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  1. A key factor underlying the control of the cellular growth, size and proliferation involves the regulation of the total protein synthesis. Most often, the initial stages of mRNA translation are rate limiting, ...

    Authors: Zheng Wang, Jinxian Chen, Jianhua Sun, Zhe Cui and Hui Wu
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2012 10:119
  2. To analyze the characteristics and outcomes of women with breast cancer in the Northern Alberta Health Region (NAHR) who declined recommended primary standard treatments.

    Authors: Kurian Joseph, Sebastian Vrouwe, Anmmd Kamruzzaman, Ali Balbaid, David Fenton, Richard Berendt, Edward Yu and Patricia Tai
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2012 10:118
  3. Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) comprises 20% of all skin cancer of the head and neck. A minority will metastasize to regional parotid lymph nodes. This study evaluates the St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydn...

    Authors: Robin Yeong Hong Goh, Ron Bova and Gerald B Fogarty
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2012 10:117
  4. A number of patients undergo percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) under various conditions. Open colectomy is usually performed for colon cancer in patients with PEG because the safety of the laparoscopic...

    Authors: Hirotoshi Kobayashi, Tetsuro Higuchi, Hiroyuki Uetake, Satoru Iida, Toshiaki Ishikawa and Kenichi Sugihara
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2012 10:116
  5. Gastric neuroendocrine carcinoma (G-NEC) is a rare, highly malignant tumor that exhibits aggressive growth leading to vascular invasion, distant metastasis and extremely poor prognosis. We studied the clinicop...

    Authors: Chieko Uchiyama, Shigeyuki Tamura, Shinichi Nakatsuka, Atsushi Takeno, Hirofumi Miki, Takashi Kanemura, Shin Nakahira, Rei Suzuki, Ken Nakata, Yutaka Takeda and Takeshi Kato
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2012 10:115
  6. Adoptive cell therapy (ACT) with tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) in patients with metastatic melanoma has been reported to have a 56% overall response rate with 20% complete responders. To increase the av...

    Authors: Melissa M Alvarez-Downing, Suzanne M Inchauste, Mark E Dudley, Donald E White, John R Wunderlich, Steven A Rosenberg and Udai S Kammula
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2012 10:113
  7. Standard treatment for metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) is systemic therapy with imatinib. Surgery is performed to remove metastatic lesions to induce long-term remission or even curation. In...

    Authors: Ronald Tielen, Cornelis Verhoef, Frits van Coevorden, Hans Gelderblom, Stefan Sleijfer, Henk H Hartgrink, Johannes J Bonenkamp, Winette T van der Graaf and Johannes H W de Wilt
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2012 10:111
  8. In patients with locally advanced or recurrent pelvic malignancies, total pelvic exenteration (TPE) may be necessary for curative treatment. Despite improvements in mortality rates since TPE was first describe...

    Authors: Maureen P Kuhrt, Ravi J Chokshi, David Arrese and Edward W Martin Jr
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2012 10:110
  9. The guidelines established by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network do not describe mucinous histology as a clinical factor that should influence the therapeutic algorithm. However, previous studies show c...

    Authors: Masakatsu Numata, Manabu Shiozawa, Takuo Watanabe, Hiroshi Tamagawa, Naoto Yamamoto, Soichiro Morinaga, Kazuteru Watanabe, Teni Godai, Takashi Oshima, Shoichi Fujii, Chikara Kunisaki, Yasushi Rino, Munetaka Masuda and Makoto Akaike
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2012 10:109
  10. The incidence of breast cancer has been increasing in Japan over the past three decades, and it is the currently the most common malignancy in Japan. This study investigated the temporal trends of the surgical...

    Authors: Takeshi Hanagiri, Yoshika Nagata, Shoko Monji, Shinji Shinohara, Masaru Takenaka, Yoshiki Shigematsu, Hidehiko Shimokawa, Makoto Nakagawa, Hidetaka Uramoto, Tomoko So and Fumihiro Tanaka
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2012 10:108
  11. Liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has the highest local controllability among all local treatments and results in a good survival rate. However, the recurrence rates of HCC continue to remain ...

    Authors: Toshiya Kamiyama, Kazuaki Nakanishi, Hideki Yokoo, Hirofumi Kamachi, Munenori Tahara, Tatsuhiko Kakisaka, Yosuke Tsuruga, Satoru Todo and Akinobu Taketomi
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2012 10:107
  12. Lymph node metastasis is one of the most important prognostic factors for extra-hepatic bile duct carcinoma (ExHBDC). Extra capsular lymph node involvement (ExCLNI) is the extension of cancer cells through the...

    Authors: Takehiro Noji, Masaki Miyamoto, Kanako C Kubota, Toshiya Shinohara, Yoshiyasu Ambo, Yoshihiro Matsuno, Nobuichi Kashimura and Satoshi Hirano
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2012 10:106
  13. Tumor prostheses currently give the best short- and medium-term results for limb-salvage reconstruction procedures in the treatment of bone tumors. However, in developing countries, the cost of a tumor prosthe...

    Authors: Kok Long Pan, Wai Hoong Chan, Gek Bee Ong, Shanmugam Premsenthil, Mohammad Zulkarnaen, Dayangku Norlida and Zainal Abidin
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2012 10:105
  14. Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is one of the most frequent endocrine malignancies. In most cases, it often presents as multifocal tumor. It has been reported that multifocal tumors are associated with eleva...

    Authors: Xiangqian Zheng, Tingting Xia, Lin Lin, Songyuan Gao, Yigong Lee, Yang Yu, Songfeng Wei and Ming Gao
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2012 10:104
  15. We evaluated the relationship of the apoptotic activity index (AI) and the standardized mitotic-apoptotic ratio (SMI/AI) with clinicopathological features and prognosis in Libyan female breast cancer (BC) pati...

    Authors: Jamela Boder, Fathi Abdalla, Mohamed Elfagieh, Abdelbaset Buhmeida and Yrjö Collan
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2012 10:102
  16. The choice of surgical incision is determined by access to the surgical field, particularly when an oncological resection is required. Special consideration is also given to other factors, such as postoperativ...

    Authors: Theodosios Theodosopoulos, Anneza I Yiallourou, Nicolaos Dafnios, George Polymeneas, Ioannis Papaconstantinou, Chrysoula Staikou, Ioannis Vassiliou, Vassilis Smyrniotis and Alexios Fotopoulos
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2012 10:101
  17. The purpose of the research is to study the histopathology and expression of survivin, estrogen and progesterone receptors (ER/PR) in the endometrium of patients with dysfunctional uterine bleeding (DUB) treat...

    Authors: Geping Yin, Tongyu Zhu, Juan Li, Ming Chen, Shujun Yang and Xiaoli Zhao
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2012 10:100
  18. Nitric oxide (NO) has been reported to be a key mediator in hepatocyte proliferation during liver regeneration. NO is the oxidative metabolite of L-arginine, and is produced by a family of enzymes, collective ...

    Authors: Tsuyoshi Kurokawa, Jun An, Koji Tsunekawa, Yoshiharu Shimomura, Shunsuke Kazama, Naohisa Ishikawa, Toshiaki Nonami and Satoru Sugiyama
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2012 10:99
  19. Cases with subcutaneous metastasis of differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma to the abdominal wall without prior seeding as a consequence of local interventions with a negative or normal alpha-fetoprotein lev...

    Authors: L Zachau, C Zeckey, J Schlue, J Sander, C Meyer-Heithuis, M Winkler, J Klempnauer and H Schrem
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2012 10:98
  20. Percutaneous microwave coagulation (PMC) has been accepted as a promising modality in the treatment of tumors in well-vascularized tissues such as liver tumors and hysteromyoma. However, PMC for treatment of t...

    Authors: Wenbin Zhou, Qiang Ding, Xiaoan Liu, Yanni Jiang, Ling Chen, Yifen Zhang, Tiansong Xia and Shui Wang
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2012 10:97
  21. Malignant triton tumors are relatively rare and highly aggressive tumors in which malignant schwannoma cells coexist with rhabdomyoblasts. Their occurrence in the retroperitoneum is uncommon and has been rarel...

    Authors: Zhiwei Li, Jie Xiang, Sheng Yan, Feng Gao and Shusen Zheng
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2012 10:96
  22. Treatment decisions in colorectal cancer subsequent to surgery are based mainly on the TNM system. There is a need to establish novel prognostic markers based on the molecular characterization of tumor cells. ...

    Authors: Leif Schiffmann, Fabian Schwarz, Michael Linnebacher, Friedrich Prall, Jens Pahnke, Helga Krentz, Brigitte Vollmar and Ernst Klar
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2012 10:95
  23. An antimicrobial dressing containing ionic silver was found effective in reducing surgical-site infection in a preliminary study of colorectal cancer elective surgery. We decided to test this finding in a rand...

    Authors: Roberto Biffi, Luca Fattori, Emilio Bertani, Davide Radice, Nicole Rotmensz, Pasquale Misitano, Sabine Cenciarelli, Antonio Chiappa, Liliana Tadini, Marina Mancini, Giovanni Pesenti, Bruno Andreoni and Angelo Nespoli
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2012 10:94
  24. Struma ovarii (SO) is a slow-growing ovarian neoplasm with thyroid tissue as its predominant component. It is an uncommon neoplasm, usually asymptomatic with an unknown risk of malignant transformation. Due to...

    Authors: Federico Selvaggi, Domenico Risio, Mathew Waku, Daniela Simo, Domenico Angelucci, Alberto D’Aulerio, Roberto Cotellese and Paolo Innocenti
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2012 10:93
  25. The objective of this study was to investigate CD9 and HMGA2 expression and its clinicopathological significance in benign and malignant lesion tissues of the gallbladder.

    Authors: Qiong Zou, Li Xiong, Zhulin Yang, Fang Lv, Leping Yang and Xiongying Miao
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2012 10:92
  26. Diffuse malignant peritoneal mesothelioma and ocular melanoma are both rare tumors. To the best of our knowledge there is only one previous report of three cases in a family with known susceptibility to malign...

    Authors: Sara Langlais, Juan Pablo Velazquez-Martin, Pierre Dubé, Ernest Rand Simpson, Guy Leblanc and Lucas Sideris
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2012 10:90
  27. Extragonadal localization of germ cell tumors (GCTs) is rare; to the best of our knowledge, a location in the soft tissue of the arm has never been previously reported in the literature.

    Authors: Hicham Ait Benali, lssam Lalya, Mohamed Allaoui, Aniss Benmansour, Basma Elkhanoussi, Samir Benjelloun, Noureddine Benjaafar and Mourad Elyaacoubi
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2012 10:69
  28. The optimal resection extent for papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) remains controversial. The objective of the study was to investigate risk factors of bilateral PTMC and central lymph node metastasis (C...

    Authors: Yi-Li Zhou, Er-li Gao, Wei Zhang, Han Yang, Gui-Long Guo, Xiao-Hua Zhang and Ou-Chen Wang
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2012 10:67
  29. This retrospective study compared the clinicopathological results among three groups divided by time sequence to evaluate the impact of introducing laparoscopic surgery on long-term oncological outcomes for ri...

    Authors: Bong-Hyeon Kye, Jun-Gi Kim, Hyeon-Min Cho, Jung Hwan Lee, Hyung-Jin Kim, Young-Jin Suh and Chung-Soo Chun
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2012 10:89
  30. The Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) is an analytical tool increasingly implemented in clinical practice. Breast cancer is primarily a disease of older people; however, most evidence-based research is ...

    Authors: Ruth M Parks, Radhika Lakshmanan, Linda Winterbottom, David AL Morgan, Karen Cox and Kwok-Leung Cheung
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2012 10:88
  31. Assessment of lymph node status is a critical issue in the surgical management of gallbladder cancer. The aim of this study was to compare the anatomical location of positive nodes, number of positive nodes, a...

    Authors: Yoshio Shirai, Jun Sakata, Toshifumi Wakai, Taku Ohashi, Yoichi Ajioka and Katsuyoshi Hatakeyama
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2012 10:87
  32. Scapula alata (SA) is a known complication of breast surgery associated with palsy of the serratus anterior, but it is seldom mentioned. We evaluated the risk factors associated with SA and the relationship of...

    Authors: Nele Adriaenssens, Mark De Ridder, Pierre Lievens, Hilde Van Parijs, Marian Vanhoeij, Geertje Miedema, Mia Voordeckers, Harijati Versmessen, Guy Storme, Jan Lamote, Stephanie Pauwels and Vincent Vinh-Hung
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2012 10:86
  33. Our aim in the present study was to compare patients presenting with gastroesophageal reflux disease in the presence or absence of mild-grade esophagitis (grade I or II according to the Savary-Miller classific...

    Authors: Michele Grande, Pierpaolo Sileri, Grazia Maria Attinà, Elisabetta De Luca, Paolo Ciano, Carolina Ilaria Ciangola and Federica Cadeddu
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2012 10:84
  34. Gastric tube after esophagectomy can be the site of local recurrence or the development of second primary tumor which implies poor prognosis. The study presents an extremely rare case of a patient after Ivor-L...

    Authors: Sławomir Jabłoński, Łukasz Piskorz and Marcin Wawrzycki
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2012 10:83
  35. Neuroendocrine tumor (NET) patients must be adequately staged in order to improve a multidisciplinary approach and optimal management for metastatic disease. Currently available imaging studies include somatos...

    Authors: Rachel Jorge D Cossetti, Regis Otaviano França Bezerra, Brenda Gumz, Adriana Telles and Frederico P Costa
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2012 10:82
  36. Schwannomas of the colon are rare and are difficult to diagnose preoperatively, since they often defy endoscopic and radiographic detection. Immunohistochemical stains are useful postoperatively to confirm thi...

    Authors: Hun Jin Kim, Chang Hyung Kim, Sang Woo Lim, Jung Wook Huh, Young Jin Kim and Hyeong Rok Kim
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2012 10:81
  37. Microwave ablation (MWA) has attracted a worldwide attention gradually in treating inoperable pulmonary malignancies. However, in the lung tissues treated with MWA recurrence of tumor may still occur and few d...

    Authors: Qiang Lu, Wei Cao, Lijun Huang, Yi Wan, Tonggang Liu, Qingshu Cheng, Yong Han and Xiaofei Li
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2012 10:80
  38. Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) is an oncofetal protein produced by hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). AFP level can also be elevated in other neoplastic or non-neoplastic conditions. An elevated AFP level has high diagn...

    Authors: Isidoro Di Carlo, Maurizio Mannino, Adriana Toro, Annalisa Ardiri, Antonio Galia, Giovanni Cappello and Gaetano Bertino
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2012 10:79
  39. Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) is a soft tissue neoplasm of intermediate to low-grade malignancy. Although metastasis rarely occurs, DFSP has a locally aggressive behavior with a high recurrence rate. ...

    Authors: Stefano Mori, Gianluca Di Monta, Ugo Marone, Maria Grazia Chiofalo and Corrado Caracò
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2012 10:78
  40. Pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PCA) is one of the most lethal human malignancies, and radical surgery remains the cornerstone of treatment. After resection, the overall 5-year survival rate is only 10% to 29%. At ...

    Authors: Kun-Chun Chiang, Chun-Nan Yeh, Shir-Hwa Ueng, Jun-Te Hsu, Ta-Sen Yeh, Yi-Yin Jan, Tsann-Long Hwang and Miin-Fu Chen
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2012 10:77
  41. Both colorectal cancer (CRC) and diabetes mellitus (DM) are important public health problems worldwide. As there are controversies about survival impact on CRC patients with preexisting DM, the purpose of the ...

    Authors: Ching-Wen Huang, Li-Chu Sun, Ying-Ling Shih, Hsiang-Lin Tsai, Chao-Wen Chen, Yung-Sung Yeh, Cheng-Jen Ma, Che-Jen Huang and Jaw-Yuan Wang
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2012 10:76
  42. Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) is one of the most aggressive primary brain tumors and is associated with a dismal prognosis. The median survival after the primary diagnosis remains poor, even after multimodal t...

    Authors: Sudheer R Thumma, Robert K Fairbanks, Wayne T Lamoreaux, Alexander R Mackay, John J Demakas, Barton S Cooke, Ameer L Elaimy, Peter W Hanson and Christopher M Lee
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2012 10:75
  43. Metastatic leptomeningeal carcinomatosis is estimated to occur in 3% to 8% of solid carcinomas. The most common causes of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis are breast cancer, lung cancer and malignant melanoma. Le...

    Authors: Kwang-Kuk Park, Song-I Yang, Kyung-Won Seo, Young-Ok Kim and Ki-Young Yoon
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2012 10:74
  44. The finding of thyroid nodules is a very common occurrence in routine clinical practice. Approximately 5% to 7% of the entire population have thyroid nodules. Vascular lesions are one of the most controversial...

    Authors: Pasquale Petronella, Marco Scorzelli, Rossella Luise, Giuseppe Iannaci, Patrizia Sapere, Marco Ferretti, Rosaria Maria Anna Costanzo, Fulvio Freda, Silvestro Canonico and Raffaele Rossiello
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2012 10:73
  45. Thyroid drains following thyroid surgery are routinely used despite minimal supportive evidence. Our aim in this study is to determine the impact of routine open drainage of the thyroid bed postoperatively on ...

    Authors: Peter M Neary, Owen J O’Connor, Azher Shafiq, Edel M Quinn, Justin J Kelly, Buckley Juliette, Ronan A Cahill, Josephine Barry and Henry P Redmond
    Citation: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2012 10:72

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