LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Nicholas Petrelli

Society of Surgical Oncology Heritage Award: Honoring Glenn D. Steele, Jr, MD, PhD
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 1553-1554. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Murray F. Brennan

Knowledge Helps, but Alone It Is Not Enough
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 1555-1556. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hamid Namazi

Raloxifene Can Reduce Giant Cell Tumor Recurrence: A New Adjuvant Therapy
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 1783-1784. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bekir Kuru

Staging of Invasive Breast Carcinoma Patients With T4anyNM0 and T1–3N3M0
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 1785-1786. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nüvit Duraker

Stage IIIC Breast Carcinoma and Prognostically Different Subgroups
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 1787. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Evangelos Briasoulis, Dimosthenis Ziogas, and Michael Fatouros

Prophylactic Surgery in the Complex Decision-Making Management of BRCA Mutation Carriers
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 1788-1790. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bernadette Heemskerk-Gerritsen, Cecile Brekelmans, and Caroline Seynaeve

Author Reply: Decision-Making Management of Women with a High Risk of Developing Breast and Ovarian Cancer
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 1791-1792. [Full Text] [PDF]  

T. Liakakos

Minimal Residual Disease in Breast Cancer: Can It Be Used as a Prognostic Marker?
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 1793-1794. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael Fatouros and Dimosthenis Ziogas

Controversy in the Treatment of Gastric Cancer
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 1795-1797. [Full Text] [PDF]  

John C. Mansour and Daniel G. Coit

Appropriate Treatment for Patients with Gastric Adenocarcinoma
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 1798-1799. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paul H. Sugarbaker

Reported Impact of Cytoreductive Surgery and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy on Systemic Toxicity
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 1800-1801. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kusamura Shigeki, Dario Baratti, and Marcello Deraco

Modalities of Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 1802-1803. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mesut Tez and Selda Tez

Radiofrequency Ablation versus Resection for Resectable Colorectal Liver Metastases: Time for a Randomized Trial?
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 1804. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xi Wang, Jie-Jun Wang, and Fei Wan

A Common Misuse of Stepwise Regression in Studies of Ratio of Metastatic Lymph Nodes for Gastric Cancer
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 1805-1806. [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. Hasskamp, J. Zapas, and G. Elias

Dendritic Cells in Patients With Melanoma
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 1807. [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. C. J. van Akkooi, J. H. W. de Wilt, C. Verhoef, and A. M. M. Eggermont

Cutaneous Melanoma and Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 1808-1809. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ilkka Koskivuo, Lauri Talve, Pia Vihinen, Maija Mäki, Tero Vahlberg, and Erkki Suominen

Author Reply: Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Cutaneous Melanoma
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 1810-1811. [Full Text] [PDF]  

ORIGINAL ARTICLES:

Simon H. Telian and Anton J. Bilchik

Significance of the Lymph Node Ratio in Stage III Colon Cancer
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 1557-1558. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joel T. Adler, Rebecca S. Sippel, and Herbert Chen

The Influence of Surgical Approach on Quality of Life After Parathyroid Surgery
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 1559-1565. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karl Y. Bilimoria, Charles M. Balch, David J. Bentrem, Mark S. Talamonti, Clifford Y. Ko, Julie R. Lange, David P. Winchester, and Jeffrey D. Wayne

Complete Lymph Node Dissection for Sentinel Node-Positive Melanoma: Assessment of Practice Patterns in the United States
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 1566-1576. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jin Ra, E. Carter Paulson, John Kucharczuk, Katrina Armstrong, Christopher Wirtalla, Rachel Rapaport-Kelz, Larry R. Kaiser, and Francis R. Spitz

Postoperative Mortality After Esophagectomy for Cancer: Development of a Preoperative Risk Prediction Model
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 1577-1584. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

G. Lahat, D. A. Anaya, X. Wang, D. Tuvin, D. Lev, and R. E. Pollock

Resectable Well-Differentiated versus Dedifferentiated Liposarcomas: Two Different Diseases Possibly Requiring Different Treatment Approaches
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 1585-1593. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lanjun Guo, John Patrick Clark, III, Robert S. Warren, and Eric K. Nakakura

Compound Muscle Action Potentials and Spontaneous Electromyography Can be Used to Identify and Protect the Femoral Nerve During Resection of Large Retroperitoneal Tumors
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 1594-1599. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jiping Wang, James M. Hassett, Merril T. Dayton, and Mahmoud N. Kulaylat

Lymph Node Ratio: Role in the Staging of Node-Positive Colon Cancer
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 1600-1608. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jin-Tung Liang, Hong-Shiee Lai, Po-Huang Lee, and King-Jen Chang

Laparoscopic Pelvic Autonomic Nerve-Preserving Surgery for Sigmoid Colon Cancer
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 1609-1616. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yuji Toiyama, Chikao Miki, Yasuhiro Inoue, Yoshinaga Okugawa, Yuki Koike, Takeshi Yokoe, Kouji Tanaka, and Masato Kusunoki

Soluble Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 as a Prognostic Marker for Stage II Colorectal Cancer Patients
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 1617-1624. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Keun Won Ryu, Young-Woo Kim, Jun Ho Lee, Byung-Ho Nam, Myeong-Cherl Kook, Il Ju Choi, and Jae-Moon Bae

Surgical Complications and the Risk Factors of Laparoscopy-Assisted Distal Gastrectomy in Early Gastric Cancer
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 1625-1631. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hye Seong Ahn, Jong Won Kim, Moon-Won Yoo, Do Joong Park, Hyuk-Joon Lee, Kuhn Uk Lee, and Han-Kwang Yang

Clinicopathological Features and Surgical Outcomes of Patients with Remnant Gastric Cancer after a Distal Gastrectomy
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 1632-1639. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Isao Miyashiro, Norikatsu Miyoshi, Masahiro Hiratsuka, Kentaro Kishi, Terumasa Yamada, Masayuki Ohue, Hiroaki Ohigashi, Masahiko Yano, Osamu Ishikawa, and Shingi Imaoka

Detection of Sentinel Node in Gastric Cancer Surgery by Indocyanine Green Fluorescence Imaging: Comparison with Infrared Imaging
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 1640-1643. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Neal W. Wilkinson, James Howe, Greer Gay, Lina Patel-Parekh, Carol Scott-Conner, and John Donohue

Differences in the Pattern of Presentation and Treatment of Proximal and Distal Gastric Cancer: Results of the 2001 Gastric Patient Care Evaluation
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 1644-1650. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Irene Esposito, Jörg Kleeff, Frank Bergmann, Caroline Reiser, Esther Herpel, Helmut Friess, Peter Schirmacher, and Markus W. Büchler

Most Pancreatic Cancer Resections are R1 Resections
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 1651-1660. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carlo Pulitanò, Marcella Arru, Marco Catena, Eleonora Guzzetti, Giordano Vitali, Monica Ronzoni, Massimo Venturini, Eugenio Villa, Gianfranco Ferla, and Luca Aldrighetti

Results of Preoperative Hepatic Arterial Infusion Chemotherapy in Patients Undergoing Liver Resection for Colorectal Liver Metastases
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 1661-1669. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yuichiro Kawano, Atsushi Sasaki, Seiichiro Kai, Yuichi Endo, Kentaro Iwaki, Hiroki Uchida, Kohei Shibata, Masayuki Ohta, and Seigo Kitano

Short- and Long-Term Outcomes after Hepatic Resection for Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Concomitant Esophageal Varices in Patients with Cirrhosis
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 1670-1676. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Swati Kulkarni and David G. Hicks

HER2-Positive Early Breast Cancer and Trastuzumab: A Surgeon’s Perspective
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 1677-1688. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Heriberto Medina-Franco, Santos Soto-Germes, José L. Ulloa-Gómez, Cecilia Romero-Trejo, Norma Uribe, Carlos A. Ramirez-Alvarado, and Carlos Robles-Vidal

Radiofrequency Ablation of Invasive Breast Carcinomas: A Phase II Trial
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 1689-1695. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Roshni Rao, Lei Feng, Henry M. Kuerer, S. Eva Singletary, Isabelle Bedrosian, Kelly K. Hunt, Merrick I. Ross, Gabriel N. Hortobagyi, Barry W. Feig, Frederick C. Ames, and Gildy V. Babiera

Timing of Surgical Intervention for the Intact Primary in Stage IV Breast Cancer Patients
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 1696-1702. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

John W. Gorechlad, Elizabeth B. McCabe, John H. Higgins, Donald S. Likosky, Petra J. Lewis, Kari M. Rosenkranz, and Richard J. Barth, Jr

Screening for Recurrences in Patients Treated with Breast-Conserving Surgery: Is there a Role for MRI?
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 1703-1709. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jean-François Boileau, Alexandra Easson, Jaime M. Escallon, Wey L. Leong, Michael Reedijk, Bruce J. Youngson, and David R. McCready

Sentinel Nodes in Breast Cancer: Relevance of Axillary Level II Nodes and Optimal Number of Nodes that Need to Be Removed
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 1710-1716. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kenzo Shimazu, Yasuhiro Tamaki, Tetsuya Taguchi, Fumine Tsukamoto, Tsutomu Kasugai, and Shinzaburo Noguchi

Intraoperative Frozen Section Analysis of Sentinel Lymph Node in Breast Cancer Patients Treated with Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 1717-1722. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Imke Satzger, Bernward Völker, Andre Meier, Alexander Kapp, and Ralf Gutzmer

Criteria in Sentinel Lymph Nodes of Melanoma Patients that Predict Involvement of Nonsentinel Lymph Nodes
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 1723-1732. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

James M. Lewis, Jonathan S. Zager, Daohai Yu, Diego Pelaez, Adam I. Riker, Sophie Dessureault, C. Wayne Cruse, Douglas S. Reintgen, Christopher A. Puleo, and Vernon K. Sondak

Full-Thickness Grafts Procured from Skin Overlying the Sentinel Lymph Node Basin; Reconstruction of Primary Cutaneous Malignancy Excision Defects
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 1733-1740. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

F. J. Collinson, T. K. Lam, W. M. J. Bruijn, J. H. W. de Wilt, M. Lamont, J. F. Thompson, and R. F. Kefford

Long-term Survival and Occasional Regression of Distant Melanoma Metastases after Adrenal Metastasectomy
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 1741-1749. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Oswens Siu-Hung Lo, Simon Law, William I. Wei, Wai-Man Ng, Kam-Ho Wong, King-Hung Tong, and John Wong

Esophageal Cancers with Synchronous or Antecedent Head and Neck Cancers: A More Formidable Challenge?
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 1750-1756. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. W. van Sandick, I. Kappers, P. Baas, R. L. Haas, and H. M. Klomp

Surgical Treatment in the Management of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: A Single Institution’s Experience
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 1757-1764. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jacqui C. Zhu, Tristan D. Yan, and David L. Morris

A Systematic Review of Radiofrequency Ablation for Lung Tumors
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 1765-1774. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Miki Hyakudomi, Takeshi Matsubara, Ryoji Hyakudomi, Tetsu Yamamoto, Shoichi Kinugasa, Akira Yamanoi, Riruke Maruyama, and Tsuneo Tanaka

Increased Expression of Fractalkine is Correlated with a Better Prognosis and an Increased Number of Both CD8⁺ T Cells and Natural Killer Cells in Gastric Adenocarcinoma
Ann Surg Oncol 2008 15: 1775-1782. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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