Radiofrequency ablation of malignant liver tumors.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen (CTLA)-4 can inhibit T-cell responses and is involved in tolerance against self antigens. We previously reported autoimmune manifestations and objective cancer regressions in patients with metastatic melanoma treated with CTLA-4 blockade. The possibility of activatin...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Maker AV,Phan GQ,Attia P,Yang JC,Sherry RM,Topalian SL,Kammula US,Royal RE,Haworth LR,Levy C,Kleiner D,Mavroukakis SA,Yellin M,Rosenberg SA

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the influence of the introduction of total mesorectal excision (TME) on local recurrence rate and survival in patients with rectal cancer. METHODS:A total of 171 consecutive patients underwent anterior or abdominoperineal resection for primary rectal cancer. When the TME technique was introduced...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Maurer CA,Renzulli P,Kull C,Käser SA,Mazzucchelli L,Ulrich A,Büchler MW

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:With the exception of papillary and follicular thyroid cancer, malignant cancers of the thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, and endocrine pancreas are uncommon. These rare malignancies present a challenge to both the clinician and patient, because few data exist on their incidence or survival. We analyzed the incide...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： James BC,Aschebrook-Kilfoy B,Cipriani N,Kaplan EL,Angelos P,Grogan RH

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The recent introduction of biological anticancer therapy has renewed the interest in functional imaging of tumor-associated angiogenesis (TAA) as a tool to monitor early therapy response. The present study evaluated imaging of TAA using P1227, a novel, small molecular magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) probe t...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Debergh I,Van Damme N,De Naeyer D,Smeets P,Demetter P,Robert P,Carme S,Pattyn P,Ceelen W

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The FAK gene encodes a 125-kDa tyrosine kinase (p125FAK) involved in signal transduction pathways used in cell adhesion, motility, and anchorage-independent growth. Because thyroid carcinomas have a wide variability in their propensity for invasion and metastasis, we studied the expression of FAK in a variet...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Owens LV,Xu L,Dent GA,Yang X,Sturge GC,Craven RJ,Cance WG

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Preliminary data indicate that tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) function through rearranged during transfection (RET) in breast cancer. However, TKIs are not specific and can block several receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs). This study used cell lines and primary breast cancer specimens to determine factors a...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Spanheimer PM,Lorenzen AW,De Andrade JP,Kulak MV,Carr JC,Woodfield GW,Sugg SL,Weigel RJ

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The presence of tumor cells at the margins of breast lumpectomy specimens is associated with an increased risk of ipsilateral tumor recurrence. Twenty to 30 % of patients undergoing breast-conserving surgery require second procedures to achieve negative margins. This study evaluated the adjunctive use of the...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Schnabel F,Boolbol SK,Gittleman M,Karni T,Tafra L,Feldman S,Police A,Friedman NB,Karlan S,Holmes D,Willey SC,Carmon M,Fernandez K,Akbari S,Harness J,Guerra L,Frazier T,Lane K,Simmons RM,Estabrook A,Allweis T

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Complete resection of a retroperitoneal sarcoma often requires removal of adjacent organs. In this study we evaluated the role of nephrectomy during operation for retroperitoneal sarcoma. METHODS:Between July 1982 and July 1995, 75 of the 371 (20%) patients who underwent resection of retroperitoneal sarcoma...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Russo P,Kim Y,Ravindran S,Huang W,Brennan MF

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Seed localization uses a radioactive source to identify nonpalpable breast lesions for excision; it is an emerging alternative to wire localization (WL). Previous single health system studies report decreased rates of re-excision and improved patient convenience with this technique. This study is the first t...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Rao R,Moldrem A,Sarode V,White J,Amen M,Rao M,Andrews V,Euhus D,Radford L,Ulissey M

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The added value of surgery in breast cancer patients with pathological complete response (pCR) after neoadjuvant systemic therapy (NST) is uncertain. The accuracy of imaging identifying pCR for omission of surgery, however, is insufficient. We investigated the accuracy of ultrasound-guided biopsies identifyi...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： van Loevezijn AA,van der Noordaa MEM,van Werkhoven ED,Loo CE,Winter-Warnars GAO,Wiersma T,van de Vijver KK,Groen EJ,Blanken-Peeters CFJM,Zonneveld BJGL,Sonke GS,van Duijnhoven FH,Vrancken Peeters MTFD

更新日期：2020-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Perturbations in the nuclear microenvironment, including transport systems, play a critical role in malignant progression, but the nuclear import abnormalities remain unclear in hepatocarcinogenesis. We analyzed the role of importin in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). METHODS:Gene expression profiling of the...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Yoshitake K,Tanaka S,Mogushi K,Aihara A,Murakata A,Matsumura S,Mitsunori Y,Yasen M,Ban D,Noguchi N,Irie T,Kudo A,Nakamura N,Tanaka H,Arii S

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the commonest cancers worldwide, the underlying molecular mechanisms contributing to hepatocarcinogenesis are still not clear. METHODS:In this study, we performed double array analysis, consisting of both expression profiling and karyotyping analysis using s...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Nomoto S,Kanda M,Okamura Y,Nishikawa Y,Qiyong L,Fujii T,Sugimoto H,Takeda S,Nakao A

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To ensure a surgical margin of ≥1 cm for the effective treatment of phyllodes tumors of the breast (PTB) a second resection has been recommended, but the outcomes of an extensive series of cases employing the aforementioned criterion cast doubt on this clinical approach. The aim of this study was to identify th...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Yom CK,Han W,Kim SW,Park SY,Park IA,Noh DY

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:HER-2/neu (c-erbB-2, HER2) gene amplification and protein overexpression have been associated with poor prognosis in several solid tumors, including breast and gastric cancer. Its incidence and significance in esophageal adenocarcinoma is unknown. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Tissue microarrays were successfully c...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Thompson SK,Sullivan TR,Davies R,Ruszkiewicz AR

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Despite advances in therapy for the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer, many patients die of hepatic disease. Current immunotherapeutic strategies are likely limited by inhibitory signals from the tumor. To successfully eliminate tumor deposits within an organ, an appropriate immunologic milieu to amplif...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Olino K,Wada S,Edil BH,Pan X,Meckel K,Weber W,Slansky J,Tamada K,Lauer P,Brockstedt D,Pardoll D,Schulick R,Yoshimura K

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast surgery has evolved as a subspecialty of general surgery and requires a working knowledge of benign and malignant diseases, surgical techniques, shared decision-making with patients, collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team, and a basic foundation in surgical ethics. Ethics is defined as the practice of ana...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Throckmorton A,VanderWalde L,Brackett C,Dominici L,Eisenhauer T,Johnson N,Kong A,Ludwig K,O'Neill J,Pugliese M,Teller P,Sarantou T

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2009, 2 single-institution studies from the United States reported increasing mastectomy rates during the last decade. We have recently reported unilateral mastectomy trends from a European database and demonstrated a significant trend of decreasing mastectomy rates from 38.1 % in 2005 to 13.1 % in 2010. A recent s...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Garcia-Etienne CA,Tomatis M,Heil J,Danaei M,Rageth CJ,Marotti L,Rosselli Del Turco M,Ponti A

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pressurized intraperitoneal aerosol chemotherapy (PIPAC) is a new technology for delivering intraperitoneal chemotherapy. It is generally assumed that with PIPAC, the ratio of peritoneal to systemic drug concentration is superior to liquid hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC). To date, no direct...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Giger-Pabst U,Bucur P,Roger S,Falkenstein TA,Tabchouri N,Le Pape A,Lerondel S,Demtröder C,Salamé E,Ouaissi M

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Improved survival has been reported for diffuse malignant peritoneal mesothelioma (DMPM) treated by surgical cytoreduction and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC). The significance of lymph node involvement in this disease is still poorly understood. METHODS:Prospectively collected clinical da...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Baratti D,Kusamura S,Cabras AD,Laterza B,Balestra MR,Deraco M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：: ...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Petrillo M,Scambia G,Fagotti A

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prevalence and significance of free cancer cells in the peritoneal cavity of clinically M0 gastric cancer patients is unknown. We reviewed our results with peritoneal washings to determine (1) the prevalence of positive cytology in M0 and M1 disease and (2) the influence of positive cytology on the patte...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Burke EC,Karpeh MS Jr,Conlon KC,Brennan MF

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intraperitoneal chemotherapy is used to treat peritoneal surface-spreading malignancies. We sought to determine whether volume and surface area of the intraperitoneal chemotherapy compartments are associated with overall survival and posttreatment glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in malignant peritoneal meso...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Leinwand JC,Zhao B,Guo X,Krishnamoorthy S,Qi J,Graziano JH,Slavkovic VN,Bates GE,Lewin SN,Allendorf JD,Chabot JA,Schwartz LH,Taub RN

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Postesophagectomy diaphragmatic hernia (DH) is an uncommon problem but an important one to recognize and treat because of the risk of significant complications such as incarceration and strangulation. Diaphragmatic hernia appears to occur more frequently following transhiatal esophagectomy (THE) than after t...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Narayanan S,Sanders RL,Herlitz G,Langenfeld J,August DA

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The main goal of the current study was to compare survival differences among subgroups of primary ovarian cancer patients in International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stages IIIC and IIIA1 after complete tumor debulking surgery. METHODS:A total of 218 patients with primary ovarian cancer w...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Gasimli K,Braicu EI,Nassir M,Richter R,Babayeva A,Chekerov R,Darb-Esfahani S,Sehouli J,Muallem MZ

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent sentinel lymph node (SLN) mapping in breast cancer requires optimized imaging systems and lymphatic tracers. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A small, portable version of the FLARE imaging system, termed Mini-FLARE, was developed for capturing color video and two semi-independent channe...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Mieog JS,Troyan SL,Hutteman M,Donohoe KJ,van der Vorst JR,Stockdale A,Liefers GJ,Choi HS,Gibbs-Strauss SL,Putter H,Gioux S,Kuppen PJ,Ashitate Y,Löwik CW,Smit VT,Oketokoun R,Ngo LH,van de Velde CJ,Frangioni JV,Vahrme

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although lateral pelvic node dissection (LPND) is recommended for rectal cancer with clinically metastatic lateral pelvic lymph nodes (LPNs), LPNs may respond to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT). Our aim was to determine the optimal indication for LPND after nCRT for mid/low rectal cancer. METHODS:Of 2,...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Oh HK,Kang SB,Lee SM,Lee SY,Ihn MH,Kim DW,Park JH,Kim YH,Lee KH,Kim JS,Kim JW,Kim JH,Chang TY,Park SC,Sohn DK,Oh JH,Park JW,Ryoo SB,Jeong SY,Park KJ

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Using 4-year nationwide population-based data for Taiwan, this study compared in-hospital surgical mortality rates with hospital volume for five cancer-related gastrointestinal resections. METHODS:The study sample was drawn from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database. A total of 34,715 patie...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Lin HC,Xirasagar S,Lee HC,Chai CY

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hyperbilirubinemia is commonly observed in patients requiring pancreatoduodenectomy (PD). Thus far, literature regarding the danger of operating in the setting of hyperbilirubinemia is equivocal. What remains undefined is at what specific level of bilirubin there is an adverse safety profile for undergoing P...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Chen B,Trudeau MT,Maggino L,Ecker BL,Keele LJ,DeMatteo RP,Drebin JA,Fraker DL,Lee MK 4th,Roses RE,Vollmer CM Jr

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:For patients with colorectal liver metastases, resection is the treatment of choice. Careful selection of these patients is crucial in order to reduce the chance of unexpected findings at laparotomy and abandoning further surgical intervention. Here, we evaluate the predictive value of CT and FDG-PET of the ...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Wiering B,Ruers TJ,Krabbe PF,Dekker HM,Oyen WJ

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prognostic value of c-erbB-2 and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression in colorectal liver metastases (CLM) is unclear. The purpose of this study was to clarify the relationship of c-erbB-2 and VEGF with the clinicopathological parameters and the survival results in CLM. METHODS:For 44 pa...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Chen J,Li Q,Wang C,Wu J,Zhao G

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00