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  2. Content type: Research

    The solute carrier (SLC) 7 family genes comprise 14 members and function as cationic amino acid/glycoprotein transporters in many cells, they are essential for the maintenance of amino acid nutrition and survi...

    Authors: Lei Shen, Chunhua Qian, Huimin Cao, Zhongrui Wang, Tingxian Luo and Chunli Liang

    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:235

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    Benign breast papilloma is currently managed with conservative management with close observation. In contrast, papilloma with high-risk or malignant lesions warrants surgical excision. The purpose of our study...

    Authors: Li-Jun Wang, Ping Wu, Xiao-Xiao Li, Ran Luo, Deng-Bin Wang and Wen-Bin Guan

    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:234

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    Perforated colon cancer is a rare complication, but has a high risk of recurrence. However, most studies have not distinguished sealed-off perforation from free perforation, and the prognosis is unclear. The a...

    Authors: Kil-yong Lee, Ji Won Park, Inho Song, Ki-young Lee, Sangsik Cho, Yoon-Hye Kwon, Min Jung Kim, Seung-Bum Ryoo, Seung-Yong Jeong and Kyu Joo Park

    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:232

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    The most important determinant of survival in patients with colon cancer is the presence or absence of regional lymph node metastases. This factor is consistently associated with long-term and disease-specific...

    Authors: Carlos Fortea-Sanchis, David Martínez-Ramos and Javier Escrig-Sos

    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:230

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  9. Content type: Research

    Currently, there are no known reports on the aetiology of local giant cell tumour (GCT) recurrence in the proximal fibula following en bloc resection. We analysed 21 cases of proximal fibular GCT, focusing on ...

    Authors: Yun Liu, Abu Moro, Kun Wang, Xianying Huang, Changwu Wei, Kaiwei Chen, Zengming Xiao, Xinli Zhan and Haijun Tang

    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:228

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  10. Content type: Case report

    Calcifying nested stromal epithelial tumor (CNSET) is a primary neoplasm of the liver, characterized by well-demarcated nests consisting of spindle and epithelioid cells with calcification and bone formation. ...

    Authors: Satoru Tsuruta, Norihisa Kimura, Keinosuke Ishido, Daisuke Kudo, Kentaro Sato, Tetsu Endo, Tadashi Yoshizawa, Aoi Sukeda, Nobuyoshi Hiraoka, Hiroshi Kijima and Kenichi Hakamada

    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:227

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  11. Content type: Research

    The suppressor of cytokine signaling (SOCS) family of proteins are inhibitors of the cytokine-activated Janus kinase/signal transducers and activators of transcription (JAK/STAT) signaling pathway. We aimed at...

    Authors: Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard, Vahid Kholghi Oskooei, Iman Azari and Mohammad Taheri

    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:226

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  12. Content type: Research

    We investigated that preoperative membranous urethral length (MUL) would be associated with the recovery of urinary continence after robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP).

    Authors: Daiki Ikarashi, Yoichiro Kato, Mitsugu Kanehira, Ryo Takata, Akito Ito, Mitsutaka Onoda, Renpei Kato, Tomohiko Matsuura, Kazuhiro Iwasaki and Wataru Obara

    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:224

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  13. Content type: Research

    Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) account for less than 1% of all gastrointestinal tumors. The biological behaviors of GISTs vary from benign to malignant. GISTs are common in the stomach (55.6%) and sma...

    Authors: Bao Zhang, Guo Liang Zheng, Hai Tao Zhu, Yan Zhao and Zhi Chao Zheng

    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:225

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  14. Content type: Research

    Pancreatic cancer is one of the most lethal tumors with poor prognosis, and lacks of effective biomarkers in diagnosis and treatment. The aim of this investigation was to identify hub genes in pancreatic cance...

    Authors: Chunyang Li, Xiaoxi Zeng, Haopeng Yu, Yonghong Gu and Wei Zhang

    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:223

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  15. Content type: Case report

    Liposarcoma of the gallbladder is an extremely rare sarcoma, with only five cases reported in the literature according to our knowledge.

    Authors: Adriano Carneiro da Costa, Fernando Santa-Cruz, Brena F. Sena, Ademar Lopes, Nicole Leite, Alexandre Rolim da Paz, Álvaro A. B. Ferraz and José-Luiz Figueiredo

    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:221

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  16. Content type: Research

    To observe the effect of red light phototherapy (RLPT) on radioactive dermatitis (RD) caused by radiotherapy in patients with head and neck cancer (HNC).

    Authors: Xudong Zhang, Hongfei Li, Qian Li, Ying Li, Chao Li, Minmin Zhu, Bing Zhao and Guowen Li

    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:222

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  17. Content type: Review

    To explore whether single-incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) has the better short-term clinical and pathological outcomes than conventional multiport laparoscopic surgery (CLS) for sigmoid colon and rectal c...

    Authors: Xin Liu, Ji-bin Li, Gang Shi, Rui Guo and Rui Zhang

    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:220

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  18. Content type: Research

    The lymphatic spread from the cancers of the oral cavity follows an orderly progression and involvement of lower nodes without involvement of upper nodes and skip metastasis is rare. Selective neck dissections...

    Authors: Manoj Pandey, Senniappan Karthikeyan, Deepika Joshi, Mohan Kumar and Mridula Shukla

    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:219

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  19. Content type: Research

    Reconstruction of cranial composite defects, including all layers of the scalp and the neurocranium, poses an interdisciplinary challenge. Especially after multiple previous operations and/or radiation therapy...

    Authors: Dominik Steiner, Raymund E. Horch, Ilker Eyüpoglu, Michael Buchfelder, Andreas Arkudas, Marweh Schmitz, Ingo Ludolph, Justus P. Beier and Anja M. Boos

    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:217

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  20. Content type: Research

    Despite the progress in the treatment of colorectal cancer, there is still no optimal strategy for tumours located adjacent to the anal sphincter. This study aims to evaluate oncological and functional results...

    Authors: Mateusz Rubinkiewicz, Piotr Zarzycki, Agata Czerwińska, Michał Wysocki, Natalia Gajewska, Grzegorz Torbicz, Andrzej Budzyński and Michał Pędziwiatr

    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:218

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  21. Content type: Research

    This study evaluated the impact of adjuvant therapies on patient survival and disease recurrence patterns to identify an effective adjuvant therapy for resected lower thoracic oesophageal squamous cell carcino...

    Authors: Yichun Wang, Liyang Zhu, Wanli Xia, Liming Wu and Fan Wang

    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:216

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  22. Content type: Review

    Circular RNA (circRNA), as a covalently closed circular RNA molecule, is widely present, which is recognized as a competing endogenous RNA. A large number of differentially expressed circRNAs have been identif...

    Authors: Yang Chen, Shuzhen Wei, Xiyong Wang, Xiaoli Zhu and Shuhua Han

    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:215

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  23. Content type: Research

    To investigate morbidity and mortality following complete mesocolic excision (CME) and central vascular ligation (CVL) in patients undergoing right colectomy.

    Authors: Gian Andrea Prevost, Manfred Odermatt, Markus Furrer and Peter Villiger

    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:214

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  24. Content type: Research

    The co-incidence of esophageal cancer and coronary heart disease (CHD) is increasing in elderly patients. This study was carried out to analyze the efficiency and safety of simultaneous esophagectomy and cardi...

    Authors: Weiran Zhang, Ban Liu, Yue Zhou, Feng Wang, Chang Gu, Qi Wang, Xiaofang Wang and Yangyang Zhang

    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:213

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  25. Content type: Research

    So far there have been limited studies about the risk factors for benign small bowel obstruction (SBO) after colorectal cancer surgery. This study aimed to determine the factors affecting the development of be...

    Authors: Liang Tang, Peng Zhao and Dalu Kong

    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:212

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  26. Content type: Research

    The role of long non-coding RNAs has been extensively appreciated in the contexts of cancer. Interferon γ-antisense RNA1 (IFNG-AS1) is an lncRNA located near to IFN-γ-encoding (IFNG) gene and regulates expression...

    Authors: Hajar Yaghoobi, Hakim Azizi, Vahid Kholghi Oskooei, Mohammad Taheri and Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard

    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:211

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  28. Content type: Research

    Surgical management of malignant bowel obstruction carries with high morbidity and mortality. Placement of a trans-anal decompression tube (TDT) has traditionally been used for malignant bowel obstruction as a...

    Authors: Satoru Kagami, Kimihiko Funahashi, Mitsunori Ushigome, Junichi Koike, Tomoaki Kaneko, Takamaru Koda, Akiharu Kurihara, Yasuo Nagashima, Yu Yoshino, Mayu Goto, Tetsuo Mikami and Kumiko Chino

    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:210

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  29. Content type: Research

    Underlying liver function is a major concern when applying surgical resection for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). We aimed to explore the capability of the albumin-bilirubin (ALBI) grade to predict post-hepate...

    Authors: Ze-Qun Zhang, Li Xiong, Jiang-Jiao Zhou, Xiong-Ying Miao, Qing-Long Li, Yu Wen and Heng Zou

    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:208

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  30. Content type: Research

    Liver resection is the first-line treatment for patients with resectable colorectal liver metastasis (CRLM), while radiofrequency ablation (RFA) can be used for small unresectable CRLM because of disease exten...

    Authors: Li-Jun Wang, Zhong-Yi Zhang, Xiao-Luan Yan, Wei Yang, Kun Yan and Bao-Cai Xing

    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:207

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  32. Content type: Research

    Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) patients with ipsilateral neck metastatic lymph node (LN) and those with contralateral neck metastatic LN belong to N1b. Only a few studies have reported on comparisons with rega...

    Authors: Young Jae Ryu, Jin Seong Cho, Jung Han Yoon and Min Ho Park

    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:205

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  34. Content type: Research

    Retroperitoneal soft tissue sarcomas (STS) include a number of histologies but are rare, with approximately 3000 cases in the USA per year. Retroperitoneal STS have a high incidence of local and distant recurr...

    Authors: Michael J Nathenson, Constance M Barysauskas, Robert A Nathenson, William F Regine, Nader Hanna and Edward Sausville

    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:203

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  35. Content type: Research

    The incidence of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) is increasing; however, it is not clear whether this reflects an increase in the incidence of incidental or in that of non-incidentally (presurgically) ...

    Authors: Krzysztof Kaliszewski, Agnieszka Zubkiewicz-Kucharska, Paweł Kiełb, Jerzy Maksymowicz, Aleksander Krawczyk and Otto Krawiec

    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:202

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  37. Content type: Review

    Previous studies have demonstrated that left-sided tumors have better prognoses than right-sided tumors in RAS wild-type mCRC (metastatic colorectal cancer) patients, while anti-EGFR mAbs appear to have no adv...

    Authors: Datian Chen, Xiang Zhang, Guangyi Gao, Lili Shen, Jiaqi Xie, Xiaoping Qian and Huiyu Wang

    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:200

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  38. Content type: Research

    Low rectal cancer surgery without anus conservation needs permanent ileostomy or colostomy which seriously affects the quality of life of patients. Therefore, low rectal cancer surgery not only pays attention ...

    Authors: Zhou Yang, Guo Chunhua, Yuan Huayan, Yang Jianguo and Cheng Yong

    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:199

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  39. Content type: Review

    To demonstrate the prognostic significance and value of lymph node ratio (LNR) and evaluate the possibility of becoming a new indicator to enhance the current Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)/Amer...

    Authors: Yi Hou, Xudong Wang and Jing Chen

    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:198

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  40. Content type: Research

    High-grade non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer is superficial; nonetheless, it is an aggressive cancer. Proper management strategy selection following transurethral resection between bladder preservation (BP) a...

    Authors: Pei-lin Shen, Ming-en lin, Ying-kai Hong and Xue-jun He

    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:197

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  41. Content type: Review

    Urogenital dysfunction after rectal cancer surgery can largely affect patients’ postoperative quality of life. Whether robotic surgery can be a better option when comparing with laparoscopic surgery is still n...

    Authors: Xiaoli Tang, Zheng Wang, Xiaoqing Wu, Meiyuan Yang and Daorong Wang

    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:196

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  42. Content type: Research

    This study aimed to analyze the relationship between molecular pathologic expression of GFAP and Ki-67 and fluorescence levels, and to provide molecular pathological basis for the removal of malignant gliomas ...

    Authors: Ningning Zhang, Zhende Shang, Zhigang Wang, Xianbing Meng, Zheng Li, Hailong Tian, Dezhang Huang, Xin Yin, Bin Zheng and Xinhua Zhang

    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:195

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  43. Content type: Case report

    For reconstructive surgeons, massive midface defects, including large, full-thickness wounds on the upper lip, can be very challenging. Although there are many methods for reconstruction of upper lip defects, ...

    Authors: Shuai Wang, Zeliang Zhang, Zhongfei Xu and Weiyi Duan

    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:194

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  44. Content type: Research

    Postoperative severe complications are always associated with prolonged hospital stays, increased economic burdens, and poor prognoses in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC). This present study aimed to inve...

    Authors: Yong Wang, Honggang Wang, Jianguo Jiang, Xiaofei Cao and Qinghong Liu

    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:192

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  45. Content type: Correction

    In the original article mentioned above, the name of the sixth author was wrongly mentioned as “Vincenzo Briganti” instead of “Vito Briganti”.

    Authors: Silvia Triarico, Giorgio Attinà, Palma Maurizi, Stefano Mastrangelo, Lorenzo Nanni, Vito Briganti, Elisa Meacci, Stefano Margaritora, Mario Balducci and Antonio Ruggiero

    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:193

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    The original article that this is related to.

  46. Content type: Research

    LigaSure® Small Jaw (LSJ) has been recently introduced as an energy-based vessel sealing device, which has provided better intraoperative and postoperative outcomes in thyroidectomies, compared to conventional...

    Authors: Ali Ramouz, Seyed Ziaeddin Rasihashemi, Abdolrasoul Safaeiyan and Mahdie Hosseini

    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:154

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  47. Content type: Research

    Denosumab has been shown to reduce tumor size and progression, reform mineralized bone, and increase intralesional bone density in patients with giant cell tumor of bone (GCTB); however, radiologic assessment ...

    Authors: Jacob Engellau, Leanne Seeger, Robert Grimer, Robert Henshaw, Hans Gelderblom, Edwin Choy, Sant Chawla, Peter Reichardt, Michael O’Neal, Amy Feng, Ira Jacobs, Zachary J. Roberts, Ada Braun and Bruce A. Bach

    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:191

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  48. Content type: Research

    Postoperative complications, especially postoperative pancreatic fistulas, remain the major concern following pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD). Mesh-reinforced pancreatic anastomoses, including pancreatojejunostom...

    Authors: Junhai Pan, Xiaolong Ge, Wei Zhou, Xin Zhong, Lihu Gu, Hepan Zhu, Xinlong Li, Weilin Qi and Xianfa Wang

    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:190

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  49. Content type: Case report

    Perineurioma (PN) is a peripheral nerve disease that primarily develops in the limbs and trunk and very rarely occurs in the oral cavity. PN is classified into two types: intraneural perineurioma (INPN) and so...

    Authors: Jun Kurihara, Satoshi Yokoo, Miku Ichikawa, Takahiro Shimizu, Masaru Ogawa and Mai Seki

    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:189

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  50. Content type: Research

    Lymph node involvement is one of the most important prognostic factors in colon cancer. Twelve is considered the minimum number of lymph nodes necessary to retain reliable tumour staging, but several factors c...

    Authors: Savino Occhionorelli, Dario Andreotti, Pierpaola Vallese, Lucia Morganti, Domenico Lacavalla, Elena Forini and Giovanni Pascale

    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:186

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