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World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Ausgabe 1/2016

Inhalt (309 Artikel)

Open Access Case Report

Postoperation of cervical cancer with intestine metastasis: a case report and literature review

Xiuyan Yu, Zhen Wang, Zhigang Zhang, Yang Liu, Jian Huang

Open Access Research

Clinicopathological characteristics of unicentric retroperitoneal Castleman’s disease: a study of 14 cases

Shuai Wang, Shanwen Chen, Jiangfeng Xu, Songliang Cai

Open Access Review

Tumour-induced osteomalacia: a literature review and a case report

Jolanta Dadoniene, Marius Miglinas, Dalia Miltiniene, Donatas Vajauskas, Dmitrij Seinin, Petras Butenas, Tomas Kacergius

Open Access Technical Innovations

Less cost by using hanging maneuver and Pringle maneuver in left lateral hepatectomy through small laparotomy wound—experience of Southern Taiwan

Ting-Lung Lin, Ruslan Alikhanov, Sheng-Chih Kuo, Wei-Feng Li, Chao-Long Chen, Shih-Ho Wang, Chih-Che Lin, Yueh-Wei Liu, Chee-Chien Yong, Yu-Hung Lin, Chih-Chi Wang

Open Access Research

Three surgical planes identified in laparoscopic complete mesocolic excision for right-sided colon cancer

Da-Jian Zhu, Xiao-Wu Chen, Man-Zhao OuYang, Yan Lu

Open Access Research

Ligation of lymph vessels for the treatment of recurrent inguinal lymphoceles following lymphadenectomy

Navid Mohamadpour Toyserkani, Henrik Toft Nielsen, Vivi Bakholdt, Jens Ahm Sørensen

Open Access Research

Surgery for retrohepatic caval thrombus in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma: a case series

Małgorzata Polańska-Płachta, Robert Proczka, Magdalena Dudek, Małgorzata Ostrowska, Jerzy A. Polański

Open Access Case Report

Pancreaticoduodenectomy for locally advanced colon cancer in hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer

Rebecca Zhu, Gabriella Grisotti, Ronald R. Salem, Sajid A. Khan

Open Access Research

A retrospective comparative analysis of elderly and younger patients undergoing pulmonary resection for stage I non-small cell lung cancer

Byungjoon Park, Genehee Lee, Hong Kwan Kim, Yong Soo Choi, Jae Il Zo, Young Mog Shim, Jhingook Kim

Open Access Research

A clinical role of staging laparoscopy in patients with radiographically defined locally advanced pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

Sohei Satoi, Hiroaki Yanagimoto, Tomohisa Yamamoto, Hideyoshi Toyokawa, Satoshi Hirooka, So Yamaki, Singh Sapam Opendro, Kentaro Inoue, Taku Michiura, Hironori Ryota, Yoichi Matsui, Masanori Kon

Open Access Case report

Recurrence of pancreatic cancer presented as cervical lymphadenopathy

Hiroshi Nagata, Ken Hayashi, Shigetoshi Yamada

Open Access Case report

Papillary thyroid cancer located in malignant struma ovarii with omentum metastasis: a case report and review of the literature

Yi Zhu, Chang Wang, Guo-Nan Zhang, Yu Shi, Shi-Qiang Xu, Shi-Jun Jia, Rong He

Open Access Case report

Primary pancreatic paraganglioma: a case report and literature review

Shengrong Lin, Long Peng, Song Huang, Yong Li, Weidong Xiao

Open Access Case report

RapidArc for centrally recurrent cervical cancer in the vaginal cuff following primary surgical therapy: a case report

I. Lalya, A. Maghous, E. Marnouche, N. Zaghba, K. Andaloussi, M. Elmarjany, K. Hadadi, H. Sifat, H. Mansouri

Open Access Case report

Cytokeratin 7-positive/cytokeratin 20-negative cecal adenocarcinoma metastatic to the uterine cervix: a case report

Masafumi Toyoshima, Yuta Momono, Hiromitsu Makino, Takako Kudo, Naomi Oka, Junko Sakurada, Hiroyoshi Suzuki, Hideaki Kodama, Kosuke Yoshinaga

Open Access Research

Outcome of rectal cancer surgery in obese and nonobese patients: a meta-analysis

Yuan Qiu, Quanxing Liu, Guoqing Chen, Wensheng Wang, Ke Peng, Weidong Xiao, Hua Yang

Open Access Case report

Primary alveolar soft part sarcoma of uterine corpus: a case report with immunohistochemical, ultrastructural study and review of literature

Giovanna Giordano, Tiziana D’Adda, Elena Varotti, Giuseppe Crovini, Enrico Maria Silini

Open Access Review

Extracorporeal support for pulmonary resection: current indications and results

Petra Rosskopfova, Jean Yannis Perentes, Hans-Beat Ris, Fabrizio Gronchi, Thorsten Krueger, Michel Gonzalez

Open Access Case report

Malignant paraganglioma in children treated with embolization prior to surgical excision

Eduardo de Paula Miranda, Roberto Iglesias Lopes, Guilherme Philomeno Padovani, Paulo Renato Marcelo Moscardi, Fernanda Gardini Maciel Nishimura, Berenice Bilharinho de Mendonça, Francisco Cesar Carnevale, Lilian Maria Cristofani, Ricardo Jordão Duarte, Miguel Srougi, Francisco Tibor Denes

Open Access Research

Pulmonary metastasectomy in pediatric patients

Basak Erginel, Feryal Gun Soysal, Erbug Keskin, Rejin Kebudi, Alaaddin Celik, Tansu Salman

Open Access Research

Is superior tibiofibular joint resection necessary in extraarticular knee resection for sarcomas? A systematic review

Magdalena M. Gilg, Christine Wibmer, Dimosthenis Andreou, Patrick Sadoghi, Georg Gosheger, Andreas Leithner

Open Access Case report

Epithelioid angiosarcoma arising in schwannoma of the kidney: report of the first case and review of the literature

G. Iannaci, M. Crispino, P. Cifarelli, M. Montella, I. Panarese, A. Ronchi, R. Russo, G. Tremiterra, R. Luise, P. Sapere

Open Access Research

Expression of HIF-1α and HIF-2α correlates to biological and clinical significance in papillary thyroid carcinoma

Yan-Mei Liu, Shen-Peng Ying, Ying-Rui Huang, Yin Pan, Wei-Jun Chen, Ling-Qin Ni, Jin-Ye Xu, Qin-Yan Shen, Yong Liang

Open Access Research

Efficacy of limb salvage with primary tumor resection simultaneously for solitary bone metastasis in limbs

Dong-dong Cheng, Jie-lai Yang, Tu Hu, Qing-cheng Yang

Open Access Case report

Glioblastoma multiform with ipsilateral carotid artery stenosis: carotid artery stent promote tumor growth?

Ziqi Xu, Benyan Luo, Qidong Wang, Zhiyi Peng, Hui Liang

Open Access Research

An immunohistochemical study of cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (CDK5) expression in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and small cell lung cancer (SCLC): a possible prognostic biomarker

Kanglai Wei, Zhihua Ye, Zuyun Li, Yiwu Dang, Xin Chen, Na Huang, Chongxi Bao, Tingqing Gan, Lihua Yang, Gang Chen

Open Access Research

Bizarre parosteal osteochondromatous proliferation in the lingual area of the mandibular body versus osteochondroma at the mandibular condyle

Soung Min Kim, Hoon Myoung, Sang Shin Lee, Yeon Sook Kim, Suk Keun Lee

Open Access Research

The importance of the lepidic component as a prognostic factor in stage I pulmonary adenocarcinoma

Youngkyu Moon, Sook Whan Sung, Kyo Young Lee, Young Kyoon Kim, Jae Kil Park

Open Access Research

Efficacy of axillary exclusion on seroma formation after modified radical mastectomy

Mohammed Faisal, Sameh T Abu-Elela, Waleed Mostafa, Osama Antar

Open Access Research

Detection of circulating tumor cells by p75NTR expression in patients with esophageal cancer

Tetsuji Yamaguchi, Tomoyuki Okumura, Katsuhisa Hirano, Toru Watanabe, Takuya Nagata, Yutaka Shimada, Kazuhiro Tsukada

Open Access Research

Enhanced expression of long non-coding RNA NEAT1 is associated with the progression of gastric adenocarcinomas

Yanling Ma, Li Liu, Fei Yan, Wujie Wei, Jie Deng, Jianhai Sun

Open Access Research

Repeated cytoreductive surgery (CRS) with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) in patients with recurrent peritoneal carcinomatosis

Nikolaos Vassos, Thomas Förtsch, Archil Aladashvili, Werner Hohenberger, Roland S. Croner

Open Access Research

Extended resection including adjacent organs and Ki-67 labeling index are prognostic factors in patients with retroperitoneal soft tissue sarcomas

Yosuke Morizawa, Makito Miyake, Keiji Shimada, Shunta Hori, Yoshihiro Tatsumi, Yasushi Nakai, Satoshi Anai, Nobumichi Tanaka, Noboru Konishi, Kiyohide Fujimoto

Open Access Research

Individualized preoperative planning using three-dimensional modeling for Bismuth and Corlette type III hilar cholangiocarcinoma

Ning Zeng, Haisu Tao, Chihua Fang, Yingfang Fan, Nan Xiang, Jian Yang, Wen Zhu, Jun Liu, Tianpei Guan, Cheng Fang, Fei Xiang

Open Access Research

A scoring system is an effective tool for predicting central lymph node metastasis in papillary thyroid microcarcinoma: a case-control study

Ye-feng Cai, Qing-xuan Wang, Chun-jue Ni, Xiang-jian Zhang, En-dong Chen, Si-yang Dong, Hua-min Zheng, Xiao-hua Zhang, Quan Li

Open Access Case report

A case of carcinoma of the papilla of Vater in a young man after subtotal colectomy for familial adenomatous polyposis

Shuji Komori, Masahiko Kawai, Toyoo Nitta, Yusuke Murase, Keita Matsumoto, Chika Shinoda, Masashi Kuno, Yuki Sasaguri, Masahiro Fukada, Yoshimi Asano, Shigeru Kiyama, Chihiro Tanaka, Yasuko Nagao, Narutoshi Nagao, Katsuyuki Kunieda

Open Access Case report

A very rare case of a small bowel leiomyosarcoma leading to ileocaecal intussusception treated with a laparoscopic resection: a case report and a literature review

Tomasz Guzel, Katarzyna Mech, Michał Mazurkiewicz, Bohdan Dąbrowski, Gustaw Lech, Andrzej Chaber, Maciej Słodkowski

Open Access Research

Clinicopathologic characteristics and prognosis of Borrmann type IV gastric cancer: a meta-analysis

Yifan Luo, Peng Gao, Yongxi Song, Jingxu Sun, Xuanzhang Huang, Junhua Zhao, Bin Ma, Yuan Li, Zhenning Wang

Open Access Research

TNRC9 rs12443621 and FGFR2 rs2981582 polymorphisms and breast cancer risk

Ying Chen, Chunying Shi, Qiyong Guo

Open Access Research

Macrophage migration inhibitory factor regulating the expression of VEGF-C through MAPK signal pathways in breast cancer MCF-7 cell

Jinnan Zhang, Guangbo Zhang, Sumei Yang, Junli Qiao, Taixun Li, Song Yang, Yong Hong

Open Access Research

Emergency endoscopic variceal ligation following variceal rupture in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma and portal vein tumor thrombosis: a retrospective study

Toshihiro Kawai, Yoko Yashima, Takafumi Sugimoto, Takahisa Sato, Miho Kanda, Nobuyuki Enomoto, Shinpei Sato, Shuntaro Obi

Open Access Case Report

IDH mutations may not preclude distant, trans-tentorial spread in gliomas: a case report and review of the literature

Christopher S. Hong, Jason K. Hsieh, Nancy A. Edwards, Abhik Ray-Chaudhury, Kareem A. Zaghloul

Open Access Research

Transcatheter arterial embolization with N-butyl cyanoacrylate for arterial esophageal bleeding in esophageal cancer patients

Makoto Aoki, Hiroyuki Tokue, Yoshinori Koyama, Yoshito Tsushima, Kiyohiro Oshima

Open Access Case report

Mammary myofibroblastoma in the right lateral abdominal wall

Jiyong Pan, Shuang Wang, Yingyi Zhang, Zhe Fan

Open Access Research

Clinical efficacy of liver resection after downsizing systemic chemotherapy for initially unresectable liver metastases

Junichiro Kawamura, Takefumi Yazawa, Kimiaki Sumida, Yuya Kida, Ryotaro Ogawa, Masaki Tani, Junya Kawasoe, Michihiro Yamamoto, Hideki Harada, Hidekazu Yamamoto, Masazumi Zaima

Open Access Research

Overexpression of RBM5 induces autophagy in human lung adenocarcinoma cells

Zhenzhong Su, Ke Wang, Ranwei Li, Jinzhi Yin, Yuqiu Hao, Xuejiao Lv, Junyao Li, Lijing Zhao, Yanwei Du, Ping Li, Jie Zhang

Open Access Research

Results of optimal debulking surgery with bowel resection in patients with advanced ovarian cancer

Pawel Derlatka, Jacek Sienko, Laretta Grabowska-Derlatka, Piotr Palczewski, Anna Danska-Bidzinska, Mariusz Bidzinski, Krzysztof Czajkowski

Open Access Research

Gemcitabine plus cisplatin versus gemcitabine alone in the treatment of pancreatic cancer: a meta-analysis

Guoqing Ouyang, Zhipeng Liu, Shengfu Huang, Qianglong Li, Li Xiong, Xiongying Miao, Yu Wen

Open Access Research

The combination therapy of high-intensity focused ultrasound with radiotherapy in locally advanced pancreatic carcinoma

Yu-Jiang Li, Gui-Lin Huang, Xu-Ling Sun, Xin-Chun Zhao, Zhi-Gang Li

Open Access Research

Robotic versus laparoscopic low anterior resection for rectal cancer: a meta-analysis

Yanlai Sun, Huirong Xu, Zengjun Li, Jianjun Han, Wentao Song, Junwei Wang, Zhongfa Xu

Open Access Case report

Fibromatosis in vertical rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap imitating tumor recurrence after surgery for locally advanced rectal cancer: case report

Mariusz Adam Goscinski, Knut Håkon Hole, Elin Tønne, Truls Ryder, Krystyna Kotanska Grøholt, Kjersti Flatmark

Open Access Case report

A giant mucinous cystadenocarcinoma of the appendix: a case report and review of the literature

Hiroshi Nagata, Yuji Kondo, Kazushige Kawai, Soichiro Ishihara, Shinsuke Kazama, Takako Nirei, Daisuke Soma, Jun Yamada, Eiji Sunami, Joji Kitayama, Yoshiro Kubota, Toshiaki Watanabe

Open Access Case report

Thoracolumbar paravertebral giant ganglioneuroma and scoliosis: a case report and literature review

Yihao Yang, Mingyan Ren, Zhongqin Yuan, Kun Li, Zhiping Zhang, Jing Zhang, Lin Xie, Zuozhang Yang

Open Access Research

Flap fixation reduces seroma in patients undergoing mastectomy: a significant implication for clinical practice

James van Bastelaar, Arianne Beckers, Maarten Snoeijs, Geerard Beets, Yvonne Vissers

Open Access Case report

The ALPPS procedure as a novel “liver-first” approach in treating liver metastases of colon cancer: the first experience in Greek Cypriot area

Athanasios Petrou, Demetrios Moris, Pantelis Kountourakis, Mohammad Fard-Aghaie, Kyriakos Neofytou, Evangelos Felekouras, Alexandros Papalampros

Open Access Case report

Neoadjuvant imatinib treatment and laparoscopic anus-preserving surgery for a large gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the rectum

Kennoki Kyo, Masaki Azuma, Kazuya Okamoto, Motohiro Nishiyama, Takahiro Shimamura, Atsushi Maema, Hitoshi Kanamaru, Motoaki Shirakawa, Toshio Nakamura, Kazuya Shinmura, Kenji Koda, Hidetaro Yokoyama

Open Access Case report

Misdiagnosis of primary hepatic marginal zone B cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue type, a case report

L. X. Li, S. T. Zhou, X. Ji, H. Ren, Y. L. Sun, J. B. Zhang, H. B. Wang, Z. W. Liu

Open Access Research

Downregulation of selenium-binding protein 1 is associated with poor prognosis in lung squamous cell carcinoma

Xing Tan, Li Liao, Yan-Ping Wan, Mei-Xiang Li, Si-Han Chen, Wen-Juan Mo, Qiong-Lan Zhao, Li-Fang Huang, Gu-Qing Zeng

Open Access Case report

Iris metastasis of gastric adenocarcinoma

Ali Riza Cenk Celebi, Ayse Ebru Kilavuzoglu, U. Emrah Altiparmak, C. Banu Cosar, Abdullah Ozkiris

Open Access Research

Breast segmentectomy with rotation mammoplasty as an oncoplastic approach to extensive ductal carcinoma in situ

Bartlomiej Szynglarewicz, Adam Maciejczyk, Jozef Forgacz, Rafal Matkowski

Open Access Research

Optimized total thoracoscopic and laparoscopic esophagectomy for esophageal cancer

Shao-hui Zhou, Yong-bin Song, Li-jun Liu, Hong-shang Cui

Open Access Case report

Renal and retroperitoneal metastasis from prostate adenocarcinoma: a case report

Chao Chen, Huadong He, Zhijian Yu, Yuansong Qiu, Xuliang Wang

Open Access Research

Incidence of neoplasias and effectiveness of postoperative surveillance endoscopy for patients with ulcerative colitis: comparison of ileorectal anastomosis and ileal pouch-anal anastomosis

Hiroaki Ishii, Keisuke Hata, Junko Kishikawa, Hiroyuki Anzai, Kensuke Otani, Koji Yasuda, Takeshi Nishikawa, Toshiaki Tanaka, Junichiro Tanaka, Tomomichi Kiyomatsu, Kazushige Kawai, Hiroaki Nozawa, Shinsuke Kazama, Hironori Yamaguchi, Soichiro Ishihara, Eiji Sunami, Joji Kitayama, Toshiaki Watanabe

Open Access Research

Prognostic factors in the patients with T2N0M0 colorectal cancer

Bin Xu, Lin Yu, Li-Zhong Zhao, Dong-Wang Ma

Open Access Research

The potential of deferasirox as a novel therapeutic modality in gastric cancer

Jung Hye Choi, Jung Soon Kim, Young Woong Won, Jieun Uhm, Byeong Bae Park, Young Yiul Lee

Open Access Research

Clinical, radiological, and pathological features of 33 adult unilateral thalamic gliomas

Peng Zhang, Xingchao Wang, Nan Ji, Jian Xie, Jinsong Han, Xiaohui Ren, Guidong Song, Ruofei Wu, Liwei Zhang, Zhixian Gao

Open Access Research

Intramedullary nailing has sufficient durability for metastatic femoral fractures

Takaaki Tanaka, Jungo Imanishi, Chris Charoenlap, Peter F. M. Choong

Open Access Research

Prognostic value of microRNA-21 in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: a meta-analysis

Geng-yuan Hu, Feng Tao, Wei Wang, Ke-wei Ji

Open Access Research

Hepatocellular carcinoma on cirrhosis complicated with tumoral thrombi extended to the right atrium: results in three cases treated with major hepatectomy and thrombectomy under hypothermic cardiocirculatory arrest and literature review

Benedetta Pesi, Francesco Giudici, Luca Moraldi, Gianfranco Montesi, Stefano Romagnoli, Fulvio Pinelli, Pierluigi Stefano, Giacomo Batignani

Open Access Case report

Elevated serum alpha-fetoprotein in poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma with neuroendocrine differentiation of the ascending colon: a case report

Hung-Hsin Lin, Chia-Chu Chang, Shung-Haur Yang, Shih-Ching Chang, Wei-Shone Chen, Wen-Yih Liang, Jen-Kou Lin, Jeng-Kai Jiang

Open Access Research

Betel nut chewing history is an independent prognosticator for smoking patients with locally advanced stage IV head and neck squamous cell carcinoma receiving induction chemotherapy with docetaxel, cisplatin, and fluorouracil

Yan-Ye Su, Chih-Yen Chien, Sheng-Dean Luo, Tai-Lin Huang, Wei-Che Lin, Fu-Min Fang, Tai-Jan Chiu, Yen-Hao Chen, Chi-Chih Lai, Cheng-Ming Hsu, Shau-Hsuan Li

Open Access Case report

Two cases of gallbladder metastasis from renal cell carcinoma and review of literature

Mafalda Costa Neves, Kyriakos Neofytou, Alexandros Giakoustidis, Stephen Hazell, Andrew Wotherspoon, Martin Gore, Satvinder Mudan

Open Access Research

Clinical study of harvesting lymph nodes with carbon nanoparticles in advanced gastric cancer: a prospective randomized trial

Ziyu Li, Sheng Ao, Zhaode Bu, Aiwen Wu, Xiaojiang Wu, Fei Shan, Xin Ji, Yan Zhang, Zhaodong Xing, Jiafu Ji

Open Access Research

Laparoscopic gastrectomy versus open gastrectomy for elderly patients with gastric cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Jin-fa Wang, Song-ze Zhang, Neng-yun Zhang, Zong-yang Wu, Ji-ye Feng, Li-ping Ying, Jing-jing Zhang

Open Access Research

Accuracy of intraoperative frozen section for the evaluation of ovarian neoplasms: an institutional experience

Atif Ali Hashmi, Samreen Naz, Muhammad Muzzammil Edhi, Naveen Faridi, Syed Danish Hussain, Shazia Mumtaz, Mehmood Khan

Open Access Research

Efficacy of transanal tube placement after anterior resection for rectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Shuanhu Wang, Zongbing Zhang, Mulin Liu, Shiqing Li, Congqiao Jiang

Open Access Research

Total femoral reconstruction with custom prosthesis for osteosarcoma

Tang Liu, Xianghong Zhang, Qing Zhang, Xiangsheng Zhang, Xiaoning Guo

Open Access Case report

Primary ectopic substernal thyroid cancer with trachea relapse: a case report and opinions of management

Rui-Min Ma, Lin Lv, Shu-Rong Zheng, Jie You, Du-ping Huang, Gui-Long Guo

Open Access Research

Pin1 is related with clinical stage of papillary thyroid carcinoma

Lixin Jiang, Haidi Chu, Haitao Zheng

Open Access Research

Totally laparoscopic versus laparoscopic-assisted total gastrectomy for upper and middle gastric cancer: a single-unit experience of 253 cases with meta-analysis

Ke Chen, Yu Pan, Jia-Qin Cai, Di Wu, Jia-Fei Yan, Ding-Wei Chen, Hong-Mei Yu, Xian-Fa Wang

Open Access Case report

A recurrent epidermoid cyst of the spleen: report of a case and literature review

Pasquale Cianci, Nicola Tartaglia, Amedeo Altamura, Alberto Fersini, Fernanda Vovola, Francesca Sanguedolce, Antonio Ambrosi, Vincenzo Neri

Open Access Research

Level of arterial ligation in sigmoid colon and rectal cancer surgery

Koji Yasuda, Kazushige Kawai, Soichiro Ishihara, Koji Murono, Kensuke Otani, Takeshi Nishikawa, Toshiaki Tanaka, Tomomichi Kiyomatsu, Keisuke Hata, Hiroaki Nozawa, Hironori Yamaguchi, Shigeo Aoki, Hideyuki Mishima, Tsunehiko Maruyama, Akihiro Sako, Toshiaki Watanabe

Open Access Case report

Rhabdomyosarcoma masquerading as lymphadenopathy in a patient with newly diagnosed Hodgkin’s lymphoma

Joseph Dergan, Sandeep Sirsi, Armand Asarian, Elizabeth Guevara, Philip Xiao

Open Access Case report

Porta hepatic schwannoma: case report and a 30-year review of the literature yielding 15 cases

Sheng-yong Yin, Zheng-long Zhai, Kui-wu Ren, Yun-chuan Yang, Da-long Wan, Xiao-yan Liu, Li-jun Wang, Shu-sen Zheng

Open Access Research

Surgical treatment for pelvic giant cell tumor: a multi-center study

Kai Zheng, Xiuchun Yu, Yongcheng Hu, Zhen Wang, Sujia Wu, Zhaoming Ye

Open Access Research

Laparoscopic versus laparotomic surgery for adnexal masses: role in elderly

F. M. Pulcinelli, M. Schimberni, R. Marci, F. Bellati, D. Caserta

Open Access Case report

Synchronous malignancies of the gall bladder and common bile duct: a case report

Srinivas Kodaganur, Ishwar R. Hosamani

Open Access Case report

A case of disseminated carcinomatosis of the bone marrow originating from gastric cancer 3 years after intraperitoneal chemotherapy against peritoneal carcinomatosis

Takayuki Okuno, Hironori Yamaguchi, Joji Kitayama, Hironori Ishigami, Takeshi Nishikawa, Junichiro Tanaka, Toshiaki Tanaka, Tomomichi Kiyomatsu, Keisuke Hata, Hiroaki Nozawa, Kazushige Kawai, Shinsuke Kazama, Soichiro Ishihara, Eiji Sunami, Toshiaki Watanabe

Open Access Case report

Sleeve resection for bronchial carcinoid tumour in two children under six years old

Basak Erginel, Berker Ozkan, Feryal Gun Soysal, Alaaddin Celik, Tansu Salman, Alper Toker

Open Access Case report

A case of small bowel metastasis from spinal Ewing sarcoma causing intussusception in an adult female

Qing Ting Tan, Jin Yao Teo, Syed Salahuddin Ahmed, Alexander Yaw Fui Chung

Open Access Research

Prospective evaluation of Ki-67 system in histological grading of soft tissue sarcomas in the Japan Clinical Oncology Group Study JCOG0304

Kazuhiro Tanaka, Tadashi Hasegawa, Takayuki Nojima, Yoshinao Oda, Junki Mizusawa, Haruhiko Fukuda, Yukihide Iwamoto

Open Access Research

C-reactive protein as a prognostic factor in patients with chordoma of lumbar spine and sacrum—a single center pilot study

Gerhard Martin Hobusch, Florian Bodner, Sonja Walzer, Rodrig Marculescu, Philipp T. Funovics, Irene Sulzbacher, Reinhard Windhager, Joannis Panotopoulos

Open Access Research

Surgery methods and soft tissue extension are the potential risk factors of local recurrence in giant cell tumor of bone

Dongqi Li, Jinlei Zhang, Yi Li, Junfeng Xia, Yihao Yang, Mingyan Ren, Yedan Liao, Shunling Yu, Xiaojuan Li, Yan Shen, Ya Zhang, Zuozhang Yang

Open Access Case report

Pyomyositis at the surgical site in a patient with chronic myeloid leukemia: a case report and literature review

Katsushi Takebayashi, Hiromichi Sonoda, Tomoharu Shimizu, Hiroyuki Ohta, Hitoshi Minamiguchi, Mitsuaki Ishida, Eiji Mekata, Yoshihiro Endo, Tohru Tani, Masaji Tani

Open Access Case report

Transverse carcinoma after Miles operation: a case in which preoperative evaluation was assisted by computed tomographic colonography

Daisuke Ito, Masanori Teruya, Shojiro Hata, Kaoru Kobayashi, Michio Kaminishi

Open Access Research

Sentinel node biopsy during thoracolaparoscopic esophagectomy for advanced esophageal cancer

Judith Boone, Monique G. G. Hobbelink, Marguerite E. I. Schipper, Frank P. Vleggaar, Inne H. M. Borel Rinkes, Robbert J. de Haas, Jelle P. Ruurda, Richard van Hillegersberg

Open Access Review

Biological and synthetic mesh use in breast reconstructive surgery: a literature review

Hugh Logan Ellis, Oluwatosin Asaolu, Vivien Nebo, Abdul Kasem

Open Access Research

Recurrences in stage II rectal carcinoma after curative resection alone: from the viewpoint of angiogenesis

Željko Martinović, Dražen Kovač, Cvita Martinović

Open Access Research

Clinicopathological characteristics and outcomes in stage I–III mucinous gastric adenocarcinoma: a retrospective study at a single medical center

Jun-Te Hsu, Chen-Wei Wang, Puo-Hsien Le, Ren-Chin Wu, Tsung-Hsing Chen, Kun-Chun Chiang, Chun-Jung Lin, Ta-Sen Yeh

Open Access Research

Risk factors and negative consequences of patient’s delay for penile carcinoma

Wen Gao, Le-bin Song, Jie Yang, Ning-hong Song, Xin-feng Wu, Ning-jing Song, Di Qiao, Chen Chen, Jia-yi Zhang, Zeng-jun Wang

Open Access Case report

Surgically treated solitary giant gluteal and retroperitoneal neurofibroma: a case report

Xiang-qian Shen, Hui Shen, Shou-cheng Wu, Ying Lv, Hui Lu, Xiang-jin Lin

Open Access Research

Prognostic performance of pre-treatment NLR and PLR in patients suffering from osteosarcoma

Wen-Kai Xia, Zhi-Li Liu, Dong Shen, Qing-Feng Lin, Jun Su, Wei-Dong Mao

Open Access Research

Knockdown of ribosomal protein S15A induces human glioblastoma cell apoptosis

Chen Zhang, Jiqiang Fu, Fei Xue, Bomi Ryu, Ting Zhang, Shuili Zhang, Jingyu Sun, Xinxin Xu, Zhaoli Shen, Longpo Zheng, Xianzhen Chen

Open Access Research

Synchronous gastrointestinal cancer and gastrointestinal stromal tumors: a single-institution experience

Jian Du, Ning Shen, Hai-Shan He, Xiao-Lan Fu, Jing-Zhong Wang, Chong-Zhou Mao

Open Access Review

The SphKs/S1P/S1PR1 axis in immunity and cancer: more ore to be mined

Lei Jin, Wei-Ren Liu, Meng-Xin Tian, Jia Fan, Ying-Hong Shi

Open Access Technical innovations

Modified high dorsal procedure for performing isolated anatomic total caudate lobectomy (with video)

Toshiya Ochiai, Hiromichi Ishii, Atsushi Toma, Takeshi Ishimoto, Yusuke Yamamoto, Ryo Morimura, Hisashi Ikoma, Eigo Otsuji

Open Access Research

Surgical anatomy of the internal thoracic lymph nodes in fresh human cadavers: basis for sentinel node biopsy

Alfredo Carlos S. D. Barros, Lincon Jo Mori, Dolores Nishimura, Alfredo L. Jacomo

Open Access Research

Outcomes of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in Japanese locally advanced rectal carcinoma patients

Katsuji Tokuhara, Yosuke Ueyama, Kazuyoshi Nakatani, Kazuhiko Yoshioka, Masanori Kon

Open Access Research

p53 status correlates with the risk of progression in stage T1 bladder cancer: a meta-analysis

Jun Du, Shu-hua Wang, Qing Yang, Qian-qian Chen, Xin Yao

Open Access Case report

Primary intracranial neuroendocrine tumor: two case reports

Hailong Liu, Haoran Wang, Xueling Qi, Chunjiang Yu

Open Access Research

ALK-rearranged pulmonary adenocarcinoma in Thai Patients: From diagnosis to treatment efficacy

Pimpin Incharoen, Thanyanan Reungwetwattana, Sakditad Saowapa, Kaettipong Kamprerasart, Duangjai Pangpunyakulchai, Lalida Arsa, Artit Jinawath

Open Access Research

Transpapillary biliary biopsy for malignant biliary strictures: comparison between cholangiocarcinoma and pancreatic cancer

Wei-Ming Chen, Kuo-Liang Wei, Yi-Shing Chen, Pey-Jium Chang, Shui-Yi Tung, Te-Sheng Chang, Hao-Chun Huang, Chein-Heng Shen, Yung-Yu Hsieh, Cheng-Shyong Wu

Open Access Research

Inflammation-based prognostic system predicts postoperative survival of esophageal carcinoma patients with normal preoperative serum carcinoembryonic antigen and squamous cell carcinoma antigen levels

Qilong Ma, Wengao Liu, Ran Jia, Feng Jiang, Hao Duan, Peng Lin, Lanjun Zhang, Hao Long, Hongyun Zhao, Guowei Ma

Open Access Research

Radiological findings of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor: reports of six cases and review of literature

Yong-hui Yu, Jing-tao Wu, Jing Ye, Ming-xiang Chen

Open Access Research

Analysis of loco-regional and distant recurrences in breast cancer after conservative surgery

Mostafa Elsayed, Mahmoud Alhussini, Ahmed Basha, A. T. Awad

Open Access Case report

A rare association of chronic lymphocytic leukemia with c-ANCA-positive Wegener’s granulomatosis: a case report

Victoria Bîrluţiu, Elena Cristina Rezi, Rares Mircea Bîrluţiu, Ioan Sorin Zaharie

Open Access Research

Prognostic significance of K-ras mutations in pancreatic cancer: a meta-analysis

Lian-yuan Tao, Ling-fu Zhang, Dian-rong Xiu, Chun-hui Yuan, Zhao-lai Ma, Bin Jiang

Open Access Case report

Metachronous testicular seminoma after radiotherapy and chemotherapy: a case report

Marcelo Di Gregorio, Marie Cécile Nollevaux, Francis Lorge, Lionel D’Hondt

Open Access Research

Neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio has a prognostic value for patients with terminal cancer

Yoichi Nakamura, Ryohei Watanabe, Miwa Katagiri, Yoshihisa Saida, Natsuya Katada, Manabu Watanabe, Yasushi Okamoto, Koji Asai, Toshiyuki Enomoto, Takaharu Kiribayashi, Shinya Kusachi

Open Access Review

Role of prophylactic central compartment lymph node dissection in clinically N0 differentiated thyroid cancer patients: analysis of risk factors and review of modern trends

Giovanni Conzo, Ernesto Tartaglia, Nicola Avenia, Pier Giorgio Calò, Annamaria de Bellis, Katherine Esposito, Claudio Gambardella, Sergio Iorio, Daniela Pasquali, Luigi Santini, Maria Antonia Sinisi, Antonio Agostino Sinisi, Mario Testini, Andrea Polistena, Giuseppe Bellastella

Open Access Case report

A case of multicentric gliomas in both supra- and infratentorial regions with different histology: a case report

Akihiro Inoue, Takanori Ohnishi, Shohei Kohno, Yosuke Mizuno, Riko Kitazawa, Yawara Nakamura, Shiro Ohue

Open Access Case report

Solitary splenic tuberculosis: a case report and review of the literature

Sai-Feng Lin, Lei Zheng, Lei Zhou

Open Access Case report

Rare occurrence of metastasis from lung cancer to the anus: case report and review of the literature

Mohannad Al-Tarakji, Jonas Feilchenfeldt, Abdulrazzaq Haidar, Lajos Szabados, Sherif Abdelaziem, Ali Sayed, Adriana Toro, Isidoro Di Carlo

Open Access Research

Has the ‘Fast-Track’ referral system affected the route of presentation and/or clinical outcomes in patients with colorectal cancer?

Luke Thornton, Harriet Reader, Stevan Stojkovic, Victoria Allgar, Nick Woodcock

Open Access Research

Study on the expression of PAK4 and P54 protein in breast cancer

Yanqing Bi, Mengzi Tian, Jinghong Le, Linlin Wang, Xiaofang Liu, Jianhua Qu, Min Hao

Open Access Case report

Tongue squamous cell carcinoma producing both parathyroid hormone-related protein and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor: a case report and literature review

Naoki Kaneko, Shintaro Kawano, Ryota Matsubara, Yuichi Goto, Teppei Jinno, Yasuyuki Maruse, Taiki Sakamoto, Yuma Hashiguchi, Masakazu Iida, Seiji Nakamura

Open Access Technical innovations

Endoscopic submucosal dissection versus transanal local excision for rectal carcinoid: a comparative study

Fei-hu Yan, Zheng Lou, Shi-jie Hu, Xiao-dong Xu, Hao Wang, Han-tao Wang, Rong-gui Meng, Chuan-gang Fu, Wei Zhang, Jian He, En-da Yu

Open Access Research

Nephrometry score-guided off-clamp laparoscopic partial nephrectomy: patient selection and short-time functional results

Hong-Kai Wang, Xiao-Jian Qin, Chun-Guang Ma, Guo-Hai Shi, Hai-Liang Zhang, Ding-Wei Ye

Open Access Technical innovations

Evaluation of the tracing effect of carbon nanoparticle and carbon nanoparticle-epirubicin suspension in axillary lymph node dissection for breast cancer treatment

Junze Du, Yongsong Zhang, Jia Ming, Jing Liu, Ling Zhong, Quankun Liang, Linjun Fan, Jun Jiang

Open Access Research

Non-primary breast malignancies: a single institution’s experience of a diagnostic challenge with important therapeutic consequences—a retrospective study

Florian E. Buisman, Linda van Gelder, Marian B. E. Menke-Pluijmers, Bob H. C. Bisschops, Peter W. Plaisier, Pieter J. Westenend

Open Access Case report

Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma as an unusual cause of malignant hilar biliary stricture: a case report with literature review

Yong Keun Park, Jee Eun Choi, Woon Yong Jung, Sung Kyu Song, Jong In Lee, Chul-Woon Chung

Open Access Research

The CDH1 -160C/A polymorphism is associated with breast cancer: evidence from a meta-analysis

Ying-Yu Ma, Wei-Quan Wu, Zheng-Chuang Liu, Xiao-Fen Yu, Kun Guo, Qi-Wen He, Shi-Bin Jiang, Qin-Shu Shao, Hou-Quan Tao, Dong-Sheng Huang

Open Access Research

Impact of prognostic nutritional index on long-term outcomes in patients with breast cancer

Tomomi Mohri, Yasuhiko Mohri, Tsunehiko Shigemori, Kenji Takeuchi, Yoshiyuki Itoh, Toshio Kato

Open Access Research

Comparison between completely and traditionally retroperitoneoscopic nephroureterectomy for upper tract urothelial cancer

Lin Yao, Kunlin Yang, Xuesong Li, Zheng Zhang, Cuijian Zhang, Kan Gong, Zhijun Xi, Zhisong He, Liqun Zhou

Open Access Research

Acinar cell carcinoma: a report of 19 cases with a brief review of the literature

Yu Wang, Sinan Wang, Xuan Zhou, Hongyuan Zhou, Yunlong Cui, Qiang Li, Lun Zhang

Open Access Research

Analysis of the effect of adjuvant radiotherapy on outcomes and complications after radical hysterectomy in FIGO stage IB1 cervical cancer patients with intermediate risk factors (GOTIC Study)

Kazuto Nakamura, Yoshikazu Kitahara, Toyomi Satoh, Yuji Takei, Masashi Takano, Shoji Nagao, Isao Sekiguchi, Mitsuaki Suzuki

Open Access Research

Prostate-specific antigen density values among patients with symptomatic prostatic enlargement in Nigeria

Emeka I. Udeh, Ikenna I. Nnabugwu, Francis O. Ozoemena, Fred O. Ugwumba, Adesina S. O. Aderibigbe, Samuel R. Ohayi, Kevin N. Echetabu

Open Access Case report

Pneumatosis intestinalis after gefitinib therapy for pulmonary adenocarcinoma: a case report

Ai Maeda, Masao Nakata, Katsuhiko Shimizu, Takuro Yukawa, Shinsuke Saisho, Riki Okita

Open Access Case

Primary adrenal leiomyosarcoma with lymph node metastasis: a case report

Tomoya Onishi, Yutaka Yanagihara, Tadahiko Kikugawa, Noriyoshi Miura, Terutaka Noda, Toshio Kakuda, Riko Kitazawa, Nozomu Tanji

Open Access Case report

Small bowel adenocarcinoma of the jejunum: a case report and literature review

Jie Li, Zhiliang Wang, Na Liu, Junfeng Hao, Xin Xu

Open Access Research

Clinical significance of mitofusin-2 and its signaling pathways in hepatocellular carcinoma

Yingsheng Wu, Dongkai Zhou, Xiaobo Xu, Xinyi Zhao, Pengfei Huang, Xiaohu Zhou, Wei Song, Hua Guo, Weilin Wang, Shusen Zheng

Open Access Case report

Asynchronous bilateral anastomosis site sigmoid colon cancer after ureterosigmoidostomy: a case report

Keiichi Arakawa, Soichiro Ishihara, Kazushige Kawai, Junichi Shibata, Kensuke Otani, Koji Yasuda, Takeshi Nishikawa, Toshiaki Tanaka, Tomomichi Kiyomatsu, Keisuke Hata, Hiroaki Nozawa, Hironori Yamaguchi, Eiji Sunami, Joji Kitayama, Toshiaki Watanabe

Open Access Research

Surgical outcomes of robotic thyroidectomy vs. conventional open thyroidectomy for papillary thyroid carcinoma

Jeong Nam Cho, Won Seo Park, Sun Young Min, Sang-Ah Han, Jeong-Yoon Song

Open Access Review

Solitary splenic metastasis from nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a case report and systematic review of the literature

Pietro Genova, Francesco Brunetti, Emilie Bequignon, Filippo Landi, Vincenzo Lizzi, Francesco Esposito, Cecile Charpy, Julien Calderaro, Daniel Azoulay, Nicola de’Angelis

Open Access Research

Anorectal malignant melanoma: curative abdominoperineal resection: patient selection with 18F-FDG-PET/CT

Claudius Falch, Sven Mueller, Andreas Kirschniak, Manuel Braun, Alfred Koenigsrainer, Bernhard Klumpp

Open Access Case report

Primary undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma of the breast in a young female: a case report

Banushree C. Srinivasamurthy, Ambedkar Raj Kulandaivelu, Kaushik Saha, Arpita Saha

Open Access Erratum

Erratum to: Tongue squamous cell carcinoma producing both parathyroid hormone-related protein and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor: a case report and literature review

Naoki Kaneko, Shintaro Kawano, Ryota Matsubara, Yuichi Goto, Teppei Jinno, Yasuyuki Maruse, Taiki Sakamoto, Yuma Hashiguchi, Masakazu Iida, Seiji Nakamura

Open Access Case report

A case report of metastasis of malignant mesothelioma to the retromolar trigone

A. Arslan, C. Ozcakir-Tomruk, E. Deniz, O. Akin

Open Access Research

Prognostic relevance of autophagy-related markers LC3, p62/sequestosome 1, Beclin-1 and ULK1 in colorectal cancer patients with respect to KRAS mutational status

Klaus Juergen Schmitz, Ceflije Ademi, Stefanie Bertram, Kurt Werner Schmid, Hideo Andreas Baba

Open Access Research

Association between alcohol dehydrogenase-2 gene polymorphism and esophageal cancer risk: a meta-analysis

Ning Mao, Siyao Nie, Bin Hong, Chao Li, Xueyuan Shen, Tao Xiong

Open Access Case report

Ulcerative colitis associated with nephrotic syndrome after treatment with mesalazine developed into rectal carcinoma: a case study

Shinichi Sameshima, Shinichiro Koketsu, Takashi Okuyama, Yawara Kubota, Yuko Ono, Tamaki Noie, Masatoshi Oya

Open Access Case report

Retroperitoneal paravertebral ganglioneuroma: a multidisciplinary approach facilitates less radical surgery

Christoph Paasch, Anja Harder, Esther Jasmin Gatzky, Ehssan Ghadamgahi, Andreas Spuler, Robert Siegel

Open Access Research

Laparoscopic RFA with splenectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma

Kunpeng Hu, Purun Lei, Zhicheng Yao, Chenhu Wang, Qingliang Wang, Shilei Xu, Zhiyong Xiong, He Huang, Ruiyun Xu, Meihai Deng, Bo Liu

Open Access Research

Effectiveness of adjuvant chemotherapy for elderly patients with lymph node-positive colorectal cancer

Tetsuro Tominaga, Takashi Nonaka, Yorihisa Sumida, Shigekazu Hidaka, Terumitsu Sawai, Takeshi Nagayasu

Open Access Case report

Metastatic rectal adenocarcinoma in the mandibular gingiva: a case report

Masato Watanabe, Masanori Tada, Takafumi Satomi, Daichi Chikazu, Masashi Mizumoto, Hideyuki Sakurai

Open Access Research

Factors associated with improved survival following surgical treatment for metastatic prostate cancer in the spine: retrospective analysis of 29 patients in a single center

Tong Meng, Rui Chen, Nanzhe Zhong, Tianqi Fan, Bo Li, Huabin Yin, Zhenxi Li, Wang Zhou, Dianwen Song, Jianru Xiao

Open Access Research

Prognostic factors after pulmonary metastasectomy of colorectal cancers: influence of liver metastasis

Seok Kim, Hong Kwan Kim, Jong Ho Cho, Yong Soo Choi, Kwhanmien Kim, Jhingook Kim, Jae Ill Zo, Young Mog Shim, Jin Seok Heo, Woo Yong Lee, Hee Cheol Kim

Open Access Case report

Intracholecystic papillary-tubular neoplasm in a patient with choledochal cyst: a link between choledochal cyst and gallbladder cancer?

Adamantios Michalinos, Parakevi Alexandrou, Alexandros Papalambros, Dimitrios Oikonomou, Stratigoula Sakellariou, Evangelia Baliou, Andreas Alexandrou, Dimitrios Schizas, Evangelos Felekouras

Open Access Research

Left-sided pancreatic incidentalomas treated with laparoscopic approach: a report of 20 cases

Marco Chiarelli, Martino Gerosa, Fulvio Tagliabue, Luca Fumagalli, Angelo Guttadauro, Francesco Gabrielli, Alessandro Marando, Matilde De Simone, Ugo Cioffi

Open Access Case report

Primary pulmonary plasmacytoma: a case report introduction

Si Nie, De-Chang Peng, Hong-Han Gong, Cheng-Long Ye, Xiao Nie, Hai-Jun Li

Open Access Case report

Spine extra-osseous chordoma mimicking neurogenic tumors: report of three cases and review of the literatures

Jian Yang, Xinghai Yang, Wujun Miao, Qi Jia, Wei Wan, Tong Meng, Zhipeng Wu, Xiaopan Cai, Dianwen Song, Jianru Xiao

Open Access Research

Invasive micropapillary carcinoma of the breast had poor clinical characteristics but showed no difference in prognosis compared with invasive ductal carcinoma

Guanqiao Li, Shiping Yang, Jia Yao, Zhenping Wang, Guangyu Yao, Mingfeng Liu, Changsheng Ye

Open Access Research

Outcomes of abdominoperineal resection for management of anal cancer in HIV-positive patients: a national case review

Ira L. Leeds, Hasan Alturki, Joseph K. Canner, Eric B. Schneider, Jonathan E. Efron, Elizabeth C. Wick, Susan L. Gearhart, Bashar Safar, Sandy H. Fang

Open Access Technical innovations

Reconstruct the proximal radius with iliac graft and elastic intramedullary nail fixation after tumor resection

Bin Zhu, Jielai Yang, Dongdong Cheng, Xiaofan Yin, Qingcheng Yang

Open Access Research

Surgical spacer placement prior carbon ion radiotherapy (CIRT): an effective feasible strategy to improve the treatment for sacral chordoma

Lorenzo Cobianchi, Andrea Peloso, Barbara Vischioni, Denis Panizza, Maria Rosaria Fiore, Piero Fossati, Viviana Vitolo, Alberto Iannalfi, Mario Ciocca, Silvia Brugnatelli, Tommaso Dominioni, Dario Bugada, Marcello Maestri, Mario Alessiani, Francesca Valvo, Roberto Orecchia, Paolo Dionigi

Open Access Review

Gastric biomarkers: a global review

Nick Baniak, Jenna-Lynn Senger, Shahid Ahmed, S. C. Kanthan, Rani Kanthan

Open Access Research

The anterolateral thigh flap for soft tissue reconstruction in patients with tongue squamous cell carcinoma

Xiang-Juan Tong, Zhan-Gui Tang, Zhen-Feng Shan, Xin-Cheng Guo

Open Access Research

Minimally invasive surgery using intraoperative electron-beam radiotherapy for the treatment of soft tissue sarcoma of the extremities with tendon involvement

Akihiko Matsumine, Masaya Tsujii, Tomoki Nakamura, Kunihiro Asanuma, Takao Matsubara, Takuya Kakimoto, Yuki Yada, Akinori Takada, Noriko Ii, Yoshihito Nomoto, Akihiro Sudo

Open Access Research

Forequarter amputation: a safe rescue procedure in a curative and palliative setting in high-grade malignoma of the shoulder girdle

Ulrich Elsner, Marcel Henrichs, Georg Gosheger, Ralf Dieckmann, Markus Nottrott, Jendrik Hardes, Arne Streitbürger

Open Access Case report

Autoamputation of an ovarian mature cystic teratoma: a case report and a review of the literature

Keun Ho Lee, Min Jong Song, In Cheul Jung, Yong Seok Lee, Eun Kyung Park

Open Access Case report

Metachronous bladder metastases of a type 2 papillary renal cell carcinoma: a case report and review of the literature

D. G. V. D. Seneth Gajasinghe, Ishra Nazeer, Hansika P. Maddumage, Chrysantha Perera, Anuruddha M. Abeygunasekera

Open Access Research

The comparison of perioperative outcomes of robot-assisted and open partial nephrectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Zhonghua Shen, Linguo Xie, Wanqin Xie, Hailong Hu, Tao Chen, Chen Xing, Xiaoteng Liu, Hao Xu, Yu Zhang, Zhouliang Wu, Dawei Tian, Changli Wu

Open Access Research

Effect of a chemical inhibitor of human phosphatidylethanolamine-binding protein 4 on radiosensitivity of rectal cancer cells

Jianming Qiu, Yong Tao, Guangen Yang, Kan Xu, A. Li Lin, Liuyu Li

Open Access Case report

Metachronous pancreatic metastases from renal cell carcinoma: is there a place of Active-Surveillance before deferred deliberately Molecular Target Agent?

Yassir Sbitti, Hassan Seddik, Adil Debbagh, Fahd Benani, Khaoula Slimani, Mohamed Mahi, Mohamed Tarchouli, Abdelmounaim Aitali, Abderrahmane Albouzidi, Hassan Errihani, Mohamed Ichou

Open Access Erratum

Erratum to: Incomplete staging surgery as a major predictor of relapse of borderline ovarian tumor

Margarita Romeo, Francesc Pons, Pilar Barretina, Joaquim Radua

Open Access Research

The expression of microRNA 574-3p as a predictor of postoperative outcome in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Tomoyuki Okumura, Hirohumi Kojima, Takeshi Miwa, Shinichi Sekine, Isaya Hashimoto, Shozo Hojo, Takuya Nagata, Yutaka Shimada

Open Access Research

Preoperative endoscopic localization of colorectal cancer and tracing lymph nodes by using carbon nanoparticles in laparoscopy

Qingxuan Wang, Endong Chen, Yefeng Cai, Chong Chen, Wenxu Jin, Zhouci Zheng, Yixiang Jin, Yao Chen, Xiaohua Zhang, Quan Li

Open Access Research

Emergency management with resection versus proximal stoma or stent treatment and planned resection in malignant left-sided colon obstruction

Emma Öistämö, Fredrik Hjern, Lennart Blomqvist, Ylva Falkén, Klas Pekkari, Mirna Abraham-Nordling

Open Access Research

Positive detection of exfoliated colon cancer cells on linear stapler cartridges was associated with depth of tumor invasion and preoperative bowel preparation in colon cancer

Kishiko Ikehara, Shungo Endo, Kensuke Kumamoto, Eiji Hidaka, Fumio Ishida, Jun-ichi Tanaka, Shin-ei Kudo

Open Access Case report

Severe Fournier’s gangrene in a patient with rectal cancer: case report and literature review

Yu Yoshino, Kimihiko Funahashi, Rei Okada, Yasuyuki Miura, Takayuki Suzuki, Takamaru Koda, Kimihiko Yoshida, Junichi Koike, Hiroyuki Shiokawa, Mitsunori Ushigome, Tomoaki Kaneko, Yasuo Nagashima, Mayu Goto, Akiharu Kurihara, Hironori Kaneko

Open Access Case report

Primary cerebral malignant melanoma in insular region with extracranial metastasis: case report and review literature

Marta Troya-Castilla, Santiago Rocha-Romero, Yamin Chocrón-González, Francisco Javier Márquez-Rivas

Open Access Case report

A caecal pseoudotumour with an incidental adenomatoid testicular tumour in a man with right undescended testis: a case report

Alex Muturi, Vihar Kotecha, Cynthia Ojee, Desmond Mang’oka, John Muthuri

Open Access Research

Prognostic value of angiopoietin-2 in non-small cell lung cancer patients: a meta-analysis

Zi-Xue Xuan, Su Zhang, Shou-Jun Yuan, Wei Wang, Jia Yu

Open Access Case report

FDG-PET in the evaluation of response to nivolumab in recurrent non-small-cell lung cancer

Mitsunori Higuchi, Yuki Owada, Takuya Inoue, Yuzuru Watanabe, Takumi Yamaura, Mitsuro Fukuhara, Takeo Hasegawa, Hiroyuki Suzuki

Open Access Research

Decreased expression of CDH1 or CTNNB1 affects poor prognosis of patients with esophageal cancer

Hideyuki Ishiguro, Takehiro Wakasugi, Yukio Terashita, Nobuhiro Sakamoto, Tatsuya Tanaka, Koji Mizoguchi, Hiroyuki Sagawa, Tomotaka Okubo, Hiromitsu Takeyama

Open Access Case report

Traumatic neuroma of the superficial peroneal nerve in a patient: a case report and review of the literature

Jian Kang, Pinglin Yang, Quanjin Zang, Xijing He

Open Access Research

Early identification of DPAM in at-risk low-grade appendiceal mucinous neoplasm patients: a new approach to surveillance for peritoneal metastasis

Jason M. Foster, Richard L. Sleightholm, Steve Wahlmeier, Brian Loggie, Poonam Sharma, Asish Patel

Open Access Research

Prognostic values of negative estrogen or progesterone receptor expression in patients with luminal B HER2-negative breast cancer

Chansub Park, Kyeongmee Park, Jiyoung Kim, Youngjoo Sin, Inseok Park, Hyunjin Cho, Keunho Yang, Byung Noe Bae, Ki Whan Kim, Sookyung Ahn, Geumhee Gwak

Open Access Case report

Carbon ion radiotherapy for desmoid tumor of the abdominal wall: a case report

Takuya Nagata, Yusuke Demizu, Tomoyuki Okumura, Shinichi Sekine, Naoki Hashimoto, Nobukazu Fuwa, Tomoaki Okimoto, Yutaka Shimada

Open Access Review

Clinical significance of prophylactic central compartment neck dissection in the treatment of clinically node-negative papillary thyroid cancer patients

Claudio Gambardella, Ernesto Tartaglia, Anna Nunziata, Graziella Izzo, Giuseppe Siciliano, Fabio Cavallo, Claudio Mauriello, Salvatore Napolitano, Guglielmo Thomas, Domenico Testa, Gianluca Rossetti, Alessandro Sanguinetti, Nicola Avenia, Giovanni Conzo

Open Access Research

Factors predicting adequate lymph node yield in patients undergoing pancreatoduodenectomy for malignancy

Marek Sierzega, Łukasz Bobrzyński, Andrzej Matyja, Jan Kulig

Open Access Research

Tumor resection at the pelvis using three-dimensional planning and patient-specific instruments: a case series

Thorsten Jentzsch, Lazaros Vlachopoulos, Philipp Fürnstahl, Daniel A. Müller, Bruno Fuchs

Open Access Case report

Giant dedifferentiated liposarcoma of small bowel mesentery: a case report

Susanta Meher, Tushar Subhadarshan Mishra, Satyajit Rath, Prakash Kumar Sasmal, Pritinanda Mishra, Susama Patra

Open Access Research

Application and comparison of different implanted ports in malignant tumor patients

Yanhong Li, Yonghua Cai, Xiaoqin Gan, Xinmei Ye, Jiayu Ling, Liang Kang, Junwen Ye, Xingwei Zhang, Jianwei Zhang, Yue Cai, Huabin Hu, Meijin Huang, Yanhong Deng

Open Access Research

Pressurized intraperitoneal aerosol chemotherapy (PIPAC) as a neoadjuvant therapy before cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy

Ramy Girshally, Cedric Demtröder, Nurettin Albayrak, Jürgen Zieren, Clemens Tempfer, Marc A. Reymond

Open Access Research

Number of evaluated lymph nodes and positive lymph nodes, lymph node ratio, and log odds evaluation in early-stage pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: numerology or valid indicators of patient outcome?

G. Lahat, N. Lubezky, F. Gerstenhaber, E. Nizri, M. Gysi, M. Rozenek, Y. Goichman, I. Nachmany, R. Nakache, I. Wolf, J. M. Klausner

Open Access Research

Survival rate and perioperative data of patients who have undergone hemipelvectomy: a retrospective case series

Alfredo Guilherme Haack Couto, Bruno Araújo, Roberto André Torres de Vasconcelos, Marcos José Renni, Clóvis Orlando Da Fonseca, Ismar Lima Cavalcanti

Open Access Research

Post-incisional ventral hernia repair in patients undergoing chemotherapy: improving outcomes with biological mesh

A. Brescia, F. Tomassini, G. Berardi, M. Pezzatini, A. Dall’Oglio, F. Pindozzi, M. Gasparrini

Open Access Research

Microarray data analysis to identify crucial genes regulated by CEBPB in human SNB19 glioma cells

Chenghua Du, Pan Pan, Yan Jiang, Qiuli Zhang, Jinsuo Bao, Chang Liu

Open Access Research

Clinicopathologic analysis of lymph node status in superficial esophageal squamous carcinoma

Yue Zhou, Junjie Du, Hai Li, Jinhua Luo, Liang Chen, Wei Wang

Open Access Review

The prognostic value of MGMT promoter status by pyrosequencing assay for glioblastoma patients’ survival: a meta-analysis

Hailong Zhao, Shuying Wang, Chengwei Song, Yunhong Zha, Li Li

Open Access Erratum

Erratum to: Surgical spacer placement prior carbon ion radiotherapy (CIRT): an effective feasible strategy to improve the treatment for sacral chordoma

Lorenzo Cobianchi, Andrea Peloso, Barbara Vischioni, Denis Panizza, Maria Rosaria Fiore, Piero Fossati, Viviana Vitolo, Alberto Iannalfi, Mario Ciocca, Silvia Brugnatelli, Tommaso Dominioni, Dario Bugada, Marcello Maestri, Mario Alessiani, Francesca Valvo, Roberto Orecchia, Paolo Dionigi

Open Access Research

Radiation field size and dose determine oncologic outcome in esophageal cancer

Cengiz Gemici, Gokhan Yaprak, Hasan Fevzi Batirel, Mahmut Ilhan, Alpaslan Mayadagli

Open Access Case report

Radical esophagectomy for a 92-year-old woman with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor-producing esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a case report

Mari Kitani, Yukinori Yamagata, Asami Tanabe, Kouichi Yagi, Susumu Aikou, Takashi Kiyokawa, Masato Nishida, Hiroharu Yamashita, Kazuhiko Mori, Sachiyo Nomura, Yasuyuki Seto

Open Access Case report

A case of peritoneal metastasis during treatment for hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma

Takahiro Wakasaki, Hirofumi Omori, Shintaro Sueyoshi, Fumihide Rikimaru, Satoshi Toh, Kenichi Taguchi, Yuichiro Higaki, Masaru Morita, Muneyuki Masuda

Open Access Research

Depletion of thymopoietin inhibits proliferation and induces cell cycle arrest/apoptosis in glioblastoma cells

Lin Zhang, Gan Wang, Shiwen Chen, Jun Ding, Shiming Ju, Heli Cao, Hengli Tian

Open Access Research

Effectiveness of postoperative elemental diet (Elental®) in elderly patients after gastrectomy

Yu Ohkura, Shusuke Haruta, Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Masaki Ueno, Harushi Udagawa

Open Access Case report

Bladder chondrosarcoma plus urothelial carcinoma in recurred transitional cell carcinoma of the upper urinary tract: a case report and literature review

Min Hyun Cho, Sung Han Kim, Weon Seo Park, Jae Young Joung, Ho Kyung Seo, Jinsoo Chung, Kang Hyun Lee

Open Access Case report

Submucous uterine adenosarcoma—minimally invasive treatment

H. Krentel, R. L. De Wilde

Open Access Research

Clinical characteristics of synchronous colorectal cancers in Japan

Takaharu Kato, Sergio Alonso, Yuta Muto, Hiroshi Noda, Yasuyuki Miyakura, Koichi Suzuki, Shingo Tsujinaka, Masaaki Saito, Manuel Perucho, Toshiki Rikiyama

Open Access Case report

Secondary metastasis in the lymph node of the bowel invaded by colon cancer: a report of three cases

Aki Takiyama, Hiroaki Nozawa, Soichiro Ishihara, Hirotoshi Takiyama, Koji Murono, Koji Yasuda, Kensuke Otani, Takeshi Nishikawa, Toshiaki Tanaka, Tomomichi Kiyomatsu, Kazushige Kawai, Keisuke Hata, Toshiaki Watanabe

Open Access Research

The expression of metastasis-associated in colon cancer-1 and KAI1 in gastric adenocarcinoma and their clinical significance

Guoyu Lu, Lei Zhou, Xiaohua Zhang, Bo Zhu, Shiwu Wu, Wenqing Song, Xiaomeng Gong, Danna Wang, Yanyan Tao

Open Access Research

A cost-effective handheld breast scanner for use in low-resource environments: a validation study

Robyn B. Broach, Rula Geha, Brian S. Englander, Lucy DeLaCruz, Holly Thrash, Ari D. Brooks

Open Access Research

Overexpression of microRNA-21 strengthens stem cell-like characteristics in a hepatocellular carcinoma cell line

Jinghang Jiang, Peipei Yang, Zhe Guo, Rirong Yang, Haojie Yang, Fuquan Yang, Lequn Li, Bangde Xiang

Open Access Research

10 % fluorescein sodium vs 1 % isosulfan blue in breast sentinel lymph node biopsy

Lidong Ren, Zhao Liu, Mengdi Liang, Li Wang, Xingli Song, Shui Wang

Open Access Research

Risks and benefits of combining denosumab and surgery in giant cell tumor of bone—a case series

Daniel A. Müller, Giovanni Beltrami, Guido Scoccianti, Domenico A. Campanacci, Alessandro Franchi, Rodolfo Capanna

Open Access Retraction Note

Retraction Note: Clinico-histopathologic and outcome features of cutaneous infundibular keratinizing acanthoma: a case report and literature review

Abbas Tavasoly, Hossein Gholami, Amir Rostami, Ali Anissian, Seyed Rashid Touni, Pooyan Khaleghian, Aram Mokarizadeh, Javad Javanbakht, Alireza Nasoori

Open Access Case report

Adenocarcinoma mimicking appendicular lump: a diagnostic dilemma—a case report

Sanket Kalpande, Jayashri Pandya, Tushar Sharma

Open Access Case report

A case of neuroendocrine carcinoma in the hepatic hilar lymph nodes concomitant with an adenocarcinoma of the gallbladder

Haruka Okada, Yoichiro Uchida, Naomi Matsuzaki, Toru Goto, Satoshi Nishimura, Akira Kurita, Takafumi Nishimura, Shujiro Yazumi, Hiroaki Terajima

Open Access Case report

Perivascular epithelioid cell tumor of the descending colon mimicking a gastrointestinal stromal tumor: a case report

Ryuta Iwamoto, Tatsuki R. Kataoka, Ayako Furuhata, Kazuo Ono, Seiichi Hirota, Kenji Kawada, Yoshiharu Sakai, Hironori Haga

Open Access Case report

Long-term survival in pseudo-Meigs’ syndrome caused by ovarian metastases from colon cancer

Yosuke Tajima, Hitoshi Kameyama, Saki Yamada, Ryoma Yagi, Masato Nakano, Masayuki Nagahashi, Yoshifumi Shimada, Jun Sakata, Takashi Kobayashi, Hajime Umezu, Toshifumi Wakai

Open Access Case report

A rare case with synchronous gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumor, pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor, and uterine leiomyoma

Elena Arabadzhieva, Atanas Yonkov, Sasho Bonev, Dimitar Bulanov, Ivanka Taneva, Alexandrina Vlahova, Tihomir Dikov, Violeta Dimitrova

Open Access Case report

Right hepatectomy for a detoured left hepatic artery in hilar cholangiocarcinoma—report of a rare but rational resection

Chun-Yi Tsai, Nobuyuki Watanabe, Tomoki Ebata, Takashi Mizuno, Yuzuru Kamei, Masato Nagino

Open Access Case report

Simultaneous reconstruction of the bone and vessels for complex femoral defect

Shimpei Miyamoto, Masahide Fujiki, Nokitaka Setsu, Akira Kawai

Open Access Research

Newly designed retentive posts of mandibular reconstruction plate in oral cancer patients based on preliminary FEM study

Ik Jae Kwon, Mi Young Eo, Sung Jae Park, Soung Min Kim, Jong Ho Lee

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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

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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.