ORIGINAL ARTICLES:

Clifford Y. Ko, Janak Parikh, and David Zingmond

Secondary Analyses of Large Population-Based Data Sets: Issues of Quality, Standards, and Understanding
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 395-396. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ashok R. Shaha

Editorial: Complications of Neck Dissection for Thyroid Cancer
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 397-399. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tait Shanafelt

A Career in Surgical Oncology: Finding Meaning, Balance, and Personal Satisfaction
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 400-406. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xiong-Zhi Wu

Origin of Cancer Stem Cells: The Role of Self-Renewal and Differentiation
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 407-414. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hari Nathan and Timothy M. Pawlik

Limitations of Claims and Registry Data in Surgical Oncology Research
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 415-423. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jong-Lyel Roh, Dong Hyun Kim, and Chan IL Park

Prospective Identification of Chyle Leakage in Patients Undergoing Lateral Neck Dissection for Metastatic Thyroid Cancer
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 424-429. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nüvit Duraker, Zeynep C. Çaynak, and Bakir Bati

Is there any Prognostically Different Subgroup among Patients with Stage IIIC (AnyTN3M0) Breast Carcinoma?
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 430-437. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alan J. Stolier and Jianzhou Wang

Terminal Duct Lobular Units are Scarce in the Nipple: Implications for Prophylactic Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy: Terminal Duct Lobular Units in the Nipple
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 438-442. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bridie Thompson, Peter Baade, Michael Coory, Philippe Carrière, and Lin Fritschi

Patterns of Surgical Treatment for Women Diagnosed with Early Breast Cancer in Queensland
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 443-451. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jeanne Yu, Anna Park, Elizabeth Morris, Laura Liberman, Patrick I. Borgen, and Tari A. King

MRI Screening in a Clinic Population with a Family History of Breast Cancer
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 452-461. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ajay Jain, Mary Ellen Haisfield-Wolfe, Julie Lange, Nita Ahuja, Nagi Khouri, Theodore Tsangaris, Zhe Zhang, Charles Balch, and Lisa K. Jacobs

The Role of Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration of Axillary Nodes in the Staging of Breast Cancer
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 462-471. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Toralf Reimer, Rainer Fietkau, Susanne Markmann, Angrit Stachs, and Bernd Gerber

How Important is the Axillary Nodal Status for Adjuvant Treatment Decisions at a Breast Cancer Multidisciplinary Tumor Board? A Survival Analysis
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 472-477. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Olivier Marpeau, Jeanne Schilder, Yaelle Zafrani, Catherine Uzan, Sebastien Gouy, Catherine Lhommé, and Philippe Morice

Prognosis of Patients Who Relapse after Fertility-Sparing Surgery in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 478-483. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Olivier Graesslin, Sandra Chantot-Bastaraud, Marianne Lorenzato, Philippe Birembaut, Christian Quéreux, and Emile Daraï

Fluorescence in situ Hybridization and Immunohistochemical Analysis of p53 Expression in Endometrial Cancer: Prognostic Value and Relation to Ploidy
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 484-492. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jyotirmay Sharma, Mira Milas, Eren Berber, Peter Mazzaglia, Alan Siperstein, and Collin J. Weber

Value of Intraoperative Parathyroid Hormone Monitoring
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 493-498. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Emmanuel E. Zervos, Alan J. Durkin, Desiree Villadolid, and Nasreen Vohra

Laparoscopic Resection of Extraadrenal Pheochromocytoma
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 499. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Natalie G. Coburn, Anand Govindarajan, Calvin H. L. Law, Ulrich Guller, Alex Kiss, Jolie Ringash, Carol J. Swallow, and Nancy N. Baxter

Stage-Specific Effect of Adjuvant Therapy Following Gastric Cancer Resection: a Population-based Analysis of 4,041 Patients
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 500-507. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

T. K. Ha, J. Y. An, H. K. Youn, J. H. Noh, T. S. Sohn, and S. Kim

Indication for endoscopic mucosal resection in early signet ring cell gastric cancer
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 508-513. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chang-Fang Chiu, Chung-Hsing Wang, Cheng-Li Wang, Cheng-Chieh Lin, Nan-Yung Hsu, Jing-Ru Weng, and Da-Tian Bau

A Novel Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in XRCC4 Gene is Associated with Gastric Cancer Susceptibility in Taiwan
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 514-518. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

In Ja Park, Hee Cheol Kim, Chang Sik Yu, Tae Won Kim, Se Jin Jang, and Jin Cheon Kim

Effect of Adjuvant Radiotherapy on Local Recurrence in Stage II Rectal Cancer
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 519-525. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dario Baratti, Shigeki Kusamura, Daisuke Nonaka, Martin Langer, Salvatore Andreola, Miriam Favaro, Cecilia Gavazzi, Barbara Laterza, and Marcello Deraco

Pseudomyxoma Peritonei: Clinical Pathological and Biological Prognostic Factors in Patients Treated with Cytoreductive Surgery and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC)
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 526-534. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wim P. Ceelen, Marc Peeters, Philippe Houtmeyers, Christophe Breusegem, Filip De Somer, and Piet Pattyn

Safety and Efficacy of Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemoperfusion with High-Dose Oxaliplatin in Patients with Peritoneal Carcinomatosis
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 535-541. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laurent Benoit, Nicolas Cheynel, Pablo Ortega-Deballon, Giovanni Di Giacomo, Bruno Chauffert, and Patrick Rat

Closed Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy with Open Abdomen: a Novel Technique to Reduce Exposure of the Surgical Team to Chemotherapy Drugs
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 542-546. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eiji Ogawa, Kazumasa Takenaka, Hiromichi Katakura, Masashi Adachi, Yosuke Otake, Yoshinobu Toda, Hirokazu Kotani, Toshiaki Manabe, Hiromi Wada, and Fumihiro Tanaka

Perimembrane Aurora-A Expression is a Significant Prognostic Factor in Correlation with Proliferative Activity in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 547-554. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yoshifumi Baba, Ken-ichi Iyama, Koei Ikeda, Shinji Ishikawa, Naoko Hayashi, Nobutomo Miyanari, Yoshikazu Sado, Yoshifumi Ninomiya, and Hideo Baba

The Expression of Type IV Collagen 6 Chain Is Related to the Prognosis in Patients with Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 555-565. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jan-Hendrik Egberts, Bodo Schniewind, Beate Bestmann, Clemens Schafmayer, Friederike Egberts, Fred Faendrich, Thomas Kuechler, and Juergen Tepel

Impact of the Site of Anastomosis after Oncologic Esophagectomy on Quality of Life — A Prospective, Longitudinal Outcome Study
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 566-575. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Simon K. H. Wong, Philip W. Y. Chiu, S. F. Leung, K. Y. Cheung, Angus C. W. Chan, Alex C. M. Au-Yeung, James F. Griffith, Sydney S. C. Chung, and Enders K. W. Ng

Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy or Endoscopic Stenting for Advanced Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Esophagus: A Case-Control Study
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 576-582. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Takahiro Uenishi, Osamu Yamazaki, Hiromu Tanaka, Shigekazu Takemura, Takatsugu Yamamoto, Shogo Tanaka, Shuhei Nishiguchi, and Shoji Kubo

Serum Cytokeratin 19 Fragment (CYFRA21-1) as a Prognostic Factor in Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 583-589. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tsuyoshi Sano, Kazuaki Shimada, Yoshihiro Sakamoto, Hidenori Ojima, Minoru Esaki, and Tomoo Kosuge

Prognosis of Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma: Hilar Bile Duct Cancer versus Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma Involving the Hepatic Hilus
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 590-599. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jensen C. C. Tan, Natalie G. Coburn, Nancy N. Baxter, Alex Kiss, and Calvin H. L. Law

Surgical Management of Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma - A Population-Based Study
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 600-608. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tetsuro Sasada, Koichi Azuma, Tatsuya Hirai, Hiroki Hashida, Michiyuki Kanai, Takashi Yanagawa, and Arimichi Takabayashi

Prognostic Significance of the Immediate Early Response Gene X-1 (IEX-1) Expression in Pancreatic Cancer
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 609-617. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gi-Hong Choi, Dong-Hyun Kim, Chang-Moo Kang, Kyung-Sik Kim, Jin-Sub Choi, Woo-Jung Lee, and Byong-Ro Kim

Prognostic Factors and Optimal Treatment Strategy for Intrahepatic Nodular Recurrence After Curative Resection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 618-629. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sander Sassen, Helen M. Shaw, Marjorie H. Colman, Richard A. Scolyer, and John F. Thompson

The Complex Relationships Between Sentinel Node Positivity, Patient Age, and Primary Tumor Desmoplasia: Analysis of 2303 Melanoma Patients Treated at a Single Center
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 630-637. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Keisuke Ieta, Fumiaki Tanaka, Naotsugu Haraguchi, Yoshiaki Kita, Hiroyuki Sakashita, Koshi Mimori, Toshifumi Matsumoto, Hiroshi Inoue, Hiroyuki Kuwano, and Masaki Mori

Biological and Genetic Characteristics of Tumor-Initiating Cells in Colon Cancer
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 638-648. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Antoine Italiano, Philippe Follana, François-Xavier Caroli, Jean-Luc Badetti, Daniel Benchimol, Georges Garnier, Jean Gugenheim, Juliette Haudebourg, Frédérique Keslair, Gérard Lesbats, Gérard Lledo, Jean-Francois Roussel, Florence Pedeutour, and Eric François

Cetuximab Shows Activity in Colorectal Cancer Patients With Tumors for Which FISH Analysis Does Not Detect an Increase in EGFR Gene Copy Number
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 649-654. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hamid Namazi

Practice Pearl: A Novel use of Botulinum toxin for Unicameral Bone Cyst Ablation
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 657-658. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dimosthenis Ziogas, Nikolaos Xeropotamos, and Charalabos Batsis

The Importance of Surgical Margin Control in Breast-Conserving Therapy
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 659-660. [Full Text] [PDF]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Rinkoo Dalan, Veerendra Chadachan, and Melvin Khee Shing Leow

Isolated Adrenal Mass in Cachectic Patients—Don’t Forget Malignant Pheochromocytoma
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 655-656. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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