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  1. The rationale behind this study was to find out the frequency of dysplasia and colorectal cancer (CRC) in young patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) using histopathological examination. This facilitated early...

    Authors: Naila Younus, Mariam Abid, Atif Ali Hashmi, Saher Aijaz, Muhammad Muzzammil Edhi, Ahmareen Khalid Sheikh and Amir Khan
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:81
  2. Implant-based immediate breast reconstruction after skin-sparing mastectomy has shown a significant improvement in patients’ quality of life, making the procedure steadily more popular year after year. However...

    Authors: Miguel De La Parra Marquez, Ricardo Fernandez-Riera, Hector Vela Cardona and Jesus María Rangel Flores
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:80
  3. The proportion of early gastric cancer stages is increasing, as is the incidence of gastric cancer among the elderly population. Therefore, this study was designed to analyze surgical treatment outcomes of T1-...

    Authors: Rimantas Bausys, Augustinas Bausys, Indre Vysniauskaite, Kazimieras Maneikis, Eugenijus Stratilatovas and Kestutis Strupas
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:79
  4. Meningeal carcinomatosis (MC) is characterized by diffuse infiltration of tumor cells in meninges. There is no tumor mass in the brain and parenchyma of the spinal cord. MC is divided into primary and metastat...

    Authors: Guangyong Chen, Long Ma, Meiling Xu, Xuemei Wang, Chong Wang, Conghai Zhao and Jinnan Zhang
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:78
  5. MiR-182-5p, as a member of miRNA family, can be detected in lung cancer and plays an important role in lung cancer. To explore the clinical value of miR-182-5p in lung squamous cell carcinoma (LUSC) and to unv...

    Authors: Jie Luo, Ke Shi, Shu-ya Yin, Rui-xue Tang, Wen-jie Chen, Lin-zhen Huang, Ting-qing Gan, Zheng-wen Cai and Gang Chen
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:76
  6. When managing patients with cancer, lymphedema of the lower limbs (LLL) is commonly reported as secondary to the surgical excision and/or irradiation of lymph nodes (LNs). In the framework of lymphoscintigraph...

    Authors: Mirela Mariana Roman, Romain Barbieux, Jean-Marie Nogaret and Pierre Bourgeois
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:75
  7. Few studies have described robotic sleeve resection with pulmonary resection. Here, we report the successful implementation of a completely portal robotic sleeve resection with or without pulmonary resection u...

    Authors: Chengqiang Li, Bin Zhou, Yu Han, Runsen Jin, Jie Xiang and Hecheng Li
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:74
  8. Although mediastinal lymph node cancer is presumed to originate in the lung, the primary site is usually unidentified, so the pathological course remains unclear. We recently encountered a case of mediastinal ...

    Authors: Daichi Shikata, Takahiro Nakagomi, Rumi Higuchi, Yujiro Yokoyama, Toshio Oyama and Taichiro Goto
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:73
  9. Diagnosis of peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) may be missed by preoperative imaging. We are presenting our experience with incidentally detected PC of colorectal origin treated with cytoreductive surgery (CRS) a...

    Authors: Aras Emre Canda, Cigdem Arslan, Cem Terzi, Selman Sokmen, Tugba Yavuzsen, Sevda Ozkardesler, Mehtat Unlu, Funda Obuz and Mehmet Fuzun
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:70
  10. The present study aimed to evaluate the short-term efficacy and safety of drug-eluting beads transarterial chemoembolization (DEB-TACE) with CalliSpheres Beads loaded with doxorubicin (DOX) in the treatment of...

    Authors: Baolin Wu, Jun Zhou, Gonghao Ling, Dongyong Zhu and Qingyun Long
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:69
  11. Pancreatic fistula is a major cause of morbidity and mortality after pancreaticoduodenectomy. The aim of this study is to compare the safety and efficacy of a newly developed technique, namely mesh-reinforced ...

    Authors: Xin Zhong, Xianfa Wang, Junhai Pan, Hepan Zhu, Lihu Gu and Zhaoqi Shi
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:68
  12. The present meta-analysis was to explore the surgical and oncological outcomes of bursectomy for advanced gastric cancer (AGC).

    Authors: Run-Cong Nie, Shu-Qiang Yuan, Shi Chen, Shu-Mei Yan, Yong-Ming Chen, Xiao-Jiang Chen, Guo-Ming Chen, Zhi-Wei Zhou, Ying-Bo Chen and Yuan-Fang Li
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:66
  13. Resection of proximal fibular osteosarcoma involving the posteromedial aspect of the fibula is challenging. Reconstruction using a gastrocnemius flap may result in significant lateral instability and abnormal ...

    Authors: Jun Wan, Can Zhang and Hong-bo He
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:65
  14. The development of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) involves genetic mutations, epigenetic gene expression modification, and other processes. It has been reported that IFI27 is upregulated in OSCC, but its ...

    Authors: Hong Wang, Xunding Qiu, Shigeng Lin, Xubin Chen, Tao Wang and Tianan Liao
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:64
  15. Despite mortality from breast cancer in Africa being higher than in high income countries, breast cancer has not been extensively studied in the region. The aim of this paper was to highlight the rising burden...

    Authors: Samuel O. Azubuike, Colin Muirhead, Louise Hayes and Richard McNally
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:63
  16. The association of preoperative systemic and intraperitoneal chemotherapy has been described in Eastern patients with very good outcomes in treatment responders. The aim of this paper is to describe the initia...

    Authors: Bianca Escorel Costa Fava, Wilson Luiz da Costa Jr, Maria Luiza L. Medeiros, Marina Sonagli, Héber Salvador de Castro Ribeiro, Alessandro L. Diniz, André L. Godoy, Igor C. de Farias, Victor Hugo Fonseca de Jesus, Maria Dirlei F. S. Begnami and Felipe J. F. Coimbra
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:62
  17. Previous researches pointed out that the measurement of urine fibronectin (Fn) could be a potential diagnostic test for bladder cancer (BCa). We conducted this meta-analysis to fully assess the diagnostic valu...

    Authors: Fan Dong, Yifan Shen, Tianyuan Xu, Xianjin Wang, Fengbin Gao, Shan Zhong, Shanwen Chen and Zhoujun Shen
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:61
  18. The anti-cancer role of metformin has been reported in many different kinds of solid tumors, but how it affects non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is currently elusive. The aim of this study was to investigate...

    Authors: Tongbai Xu, Dongsheng Li, Yuan He, Fuliang Zhang, Man Qiao and Yanhua Chen
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:60
  19. Prostate cancer is a common malignancy and the second leading cause of cancer death in men. Elevated expression of the transcription factor FoxM1 and c-Myc has been identified in prostate cancer. However, the ...

    Authors: Huafeng Pan, Yudi Zhu, Wei Wei, Siliang Shao and Xin Rui
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:59
  20. We aimed to compare mediastinoscopy-assisted esophagectomy (MAE) with the Ivor Lewis procedure in T2 middle and lower thoracic esophageal carcinoma patients in fields of perioperative complications and overall...

    Authors: Jun Wang, Ning Wei, Yimin Lu, Xiaoying Zhang and Nanqing Jiang
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:58
  21. A dural metastasis is one of the essential differential diagnoses of meningioma. In general, carcinomas of the breast and lung in females and prostate in males have been the most commonly reported primary lesi...

    Authors: Shuichi Tonomura, Tomoko Kitaichi, Rina Onishi, Yoshiaki Kakehi, Hisao Shimizu, Keiji Shimada, Kazuyuki Kanemasa, Akio Fukusumi and Nobuyuki Takahashi
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:57
  22. Expression of the dimeric M2 isoenzyme of pyruvate kinase, termed Tumor M2-PK, is increased in some human cancers. This study evaluates the potential role of pre-operative Tumor M2-PK as a marker of prognosis ...

    Authors: Indika A. Bandara, Minas Baltatzis, Sudip Sanyal and Ajith K. Siriwardena
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:56
  23. Despite the improvements in the early detection and treatment of non-metastatic esophageal cancer, more than half of patients undergoing a curative treatment for esophageal cancer will develop recurrence withi...

    Authors: Dimitrios Schizas, Ioannis I. Lazaridis, Demetrios Moris, Aikaterini Mastoraki, Lazaros-Dimitrios Lazaridis, Diamantis I. Tsilimigras, Nikolaos Charalampakis and Theodore Liakakos
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:55
  24. Axillary lymph node status is one of the most important prognostic factors for breast cancer. The aim of this study was to determine predictive factors for metastasis to sentinel node (SN) in primary invasive ...

    Authors: Shabaz Majid, Lisa Rydén and Jonas Manjer
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:54
  25. Laparoscopic and endoscopic cooperative surgery (LECS) was performed for the local resection of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST). LECS enables less resection of the lesion area and preserves function. Fu...

    Authors: Masahiko Aoki, Satoshi Tokioka, Ken Narabayashi, Akitoshi Hakoda, Yosuke Inoue, Naoki Yorifuji, Yoshihide Chino, Isao Sato, Yutaro Egashira, Toshihisa Takeuchi and Kazuhide Higuchi
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:53
  26. Lymph node metastasis is a significant predictive factor for disease recurrence and survival in cervical cancer patients. Given the importance of lymph node metastasis, it is imperative that patients harboring...

    Authors: Ju-Hyun Kim, Dae-Yeon Kim, Dae-Shik Suh, Jong-Hyeok Kim, Yong-Man Kim, Young-Tak Kim and Joo-Hyun Nam
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:52
  27. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) is widely used in advanced breast cancer patients. However, there is little known about conversion frequency of estrogen receptor (ER) and/or progesterone receptor (PR) status fo...

    Authors: Libo Yang, Xiaorong Zhong, Tianjie Pu, Yan Qiu, Feng Ye and Hong Bu
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:51
  28. Preoperative microvascular invasion (MVI) assessment in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the current research focuses, with studies reporting controversial results regarding MVI-associated risk factors...

    Authors: Hang-Tong Hu, Zhu Wang, Ming Kuang and Wei Wang
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:50
  29. The development of a second primary tumor is a potential late side effect of radiotherapy. Particularly, an increased risk of secondary cancers, mostly of digestive or breast origin, has been observed in patie...

    Authors: Deborah Repullo, Marie Diaz, Stéphane Holbrechts, Maria Gomez-Galdón, Dirk Van Gestel, Ali Bohlok, Gabriel Liberale and Vincent Donckier
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:48
  30. Currently, it is challenging to treat massive bone defects of proximal tibia. Although numerous methods are available for reconstruction with epiphysis preservation, limitations in knee function and complicati...

    Authors: Minxun Lu, Yongjiang Li, Yi Luo, Wenli Zhang, Yong Zhou and Chongqi Tu
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:47
  31. Garcin syndrome, which consists of unilateral palsies of almost all cranial nerves without either sensory or motor long-tract disturbances or intracranial hypertension, can be caused by malignant tumors at the...

    Authors: Satoshi Fukai, Naoyuki Okabe, Hayato Mine, Hironori Takagi and Hiroyuki Suzuki
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:46
  32. The incidence of thyroid cancer in black Americans is significantly lower than that in white Americans, and the impact of race on the prognosis of thyroid cancer remains controversial. The purpose of this stud...

    Authors: Jianing Tang, Deguang Kong, Qiuxia Cui, Kun Wang, Dan Zhang, Xing Liao, Yan Gong and Gaosong Wu
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:45
  33. Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare, heterogeneous malignancy with a poor prognosis. ACCs are classified as functioning and non-functioning. The pathogenesis of ACC remains elusive, and diagnosis of ACC i...

    Authors: Kai Kou, Haiwen Zhang, Conggui Zhang, Enbo Xie, Yuguo Chen, Guangyi Wang and Guoyue Lv
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:43
  34. LZTS2 (leucine zipper tumor suppressor 2), a candidate tumor suppressor gene, suppresses cell growth and plays a vital role in the carcinogenesis and development of tumors. No studies to date have described methy...

    Authors: Zhisen Shen, Lexi Lin, Bing Cao, Chongchang Zhou, Wenjuan Hao and Dong Ye
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:42
  35. During the last decade, total laparoscopic and laparoscopic-assisted distal gastrectomy for gastric cancer patients has been developed as alternatives to open resection. In recent years, this minimally invasiv...

    Authors: Hai-Bin Dai, Zhi-Chun Wang, Xiao-Bo Feng, Gang Wang, Wei-Yan Li, Chun-Hua Hang and Zhi-Wei Jiang
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:41
  36. Osteosarcoma is one of the most malignant primary bone cancers, while is rarely reported in China. Of note, very few data of prognosis has been documented in this region. Thus, we carried a retrospective study...

    Authors: Li Lin, Shaoyong Deng, Futing Zhang, Yaoze Liang and Zhenhua Huang
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:39
  37. Adult Wilms tumor (WT, nephroblastoma) is a rare, but well-described renal neoplasm. Although inferior vena cava tumor thrombosis is present in up to 10% of Wilms tumors in childhood, only few cases of this cl...

    Authors: Krzysztof Ratajczyk, Adrian Czekaj, Joanna Rogala and Pawel Kowal
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:38
  38. The peritoneal carcinomatosis index (PCI) can be used to quantify the tumor burden in patients with advanced ovarian cancer. The aim of the present study was to establish a predictive model for suboptimal cyto...

    Authors: Antoni Llueca, Anna Serra, Isabel Rivadulla, Luis Gomez and Javier Escrig
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:37
  39. KIF18A is associated with a variety of tumours; however, the specific mechanism of action of KIF18A in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains unclear. In this study, in vitro and in vivo experiments were perfo...

    Authors: Weiwei Luo, Minjun Liao, Yan Liao, Xinhuang Chen, Chunyan Huang, Jiyuan Fan and Weijia Liao
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:36
  40. Kidney autotransplantation (KAT) is the ultimate approach for nephron-sparing surgery. It is a rarely used method in renal tumor surgery today as minimal invasive and open techniques for nephron-sparing surger...

    Authors: Martin W. W. Janssen, Johannes Linxweiler, Ines Philipps, Zentia Bütow, Stefan Siemer, Michael Stöckle and Carsten-Henning Ohlmann
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:35
  41. SH3-containing guanine nucleotide exchange factor (SGEF), a RhoG-specific guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF), was consider as a key signal that determines cancer cell invasion. Although SGEF has been con...

    Authors: Qian Chen, Xiao Lu, Quan-Xing Liu, Dong Zhou, Yuan Qiu, Ji-Gang Dai and Hong Zheng
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:32
  42. The objective of this study was to examine the effectiveness and safety of lower pole (LP) approach in retroperitoneal laparoscopic radical nephrectomy (LRN).

    Authors: Bo Yuan, Yuantao Wang, Jialin Gao, Yongrui Zhang, Yaowen Fu and Wei An
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018 16:31

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