franziska Mohr, Thanos Athanasiou, Ara Darzi, and Paul Ziprin: Can intra-operative intraperitoneal free cancer cell detection techniques identify patients at higher recurrence risk following curative colorectal cancer resection: a meta-analysis
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 60-68. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Eva Lieto, Francesca Ferraraccio, Michele Orditura, Paolo Castellano, Anna La Mura, Margherita Pinto, Anna Zamboli, Ferdinando DeVita, and Gennaro Galizia: Expression of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) and Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) is an Independent Prognostic Indicator of Worse Outcome in Gastric Cancer Patients
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 69-79. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Michael W. Wouters, Bas P. Wijnhoven, Henrieke E. Karim-Kos, Harriet G. Blaauwgeers, Laurents P. Stassen, Willem-Hans Steup, Huug W.Tilanus, and Rob A. Tollenaar: High-Volume versus Low-Volume for Esophageal Resections for Cancer: The Essential Role of Case-Mix Adjustments based on Clinical Data
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 80-87. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

L. van de Schoot, E. A. P. M. Romme, M. J. van der Sangen, G. J. Creemers, G. van Lijnschoten, O. J. Repelaer van Driel, H. J. T. Rutten, and G. A. P. Nieuwenhuijzen: A Highly Active and Tolerable Neoadjuvant Regimen Combining Paclitaxel, Carboplatin, 5-FU, and Radiation Therapy in Patients with Stage II and III Esophageal Cancer
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 88-95. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Keiji Yoshinaga, Keishi Yamashita, Koshi Mimori, Fumiaki Tanaka, Hiroshi Inoue, and Masaki Mori: Activin A Causes Cancer Cell Aggressiveness in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Cells
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 96-103. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Mitsuo Tachibana, Noriyuki Hirahara, Shoichi Kinugasa, and Hiroshi Yoshimura: Clinicopathologic Features of Superficial Esophageal Cancer: Results of Consecutive 100 Patients
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 104-116. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Marc-David Leclair, Pascal deLagausie, François Becmeur, François Varlet, Caroline Thomas, Jean-Stéphane Valla, Thierry Petit, Pascale Philippe-Chomette, Pierre-Yves Mure, Sabine Sarnacki, Jean Michon, and Yves Heloury: Laparoscopic Resection of Abdominal Neuroblastoma
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 117-124. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Richard P. McQuellon, Gregory B. Russell, Perry Shen, John H. Stewart, IV, Weston Saunders, and Edward A. Levine: Survival and Health Outcomes After Cytoreductive Surgery With Intraperitoneal Hyperthermic Chemotherapy for Disseminated Peritoneal Cancer of Appendiceal Origin
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 125-133. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Axel Andres, Pietro E. Majno, Philippe Morel, Laura Rubbia-Brandt, Emiliano Giostra, Pascal Gervaz, Sylvain Terraz, Abdelkarim S. Allal, Arnaud D. Roth, and Gilles Mentha: Improved Long-Term Outcome of Surgery for Advanced Colorectal Liver Metastases: Reasons and Implications for Management on the Basis of a Severity Score
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 134-143. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Stefaan Mulier, Yicheng Ni, Jacques Jamart, Luc Michel, Guy Marchal, and Theo Ruers: Radiofrequency Ablation Versus Resection for Resectable Colorectal Liver Metastases: Time for a Randomized Trial?
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 144-157. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Mitchell C. Posner, Donna Niedzwiecki, Alan P. Venook, Donna R. Hollis, Hedy L. Kindler, Edward W. Martin, Richard L. Schilsky, Richard M. Goldberg for the Cancer and Leukemia Group B: A Phase II Prospective Multi-institutional Trial of Adjuvant Active Specific Immunotherapy Following Curative Resection of Colorectal Cancer Hepatic Metastases: Cancer and Leukemia Group B Study 89903
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 158-164. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Mark B. Slidell, David C. Chang, John L. Cameron, Christopher Wolfgang, Joseph M. Herman, Richard D. Schulick, Michael A. Choti, and Timothy M. Pawlik: Impact of Total Lymph Node Count and Lymph Node Ratio on Staging and Survival after Pancreatectomy for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: A Large, Population-Based Analysis
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 165-174. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Anand Govindarajan, Jensen C. C. Tan, Nancy N. Baxter, Natalie G. Coburn, and Calvin H. L. Law: Variations in Surgical Treatment and Outcomes of Patients With Pancreatic Cancer: A Population-Based Study
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 175-185. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Christoph W. Michalski, Jörg Kleeff, Jeannine Bachmann, Jaber AlKhatib, Mert Erkan, Irene Esposito, Ulf Hinz, Helmut Friess, and Markus W. Büchler: Second-Look Operation for Unresectable Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma at a High-Volume Center
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 186-192. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yu-Wen Tien, Rey-Heng Hu, Ji-Shiang Hung, Hsiu-Po Wang, and Po-Huang Lee: Noninvasive Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasms can be Safely and Effectively Treated by Limited Pancreatectomy
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 193-198. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jin-Young Jang, Sun-Whe Kim, Seung Eun Lee, Sung Hoon Yang, Kuhn Uk Lee, Young Joo Lee, Song Chul Kim, Duck Jong Han, Dong Wook Choi, Seong Ho Choi, Jin Seok Heo, Baik Hwan Cho, Hee Chul Yu, Dong Sup Yoon, Woo Jung Lee, Hee-Eun Lee, Gyeong Hoon Kang, and Jeong Min Lee: Treatment Guidelines for Branch Duct Type Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms of the Pancreas: When Can We Operate or Observe?
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 199-205. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Nicholas J. Zyromski and Thomas J. Howard: Pancreaticoduodenectomy for Cancer: Technical Aspects of the Retroperitoneal Soft Tissue Dissection to Maximize a Negative Surgical Margin
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 206. [Full Text] [PDF]

Thomas R. O’Rourke, Paris Tekkis, Shinn Yeung, Jonathan Fawcett, Stephen Lynch, Russell Strong, Daryl Wall, Timothy G. John, Fenella Welsh, and Myrddin Rees: Long-Term Results of Liver Resection for Noncolorectal, Nonneuroendocrine Metastases
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 207-218. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Valérie Boige, David Malka, Dominique Elias, Marine Castaing, Thierry De Baere, Diane Goere, Clarisse Dromain, Marc Pocard, and Michel Ducreux: Hepatic Arterial Infusion of Oxaliplatin and Intravenous LV5FU2 in Unresectable Liver Metastases from Colorectal Cancer after Systemic Chemotherapy Failure
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 219-226. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

In Ja Park, Hee Cheol Kim, Chang Sik Yu, Pyo Nyun Kim, Hyung Jin Won, and Jin Cheon Kim: Radiofrequency Ablation for Metachronous Liver Metastasis from Colorectal Cancer after Curative Surgery
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 227-232. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Fady K. Balaa, T. Clark Gamblin, Jason T. Heckman, and David A. Geller: Right Hemihepatectomy for Metastatic Cloacogenic Carcinoma using the Staple Technique
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 233-234. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Philip Meijnen, Hester S. A. Oldenburg, Johannes L. Peterse, Harry Bartelink, and Emiel J. Th. Rutgers: Clinical Outcome after Selective Treatment of Patients Diagnosed with Ductal Carcinoma In Situ of the Breast
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 235-243. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Shaheenah Dawood, Kristine Broglio, Ana M. Gonzalez-Angulo, Shu-Wan Kau, Wei Yang, Constance Albarracin, Funda Meric, Gabriel Hortobagyi, and Richard Theriault: Development of New Cancers in Patients with DCIS: The M.D. Anderson Experience
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 244-249. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

J. L. Hinson, P. McGrath, A. Moore, J. T. Davis, Y. M. Brill, E. Samoilova, M. Cibull, M. Hester, E. Romond, K. Weisinger, and L. M. Samayoa: The Critical Role of Axillary Ultrasound and Aspiration Biopsy in the Management of Breast Cancer Patients with Clinically Negative Axilla
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 250-255. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Nimmi Arora, Diana Martins, Tara L. Huston, Paul Christos, Syed Hoda, Michael P. Osborne, Alexander J. Swistel, Eleni Tousimis, Peter I. Pressman, and Rache M. Simmons: Sentinel Node Positivity Rates With and Without Frozen Section for Breast Cancer
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 256-261. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Amit Goyal, Robert G. Newcombe, Alok Chhabra, and Robert E. Mansel: Morbidity in Breast Cancer Patients with Sentinel Node Metastases Undergoing Delayed Axillary Lymph Node Dissection (ALND) Compared with Immediate ALND
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 262-267. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Francisco J. Dominguez, Mehra Golshan, Dalliah M. Black, Kevin S. Hughes, Michele A. Gadd, Roger Christian, Beth-Ann Lesnikoski, Michelle Specht, James Michaelson, and Barbara L. Smith: Sentinel Node Biopsy is Important in Mastectomy for Ductal Carcinoma In Situ
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 268-273. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Heather B. Neuman, Edi Brogi, Amber Ebrahim, Murray F. Brennan, and Kimberly J. Van Zee: Desmoid Tumors (Fibromatoses) of the Breast: A 25-Year Experience
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 274-280. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sang Uk Woo, Jeoung Won Bae, Chul Hwan Kim, Jae Bok Lee, and Byum Whan Koo: A Significant Correlation between Nuclear CXCR4 Expression and Axillary Lymph Node Metastasis in Hormonal Receptor Negative Breast Cancer
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 281-285. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Steven E. Finkelstein, Perry W. Grigsby, Barry A. Siegel, Farrokh Dehdashti, Jeffrey F. Moley, and Bruce L. Hall: Combined [¹⁸F]Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography and Computed Tomography (FDG-PET/CT) for Detection of Recurrent, ¹³¹I-Negative Thyroid Cancer
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 286-292. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Curtis J. Wray, Thereasa A. Rich, Steven G. Waguespack, Jeffrey E. Lee, Nancy D. Perrier, and Douglas B. Evans: Failure to Recognize Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia 2B: More Common Than We Think?
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 293-301. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Rajmohan Murali, Raghwa N. Sharma, John F. Thompson, Jonathan R. Stretch, C. Soon Lee, Stanley W. McCarthy, and Richard A. Scolyer: Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Histologically Ambiguous Melanocytic Tumors With Spitzoid Features (So-Called Atypical Spitzoid Tumors)
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 302-309. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Carlo Riccardo Rossi, Simone Mocellin, Sandro Pasquali, Pierluigi Pilati, and Donato Nitti: N-Ratio: a Novel Independent Prognostic Factor for Patients with Stage-III Cutaneous Melanoma
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 310-315. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Katherine T. Morris, Klaus J. Busam, Suzannah Bero, Ami Patel, and Mary S. Brady: Primary Cutaneous Melanoma with Regression Does not Require a Lower Threshold for Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 316-322. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Anna Doubrovsky, Richard A. Scolyer, Rajmohan Murali, Paul R. McKenzie, Geoffrey F. Watson, C. Soon Lee, Duncan J. McLeod, William H. McCarthy, Roger F. Uren, Jonathan R. Stretch, Robyn P. Saw, and John F. Thompson: Diagnostic Accuracy of Fine Needle Biopsy for Metastatic Melanoma and Its Implications for Patient Management
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 323-332. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Natacha Roger, Yaelle Zafrani, Catherine Uzan, Sebastien Gouy, Annie Rey, Patricia Pautier, Catherine Lhommé, Pierre Duvillard, Damienne Castaigne, and Philippe Morice: Should Pelvic and Para-aortic Lymphadenectomy Be Different Depending on Histological Subtype in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer?
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 333-338. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Amélie Gesson-Paute, Gwenael Ferron, Fabienne Thomas, Emanuelle Cohen de Lara, Etienne Chatelut, and Denis Querleu: Pharmacokinetics of Oxaliplatin During Open Versus Laparoscopically Assisted Heated Intraoperative Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC): An Experimental Study
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 339-344. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Amir Sternheim, Xiaolong Jin, Barry Shmookler, James Jelinek, and Martin M. Malawer: ‘Telangiectatic’ Transformation in Soft Tissue Sarcomas. A Clinicopathology Analysis of an Aggressive Feature of High-grade Sarcomas
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 345-354. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Alex Senchenkov, Steven L. Moran, Paul M. Petty, James Knoetgen, III, Ricky P. Clay, Uldis Bite, Sunni A. Barnes, and Franklin H. Sim: Predictors of Complications and Outcomes of External Hemipelvectomy Wounds: Account of 160 Consecutive Cases
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 355-363. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Everton Pontes Martins, João Gonçalves Filho, Ivan Marcelo Gonçalves Agra, André Lopes Carvalho, José Magrin, and Luiz Paulo Kowalski: Preservation of the Internal Jugular Vein in the Radical Treatment of Node-Positive Neck—Is It Safe?
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 364-370. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yur-Ren Kuo, Seng-Feng Jeng, Kuan-Miao Lin, Szu-Jen Hou, Chih-Ying Su, Chih-Yen Chien, Ker-Li Hsueh, and Eng-Yen Huang: Microsurgical Tissue Transfers for Head and Neck Reconstruction in Patients with Alcohol-Induced Mental Disorder
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 371-377. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Antonio Toniato, Dario Casara, and Mariarosa Pelizzo: The Negative Sestamibi Scan: Is a Minimally Invasive Parathyroidectomy Still Possible?
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 378-379. [Full Text] [PDF]

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Herbert Chen: Author Reply
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 380-381. [Full Text] [PDF]

Theodore Liakakos: Peritoneal Recurrence for Gastric Cancer: Can It Be Prevented?
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 382. [Full Text] [PDF]

Hamid Namazi and Kamran Mozaffarian: Practice Pearl: A Novel Use of Tranexamic Acid for Decreasing the Blood Loss of Aneurysmal Bone Cyst Ablation
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 383-384. [Full Text] [PDF]

Theodore Liakakos and Dimitrios H. Roukos: Does Lymphadenectomy Improve Survival of Patients with Solid Tumors?
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 385. [Full Text] [PDF]

Dimosthenis Ziogas, Georgios Baltogiannis, and Michael Fatouros: Lymphadenectomy in Surgical Oncology
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 386-387. [Full Text] [PDF]

James E. Gervasoni, Jr, Samer Sbayi, and Blake Cady: Response to Letters-to-the-Editor: Role of Lymphadenectomy in Solid Tumors—An Update on the Clinical Data
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 388-389. [Full Text] [PDF]

Riccardo Ponzone, Paola Mininanni, Elisa Cassina, and Piero Sismondi: Axillary Reverse Mapping in Breast Cancer: Can we Spare what we Find?
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 390-391. [Full Text] [PDF]

Claude Nos, Benedicte Lesieur, Krishna B. Clough, Marie-Anne Collignon, and Fabrice Lecuru: Comments to the Letter to the Editor by Dr. Ponzone
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 392-393. [Full Text] [PDF]