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World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Ausgabe 1/2012

Inhalt (280 Artikel)

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Short-term clinicopathological outcome of neoadjuvant chemohormonal therapy comprising complete androgen blockade, followed by treatment with docetaxel and estramustine phosphate before radical prostatectomy in Japanese patients with high-risk localized prostate cancer

Shintaro Narita, Norihiko Tsuchiya, Teruaki Kumazawa, Shinya Maita, Kazuyuki Numakura, Takashi Obara, Hiroshi Tsuruta, Mitsuru Saito, Takamitsu Inoue, Yohei Horikawa, Shigeru Satoh, Hiroshi Nanjyo, Tomonori Habuchi

Open Access Case report

Intraparenchymal papillary meningioma of brainstem: case report and literature review

Xiao-Bing Jiang, Chao Ke, Zhi-An Han, Shao-Hua Lin, Yong-Gao Mou, Rong-Zhen Luo, Shao-Xiong Wu, Zhong-Ping Chen

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RNAa-mediated overexpression of WT1 induces apoptosis in HepG2 cells

Qi Qin, Yi-Wei Lin, Xiang-Yi Zheng, Hong Chen, Qi-Qi Mao, Kai Yang, Shou-Jiang Huang, Zheng-Yan Zhao

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Complications as indicators of quality assurance after 401 consecutive colorectal cancer resections: the importance of surgeon volume in developing colorectal cancer units in India

Guruprasad S Shetty, Yashodhan D Bodhankar, Sachin Ingle, Rohan G Thakkar, Mahesh Goel, Parul J Shukla, Shailesh V Shrikhande

Open Access Case report

Simultaneous development of adenocarcinoma and gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) in the stomach: case report

Daigo Yamamoto, Yoshinori Hamada, Yu Tsubota, Katsuhiro Kawakami, Chizuko Yamamoto, Mitsuo Yamamoto

Open Access Case report

Myoid hamartoma of the breast that proved difficult to diagnose: a case report

Naruhiko Mizuta, Koichi Sakaguchi, Mitsuhiko Mizuta, Aya Imai, Katsuhiko Nakatsukasa, Midori Morita, Mari Soshi, Mariko Goto, Satoru Yasukawa, Eiichi Konishi, Tetsuya Taguchi

Open Access Case report

Surgical treatment for thyrotoxic hypokalemic periodic paralysis: case report

Yi-Chu Lin, Che-Wei Wu, Hui-Chun Chen, Hsiu-Ya Chen, I-Cheng Lu, Cheng-Jing Tsai, Wen-Rei Kuo, Feng-Yu Chiang

Open Access Technical innovations

Anatomical liver segmentectomy 2 for combined hepatocellular carcinoma and cholangiocarcinoma with tumor thrombus in segment 2 portal branch

Hiromichi Ishii, Takuma Kobayashi, Michihiro Kudou, Masumi Nishimura, Atsushi Toma, Kenji Nakamura, Takeshi Mazaki, Tsuyoshi Itoh

Open Access Research

Lack of EGFR mutations benefiting gefitinib treatment in adenocarcinoma of esophagogastric junction

Wen-Ping Wang, Kang-Ning Wang, Qiang Gao, Long-Qi Chen

Open Access Case report

Lung adenocarcinoma with peculiar growth to the pulmonary artery and thrombus formation: report of a case

Taichiro Goto, Arafumi Maeshima, Ryoichi Kato

Open Access Case report

Primary mediastinal atypical meningioma: Report of a case and literature review

Akira Mogi, Junko Hirato, Takayuki Kosaka, Ei Yamaki, Hiroyuki Kuwano

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Histological features of the gastric mucosa in children with primary bile reflux gastritis

Yanyi Zhang, Xi Yang, Weizhong Gu, Xiaoli Shu, Ting Zhang, Mizu Jiang

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In vitro and in vivo double-enhanced suicide gene therapy mediated by generation 5 polyamidoamine dendrimers for PC-3 cell line

Yue Chen, Gang Wang, Deling Kong, Zhihong Zhang, Kuo Yang, Ranlu Liu, Weiming Zhao, Yong Xu

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The prognostic factors of resected non-small cell lung cancer with chest wall invasion

Chang Young Lee, Chun Sung Byun, Jin Gu Lee, Dae Joon Kim, Byoung Chul Cho, Kyung Young Chung, In Kyu Park

Open Access Case report

Isolated granulocytic sarcoma of the pancreas: A tricky diagnostic for primary pancreatic extramedullary acute myeloid leukemia

Mathieu Messager, David Amielh, Caroline Chevallier, Christophe Mariette

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A survey of the educational environment for oncologists as perceived by surgical oncology professionals in India

Chandrakanth Are, Madhuri Are, Hemanth Raj, Vijayakumar Manavalan, Lois Colburn, Hugh Stoddard

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The clinical significance of incidental intra-abdominal findings on positron emission tomography performed to investigate pulmonary nodules

Richdeep S Gill, Troy Perry, Jonathan T Abele, Eric LR Bédard, Daniel Schiller

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Acute small bowel obstruction: a rare initial presentation for the metastasis of the large-cell carcinoma of the lung

Yongmao Song, Modan Li, Jianzhen Shan, Xiaoxian Ye, Shangyi Tang, Xuefeng Fang, Kefeng Ding, Ying Yuan

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Pattern of distant recurrence according to the molecular subtypes in Korean women with breast cancer

Hyung Seok Park, Shinhyuk Kim, Kiho Kim, Ho Yoo, Byung Joo Chae, Ja Seong Bae, Byung Joo Song, Sang Seol Jung

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High-pressure intrapleural chemotherapy: feasibility in the pig model

Olivier Facy, Pierre-Benoit Pages, Pablo Ortega-Deballon, Guy Magnin, Sylvain Ladoire, Bernard Royer, Bruno Chauffert, Alain Bernard

Open Access Technical innovations

A method of gastric conduit elevation via the posterior mediastinal pathway in thoracoscopic subtotal esophagectomy

Noriyuki Hirahara, Tetsu Yamamoto, Tsuneo Tanaka

Open Access Case report

Liver angiosarcoma, a rare liver malignancy, presented with intraabdominal bleeding due to rupture- a case report

Chin-Ying Chien, Cheng-cheng Hwang, Chun-nan Yeh, Huang-yang Chen, Jui-Teng Wu, Siu-Cheung Chan, Chih-Lang Lin, Cho-li Yen, Wen-yen Wang, Kun-Chun Chiang

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Clinicopathologic study of E-cadherin/beta-catenin complex, and topoisomerase-II in a series of 71 liposarcoma cases

Pinelopi Gogou, Emilios Pakos, Anna Batistatou, Ioannis Panelos, Evangelos Briasoulis, Dimitrios Stefanou, Nikoforos Apostolikas, Periclis Tsekeris

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Intraluminal migration of a spacer with small bowel obstruction: a case report of rare complication

Takayuki Ogino, Mitsugu Sekimoto, Junichi Nishimura, Ichiro Takemasa, Tsunekazu Mizushima, Masataka Ikeda, Hirofumi Yamamoto, Yuichiro Doki, Masaki Mori

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Marjolin's ulcers at a university teaching hospital in Northwestern Tanzania: a retrospective review of 56 cases

Phillipo L Chalya, Joseph B Mabula, Peter Rambau, Mabula D Mchembe, Kahima J Kahima, Alphonce B Chandika, Geofrey Giiti, Nestory Masalu, Robert Ssentongo, Japhet M Gilyoma

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Isolated splenic metastasis from lung squamous cell carcinoma

Andre R Dias, Rodrigo A Pinto, Juliana N Ravanini, Renato M Lupinacci, Ivan Cecconello, Ulysses Ribeiro Jr

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Laparoscopic versus open colectomy for colon cancer in an older population: a cohort study

Linda C Cummings, Conor P Delaney, Gregory S Cooper

Open Access Case report

Traumatic neuroma in a patient with breast cancer after mastectomy: a case report and review of the literature

Quan Li, Er-li Gao, Yin-long Yang, Hong-ye Hu, Xiao-qu Hu

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Solid variant of aneurysmal bone cyst in the tibia treated with simple curettage without bone graft: a case report

Rumi Takechi, Takashi Yanagawa, Tetsuya Shinozaki, Toshio Fukuda, Kenji Takagishi

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Primary small cell carcinoma of the pancreas: rare type of pancreatic cancer and review of the literatures

Dansong Wang, Yefei Rong, Wenchuan Wu, Dayong Jin

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Primary clear cell adenocarcinoma of the bladder with recurrence: a case report and literature review

Ji Lu, Zhihui Xu, Fengming Jiang, Yan Wang, Yuchuan Hou, Chunxi Wang, Qihui Chen

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Results after multivisceral resections of locally advanced colorectal cancers: an analysis on clinical and pathological t4 tumors

Cem Gezen, Metin Kement, Yunus E Altuntas, Nuri Okkabaz, Mesut Seker, Selahattin Vural, Mahmut Gumus, Mustafa Oncel

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Surgical approach to multifocal hepatocellular carcinoma with portal vein thrombosis and arterioportal shunt leading to portal hypertension and bleeding: a case report

Francesca Ratti, Federica Cipriani, Michele Paganelli, Gianfranco Ferla, Luca AM Aldrighetti

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High serum alkaline phosphatase cooperating with MMP-9 predicts metastasis and poor prognosis in patients with primary osteosarcoma in Southern China

Ju Han, Bicheng Yong, Canqiao Luo, Pingxian Tan, Tingsheng Peng, Jingnan Shen

Open Access Case report

Total humerus replacement for osteosarcoma with proximal part of humerus: a case report

Yukihiro Yoshida, Yasuaki Tokuhashi

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Prognostic criteria in patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors: a single center experience retrospective analysis

Naoki Tanimine, Kazuaki Tanabe, Takahisa Suzuki, Noriaki Tokumoto, Hideki Ohdan

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A pathological fracture and a solitary mass in the right clavicle: an unusual first presentation of HCC and the role of immunohistochemistry

Eleftherios I Mantonakis, Theodora S Margariti, Athanasios S Petrou, Anastasios C Stofas, Andreas C Lazaris, Alexandros E Papalampros, Demetrios N Moris, Panagiotis O Michail

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Cyclin D1 overexpression and poor clinical outcomes in Taiwanese oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma

Shiang-Fu Huang, Sou-De Cheng, Wen-Yu Chuang, I-How Chen, Chun-Ta Liao, Hung-Ming Wang, Ling-Ling Hsieh

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Relationships between serum HER2 ECD, TIMP-1 and clinical outcomes in Taiwanese breast cancer

Hsiu-Pei Tsai, Shin-Cheh Chen, Huei-Tzu Chien, Yi-Yin Jan, Tzu-Chieh Chao, Miin-Fu Chen, Ling-Ling Hsieh

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Pathological impairments induced by interstitial implantation of 125I Seeds in spinal canal of banna mini-pigs

Zuozhang Yang, Yongqing Xu, Dakuan Yang, Hongpu Sun, Ruilian Zhao, Jin Zhang, Xiaoxue Wang, Hua Jiang, Lie Xu, Jinlei Zhang

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Does partial expander deflation exacerbate the adverse effects of radiotherapy in two-stage breast reconstruction?

Burcu Celet Ozden, Erdem Guven, Isik Aslay, Gonul Kemikler, Vakur Olgac, Merva Soluk Tekkesin, Bengul Serarslan, Burcak Tumerdem Ulug, Aylin Bilgin Karabulut, Atilla Arinci, Ufuk Emekli

Open Access Case report

Serous cystadenocarcinoma of the pancreas: report of a case and management reflections

K Bramis, A Petrou, A Papalambros, A Manzelli, E Mantonakis, N Brennan, E Felekouras

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Overdiagnosis of a typical carcinoid tumor as an adenocarcinoma of the lung: a case report and review of the literature

Ilhan Demirci, Susanne Herold, Andreas Kopp, Michael Flaßhove, Bernd Klosterhalfen, Hermann Janßen

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ERK/pERK expression and B-raf mutations in colon adenocarcinomas: correlation with clinicopathological characteristics

Georgia Levidou, Angelica A Saetta, Fanie Gigelou, Maria Karlou, Polyanthi Papanastasiou, Angeliki Stamatelli, Nikolaos Kavantzas, Nikolaos V Michalopoulos, George Agrogiannis, Efstratios Patsouris, Penelope Korkolopoulou

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Osteoblastoma of the rib with CT and MR imaging: a case report and literature review

Jing Ye, Liqing Liu, Jingtao Wu, Shouan Wang

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Video-thoracoscopic enucleation of esophageal leiomyoma

Shi-Ping Luh, Sheng-Mou Hou, Chien-Chung Fang, Chi-Yi Chen

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Malignant paraganglioma of the mesentery: a case report and review of literature

Michael Chetrit, Pierre Dubé, Virginie Royal, Guy Leblanc, Lucas Sideris

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Significance of EpCAM and TROP2 expression in non-small cell lung cancer

Min Gyoung Pak, Dong Hoon Shin, Chang Hun Lee, Min Ki Lee

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Small bowel involvement is a prognostic factor in colorectal carcinomatosis treated with complete cytoreductive surgery plus hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy

Emmanuel I Benizri, Jean-Louis Bernard, Amine Rahili, Daniel Benchimol, Jean-Marc Bereder

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A comparative analysis of toluidine blue with frozen section in oral squamous cell carcinoma

Montasir Junaid, Moaz M Choudhary, Zain A Sobani, Ghulam Murtaza, Sadaf Qadeer, Naeem S Ali, Mumtaz J Khan, Anwar Suhail

Open Access Technical innovations

Single-port laparoscopic colectomy versus conventional laparoscopic colectomy for colon cancer: a comparison of surgical results

Hiroyuki Egi, Minoru Hattori, Takao Hinoi, Yuji Takakura, Yasuo Kawaguchi, Manabu Shimomura, Masakazu Tokunaga, Tomohiro Adachi, Takashi Urushihara, Toshiyuki Itamoto, Hideki Ohdan

Open Access Case report

Adenocarcinoma arising in a cystic duplication of the small bowel: case report and review of literature

Gregor Blank, Alfred Königsrainer, Bence Sipos, Ruth Ladurner

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Factors predictive of papillary thyroid micro-carcinoma with bilateral involvement and central lymph node metastasis: a retrospective study

Yi-Li Zhou, Er-li Gao, Wei Zhang, Han Yang, Gui-Long Guo, Xiao-Hua Zhang, Ou-Chen Wang

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Extragonadal mixed germ cell tumor of the right arm: description of the first case in the literature

Hicham Ait Benali, lssam Lalya, Mohamed Allaoui, Aniss Benmansour, Basma Elkhanoussi, Samir Benjelloun, Noureddine Benjaafar, Mourad Elyaacoubi

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Sorafenib for hepatocellular carcinoma patients beyond Milan criteria after orthotopic liver transplantation: a case control study

Chieh-Lin Teng, Wen-Li Hwang, Yi-Ju Chen, Kuang-Hsi Chang, Shao-Bin Cheng

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Three uncommon adrenal incidentalomas: a 13-year surgical pathology review

Rani Kanthan, Jenna-Lynn Senger, Selliah Kanthan

Open Access Case report

A long-term survival case of adult undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma of liver

Keita Noguchi, Hideki Yokoo, Kazuaki Nakanishi, Tatsuhiko Kakisaka, Yosuke Tsuruga, Hirofumi Kamachi, Michiaki Matsushita, Toshiya Kamiyama

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Surgical site infections following colorectal cancer surgery: a randomized prospective trial comparing common and advanced antimicrobial dressing containing ionic silver

Roberto Biffi, Luca Fattori, Emilio Bertani, Davide Radice, Nicole Rotmensz, Pasquale Misitano, Sabine Cenciarelli, Antonio Chiappa, Liliana Tadini, Marina Mancini, Giovanni Pesenti, Bruno Andreoni, Angelo Nespoli

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Magnetic nanoparticles sensitize MCF-7 breast cancer cells to doxorubicin-induced apoptosis

Khaled Aljarrah, Nizar M Mhaidat, M-Ali H Al-Akhras, Ahmad N Aldaher, BA Albiss, Khaled Aledealat, Fawzi M Alsheyab

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Prognostic significance of tumor markers in T4a gastric cancer

Xiaowen Liu, Hong Cai, Yanong Wang

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The impact of routine open nonsuction drainage on fluid accumulation after thyroid surgery: a prospective randomised clinical trial

Peter M Neary, Owen J O’Connor, Azher Shafiq, Edel M Quinn, Justin J Kelly, Buckley Juliette, Ronan A Cahill, Josephine Barry, Henry P Redmond

Open Access Case report

Persistent increase in alpha-fetoprotein level in a patient without underlying liver disease who underwent curative resection of hepatocellular carcinoma. A case report and review of the literature

Isidoro Di Carlo, Maurizio Mannino, Adriana Toro, Annalisa Ardiri, Antonio Galia, Giovanni Cappello, Gaetano Bertino

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CT-guided percutaneous microwave ablation of pulmonary malignancies: Results in 69 cases

Qiang Lu, Wei Cao, Lijun Huang, Yi Wan, Tonggang Liu, Qingshu Cheng, Yong Han, Xiaofei Li

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A novel sialyl LeX expression score as a potential prognostic tool in colorectal cancer

Leif Schiffmann, Fabian Schwarz, Michael Linnebacher, Friedrich Prall, Jens Pahnke, Helga Krentz, Brigitte Vollmar, Ernst Klar

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Limb salvage in osteosarcoma using autoclaved tumor-bearing bone

Kok Long Pan, Wai Hoong Chan, Gek Bee Ong, Shanmugam Premsenthil, Mohammad Zulkarnaen, Dayangku Norlida, Zainal Abidin

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Analysis of the risk factors for early death due to disease recurrence or progression within 1 year after hepatectomy in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

Toshiya Kamiyama, Kazuaki Nakanishi, Hideki Yokoo, Hirofumi Kamachi, Munenori Tahara, Tatsuhiko Kakisaka, Yosuke Tsuruga, Satoru Todo, Akinobu Taketomi

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The clinicopathological features of colorectal mucinous adenocarcinoma and a therapeutic strategy for the disease

Masakatsu Numata, Manabu Shiozawa, Takuo Watanabe, Hiroshi Tamagawa, Naoto Yamamoto, Soichiro Morinaga, Kazuteru Watanabe, Teni Godai, Takashi Oshima, Shoichi Fujii, Chikara Kunisaki, Yasushi Rino, Munetaka Masuda, Makoto Akaike

Open Access Case report

Using polypropylene mesh graft for soft-tissue reconstruction in internal hemipelvectomy: a case report

Apichat Asavamongkolkul, Saranatra Waikakul

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Impact of middle and lower jugular neck dissection on supraclavicular lymph node metastasis from endometrial carcinoma

Masataka Kojima, Junkichi Yokoyama, Shin Ito, Shinichi Ohba, Mitsuhisa Fujimaki, Katsuhisa Ikeda

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Minimally invasive liver resection to obtain tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes for adoptive cell therapy in patients with metastatic melanoma

Melissa M Alvarez-Downing, Suzanne M Inchauste, Mark E Dudley, Donald E White, John R Wunderlich, Steven A Rosenberg, Udai S Kammula

Open Access Case report

Malignant triton tumor of the retroperitoneum: a case report and review of the literature

Zhiwei Li, Jie Xiang, Sheng Yan, Feng Gao, Shusen Zheng

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Ocular melanoma in a patient successfully treated for diffuse malignant peritoneal mesothelioma: a case report

Sara Langlais, Juan Pablo Velazquez-Martin, Pierre Dubé, Ernest Rand Simpson, Guy Leblanc, Lucas Sideris

Open Access Research

Feasibility of purely laparoscopic resection of locally advanced rectal cancer in obese patients

Tolutope Oyasiji, Keith Baldwin, Steven C Katz, N Joseph Espat, Ponnandai Somasundar

Open Access Technical innovations

Total thyroidectomy with ultrasonic dissector for cancer: multicentric experience

Roberto Cirocchi, Carlo Boselli, Salvatore Guarino, Alessandro Sanguinetti, Stefano Trastulli, Jacopo Desiderio, Alberto Santoro, Fabio Rondelli, Giovanni Conzo, Domenico Parmeggiani, Giuseppe Noya, Giorgio De Toma, Nicola Avenia

Open Access Case report

Case report: lymphoepithelial-like carcinoma of the lung-a chronic disease?

Joelle FS Wong, Melissa CC Teo

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Precursor B-cell lymphoblastic leukemia of the arm mimicking neurogenic tumor: case report

Xiu-fang Sui, Wei-yong Liu, Wen Guo, Fang Xiao, Xing Yu

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Problems of primary T-cell lymphoma of the thyroid gland -A case report

Junkichi Yokoyama, Shin Ito, Shinichi Ohba, Mitsuhisa Fujimaki, Eriko Sato, Norio Komatsu, Katsuhisa Ikeda, Makoto Hanaguri

Open Access Case report

Continued twitching of the latissimus dorsi miniflap after breast conservation therapy: a case report

Du-Ping Huang, Xiao-He Ye, You-qun Xiang, Xiao-Hua Zhang

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Lymph-node ratio is an independent prognostic factor in patients with stage III colorectal cancer: a retrospective study from the Middle East

Elias Elias, Deborah Mukherji, Walid Faraj, Mohammad Khalife, Hani Dimassi, Mohamad Eloubeidi, Hasan Hattoum, Ghassan K Abou-Alfa, Ahmad Saleh, Ali Shamseddine

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BRAFV600E status and clinical characteristics in solitary and multiple papillary thyroid carcinoma: experience of 512 cases at a clinical center in China

Xiangqian Zheng, Tingting Xia, Lin Lin, Songyuan Gao, Yigong Lee, Yang Yu, Songfeng Wei, Ming Gao

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Surgery after treatment with imatinib and/or sunitinib in patients with metastasized gastrointestinal stromal tumors: is it worthwhile?

Ronald Tielen, Cornelis Verhoef, Frits van Coevorden, Hans Gelderblom, Stefan Sleijfer, Henk H Hartgrink, Johannes J Bonenkamp, Winette T van der Graaf, Johannes H W de Wilt

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Expression levels of HMGA2 and CD9 and its clinicopathological significances in the benign and malignant lesions of the gallbladder

Qiong Zou, Li Xiong, Zhulin Yang, Fang Lv, Leping Yang, Xiongying Miao

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Upregulated expression of Annexin II is a prognostic marker for patients with gastric cancer

Qi Zhang, Zaiyuan Ye, Qiong Yang, Xujun He, Huiju Wang, Zhongsheng Zhao

Open Access Case report

Primary lung cancer presenting with metastasis to the colon: a case report

Hiroshi Sakai, Hiroyuki Egi, Takao Hinoi, Masakazu Tokunaga, Yasuo Kawaguchi, Manabu Shinomura, Tomohiro Adachi, Koji Arihiro, Hideki Ohdan

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FDG PET/CT and MR imaging of intramuscular myxoma in the gluteus maximus

Jun Nishio, Masatoshi Naito

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Primary meningeal melanocytoma of the anterior cranial fossa: a case report and review of the literature

Bowen Lin, Hongfa Yang, Limei Qu, Ye Li, Jinlu Yu

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Xanthogranulomatous inflammation involving latissimus dorsi donor site and implant breast reconstruction: case report and literature review

Tasadooq Hussain, Bilal Elahi, Ervine Long, Tapan Mahapatra, Penelope L McManus, Peter J Kneeshaw

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A case of metastatic leptomeningeal carcinomatosis from early gastric carcinoma

Kwang-Kuk Park, Song-I Yang, Kyung-Won Seo, Young-Ok Kim, Ki-Young Yoon

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Clinical significance of clusterin expression in pancreatic adenocarcinoma

Junshuo Jin, Joon-Mee Kim, Yoon-Seok Hur, Won Pyo Cho, Keon-Young Lee, Seung-Ik Ahn, Kee Chun Hong, In-Sun Park

Open Access Case report

Cutaneous leiomyosarcoma arising in a smallpox scar

Robert A Pol, Hilde Dannenberg, Jan-Lukas Robertus, Robert J van Ginkel

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Nonerosive gastroesophageal reflux disease and mild degree of esophagitis: Comparison of symptoms endoscopic, manometric and pH-metric patterns

Michele Grande, Pierpaolo Sileri, Grazia Maria Attinà, Elisabetta De Luca, Paolo Ciano, Carolina Ilaria Ciangola, Federica Cadeddu

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Percutaneous microwave coagulation for eradication of VX2 tumors subcutaneously in rabbits

Wenbin Zhou, Qiang Ding, Xiaoan Liu, Yanni Jiang, Ling Chen, Yifen Zhang, Tiansong Xia, Shui Wang

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A complete response to S-1 plus cis-diamminedichloroplatinum in advanced-stage esophageal and gastric adenocarcinoma: a case report

Yoritaka Matsuno, Mitsugu Kochi, Masashi Fujii, Noriaki Kanamori, Teruo Kaiga, Yoshiaki Mihara, Tomoya Funada, Teruyuki Miyazaki, Tadatoshi Takayama

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Outcome analysis of breast cancer patients who declined evidence-based treatment

Kurian Joseph, Sebastian Vrouwe, Anmmd Kamruzzaman, Ali Balbaid, David Fenton, Richard Berendt, Edward Yu, Patricia Tai

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Breast cancer metastatic to the pituitary gland: a case report

Gian Paolo Spinelli, Giuseppe Lo Russo, Evelina Miele, Natalie Prinzi, Federica Tomao, Manila Antonelli, Felice Giangaspero, Valeria Stati, Martina Strudel, Silverio Tomao

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Up-regulated oncoprotein P28GANK correlates with proliferation and poor prognosis of human glioma

Yang Yang, Chunli Zhang, Li Li, Yusong Gao, Xinming Luo, Yadong Zhang, Weiping Liu, Zhou Fei

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Half forehead reconstruction with a single rotational scalp flap for dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans treatment

Stefano Mori, Gianluca Di Monta, Ugo Marone, Maria Grazia Chiofalo, Corrado Caracò

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Struma ovarii with follicular thyroid-type carcinoma and neuroendocrine component: case report

Federico Selvaggi, Domenico Risio, Mathew Waku, Daniela Simo, Domenico Angelucci, Alberto D’Aulerio, Roberto Cotellese, Paolo Innocenti

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Tumor-derived hepatocyte growth factor is associated with poor prognosis of patients with glioma and influences the chemosensitivity of glioma cell line to cisplatin in vitro

You-feng Guo, Xiao-bing Wang, Xiao-ying Tian, Yang Li, Bin Li, Quan Huang, Meng Zhang, Zhi Li

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Primary lung lymphoma involving the superior vena cava

Sen Wei, Xin Li, Xiaomin Qiu, Honglin Zhao, Gang Chen, Jun Chen, Qinghua Zhou

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Membrane-bound estrogen receptor-α expression and epidermal growth factor receptor mutation are associated with a poor prognosis in lung adenocarcinoma patients

Katsuhiko Shimizu, Yuji Hirami, Shinsuke Saisho, Takuro Yukawa, Ai Maeda, Koichiro Yasuda, Masao Nakata

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Castleman disease mimicked pancreatic carcinoma: report of two cases

Hua Guo, Yan Shen, Wei-Lin Wang, Min Zhang, Hong Li, Ying-Sheng Wu, Sheng Yan, Xiao Xu, Jian Wu, Shu-Sen Zheng

Open Access Technical innovations

A new feasible technique of mesh-reinforced pancreatojejunostomy and pancreatogastrostomy: retrospective analysis of 61 cases

Wang Xianfa, Xin Ying, Pan Junhai, Zhang Nengyun, Zhou Wei

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The effect of laparoscopic surgery in stage II and III right-sided colon cancer: a retrospective study

Bong-Hyeon Kye, Jun-Gi Kim, Hyeon-Min Cho, Jung Hwan Lee, Hyung-Jin Kim, Young-Jin Suh, Chung-Soo Chun

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Effect of L-arginine supplement on liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy in rats

Tsuyoshi Kurokawa, Jun An, Koji Tsunekawa, Yoshiharu Shimomura, Shunsuke Kazama, Naohisa Ishikawa, Toshiaki Nonami, Satoru Sugiyama

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MicroRNA expression in ovarian carcinoma and its correlation with clinicopathological features

Heejeong Lee, Chul Soo Park, Georgios Deftereos, Janice Morihara, Joshua E Stern, Stephen E Hawes, Elizabeth Swisher, Nancy B Kiviat, Qinghua Feng

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Recurrence and prognostic factors in patients with aggressive fibromatosis. The role of radical surgery and its limitations

Emilio Bertani, Alessandro Testori, Antonio Chiappa, Pasquale Misitano, Roberto Biffi, Giuseppe Viale, Giovanni Mazzarol, Tommaso De Pas, Edoardo Botteri, Gianmarco Contino, Francesco Verrecchia, Barbara Bazolli, Bruno Andreoni

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Retrospective review of pelvic malignancies undergoing total pelvic exenteration

Maureen P Kuhrt, Ravi J Chokshi, David Arrese, Edward W Martin Jr

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Laparoscopic-assisted colectomy in a patient with colon cancer after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

Hirotoshi Kobayashi, Tetsuro Higuchi, Hiroyuki Uetake, Satoru Iida, Toshiaki Ishikawa, Kenichi Sugihara

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Life-threatening bleeding after pelvic lymphadenectomy for cervical cancer: endovascular management of ruptured false aneurysm of the external iliac artery

Enzo Ricciardi, Giampaolo Di Martino, Paolo Maniglio, Mauro Schimberni, Antonio Frega, Marina Jakimovska, Borut Kobal, Massimo Moscarini

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Preoperative multidetector-row computed tomography scan staging for lymphatic gastric cancer spread

Paolo Morgagni, Enrico Petrella, Barbara Basile, Alberto Mami, Augusto Soro, Andrea Gardini, Filippo Calzolari, Domenico Garcea, Mauro Bertocco

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Whole body diffusion for metastatic disease assessment in neuroendocrine carcinomas: comparison with OctreoScan® in two cases

Rachel Jorge D Cossetti, Regis Otaviano França Bezerra, Brenda Gumz, Adriana Telles, Frederico P Costa

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Immunohistochemical consistency between primary tumors and lymph node metastases of gastric neuroendocrine carcinoma

Chieko Uchiyama, Shigeyuki Tamura, Shinichi Nakatsuka, Atsushi Takeno, Hirofumi Miki, Takashi Kanemura, Shin Nakahira, Rei Suzuki, Ken Nakata, Yutaka Takeda, Takeshi Kato

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Long-term survival from adenocarcinoma of the esophagus after transthoracic and transhiatal esophagectomy

Kjell K Ovrebo, Stein A Lie, Ole D Laerum, Knut Svanes, Asgaut Viste

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Comprehensive geriatric assessment for older women with early breast cancer – a systematic review of literature

Ruth M Parks, Radhika Lakshmanan, Linda Winterbottom, David AL Morgan, Karen Cox, Kwok-Leung Cheung

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Leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava level II involvement: curative resection and reconstruction of renal veins

Quan Wang, Jing Jiang, Chao Wang, Guodong Lian, Mei-Shan Jin, Xueyuan Cao

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Primary synovial sarcoma of the parapharyngeal space: a clinicopathologic study of five cases

Ming Zhu, Jun Li, Ke-Jing Wang, Jin-Biao Shang

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Possibility of sandwiched liver surgery with molecular targeting drugs, cetuximab and bevacizumab on colon cancer liver metastases: a case report

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Intraduodenal sarcoma recurrence of retroperitoneal origin: an unusual cause for a duodenal obstruction

Jean J Bao, John C Mansour, Robert D Timmerman, Amanda Kirane, Gene E Ewing, Roderich E Schwarz

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Right Kocher’s incision: a feasible and effective incision for right hemicolectomy: a retrospective study

Theodosios Theodosopoulos, Anneza I Yiallourou, Nicolaos Dafnios, George Polymeneas, Ioannis Papaconstantinou, Chrysoula Staikou, Ioannis Vassiliou, Vassilis Smyrniotis, Alexios Fotopoulos

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A rare giant gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the stomach traversing the upper abdomen: a case report and literature review

Lei Zhou, Chang Liu, Ji-Gang Bai, Ji-Chao Wei, Kai Qu, Feng Tian, Ming-Hui Tai, Rui-Tao Wang, Fan-Di Meng

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18 F-fluoro-deoxy-glucose focal uptake in very small pulmonary nodules: fact or artifact? Case reports

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Clinicodemographic aspect of resectable pancreatic cancer and prognostic factors for resectable cancer

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Schwannoma of ascending colon treated by laparoscopic right hemicolectomy

Hun Jin Kim, Chang Hyung Kim, Sang Woo Lim, Jung Wook Huh, Young Jin Kim, Hyeong Rok Kim

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Scapula alata in early breast cancer patients enrolled in a randomized clinical trial of post-surgery short-course image-guided radiotherapy

Nele Adriaenssens, Mark De Ridder, Pierre Lievens, Hilde Van Parijs, Marian Vanhoeij, Geertje Miedema, Mia Voordeckers, Harijati Versmessen, Guy Storme, Jan Lamote, Stephanie Pauwels, Vincent Vinh-Hung

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Murtaza Shakir, Geoff Blossom, John Lippert

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Pulmonary sclerosing hemangioma: report of two cases

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Intrathoracic versus Cervical Anastomosis after Resection of Esophageal Cancer: A matched pair analysis of 72 patients in a single center study

Christian D Klink, Marcel Binnebösel, Jens Otto, Gabriele Boehm, Klaus T von Trotha, Ralf-Dieter Hilgers, Joachim Conze, Ulf P Neumann, Marc Jansen

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Primary malignant non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma of the breast: a study of seven cases and literature review

Bourhafour Mouna, Boutayeb Saber, El Harroudi Tijani, M’rabti Hind, Taleb Amina, Errihani Hassan

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Surgical treatment of liver metastases of gastric cancer: state of the art

Fabrizio Romano, Mattia Garancini, Fabio Uggeri, Luca Degrate, Luca Nespoli, Luca Gianotti, Angelo Nespoli, Franco Uggeri

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Meta-analysis of surgical resection and radiofrequency ablation for early hepatocellular carcinoma

Gang Xu, Fu-zhen Qi, Jian-huai Zhang, Guo-feng Cheng, Yong Cai, Yi Miao

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Ryousuke Tamura, Yoshihito Yokoyama, Takeshi Yanagita, Yukiko Matsumura, Kazuhiro Abe, Ryousuke Taniguchi, Hideki Mizunuma

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Parathyroid involvement in thyroid cancer: an unforeseen event

Alexandra Chrisoulidou, Stylianos Mandanas, Periklis Mitsakis, Paschalia K Iliadou, Kosmas Manafis, Nikolaos Flaris, Maria Boudina, Lemonia Mathiopoulou, Kalliopi Pazaitou-Panayiotou

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Two cases of gastrointestinal perforation after radiotherapy in patients receiving tyrosine kinase inhibitor for advanced renal cell carcinoma

Takaaki Inoue, Hidefumi Kinoshita, Yoshihiro Komai, Takashi Kawabata, Gen Kawa, Yoshiko Uemura, Tadashi Matsuda

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Safety and preliminary results of perioperative chemotherapy and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) for high-risk gastric cancer patients

Wilson L Costa Jr, Felipe J F Coimbra, Héber S C Ribeiro, Alessandro L Diniz, André Luís de Godoy, MariaDirleiFS Begnami, Milton J B Silva, Marcelo F Fanelli, Celso A L Mello

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Retraction Note: colon and rectal surgery for cancer without mechanical bowel preparation: one-center randomized prospective trial

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Surgical properties and survival of a pericardial window via left minithoracotomy for benign and malignant pericardial tamponade in cancer patients

Sezai Celik, Muharrem Celik, Bulent Aydemir, Handan Tanrıkulu, Tamer Okay, Nurşen Tanrikulu

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Comparison of efficacy of different route of administration of chemotherapy on unresectable, advanced gastric cancer

Caihua Zhang, Guoli Li, Chaogang Fan, Jian Xu, Jianmin Cao, Shen Liu, Ning Li

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Peritumoral lymphangiogenesis induced by vascular endothelial growth factor C and D promotes lymph node metastasis in breast cancer patients

Ying-Chun Zhao, Xiao-Jian Ni, Yong Li, Min Dai, Zhong-Xu Yuan, Yong-Yun Zhu, Chuan-Yu Luo

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Junhui Li, Gang Cao, Qingyong Ma, Han Liu, Wei Li, Liang Han

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Taehoon Lee, Yoon Su Lee, Sun Young Yoon, Su-Jeong Kim, Yun-Jeong Bae, Hyouk-Soo Kwon, You Sook Cho, Hee-Bom Moon, Tae-Bum Kim

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Laparoscopic injury of the obturator nerve during fertility-sparing procedure for cervical cancer

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Qin Fang, Yang Wang, Xiaoyan Zhao, Luhong Cao, Na Sun, Xuejun Tan, Lide Wu, Guangbin Sun

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Junichi Fukuhara, Satoru Kase, Mika Noda, Kan Ishijima, Teppei Yamamoto, Susumu Ishida

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Yang Zhang, Jinlu Yu, Limei Qu, Yunqian Li

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Wuping Wang, Yunfeng Ni, Changkang Ke, Qingshu Cheng, Qiang Lu, Xiaofei Li

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Tea consumption and risk of bladder cancer: a meta-analysis

Jie Qin, Bo Xie, Qiqi Mao, Debo Kong, Yiwei Lin, Xiangyi Zheng

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Constantine Gennatas, Vasiliki Michalaki, Paraskevi Vasilatou Kairi, Agathi Kondi-Paphiti, Dionysios Voros

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Xu-Dong Yao, Ya-Ping Hong, Ding-Wei Ye, Chao-Fu Wang

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Fuminori Ono, Masaki Hiraga, Noriyuki Omura, Manabu Sato, Akihiro Yamamura, Megumi Obara, Jun Sato, Shoichi Onochi

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The utility of hyperthermia for local recurrence of breast cancer

Daigo Yamamoto, Toshio Inui, Yu Tsubota, Noriko Sueoka, Chizuko Yamamoto, Kayoko Kuwana, Mitsuo Yamamoto

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Nuclear BMI-1 expression in laryngeal carcinoma correlates with lymph node pathological status

Eugenia Allegra, Lidia Puzzo, Valeria Zuccalà, Serena Trapasso, Enrico Vasquez, Aldo Garozzo, Rosario Caltabiano

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Erratum to: Primary malignant non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma of the breast: a study of seven cases and literature review

Bourhafour Mouna, Boutayeb Saber, El Harroudi Tijani, M’rabti Hind, Taleb Amina, Errihani Hassan

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Case of spontaneous regression of carotid body tumor in a SDHD mutant: a discussion on potential mechanisms based on a review of the literature

Sebastiaan Hammer, Jeroen C. Jansen, Eleonora P. M. van der Kleij-Corssmit, Frederik J. Hes, Mark C. Kruit

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Hyeon Kook Lee, Min-Sun Cho, Tae Hun Kim

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Kun Liu, Tao Qian, Liming Tang, Jie Wang, Haohua Yang, Jun Ren

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Metastatic lobular carcinoma of the breast masquerading as a primary rectal cancer

Ikuo Matsuda, Nagahide Matsubara, Nobuo Aoyama, Mie Hamanaka, Daisuke Yamagishi, Takashi Kuno, Kiyoshi Tsukamoto, Tomoki Yamano, Masafumi Noda, Hiroki Ikeuchi, Naohiro Tomita, Seiichi Hirota

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Emeline Tabouret, Maryline Barrié, Cecile Vicier, Anthony Gonçalves, Olivier Chinot, Patrice Viens, Anne Madroszyk

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Effect of pretreatment clinical factors on overall survival in glioblastoma multiforme: a Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) population analysis

Sudheer R Thumma, Robert K Fairbanks, Wayne T Lamoreaux, Alexander R Mackay, John J Demakas, Barton S Cooke, Ameer L Elaimy, Peter W Hanson, Christopher M Lee

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Evaluation of extra capsular lymph node involvement in patients with extra-hepatic bile duct cancer

Takehiro Noji, Masaki Miyamoto, Kanako C Kubota, Toshiya Shinohara, Yoshiyasu Ambo, Yoshihiro Matsuno, Nobuichi Kashimura, Satoshi Hirano

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CIAPIN1 nuclear accumulation predicts poor clinical outcome in epithelial ovarian cancer

Xiaolan Cai, Jian Wang, Xiaoyan Xin

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Tumor characteristics and the clinical outcome of invasive lobular carcinoma compared to infiltrating ductal carcinoma in a Chinese population

A-Yong Cao, Liang Huang, Jiong Wu, Jin-Song Lu, Guang-Yu Liu, Zhen-Zhou Shen, Zhi-Ming Shao, Gen-Hong Di

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Chen Shao, Lijing Zhao, Ke Wang, Wei Xu, Jie Zhang, Baoxue Yang

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A concise review of the efficacy of stereotactic radiosurgery in the management of melanoma and renal cell carcinoma brain metastases

Peter W Hanson, Ameer L Elaimy, Wayne T Lamoreaux, John J Demakas, Robert K Fairbanks, Alexander R Mackay, Blake Taylor, Barton S Cooke, Sudheer R Thumma, Christopher M Lee

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Mehmet Eser, Metin Kement, Salim Balin, Cihan Coskun, Umut Kefeli, Mahmut Gumus, Yunus Emre Altuntas, Necmi Kurt, Alparslan Mayadagli

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Zhuo Wang, Toshihiko Sakakibara, Yuichi Kasai

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Managing soft tissue sarcomas in a developing country: are prognostic factors similar to those of developed world?

Irfan Qadir, Masood Umer, Hafiz Muhammad Umer, Nasir Uddin, Farrok Karsan, Muhammad Sharoz Rabbani

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Han Hong Lee, Chul Hyun Lim, Jae Myung Park, Yu Kyung Cho, Kyo Young Song, Hae Myung Jeon, Cho Hyun Park

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Eduardo de Paula Miranda, Daniel Kanda Abe, Adriano João Nesrallah, Sabrina Thalita dos Reis, Alexandre Crippa, Miguel Srougi, Marcos Francisco Dall’Oglio

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Kei Aoyama, Takako Kamio, Azusa Hirano, Akiyoshi Seshimo, Shingo Kameoka

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Robotic thyroidectomy versus endoscopic thyroidectomy: a meta-analysis

Shuang Lin, Zhi-Heng Chen, Hong-Gang Jiang, Ji-Ren Yu

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Laparoscopic spleen-preserving No. 10 lymph node dissection for advanced proximal gastric cancer in left approach: a new operation procedure

Wang Jia-Bin, Huang Chang-Ming, Zheng Chao-Hui, Li Ping, Xie Jian-Wei, Lin Jian-Xian

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Expression of AQP5 and AQP8 in human colorectal carcinoma and their clinical significance

Wei Wang, Qing Li, Tao Yang, Guang Bai, Dongsheng Li, Qiang Li, Hongzhi Sun

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Extragastrointestinal stromal tumor of the mesoappendix: CT findings and a review of the literature

Wenhua Li, Yanfen Cui, Gang Ren, Jun Wang, Xiangru Wu

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HtrA1 expression associated with the occurrence and development of esophageal cancer

Youtao Yu, Wenlong Shao, Yi Hu, Jingyan Zhang, Hao Song, Zhi-hua Zhu

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A case of wedge resection of duodenum for massive gastrointestinal bleeding due to duodenal metastasis by renal cell carcinoma

Hongzhi Zhao, Keqiang Han, Jing Li, Ping Liang, Guohua Zuo, Yu Zhang, Hongyan Li

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Immunonutrition for patients undergoing elective surgery for gastrointestinal cancer: impact on hospital costs

Josephine A Mauskopf, Sean D Candrilli, Hélène Chevrou-Séverac, Juan B Ochoa

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Chromosomal structural analysis in carcinoma of the gallbladder

Ruhi Dixit, Prabhat Kumar, Ratnakar Tripathi, Somprakash Basu, Rajnikanth Mishra, VK Shukla

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Endoscopically observable white nodule caused by distal intramural lymphatic spread of rectal cancer: a case report

Ayako Tsumura, Shozo Yokoyama, Katsunari Takifuji, Tsukasa Hotta, Kenji Matsuda, Takashi Watanabe, Yasuyuki Mitani, Hiroki Yamaue

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Malignant mesothelioma of the tunica vaginalis testis: a malignancy associated with recurrent epididymitis?

Ching-Heng Yen, Chun-Te Lee, Chung-Jen Su, Hua-Cheng Lo

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Linhui Wang, Wei Chen, Li Gao, Qing Yang, Bing Liu, Zhenjie Wu, Yang Wang, Yinghao Sun

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Laparoscopy-assisted versus open D2 radical gastrectomy for advanced gastric cancer without serosal invasion: a case control study

Qi-Yue Chen, Chang-Ming Huang, Jian-Xian Lin, Chao-Hui Zheng, Ping Li, Jian-Wei Xie, Jia-Bin Wang, Jun Lu

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Assessment of cervical lymph node metastasis for therapeutic decision-making in squamous cell carcinoma of buccal mucosa: a prospective clinical analysis

Harald Essig, Riaz Warraich, Gulraiz Zulfiqar, Madiha Rana, André Michael Eckardt, Nils-Claudius Gellrich, Majeed Rana

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Long term survival results for gastric GIST: is laparoscopic surgery for large gastric GIST feasible?

Ki-Han Kim, Min-Chan Kim, Ghap-Joong Jung, Su-Jin Kim, Jin-Seok Jang, Hyuk-Chan Kwon

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Clinical practice guidelines for patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumor in Taiwan

Chun-Nan Yeh, Tsann-Long Hwang, Ching-Shui Huang, Po-Huang Lee, Chew-Wun Wu, Ker Chen-Guo, Yi-Yin Jan, Miin-Fu Chen

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Improvement of the surgical curability of locally confined prostate cancer including non-organ-confined high-risk disease through retropubic radical prostatectomy with intentional wide resection

Eijiro Okajima, Motokiyo Yoshikawa, Yasumasa Masuda, Kazuhiro Shimizu, Nobumichi Tanaka, Akihide Hirayama, Keiji Shimada, Kiyohide Fujimoto, Yoshihiko Hirao

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Primary pulmonary mucoepidermoid carcinoma: an analysis of 21 cases

Jun-jie Xi, Wei Jiang, Shao-hua Lu, Chun-yan Zhang, Hong Fan, Qun Wang

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Cyclooxygenase/lipoxygenase shunting lowers the anti-cancer effect of cyclooxygenase-2 inhibition in colorectal cancer cells

Radhakrishnan Ganesh, Daniel JB Marks, Kevin Sales, Marc C Winslet, Alexander M Seifalian

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Evaluation of the metastatic status of lymph nodes identified using axillary reverse mapping in breast cancer patients

Katsumi Ikeda, Yoshinari Ogawa, Hisateru Komatsu, Yoshihiro Mori, Akira Ishikawa, Takayoshi Nakajima, Gou Oohira, Shinya Tokunaga, Hiroko Fukushima, Takeshi Inoue

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Gastric cancer at a university teaching hospital in northwestern Tanzania: a retrospective review of 232 cases

Joseph B Mabula, Mabula D Mchembe, Mheta Koy, Phillipo L Chalya, Fabian Massaga, Peter F Rambau, Nestory Masalu, Hyasinta Jaka

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Assessment of lymph node status in gallbladder cancer: location, number, or ratio of positive nodes

Yoshio Shirai, Jun Sakata, Toshifumi Wakai, Taku Ohashi, Yoichi Ajioka, Katsuyoshi Hatakeyama

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The impact on clinical outcome of high prevalence of diabetes mellitus in Taiwanese patients with colorectal cancer

Ching-Wen Huang, Li-Chu Sun, Ying-Ling Shih, Hsiang-Lin Tsai, Chao-Wen Chen, Yung-Sung Yeh, Cheng-Jen Ma, Che-Jen Huang, Jaw-Yuan Wang

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Prognostic significance of solitary lymph node metastasis in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of middle thoracic esophagus

Jie Wu, Qi-Xun Chen, Xing-Ming Zhou, Wei-Ming Mao, Mark J. Krasna, Li-Song Teng

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Myxoid liposarcoma with negative features on bone scan and [18F]-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose-positron emission tomography

Akio Sakamoto, Yoshiaki Fukutoku, Yoshihiro Matsumoto, Katsumi Harimaya, Yoshinao Oda, Yukihide Iwamoto

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The role of the 5-hydroxytryptamine pathway in reflux-induced esophageal mucosal injury in rats

Lingrong Yang, Haifang Cai, Jinfa Tou, Weizhong Gu, Xiaoli Shu, Ting Zhang, Xi Yang, Zheng Shen, Mizu Jiang

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Inhibition of Jak-STAT3 pathway enhances bufalin-induced apoptosis in colon cancer SW620 cells

Zhitu Zhu, Enze Li, Yangyang Liu, Yu Gao, Hongzhi Sun, Guangyou Ma, Zhenghua Wang, Xiaomei Liu, Qingjun Wang, Xiujuan Qu, Yunpeng Liu, Yunlong Yu

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Myxofibrosarcoma of the sinus piriformis: case report and literature review

Zhu Qiubei, Lin Cheng, Xu Yaping, Lin Shunzhang, Fan Jingping

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A late recurring and easily forgotten tumor: ovarian granulosa cell tumor

Yi-Chan Chen, Liang-Che Chang, Ruey-Shyang Soong

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Apoptotic activity in Libyan breast cancer

Jamela Boder, Fathi Abdalla, Mohamed Elfagieh, Abdelbaset Buhmeida, Yrjö Collan

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Temporal trends in the surgical outcomes of patients with breast cancer

Takeshi Hanagiri, Yoshika Nagata, Shoko Monji, Shinji Shinohara, Masaru Takenaka, Yoshiki Shigematsu, Hidehiko Shimokawa, Makoto Nakagawa, Hidetaka Uramoto, Tomoko So, Fumihiro Tanaka

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Rectosigmoid adenocarcinoma revealed by metastatic anal fistula. The visible part of the iceberg: a report of two cases with literature review

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V-shaped lymph node dissection in laparoscopic distal gastrectomy; new technique of intra-abdominal dissection and surgical outcomes

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Different distribution of breast ductal carcinoma in situ, ductal carcinoma in situ with microinvasion, and invasion breast cancer

Zhang Wei, Gao Er-li, Zhou Yi-li, Zhai Qi, Zou Zhang-yong, Guo Gui-long, Chen Guo-rong, Zheng Hua-min, Huang Guan-li, Zhang Xiao-hua

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Sleeve lobectomy versus pneumonectomy for non-small cell lung cancer: a meta-analysis

Woda Shi, Wei Zhang, Haoliang Sun, Yongfeng Shao

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Fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography scan-positive recurrent papillary thyroid cancer and the prognosis and implications for surgical management

Jennifer MJ Schreinemakers, Menno R Vriens, Nuria Munoz-Perez, Marlon A Guerrero, Insoo Suh, Inne HM Borel Rinkes, Jessica Gosnell, Wen T Shen, Orlo H Clark, Quan-Yang Duh

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Expression and significance of the TLR4/MyD88 signaling pathway in ovarian epithelial cancers

Ki Hyung Kim, Moo Sung Jo, Dong Soo Suh, Man Soo Yoon, Dong Hun Shin, Jeong Hee Lee, Kyung Un Choi

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Optimal surgical extent of lateral and central neck dissection for papillary thyroid carcinoma located in one lobe with clinical lateral lymph node metastasis

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Experience and analysis of Delphian lymph node metastasis in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma

Won Woong Kim, Song I. Yang, Jeong Hoon Kim, Young Sik Choi, Yo-Han Park, Su Kyoung Kwon

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Seema Singh, Rajesh Kumar Singh, Manoj Pandey

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Deniz Tural, Fatih Selçukbiricik, Süheyla Serdengeçti, Evin Büyükünal

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Ying Yuan, Chunwen Tan, Modan Li, Hong Shen, Xuefeng Fang, Yinghong Hu, Shenglin Ma

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Intraoperative portable ultrasonography localization of clinically impalpable soft-tissue tumors

Jagajeevan Jagadeesan, Jonathan A Davies, Anna Raurell, Robert U Ashford

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3p21.3 tumor suppressor gene RBM5 inhibits growth of human prostate cancer PC-3 cells through apoptosis

Lijing Zhao, Ranwei Li, Chen Shao, Ping Li, Jian Liu, Ke Wang

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Guo-Yan Liu, Kun-Hong Liu, Yin Li, Chao Pan, Ji-Qin Su, Hong-Feng Liao, Ren-Xiang Yv, Zhao-Hui Li, Li Yuan, Huan-Jing Zhang, Chi-Meng Tzeng, Bing Xiong

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Han Hong Lee, Kyo Young Song, Cho Hyun Park, Hae Myung Jeon

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A case of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor in a patient with neurofibromatosis-1

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Adult primary retroperitoneal cavernous hemangioma: a case report

Hang He, Zunguo Du, Sijie Hao, Lie Yao, Feng Yang, Yang Di, Ji Li, Yongjian Jiang, Chen Jin, Deliang Fu

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Pulmonary benign metastasizing leiomyoma: a case report and review of the literature

Yili Fu, Hui Li, Bo Tian, Bin Hu

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Study of treatment using percutaneous acetabuloplasty and interstitial implantation of 125I seeds for patients with metastatic periacetabular tumors

Jinlei Zhang, Zuozhang Yang, Jiaping Wang, Jinde Wang, Pengjie Liu, Hongpu Sun, Kun Li, Yunshan Yang

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A case of parosteal osteosarcoma with a rare complication of myositis ossificans

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Sang-Woong Lee, Nobuhiko Tanigawa, Eiji Nomura, Takaya Tokuhara, Masaru Kawai, Kazutake Yokoyama, Masako Hiramatsu, Junji Okuda, Kazuhisa Uchiyama

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Chuang-Wei Chen, Chieh-Wen Lai, Koung-Hong Hsiao

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Ying Zhang, Xiu-feng Zhang, Wei-hui Shentu, Guan-gen Yang, Zhong Shen, Pin-tong Huang

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Skin-sparing mastectomy and immediate latissimus dorsi flap reconstruction: a retrospective analysis of the surgical and patient-reported outcomes

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Michael Amann, Ali Modabber, Jens Burghardt, Christian Stratz, Claudius Falch, Gerhard F Buess, Andreas Kirschniak

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Importance of revealing a rare case of breast cancer in a female to male transsexual after bilateral mastectomy

Dejan V Nikolic, Miroslav L Djordjevic, Miroslav Granic, Aleksandra T Nikolic, Violeta V Stanimirovic, Darko Zdravkovic, Svetlana Jelic

Open Access Technical innovations

Secure hemostasis in transhiatal esophagectomy for esophageal cancer with gauze packing

Noriyuki Hirahara, Takeshi Matsubara, Yoko Hari, Yusuke Fujii, Hitomi Wake, Yoshitsugu Tajima

Open Access Case report

Falciform ligament abscess from left sided portal pyaemia following malignant obstructive cholangitis

Leigh R Warren, Manju D Chandrasegaram, Daniel J Madigan, Paul M Dolan, Eu L Neo, Christopher S Worthley

Open Access Case report

Mesothelioma as a rapidly developing Giant Abdominal Cyst

Dinesh Vyas, Kerent Pihl, Srinivas Kavuturu, Arpita Vyas

Open Access Research

Urinary metabolomic signature of esophageal cancer and Barrett’s esophagus

Vanessa W Davis, Daniel E Schiller, Dean Eurich, Michael B Sawyer

Open Access Research

u-PA inhibitor amiloride suppresses peritoneal metastasis in gastric cancer

Youcheng Ding, Hui Zhang, Zhuqing Zhou, Mingan Zhong, Qiliang Chen, Xujing Wang, Zhenggang Zhu

Open Access Case report

An unusual case of retrovesical ectopic prostate tissue accompanied by primary prostate cancer

Fu-Qing Tan, Xin Xu, Bo-Hua Shen, Jie Qin, Ke Sun, Qihan You, De-Sheng Shang, Xiang-Yi Zheng

Wie erfolgreich ist eine Re-Ablation nach Rezidiv?

23.04.2024 Ablationstherapie Nachrichten

Nach der Katheterablation von Vorhofflimmern kommt es bei etwa einem Drittel der Patienten zu Rezidiven, meist binnen eines Jahres. Wie sich spätere Rückfälle auf die Erfolgschancen einer erneuten Ablation auswirken, haben Schweizer Kardiologen erforscht.

Hinter dieser Appendizitis steckte ein Erreger

23.04.2024 Appendizitis Nachrichten

Schmerzen im Unterbauch, aber sonst nicht viel, was auf eine Appendizitis hindeutete: Ein junger Mann hatte Glück, dass trotzdem eine Laparoskopie mit Appendektomie durchgeführt und der Wurmfortsatz histologisch untersucht wurde.

Mehr Schaden als Nutzen durch präoperatives Aussetzen von GLP-1-Agonisten?

23.04.2024 Operationsvorbereitung Nachrichten

Derzeit wird empfohlen, eine Therapie mit GLP-1-Rezeptoragonisten präoperativ zu unterbrechen. Eine neue Studie nährt jedoch Zweifel an der Notwendigkeit der Maßnahme.

Ureterstriktur: Innovative OP-Technik bewährt sich

19.04.2024 EAU 2024 Kongressbericht

Die Ureterstriktur ist eine relativ seltene Komplikation, trotzdem bedarf sie einer differenzierten Versorgung. In komplexen Fällen wird dies durch die roboterassistierte OP-Technik gewährleistet. Erste Resultate ermutigen.

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S3-Leitlinie „Diagnostik und Therapie des Karpaltunnelsyndroms“

Karpaltunnelsyndrom BDC Leitlinien Webinare
CME: 2 Punkte

Das Karpaltunnelsyndrom ist die häufigste Kompressionsneuropathie peripherer Nerven. Obwohl die Anamnese mit dem nächtlichen Einschlafen der Hand (Brachialgia parästhetica nocturna) sehr typisch ist, ist eine klinisch-neurologische Untersuchung und Elektroneurografie in manchen Fällen auch eine Neurosonografie erforderlich. Im Anfangsstadium sind konservative Maßnahmen (Handgelenksschiene, Ergotherapie) empfehlenswert. Bei nicht Ansprechen der konservativen Therapie oder Auftreten von neurologischen Ausfällen ist eine Dekompression des N. medianus am Karpaltunnel indiziert.

Prof. Dr. med. Gregor Antoniadis
Berufsverband der Deutschen Chirurgie e.V.

S2e-Leitlinie „Distale Radiusfraktur“

Radiusfraktur BDC Leitlinien Webinare
CME: 2 Punkte

Das Webinar beschäftigt sich mit Fragen und Antworten zu Diagnostik und Klassifikation sowie Möglichkeiten des Ausschlusses von Zusatzverletzungen. Die Referenten erläutern, welche Frakturen konservativ behandelt werden können und wie. Das Webinar beantwortet die Frage nach aktuellen operativen Therapiekonzepten: Welcher Zugang, welches Osteosynthesematerial? Auf was muss bei der Nachbehandlung der distalen Radiusfraktur geachtet werden?

PD Dr. med. Oliver Pieske
Dr. med. Benjamin Meyknecht
Berufsverband der Deutschen Chirurgie e.V.

S1-Leitlinie „Empfehlungen zur Therapie der akuten Appendizitis bei Erwachsenen“

Appendizitis BDC Leitlinien Webinare
CME: 2 Punkte

Inhalte des Webinars zur S1-Leitlinie „Empfehlungen zur Therapie der akuten Appendizitis bei Erwachsenen“ sind die Darstellung des Projektes und des Erstellungswegs zur S1-Leitlinie, die Erläuterung der klinischen Relevanz der Klassifikation EAES 2015, die wissenschaftliche Begründung der wichtigsten Empfehlungen und die Darstellung stadiengerechter Therapieoptionen.

Dr. med. Mihailo Andric
Berufsverband der Deutschen Chirurgie e.V.