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Volume 5;  2008
Book Reviews
Review of Oncology (Oxford Core Text), 2nd Edition, by Max Watson, Ann Barrett, Roy Spence, and Chris Twelves
Chung T Lim and Chung S Lim
Int Semin Surg Oncol. 2008; 5: 5. Published online 2008 February 29. doi: 10.1186/1477-7800-5-5.
PMCID: PMC2276510
Review of "Concise Clinical Oncology" by Clive Peedell
Chung T Lim and Chung S Lim
Int Semin Surg Oncol. 2008; 5: 6. Published online 2008 February 29. doi: 10.1186/1477-7800-5-6.
PMCID: PMC2291059
Case Reports
Reconstruction after external hemipelvectomy using tibia-hindfoot rotationplasty with calcaneo-sacral fixation
George YX Kong, Hannes A Rudiger, Eugene TH Ek, Wayne A Morrison, and Peter FM Choong
Int Semin Surg Oncol. 2008; 5: 1. Published online 2008 January 21. doi: 10.1186/1477-7800-5-1.
PMCID: PMC2257950
A case of unilateral keloid after bilateral breast reduction
Haresh Devalia, Lucy Mansfield, Neda Minakaran, and Dibyesh Banerjee
Int Semin Surg Oncol. 2008; 5: 3. Published online 2008 February 24. doi: 10.1186/1477-7800-5-3.
PMCID: PMC2267204
Surgical excision of an abdominal wall granular cell tumour with Permacol® mesh reconstruction: a case report
Aisha Chaudhry, Ewen A Griffiths, Nigam Shah, and Srinivasan Ravi
Int Semin Surg Oncol. 2008; 5: 4. Published online 2008 February 25. doi: 10.1186/1477-7800-5-4.
PMCID: PMC2267469
Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration as a presentation of breast cancer – a case report and review of the literature
Alia Noorani, Zaid Sadiq, Neda Minakaran, Catherine Coleman, Val A Thomas, and Kefah Mokbel
Int Semin Surg Oncol. 2008; 5: 8. Published online 2008 April 21. doi: 10.1186/1477-7800-5-8.
PMCID: PMC2373787
Intraosseous angiosarcoma with secondary aneurysmal bone cysts presenting as an elusive diagnostic challenge
Lung Fung Tse, Eugene TH Ek, John L Slavin, Stephen M Schlicht, and Peter FM Choong
Int Semin Surg Oncol. 2008; 5: 10. Published online 2008 May 20. doi: 10.1186/1477-7800-5-10.
PMCID: PMC2413251
Exophytic growth of a neglected giant subcutaneous Leiomyosarcoma of the lower extremity. A case report
Marina Angeloni, Francesco Muratori, Nicola Magarelli, Byron E Chalidis, Riccardo Ricci, Barbara Rossi, and Giulio Maccauro
Int Semin Surg Oncol. 2008; 5: 11. Published online 2008 May 21. doi: 10.1186/1477-7800-5-11.
PMCID: PMC2409359
Metastatic Hurthle Cell Carcinoma of the thyroid presenting as a Breast Lump: A Case Report
Yahya Al-Abed, Emma Gray, Konrad Wolfe, Gavin W Watters, and Jonathan M Philpott
Int Semin Surg Oncol. 2008; 5: 14. Published online 2008 May 27. doi: 10.1186/1477-7800-5-14.
PMCID: PMC2409361
Uterine leiomyoma with tubules
Teresa Pusiol, Anna Maria Parolari, and Francesco Piscioli
Int Semin Surg Oncol. 2008; 5: 15. Published online 2008 June 9. doi: 10.1186/1477-7800-5-15.
PMCID: PMC2459196
Hemorrhage associated with hepatic artery pseudoaneurysms after regional chemotherapy with floxuridine: case report
Panagiotis Samaras, Thomas Pfammatter, and Bernhard C Pestalozzi
Int Semin Surg Oncol. 2008; 5: 17. Published online 2008 July 11. doi: 10.1186/1477-7800-5-17.
PMCID: PMC2478651
Early distant relapse after optimal local control in locally advanced rectal cancer
Javier Gallego-Plazas, Francisco Menarguez-Pina, Natividad Martinez-Banaclocha, Vanesa Pons-Sanz, Fernando Mingol-Navarro, Jose A Ruiz-Macia, and Sonia Macia-Escalante
Int Semin Surg Oncol. 2008; 5: 18. Published online 2008 July 14. doi: 10.1186/1477-7800-5-18.
PMCID: PMC2481251
A case of gastrointestinal stromal tumor with spontaneous rupture in the greater omentum
Norihiro Yoshimura, Hirotaka Ohara, Katsuyuki Miyabe, Tessin Ban, Hitoshi Sano, Itaru Naitoh, Kazuki Hayashi, Tomoaki Ando, Takahiro Nakazawa, and Takashi Joh
Int Semin Surg Oncol. 2008; 5: 19. Published online 2008 July 29. doi: 10.1186/1477-7800-5-19.
PMCID: PMC2515846
Adjacent thoracic lymph node metastases originating from two separate primary cancers: case report
Khalid A El-Gendy, Gary K Atkin, Robert E Brightwell, Paul Richman, and Jeremy I Livingstone
Int Semin Surg Oncol. 2008; 5: 22. Published online 2008 October 2. doi: 10.1186/1477-7800-5-22.
PMCID: PMC2569954
A pulmonary mass with invasion into the heart
Anne Marie McLaughlin, Rory A O'Donnell, Siobhan Nicholson, Joseph Keane, and Vincent K Young
Int Semin Surg Oncol. 2008; 5: 24. Published online 2008 October 17. doi: 10.1186/1477-7800-5-24.
PMCID: PMC2576302
Commentary
Uterine PEComa: appraisal of a controversial and increasingly reported mesenchymal neoplasm
Oluwole Fadare
Int Semin Surg Oncol. 2008; 5: 7. Published online 2008 March 6. doi: 10.1186/1477-7800-5-7.
PMCID: PMC2278149
Research
Obesity and HER 2 overexpression: a common factor for poor prognosis of breast cancer
Chaminda Sellahewa, Peter Nightingale, and Amtul R Carmichael
Int Semin Surg Oncol. 2008; 5: 2. Published online 2008 February 24. doi: 10.1186/1477-7800-5-2.
PMCID: PMC2266765
The importance of margins status after breast conservative surgery and radiotherapy in node positive patients: a follow-up of 10–15 years
Isabella Besana-Ciani and Michael J Greenall
Int Semin Surg Oncol. 2008; 5: 13. Published online 2008 May 22. doi: 10.1186/1477-7800-5-13.
PMCID: PMC2409360
Patient choice significantly affects mastectomy rates in the treatment of breast cancer
Robert M Kirby, Abdul Basit, and Natarajan Manimaran
Int Semin Surg Oncol. 2008; 5: 20. Published online 2008 August 11. doi: 10.1186/1477-7800-5-20.
PMCID: PMC2518550
Contribution of BRCA1 germline mutation in patients with sporadic breast cancer
Fraz A Malik, Saima Ashraf, Mahmood A Kayani, Wen G Jiang, A Mir, M Ansar, Ishraat A Baloch, and Rafshan Sadiq
Int Semin Surg Oncol. 2008; 5: 21. Published online 2008 August 29. doi: 10.1186/1477-7800-5-21.
PMCID: PMC2538523
The expression and prognostic value of the guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) Trio, Vav1 and TIAM-1 in human breast cancer
Jane Lane, Tracey A Martin, Robert E Mansel, and Wen G Jiang
Int Semin Surg Oncol. 2008; 5: 23. Published online 2008 October 16. doi: 10.1186/1477-7800-5-23.
PMCID: PMC2576462
Reviews
The role of Herceptin in early breast cancer
Ashok Subramanian and Kefah Mokbel
Int Semin Surg Oncol. 2008; 5: 9. Published online 2008 April 28. doi: 10.1186/1477-7800-5-9.
PMCID: PMC2383915
Mirizzi Syndrome: an unexpected problem of cholelithiasis. Our experience with 27 cases
Michael Safioleas, Michael Stamatakos, Panagiotis Safioleas, Anastasios Smyrnis, Constantinos Revenas, and Constantinos Safioleas
Int Semin Surg Oncol. 2008; 5: 12. Published online 2008 May 21. doi: 10.1186/1477-7800-5-12.
PMCID: PMC2413250
Women with large breasts are at an increased risk of advanced breast cancer
Chaminda Sellahewa, Peter Nightingale, and Amtul R Carmichael
Int Semin Surg Oncol. 2008; 5: 16. Published online 2008 June 30. doi: 10.1186/1477-7800-5-16.
PMCID: PMC2474642
Gamma probes and their use in tumor detection in colorectal cancer
Ismet Sarikaya, Ali Sarikaya, and Richard C Reba
Int Semin Surg Oncol. 2008; 5: 25. Published online 2008 November 19. doi: 10.1186/1477-7800-5-25.
PMCID: PMC2596150
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