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  1. Penile cancer is an uncommon malignancy in developed countries, but the incidence is as high as 10% to 20% of all male cancers in some developing countries. There is a paucity of published data on this subject...

    Authors: Phillipo L Chalya, Peter F Rambau, Nestory Masalu and Samson Simbila
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2015 13:71
  2. Ulcerative colitis (UC) patients have an increased risk of colorectal dysplasia and carcinoma. The purpose of this study was to analyze the clinical features and surgical treatment of ulcerative colitis associ...

    Authors: Shinichi Sameshima, Shinichiro Koketsu, Emiko Takeshita, Yawara Kubota, Takashi Okuyama, Kazuyuki Saito, Yoshihiko Ueda, Toshio Sawada and Masatoshi Oya
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2015 13:70
  3. Dendritic cell tumors are extremely rare neoplasms and occur both in nodal and extranodal sites. We report a case of an intra-abdominal follicular dendritic cell sarcoma (FDCS). The aim of this study is to des...

    Authors: Alberto Testori, Stefano Meroni, Piergiuseppe Colombo, Stefano Fiori, Emanuele Voulaz and Marco Alloisio
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2015 13:69
  4. IgG4-related dacryoadenitis and sialoadenitis (IgG4-DS), so-called Mikulicz’s disease, is characterized by elevated serum IgG4 and infiltration of IgG4-positive plasma cells in glandular tissues. Recently, sev...

    Authors: Miho Ohta, Masafumi Moriyama, Yuichi Goto, Shintaro Kawano, Akihiko Tanaka, Takashi Maehara, Sachiko Furukawa, Jun-Nosuke Hayashida, Tamotsu Kiyoshima, Mayumi Shimizu, Yojiro Arinobu and Seiji Nakamura
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2015 13:67
  5. Our previous study has demonstrated that knockdown of activated ERK1/2(pERK1/2) sensitizes pancreatic cancer cells to chemotherapeutic drug gemcitabine (Gem) treatment. However, the details of this survival me...

    Authors: Min Wang, Xingjiao Lu, Xueguang Dong, Fengyun Hao, Zimin Liu, Guangzhen Ni and Dong Chen
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2015 13:66
  6. Pancreatic fistula is still one of the most serious and potential complications after D2-D3 distal and total gastrectomy (4% to 6%). Despite their importance, pancreatic fistulas still have not been uniformly ...

    Authors: Angelo De Sol, Roberto Cirocchi, Micol Sole Di Patrizi, Andrea Boccolini, Ivan Barillaro, Alban Cacurri, Veronica Grassi, Alessia Corsi, Claudio Renzi, Daniele Giuliani, Marco Coccetta and Nicola Avenia
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2015 13:65
  7. FOLFOX-based adjuvant chemotherapy is a benefit for high-risk stage II and stage III colon cancer after curative resection. But, the prognostic factor or predictive marker for the efficacy of FOLFOX remains un...

    Authors: Min Sung An, Jong Han Yoo, Kwang Hee Kim, Ki Beom Bae, Chang Soo Choi, Jin Won Hwang, Ji Hyun Kim, Bo Mi Kim, Mi Seon Kang, Min Kyung Oh and Kwan Hee Hong
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2015 13:64
  8. Isolated metachronous gastrointestinal metastases from advanced-stage lung cancer are rarely diagnosed on the basis of symptoms and resected. In this report, we present a case of resectable metachronous gallbl...

    Authors: Masayuki Tanaka, Minoru Kitago, Nobuyoshi Akiyama, Arifumi Iwamaru, Tatsuya Yamamoto, Fumio Suzuki, Taizo Hibi, Yuta Abe, Hiroshi Yagi, Masahiro Shinoda, Osamu Itano, Kentaro Ogata and Yuko Kitagawa
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2015 13:63
  9. Due to the complex anatomy of the upper cervical spinal column region and the variable aggressiveness of giant cell tumors (GCTs), there exists no standard treatment for GCTs of axial vertebra. To the best of ...

    Authors: Guojing Chen, Jing Li, Xiangdong Li, Hongbin Fan, Zheng Guo and Zhen Wang
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2015 13:62
  10. Platelet to lymphocyte ratio (PLR) is a prognostic factor for various tumors, but the current opinion on the prognostic value of PLR in liver transplantation (LT) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is still co...

    Authors: Weiliang Xia, Qinghong Ke, Ye Wang, Weilin Wang, Min Zhang, Yan Shen, Jian Wu, Xiao Xu and Shusen Zheng
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2015 13:60
  11. Primary apocrine sweat gland carcinoma (PASGC) is an extremely rare malignancy with a relatively favorable prognosis. PASGC is often suspected to be a benign disease during an initial clinical examination, whi...

    Authors: Min‐Ki Seong, Eun-Kyu Kim, Kanghee Han, Hyesil Seol, Hyun‐Ah Kim and Woo Chul Noh
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2015 13:59
  12. Cystic lymphangioma is a rare tumor of the lymphatic vessels that occurs more frequently in women. Location of this pathology can be diverse but most commonly occurs in the neck or axilla. Cystic lymphangioma ...

    Authors: Gaëtan-Romain Joliat, Emmanuel Melloul, Reza Djafarrian, Sabine Schmidt, Sara Fontanella, Pu Yan, Nicolas Demartines and Nermin Halkic
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2015 13:58
  13. Inflammatory pseudotumor has been commonly reported in patients undertaking total hip replacement (THR) for different reasons. The precise etiology of this biological reaction and whether the primary disease h...

    Authors: Dong Fu, Wei Sun, Jiakang Shen, Xiaojun Ma, Zhengdong Cai and Yingqi Hua
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2015 13:57
  14. Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in females worldwide, and the majority type is infiltrating ductal carcinoma (IDC). Most of IDC patients died of metastasis and recurrence. Cancer stem cells ...

    Authors: Zhengquan Han, Zhendong Chen, Rongsheng Zheng, Zenong Cheng, Xiaomeng Gong and Danna Wang
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2015 13:56
  15. Cyclin D1 (CCND1) is critical in the transition of the cell cycle from the G1 to S phases, and unbalanced cell cycle regulation is a hallmark of carcinogenesis. Numerous epidemiological studies...

    Authors: Min Zheng, Lijun Wan, Xiang He, Xiaolong Qi, Feng Liu and Da-Hong Zhang
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2015 13:55
  16. Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SNB)-oriented stepwise treatment under local anesthesia has been performed in the outpatient-ambulatory setting in patients receiving neoadjuvant therapy (NAT). We retrospectively r...

    Authors: Shinichiro Kashiwagi, Naoyoshi Onoda, Yuka Asano, Kento Kurata, Satoru Noda, Hidemi Kawajiri, Tsutomu Takashima, Masahiko Ohsawa, Seiichi Kitagawa and Kosei Hirakawa
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2015 13:53
  17. Bone marrow-derived stem cells (BMSCs) are locally adjacent to the tumor tissues and may interact with tumor cells directly. The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of BMSCs on the proliferation a...

    Authors: Fu-Xiang Yu, Wei-Jian Hu, Bin He, Yi-Hu Zheng, Qi-Yu Zhang and Lin Chen
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2015 13:52
  18. Cervical nodal status is one of prognostic factors in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). The objective of this study was to identify prognostic factors of cervical node status including site and si...

    Authors: Chairat Burusapat, Weerawut Jarungroongruangchai and Mongkon Charoenpitakchai
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2015 13:51
  19. The aim of this randomized controlled study was to determine whether octreotide (OCT) or scopolamine butylbromide (SB) was the more effective antisecretive drug controlling gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms due t...

    Authors: Xingang Peng, Peige Wang, Shikuan Li, Guangyong Zhang and Sanyuan Hu
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2015 13:50
  20. Axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) is important for improving the prognosis of patients with node-positive breast cancer. However, ALND can be avoided in select micrometastatic cases, preventing complicatio...

    Authors: Manabu Futamura, Takahiko Asano, Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Kasumi Morimitsu, Masahito Nawa, Masako Kanematsu, Akemi Morikawa, Ryutaro Mori and Kazuhiro Yoshida
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2015 13:49
  21. Screening programmes exist in many countries for colorectal cancer. In recent years, there has been a drive for a non-invasive screening marker of higher sensitivity and specificity. Stool-based pyruvate kinas...

    Authors: Mallikarjuna Uppara, Franklin Adaba, Alan Askari, Susan Clark, George Hanna, Thanos Athanasiou and Omar Faiz
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2015 13:48
  22. Gastrointestinal stromal tumors are sarcomas of the digestive tract characterized by mutations mainly located in the c-KIT or in the platelet-derived growth factor receptor (PDGFR)-alpha genes. Mutations in th...

    Authors: Jordi Rubió-Casadevall, Joan Lluis Borràs, Maria Carme Carmona-García, Alberto Ameijide, Allan Gonzalez-Vidal, Maria Rosa Ortiz, Ramon Bosch, Francesc Riu, David Parada, Esther Martí, Josefina Miró, Juan Jose Sirvent, Jaume Galceran and Rafael Marcos-Gragera
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2015 13:47
  23. The aim of this study is to investigate the expressions of somatostatin receptor (SSTR), SSTR-2, SSTR-3, and SSTR-5, in pancreatic tissue and non-cancerous tissue and elucidate their clinical significance.

    Authors: Muhammad Shahbaz, Fang Ruliang, Zhang Xu, Liang Benjia, Wang Cong, He Zhaobin and Niu Jun
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2015 13:46
  24. Mediastinal lymph node metastasis from colorectal cancer is rare, and barely any reports have described resection of this pathology. We report herein a successful thoracoscopic resection of mediastinal lymph n...

    Authors: Yasuhiro Shirakawa, Kazuhiro Noma, Takeshi Koujima, Naoaki Maeda, Shunsuke Tanabe, Toshiaki Ohara and Toshiyoshi Fujiwara
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2015 13:45
  25. Previous studies regarding the association between cruciferous vegetable intake and pancreatic cancer risk have reported inconsistent results. We conducted a meta-analysis to demonstrate the potential associat...

    Authors: Li-yi Li, Yue Luo, Ming-dong Lu, Xiao-wu Xu, Hai-duo Lin and Zhi-qiang Zheng
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2015 13:44
  26. The ‘hot cross bun’ (HCB) sign refers to a cruciform-shaped hyperintensity within the pons found on T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). It is commonly associated with atrophy of the pons, cerebellum,...

    Authors: Zhenyu Pan, Guozi Yang, Tingting Yuan, Yongxiang Wang, Xiaochuan Pang, Yan Gao and Lihua Dong
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2015 13:43
  27. Previous studies have demonstrated that ATP citrate lyase (ACLY) plays an important role in the development of many cancers. Our current study aims to assess the effects of functional single nucleotide polymor...

    Authors: Shuang Xie, Feng Zhou, Jiaojiao Wang, Haiyan Cao, Yibing Chen, Xiaonan Liu, Zhaohui Zhang, Jingyao Dai and Xianli He
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2015 13:42
  28. Double inferior vena cava (d-IVC) is a subtype of vascular anomaly that rarely needs treatment. Here, we present a rare case of d-IVC accompanied with concurrent renal pelvis and bladder carcinoma. Due to misd...

    Authors: Ye-Qing Mao, Shao-Xing Zhu and Wei Zhang
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2015 13:41
  29. Despite the efficacy of molecular targeted therapy, surgical resection remains the only curative primary treatment for gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs). However, in cases when the tumor originates from ...

    Authors: Hiroyuki Daiko, Takeo Fujita, Takahiro Ohgara, Nobuyoshi Yamazaki, Satoshi Fujii, Yasuhiro Ohno and Tomonori Yano
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2015 13:40
  30. Lithotomy (LT) and prone jackknife positions (PJ) are routinely used for abdominoperineal resection (APR). The present study compared the clinical, pathological, and oncological outcomes of PJ-APR vs. LT-APR i...

    Authors: Peng Liu, Haidong Bao, Xianbin Zhang, Jian Zhang, Li Ma, Yulin Wang, Chunyan Li, Zhongyu Wang and Peng Gong
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2015 13:39
  31. The number of 30-year-old or younger patients with breast cancer is increasing. The aim was to describe the clinicopathological features and prognosis of 30-year-old or younger patients with breast cancer.

    Authors: Yongqiang Yao, Mingqian Cao, Hong Fang and JiPing Xie
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2015 13:38
  32. Prognostic factors are useful for determination of the therapeutic strategy and follow-up examination after curative operation in cancer treatment. The immunological state of the host can influence the prognos...

    Authors: Yuji Iwayama, Tetsuhiro Tsuruma, Toru Mizuguchi, Tomohisa Furuhata, Nobuhiko Toyota, Masayuki Matsumura, Toshihiko Torigoe, Noriyuki Sato and Koichi Hirata
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2015 13:36
  33. Spontaneous gastric perforation in the absence of chemotherapy is extremely rare. The authors encountered a case of spontaneous perforation of primary gastric lymphoma.

    Authors: Yu Ohkura, Seigi Lee, Daisuke Kaji, Yasunori Ota, Shusuke Haruta, Yasuaki Takeji, Hisashi Shinohara, Masaki Ueno and Harushi Udagawa
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2015 13:35
  34. The incidence of chronic pancreatitis (CP) is between 2 and 200 per 100,000 persons and shows an increasing trend year by year. India has the highest incidence of CP in the world at approximately 114 to 200 pe...

    Authors: Qingqiang Ni, Lin Yun, Manish Roy and Dong Shang
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2015 13:34
  35. Age is an important risk factor for breast cancer, but previous data has been contradictory on whether patient age at diagnosis is also related to breast cancer survival. The present study evaluates age at dia...

    Authors: Jasmine Brandt, Jens Peter Garne, Ingrid Tengrup and Jonas Manjer
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2015 13:33
  36. Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) is different from conventional diagnostic methods and has the potential to delineate the microscopic anatomy of a target tissue or organ. The purpose of o...

    Authors: Qinghua Min, Kangwei Shao, Lulan Zhai, Wei Liu, Caisong Zhu, Lixin Yuan and Jun Yang
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2015 13:32
  37. Although neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT) has become a standard procedure to downstage locally advanced rectal cancer prior to surgery, markers to predict the response to CRT have not been fully identified....

    Authors: Noriko Tada, Kazushige Kawai, Nelson H Tsuno, Soichiro Ishihara, Hironori Yamaguchi, Eiji Sunami, Joji Kitayama, Koji Oba and Toshiaki Watanabe
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2015 13:30
  38. This report describes a case of a patient with a large solid gallbladder adenocarcinoma that was completely resected through aggressive surgery. The patient was a 57-year-old woman who had been diagnosed with ...

    Authors: Satoshi Hayama, Satoshi Hirano, Nagato Sato, Yuma Ebihara, Yo Kurashima, Soichi Murakami, Eiji Tamoto, Toru Nakamura, Joe Matsumoto, Takahiro Tsuchikawa, Eiichi Tanaka and Toshiaki Shichinohe
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2015 13:29
  39. In chronic wounds, especially burn scars, malignant tumors can arise. However, it is rare for a subacute burn injury to change to a malignant lesion within one month. Moreover, a case of squamous cell carcinom...

    Authors: Hyung-Rok Cho, Soon-Sung Kwon, Seum Chung and Jeong-Hae Kie
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2015 13:28
  40. Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the most common cause of cancer death worldwide. Numerous studies have identified the roles of survivin −31 G/C and angiotensin-converting enzyme insertion/deletion (ACE I/D) polymor...

    Authors: Xile Zhou and Caizhao Lin
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2015 13:27
  41. Perforation of a gastric tube is a rare yet lethal complication after esophagectomy for esophageal cancer treatment. Currently, over-the-scope clip (OTSC) is an effective way to treat gastric tube perforation....

    Authors: Xianghong Zhan, Bin Wang, Dongmei Di, Yun Zhuang, Xiaoying Zhang and Jianping Chen
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2015 13:25
  42. Laryngeal schwannomas are rare, benign neurogenic tumors. They normally present as a slow-growing, encapsulated, submucosal mass in the supraglottic region. We describe a 20-year-old female presenting with a 2...

    Authors: Chang-Chieh Chiu, Shah-Hwa Chou, Chun-Chieh Wu, Peir-In Liang and Ka-Wo Lee
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2015 13:24
  43. Improvement in the prognosis of colorectal cancer (CRC) patients has led to increasing occurrences of multiple primary malignancies (MPMs) alongside CRC but little is known about their characteristics. This st...

    Authors: Takaharu Kato, Koichi Suzuki, Yuta Muto, Junichi Sasaki, Shingo Tsujinaka, Yutaka J Kawamura, Hiroshi Noda, Hisanaga Horie, Fumio Konishi and Toshiki Rikiyama
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2015 13:23

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