Pre-operative chemoradiotherapy with oral tegafur-uracil and leucovorin for rectal cancer.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) has been used for diagnosis and staging of malignant diseases. However, the prognostic significance of FDG uptake on PET had not been sufficiently evaluated in patients with biliary carcinoma. METHODS:We performed a retrospective ...

journal_title：Journal of surgical oncology

authors： Furukawa H,Ikuma H,Asakura K,Uesaka K

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are a number of retroperitoneal pathologies that may be confused with adrenal tumors. It is important to suspect and recognize these conditions as their management and work up might be different than adrenal tumors. This review will go in to the differential diagnosis and unique features of these conditions. A m...

journal_title：Journal of surgical oncology

authors： Taskin HE,Berber E

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Several studies report the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) after total gastrectomy in short term but long-term results have been less published. METHODS:One hundred and seventy two patients underwent total gastrectomy between years 1987-1999 for gastric carcinoma. In 2005, 30% of them ...

journal_title：Journal of surgical oncology

authors： Tyrväinen T,Sand J,Sintonen H,Nordback I

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Local recurrence rates after either low anterior resection or abdominoperineal resection were compared in 109 patients undergoing curative surgery for adenocarcinoma of the rectum between 1979 and 1984. Follow-up information was available for 99 patients (91%). The overall recurrence rate was 19%; ten recurrences (26....

journal_title：Journal of surgical oncology

authors： Vlasak JW,Wagner D,Passaro E Jr,Wilson SE

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant transformation in cells is accompanied by enzymatic changes that may be useful markers of malignancy. Studies of oncofetal antigens in gastric juice show an increased concentration in patients with gastric carcinoma. The object of the present study was to test if the concentration of lysosomal enzymes and ca...

journal_title：Journal of surgical oncology

authors： Graffner H,Hultberg B

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) from colorectal origin may undergo cytoreductive surgery (CRS) with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) as a curative approach. One major prognostic factor that affects survival is completeness of cytoreduction. Molecular Fluorescence Guided Surgery (MFGS) is ...

journal_title：Journal of surgical oncology

authors： Hentzen JEKR,de Jongh SJ,Hemmer PHJ,van der Plas WY,van Dam GM,Kruijff S

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare case of metastatic malignant melanoma of unknown primary origin in a 49-year-old woman is reported. The swelling, localized in the right inguinal region, was partially immovable and associated with progressively increasing pain. Initial diagnosis was set by needle aspiration cytology and was confirmed postopera...

journal_title：Journal of surgical oncology

authors： Eftichiadou C,Vartholomeos A,Salem N,Destouni E,Apostolidis P

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Delphian node (DN) refers to the pre-laryngeal or pre-cricoid nodal tissue often identified during laryngeal or thyroid surgery. The original nomenclature is based on the assumption that metastasis to this node was predictive of aggressive disease and poor outcome for patients. In this article, we review the existing ...

journal_title：Journal of surgical oncology

authors： Iyer NG,Shaha AR,Ferlito A,Thomas Robbins K,Medina JE,Silver CE,Rinaldo A,Takes RP,Suárez C,Rodrigo JP,Bradley PJ,Werner JA

更新日期：2010-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenocarcinomas of the trachea are rare but important because the only reported treatment in the past (radiation) has resulted in uniformly poor results. The authors recently had the opportunity to treat a young woman with a mucin-producing adenocarcinoma of the trachea. A sleeve resection of the involved trachea with...

journal_title：Journal of surgical oncology

authors： Reed DN Jr,Hassan AA,Wilson RF

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Breast conservative surgery (BCS) and sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) after neoadjuvant treatment (NAT) is safe and effective for selected patients. This aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of anatomic site of response on outcomes and to assess the real population who may benefit from nonsurgical...

journal_title：Journal of surgical oncology

authors： Esgueva A,Siso C,Espinosa-Bravo M,Sobrido C,Miranda I,Salazar JP,Rubio IT

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:We assessed the optimal extent of lymph node dissection and the effect of splenectomy in patients with proximal gastric cancer. METHOD:Recurrence and survival rates were compared between 881 patients with proximal gastric cancer who underwent modified radical lymphadenectomy and 3,098 patient...

journal_title：Journal of surgical oncology

authors： Cheong O,Kim BS,Yook JH,Oh ST,Park YK,Ryu SY

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-GIST soft tissue sarcomas are a heterogeneous grouping of mesenchymal tumors that comprise less than 1% of adult malignancies. Treatment continues to be based on cytotoxic chemotherapy regimens. However, characterization of the molecular pathway deregulations that drive these tumors has led to the emergence of mor...

journal_title：Journal of surgical oncology

authors： Sborov D,Chen JL

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We investigate the neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) as a potential prognostic factor for patients undergoing curative liver resection for colorectal liver metastasis (CRLM). METHODS:We identified patients who underwent liver resection, via our prospectively accumulated surgical database at the Royal Mars...

journal_title：Journal of surgical oncology

authors： Giakoustidis A,Neofytou K,Khan AZ,Mudan S

更新日期：2015-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Most solid tumors have now been reported to contain stem cell-like cells called cancer stem cells (CSCs). These cells are endowed with high tumorigenic capacity and may be the cells that drive tumor formation, maintain tumor homeostasis, and mediate tumor metastasis. Since these self-renewing cancer cells may be the s...

journal_title：Journal of surgical oncology

authors： Li H,Tang DG

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Skip metastasis to mediastinal lymph nodes is a well-known phenomenon in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Little is reported in the literature about its clinical importance. It is still under discussion whether any prognostic differences exist between resected NSCLC with either skip metastases or continuo...

journal_title：Journal of surgical oncology

authors： Prenzel KL,Mönig SP,Sinning JM,Baldus SE,Gutschow CA,Grass G,Schneider PM,Hölscher AH

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Somatostatin analog functional imaging with gallium-68 (Ga-68) dotatate positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) has demonstrated superiority in lesion detection in patients with neuroendocrine tumors (NETs). The clinical impact of this imaging modality on US surgical and medical oncology pr...

journal_title：Journal of surgical oncology

authors： Crown A,Rocha FG,Raghu P,Lin B,Funk G,Alseidi A,Hubka M,Rosales J,Lee M,Kennecke H

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:HER family is an attractive target for the treatment of esophageal cancer. The clinical relevance of HER-4 has not been yet characterized. METHODS:The expression of HER-4 was immunohistochemically examined in 61 surgically resected esophageal squamous cell carcinomas (ESCC), and the prognostic significance ...

journal_title：Journal of surgical oncology

authors： Xu S,Kitayama J,Yamashita H,Souma D,Nagawa H

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are the most common mesenchymal neoplasm arising in the stomach. These tumors were previously classified as smooth muscle tumors, but in recent years it has become clear that they are clinically, pathologically, and molecularly distinct from other tumors and are much more common...

journal_title：Journal of surgical oncology

authors： Heinrich MC,Corless CL

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-six patients with esophageal carcinoma at stage pT4 underwent esophagectomy with lymph node dissection leaving part of the tumor in adjacent organs. Several plastic catheters were fixed to the tumor bed and led to the outside of the thorax for postoperative brachytherapy. Using these catheters, the patients und...

journal_title：Journal of surgical oncology

authors： Kato H,Kagami Y,Tachimori Y,Watanabe H,Ikeda H

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:The objectives of this study were to investigate the role of growth factors and matrix metalloproteinases in the brain metastasis. METHODS:Tumors from 40 patients with brain metastasis (30 lung cancer, 10 breast cancer) were studied to investigate the expression-patterns of EGFR, MT1-MMP, MMP...

journal_title：Journal of surgical oncology

authors： Yoshida S,Takahashi H

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical observations showed that the natural history of sarcomatous lesions may be different among males and females, and it may be influenced by hormonal factors. Estrogen receptors (ER) were measured on biopsy specimens of melanoma (two patients), soft-tissue sarcoma (four patients), cystosarcoma phylloides (five p...

journal_title：Journal of surgical oncology

authors： Lee YT,Markland FS

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the efficacy of preoperative ultrasound (US) scanning in identifying lymph node metastasis before sentinel node biopsy (SNB), we conducted a prospective study on 125 patients with primary cutaneous melanoma (CM). METHODS:We prospectively enrolled 125 patients with >1 mm thick CM a...

journal_title：Journal of surgical oncology

authors： Rossi CR,Mocellin S,Scagnet B,Foletto M,Vecchiato A,Pilati P,Tregnaghi A,Zavagno G,Stramare R,Rubaltelli L,Montesco C,Borsato S,Rubello D,Lise M

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small, noncoding RNAs that are involved in carcinogenesis through postranscriptional gene regulatory activity. Few studies have focused on the detection of miR-21 in serum rather than in tissue. The current study aimed to measure serum miR-21 expression levels and to eva...

journal_title：Journal of surgical oncology

authors： Menéndez P,Padilla D,Villarejo P,Palomino T,Nieto P,Menéndez JM,Rodríguez-Montes JA

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) can offer long-term survival to patients with resectable peritoneal metastasis (PM) from colorectal cancer (CRC), a condition with otherwise dismal prognosis. This study describes short- and long-term outcome in ...

journal_title：Journal of surgical oncology

authors： Frøysnes IS,Larsen SG,Spasojevic M,Dueland S,Flatmark K

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 239 determinations of CEA plasma levels were performed for 83 breast cancer patients during chemotherapy or follow-up. In addition, 137 plasma samples were assayed for interferon levels. Patient clinical status was carefully scored according to objective criteria and recorded at each evaluation. Liver funct...

journal_title：Journal of surgical oncology

authors： Horn Y,Hacohen D,Zeidman JL,Walach N,Sharf S,Heller A,Salzberg S

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Open extended cholecystectomy (O-EC) has long been the recommended treatment for resectable gallbladder cancer (GBC), while the minimally-invasive approach for EC (MIS-EC) remains controversial. Our aim was to analyze overall survival of GBC patients treated with MIS-EC vs O-EC at the national level. METHOD...

journal_title：Journal of surgical oncology

authors： AlMasri S,Nassour I,Tohme S,Adam MA,Hoehn RS,Bartlett DL,Lee KK,Zureikat AH,Paniccia A

更新日期：2020-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-five consecutive patients underwent en bloc resection of cardia cancer without thoracotomy. All tumors were adenocarcinoma. The operative procedure involved wide resection of the peri-hiatal diaphragm, dissection of the upper abdominal and lower mediastinal lymph nodes, and resection of the stomach including a ...

journal_title：Journal of surgical oncology

authors： Tanigawa N,Shimomatsuya T,Horiuchi T,Masuda Y,Ihaya A,Chiba Y,Muraoka R

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:To determine whether thyroid carcinoma in elderly patients presents any peculiar characteristics, whether the greater biological aggressiveness of the neoplasm modifies the surgical treatment selected, and whether age greater than 70 years represents an independent prognostic factor. METHODS:...

journal_title：Journal of surgical oncology

authors： Falvo L,Catania A,Sorrenti S,D'Andrea V,Berni A,De Stefano M,De Antoni E

更新日期：2004-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A tracheobronchial injury is an uncommon complication of an esophagectomy. Differences in outcomes may exist for patients with injuries detected intraoperatively and postoperatively. METHODS:A retrospective review was performed for patients who underwent an esophagectomy for cancer at Jackson Memorial Hospi...

journal_title：Journal of surgical oncology

authors： Koshenkov VP,Yakoub D,Livingstone AS,Franceschi D

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary modality of treatment for a localized soft tissue sarcoma is surgical resection. Adjuvant or neoadjuvant radiation helps reduce the rate of local recurrence. The rate of limb preserving resection is 94% in our series. Local recurrence can be re-excised in 95% of the patients, with limb preservation in 90%....

journal_title：Journal of surgical oncology

authors： Karakousis CP

更新日期：2010-06-15 00:00:00