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 Associate Section Editor - Jeffrey F. Moley Alessandro Gronchi Jeff Kneisel Brian O'Sullivan Breast Oncology Section Editor - V. Suzanne Klimberg Associate Section Editor - Lisa A. Newman Benjamin O. Anderson Gildy Barbiera Patrick I. Borgen David R. Brenin Tara M. Breslin Anees B. Chagpar Hiram S. Cody, III Amy Degnim Michael Dixon Jennifer Gass Armando E. Giuliano Julie Margenthaler David McCready Monica Morrow Isabelle Rubio Craig D. Shriver Theodore N. Tsangaris Kimberly J. Van Zee Donald L. Weaver David J. Winchester Endocrine Tumors Section Editor- Alan P.B. Dackiw Herbert Chen Nancy Perrier Gastrointestinal Oncology Section Editor - Steven A. Curley Associate Section Editor - Kenneth K. Tanabe Anton Bilchik Nestor Esnaola Jason Fleming Jose G. Guillem Morton S. Kahlenberg M. Margaret Kemeny Vijay P. Khatri Seigo Kitano Yuko Kitagawa Laura Lambert Pedro Luna-Perez Heidi Nelson Enders Kwok-wai Ng Mitchell C. Posner Miguel A. Rodriguez-Bigas Abeezar Sarela Steve Stain Charles A. Staley Mark Talamonti Lawrence D. Wagman Thomas K. Weber Gynecologic Oncology Section Editor - Larry Copeland, Robert L. Coleman Charles Levenback Head and Neck Oncology Section Editor - Jeffrey N. Myers Associate Section Editor - Joseph A. Califano, III William M. Lydiatt Wesley Hicks Health Care Policy Section Editor - Frederick Greene Associate Section Editor - Clifford Ko John Birkmeyer Stephen Edge Alan Lefor Marty Makary John T. Preskitt Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Tumors Section Editor - Michael A. Choti Associate Section Editor - Andrew M. Lowy Eddie Abdalla Peter Allen Jacques Belghiti David Bentrem Michael Bouvet Markus Buchler Carlos Fernandez-del Castillo John P. Hoffman Francesco Izzo William Jarnagin Bo San Paul Lai Ronnie Poon Richard Schulick Sharon M. Weber Jurgen Weitz Laboratory Research Section Editor - James C. Cusack Associate Section Editor - Lee M. Ellis H. Richard Alexander, Jr, MD Richard J. Barth, Jr. Joshua D.I. Ellenhorn James Howe Francesco M. Marincola Funda Meric-Bernstam Philip B. Paty Timothy J. Yeatman Medical Oncology Section Editor - Jose Baselga Nancy E. Davidson Richard Schilsky Melanomas Section Editor - John F. Thompson Associate Section Editor - Kelly M. McMasters Grant W. Carlson Alexander M.M. Eggermont Harald Hoekstra Mark C. Kelly William G. Kraybill David W. Ollila Douglas S. Tyler Multimedia Vijay Khatri Neuro-Oncology Section Editor- Ziya L. Gokaslan Mark H. Bilsky Alessandro Olivi Pediatric Oncology Section Editor - Charles N. Paidas Mark L. Kayton Stephen J. Shochat Radiation Oncology Section Editor - Thomas A. Buchholz James Bonner Abram Recht Christopher G. Willett Reconstructive Oncology Section Editor - Grant W. Carlson Associate Section Editor - Anthony P. Tufaro Peter G. Cordeiro Joseph J. Disa Greg Reece Thoracic Oncology Section Editor - Stephen C. Yang Malcolm Brock Thomas A. D'Amico David S. Schrump Urologic Oncology Section Editor - Marston Linehan Eric A. Klein Joel Sheinfeld Copyright © 2002 by the Society of Surgical Oncology.