Annals of Surgical Oncology An Oncology Journal for Surgeons Editor Roster Editor-In-Chief Charles M. Balch, MD Baltimore, Maryland Executive Editor Mark S. Roh, MD Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Associate Editors Kirby I. Bland, MD Birmingham, Alabama Murray F. Brennan, MD New York, New York Timothy J. Eberlein, MD St. Louis, Missouri Frederick Greene, MD Charlotte, North Carolina Donald L. Morton, MD Santa Monica, California John E. Niederhuber, MD Bethesda, Maryland Nicholas J. Petrelli, MD Newark, Delaware Raphael E. Pollock, MD, PhD Houston, Texas Senior Managing Editor Deborah Whippen Annals of Surgical Oncology Editorial Office Orange Park, Florida Business Manager Rick Slawny The Society of Surgical Oncology Arlington Heights, Illinois Consultant Editor of Biostatistics Stephanie R. Land Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Multimedia Section Editor Vijay Khatri Sacramento, California Emeritus Editor Edward M. Copeland III, MD Gainesville, Florida Editorial Board Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcomas Section Editor - Samuel Singer, New York, NY Associate Section Editor - Jeffrey F. Moley, St. Louis, MO Edward Y. Cheng, Minneapolis, MN Alessandro Gronchi Milan, Italy Brian O'Sullivan, Worcester, MA Breast Oncology Section Editor - V. Suzanne Klimberg, Little Rock, AR Associate Section Editor - Lisa A. Newman, Ann Arbor, MI Benjamin O. Anderson, Seattle, WA David R. Brenin, Charlottesville, VA Tara M. Breslin, Madison, WI Anees B. Chagpar, Louisville, KY Hiram S. Cody, III, New York, NY Armando E. Giuliano, Santa Monica, CA Thelma C. Hurd, Buffalo, NY Henry M. Kuerer, Houston, TX Donald R. Lannin, New Haven, CT Isabelle Rubio, Barcelona, Spain Craig D. Shriver, Washington, DC Rache M. Simmons, New York, NY Theodore N. Tsangaris, Baltimore, MD Kimberly J. Van Zee, New York, NY Donald L. Weaver, Burlington, VT David J. Winchester, Evanston, IL Endocrine Tumors Section Editor- Jeffrey E. Lee, Houston, TX Herbert Chen, Madison, WI Alan P.B. Dackiw, Baltimore, MD Gastrointestinal Oncology Section Editor - Steven A. Curley, Houston, TX Associate Section Editor - Kenneth K. Tanabe, Boston, MA Thomas Anthony, Dallas, TX Anton Bilchik, Santa Monica, CA Jose G. Guillem, New York, NY Morton S. Kahlenberg, San Antonio, TX M. Margaret Kemeny, New York, NY Vijay P. Khatri, Sacremento, CA Yuko Kitagawa, Tokyo, Japan Pedro Luna-Perez, Mexico City, Mexico Heidi Nelson, Rochester, MN Mitchell C. Posner, Chicago, IL Miguel A. Rodriguez-Bigas, Houston, TX Charles A. Staley, Atlanta, GA Richard S. Swanson, Boston, MA Lawrence D. Wagman, Duarte, CA Thomas K. Weber, New York, NY Gynecologic Oncology Section Editor - Carolyn D. Runowicz, Farmington, CT Robert L. Coleman, Houston, TX Charles Levenback, Houston, TX Head and Neck Oncology Section Editor - Jeffrey N. Myers, Philadelphia, PA Joseph A. Califano, III. Baltimore, MD William M. Lydiatt, Omaha, NE Jatin P. Shah, New York, NY Anthony P. Tufaro, Baltimore, MD Health Care Policy Section Editor - Frederick Greene, Charlotte, NC Associate Section Editor - Clifford Ko, Los Angeles, CA Stephen Edge, Buffalo, NY Alan Lefor, Los Angeles, CA Marty Makary, Baltimore, MD John T. Preskitt, Dallas, TX Hepatic and Pancreatic Tumors Section Editor - Yuman Fong, New York, NY Associate Section Editor - Steven D. Leach, Baltimore, MD David Bentrem, Chicago, IL Michael Bouvet, San Diego, CA Michael A. Choti, Baltimore, MD Kevin C.P. Conlon, Dublin, Ireland John P. Hoffman, Philadelphia, PA Francesco Izzo, Naples, Italy Andrew M. Lowy, Cincinnati, OH Ronald R. Salem, New Haven, CT Jean-Nicolas Vauthey, MD Houston, TX Sharon M. Weber, Madison, WI Laboratory Research Section Editor - James C. Cusack, Boston, MA Associate Section Editor - Lee M. Ellis, Houston, TX H. Richard Alexander, Jr, MD Bethesda, MD Richard J. Barth, Jr., Lebanon, NH Joshua D.I. Ellenhorn, Duarte, CA Francesco M. Marincola, Bethesda, MD Funda Meric-Bernstam, Houston, TX Philip B. Paty, New York, NY Timothy J. Yeatman, Tampa, FL Medical Oncology Section Editor - Gabriel N. Hortobagyi, Houston, TX David H. Johnson, Nashville, TN Nancy E. Davidson, Baltimore, MD Melanomas Section Editor - John F. Thompson, Sydney, Australia Associate Section Editor - Kelly M. McMasters Louisville, KY Grant W. Carlson, Atlanta, GA Richard Essner, Santa Monica, CA Alexander M.M. Eggermont, Rotterdam, Netherlands Marc C. Kelly, Nashville, TN William G. Kraybill, Buffalo, NY Vernon K. Sondak, Tampa, FL Douglas S. Tyler, Durham, NC Neuro-Oncology Section Editor- Henry Brem, Baltimore, MD Mark H. Bilsky, New York, NY Ziya L. Gokaslan, Baltimore, MD Alessandro Olivi, Baltimore, MD Pediatric Oncology Section Editor - Charles N. Paidas, Baltimore, MD Mark L. Klayton, New York, NY Stephen J. Shochat, Memphis, TN Radiation Oncology Section Editor - Bruce D. Minsky, New York, NY Thomas A. Buchholz, Houston, TX Abram Recht, Boston, MA Christopher G. Willett, Durham, NC Reconstructive Oncology Section Editor - Grant W. Carlson, Atlanta, GA Peter G. Cordeiro, New York, NY Joseph J. Disa, New York, NY Anthony A. Smith, Scottsdale, AZ Thoracic Oncology Section Editor - Joe B. Putnam, Jr., Nashville, TN Thomas A. D'Amico, Durham, NC David S. Schrump, Bethesda, MD Stephen C. Yang, Baltimore, MD Urologic Oncology Section Editor - Peter R. Carroll, New York, NY Eric A. Klein, Cleveland, OH Marston Lineman, St. Louis, MO Joel Sheinfeld, New York, NY Copyright © 2002 by the Society of Surgical Oncology.