Pitfalls of positive findings in staging esophageal cancer with F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The primary objective of this study was to determine the true proportion and optimal surgical approach for individuals undergoing thyroid operation for a suspicion of cancer based on a fine-needle aspiration biopsy diagnosis of a follicular neoplasm (FN). A secondary objective of this study was to determine ...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Wiseman SM,Baliski C,Irvine R,Anderson D,Wilkins G,Filipenko D,Zhang H,Bugis S

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most cytokine-based cancer gene therapy clinical trials have used labor-intensive, retrovirus-mediated strategies resulting in unpredictable gene expression. Recombinant AdV vectors were evaluated for easier, more reproducible gene transfer into 12 human melanoma, 2 murine fibrosarcomas, and 8 other tumor ce...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Toloza EM,Hunt K,Miller AR,McBride W,Lau R,Swisher S,Rhoades K,Arthur J,Choi J,Chen L,Chang P,Chen A,Glaspy J,Economou JS

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary gastrointestinal sarcomas are uncommon, and the clinicopathological determinants of survival remain unclear. In order to correlate clinical presentation, pathological assessment, and treatment with outcome, we have analyzed our institution's recent experience with these tumors. METHODS:Records of ad...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Conlon KC,Casper ES,Brennan MF

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with borderline resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) represent a high-risk group of patients due to tumor or patient-related characteristics. The optimal management of these patients has not been fully defined. MATERIALS AND METHODS:All patients undergoing evaluation for PDA between 20...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Stokes JB,Nolan NJ,Stelow EB,Walters DM,Weiss GR,de Lange EE,Rich TA,Adams RB,Bauer TW

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:To identify melanoma patients at sufficiently low risk of nodal metastases who could avoid sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB), several statistical models have been proposed based upon patient/tumor characteristics, including logistic regression, classification trees, random forests, and support vector machi...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Sabel MS,Rice JD,Griffith KA,Lowe L,Wong SL,Chang AE,Johnson TM,Taylor JM

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The COVID-19 pandemic has posed extraordinary demands from patients, providers, and health care systems. Despite this, surgical oncologists must maintain focus on providing high-quality, empathetic care for the almost 2 million patients nationally who will be diagnosed with operable cancer this year. The foc...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Hwang ES,Balch CM,Balch GC,Feldman SM,Golshan M,Grobmyer SR,Libutti SK,Margenthaler JA,Sasidhar M,Turaga KK,Wong SL,McMasters KM,Tanabe KK

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Persistent or recurrent primary hyperparathyroidism (1 degrees HPTH) is ideally treated with limited dissection, based on accurate localization, to minimize operative risks. To accurately localize parathyroid tissue, we employed ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (US FNA) with an on-site rapid parathyr...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Maser C,Donovan P,Santos F,Donabedian R,Rinder C,Scoutt L,Udelsman R

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Based on review of patient data in case conferences over time, we hypothesized that clinically relevant data are omitted in routine soft tissue sarcoma staging. METHODS:We examined subsets of a prospectively collected single institution soft tissue sarcoma database with respect to criteria of the AJCC versi...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Maki RG,Moraco N,Antonescu CR,Hameed M,Pinkhasik A,Singer S,Brennan MF

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Breast cancers (BCs) diagnosed after a recent pregnancy display features associated with poor prognosis, including hormone receptor negativity, but other tumor markers have not been examined. We sought to define the tumor marker profile of these cancers, including HER-2 and p53 expression, and examine the ti...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Pilewskie M,Gorodinsky P,Fought A,Hansen N,Bethke K,Jeruss J,Scholtens D,Khan SA

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The sentinel lymph node (SLN) is the first lymph node in the regional nodal basin to receive metastatic cells. In-transit nodes are found between the primary melanoma site and regional nodal basins. To date, this is one of the first reports on micrometastasis to in-transit nodes. METHODS:Retrospective datab...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Thelmo MC,Morita ET,Treseler PA,Nguyen LH,Allen RE Jr,Sagebiel RW,Kashani-Sabet M,Leong SP

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Results from randomized trials indicate a 5.4% survival advantage associated with axillary dissection. To gain insight on survival outcomes when less than an axillary dissection is performed, we performed a retrospective analysis to determine survival outcome for node-negative and node-positive breast cancer...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Krag DN,Single RM

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is recommended for intermediate thickness melanoma, but for thick melanoma, guidelines are less definitive about the use of SLNB in this population. We present a study on thick melanoma evaluating for prognostic factors. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The Sentinel Lymph Node Working ...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Han D,Han G,Duque MT,Morrison S,Leong SP,Kashani-Sabet M,Vetto J,White R,Schneebaum S,Pockaj B,Mozzillo N,Sondak VK,Zager JS

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This anatomic study details the lymphatic drainage of the upper extremity (UE) and breast, as well as its course in the axilla and its relation to axillary reverse mapping. Two aspects important for breast cancer surgery were followed: connection between the lymphatics of the UE and breast, and the possible ...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Pavlista D,Eliska O

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The EUropean REgistration of Cancer CAre (EURECCA) consortium aims to investigate differences in treatment and to improve cancer care through Europe. The purpose of this study was to compare neo- and adjuvant chemotherapy (ACT) and outcome after tumor resection for pancreatic adenocarcinoma stage I and II in...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Groen JV,Sibinga Mulder BG,van Eycken E,Valerianova Z,Borras JM,van der Geest LGM,Capretti G,Schlesinger-Raab A,Primic-Zakelj M,Ryzhov A,van de Velde CJH,Bonsing BA,Bastiaannet E,Mieog JSD

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The benefits of hepatic transplantation (HT) compared with hepatic resection (HR) in treating hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients with cirrhosis are controversial. The aim of this study was to compare the results of these therapeutic options. METHODS:The charts of all patients with cirrhosis who unde...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Shabahang M,Franceschi D,Yamashiki N,Reddy R,Pappas PA,Aviles K,Flores S,Chaparro A,Levi JU,Sleeman D,Tzakis AG,Kato T,Levi DM,Livingstone AS

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The influence of distance traveled for treatment on short- and long-term cancer outcomes is unclear. METHODS:Patients with colon, esophageal, liver, and pancreas cancer from 2003 to 2006 were identified from the National Cancer Data Base (NCDB). Distance traveled for surgical treatment was estimated using z...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Wasif N,Chang YH,Pockaj BA,Gray RJ,Mathur A,Etzioni D

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the sentinel lymph node (SLN) hypothesis has been applied to many tissues and organs, liver has remained unstudied. Currently, it is unclear whether hepatic SLNs even exist. If so, they could alter the management of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma and other hepatic malignancies by minimizing the ext...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Wada H,Hyun H,Vargas C,Genega EM,Gravier J,Gioux S,Frangioni JV,Choi HS

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to investigate whether patient satisfaction, as measured by the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey, is associated with short-term outcomes after major cancer surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We first used national Medicare claims to identi...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Kaye DR,Richardson CR,Ye Z,Herrel LA,Ellimoottil C,Miller DC

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Response to chemotherapy and anatomical spread are significant prognostic factors in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) treated by chemotherapy then surgery. Predicting the response to chemotherapy would allow significant optimization of cancer treatment. METHODS:Genomic mutation and pr...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Yamasaki M,Miyata H,Fujiwara Y,Takiguchi S,Nakajima K,Nishida T,Yasuda T,Matsuyama J,Mori M,Doki Y

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Randomized clinical trials (RCTs) can provide a high level of evidence for medical decision making, but it is unclear if the results apply to patients treated outside such trials. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to retrospectively compare outcomes of patients with esophageal cancer treated within and ou...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Toxopeus E,van der Schaaf M,van Lanschot J,Lagergren J,Lagergren P,van der Gaast A,Wijnhoven B

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aimed to evaluate the impact that the release of consensus guidelines for margins in breast-conserving surgery (BCS) had on re-excision rates. METHODS:A retrospective review examined a prospectively maintained database of patients who had operable invasive breast cancer treated with BCS at the au...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Chung A,Gangi A,Amersi F,Bose S,Zhang X,Giuliano A

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The utility of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) for desmoplastic melanoma (DM) is debated. We describe a large single-institution experience with SLNB for DM to determine clinicopathologic factors predictive of SLN metastasis. METHODS:Retrospective review identified 205 patients with DM who underwent SLNB ...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Han D,Zager JS,Yu D,Zhao X,Walls B,Marzban SS,Rao NG,Sondak VK,Messina JL

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Postmastectomy radiation (PMRT) and regional nodal irradiation (RNI) improve outcomes for patients at high risk of locoregional recurrence (LRR). Node-negative patients with the triple-negative (TN) subtype and those who do not have a pCR with neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) are at increased risk for LRR, but...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Crown A,Gonen M,Le T,Morrow M

更新日期：2020-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Because fine-needle aspiration cannot reliably discriminate between benign and malignant follicular thyroid lesions, some surgeons use intraoperative frozen section (FS) to guide operative management. To determine the utility of FS for these lesions, we reviewed our institutional experience. METHODS:Between...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Callcut RA,Selvaggi SM,Mack E,Ozgul O,Warner T,Chen H

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The determination of the incidence and prevalence of rare diseases is important for economists and health-care providers. Pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP) is a rare, slow-growing abdominal cancer that represents a substantial burden on both patients and health-care systems. The incidence rate was previously appr...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Patrick-Brown TDJH,Carr NJ,Swanson DM,Larsen S,Mohamed F,Flatmark K

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Carcinomatosis of colorectal origin is increasingly treated by cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (CS-HIPEC). This procedure commonly involves multivisceral resection (MVR) with potentially high morbidity. We analyzed the effect of MVR on the outcome after CS-HIPEC. METHODS:...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Franko J,Gusani NJ,Holtzman MP,Ahrendt SA,Jones HL,Zeh HJ 3rd,Bartlett DL

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tumor budding is associated with adverse histology and is a predictor of lymph node metastasis. However, it remains unclear whether tumor budding is predictive of a poor prognosis for colon cancer patients. This study sought to investigate the prognostic significance of tumor budding in colon cancer. METHOD...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Oh BY,Park YA,Huh JW,Yun SH,Kim HC,Chun HK,Kim SH,Ha SY,Lee WY,Cho YB

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Detection of cancer micrometastases is required for improvement of cancer therapy. The aim of this study was to establish a rapid and practical genetic assay to detect micrometastasis in gastric cancer and to assess its clinical significance with respect to prognosis. METHODS:A novel RNA amplification syste...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Ishii T,Fujiwara Y,Ohnaka S,Hayashi T,Taniguchi H,Takiguchi S,Yasuda T,Yano M,Monden M

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Robotic surgery is gaining momentum with advantages for minimally invasive management of pancreatic diseases. The objective of this meta-analysis is to compare the clinical and oncologic safety and efficacy of robotic versus open pancreatectomy. METHODS:A systematic review of the literature was performed to...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Zhang J,Wu WM,You L,Zhao YP

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With increasing interest in neuroendocrine tumors (NETs), three staging systems for NETs of the colon and rectum have been published. Their prognostic relevance has not been examined and compared in an independent clinical database. METHODS:From the National Cancer Database (NCDB), 5457 patients diagnosed w...

journal_title：Annals of surgical oncology

authors： Chagpar R,Chiang YJ,Xing Y,Cormier JN,Feig BW,Rashid A,Chang GJ,You YN

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00