| | Case Reports Small cell carcinoma of the appendix Anna M O'Kane, Mark E O'Donnell, Rajeev Shah, Declan P Carey, and Jack Lee World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 4. Published online 2008 January 15. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-4.PMCID: PMC2241597 Pulmonary echinococcosis mimicking multipl lung metastasis of breast cancer: The role of fluoro-deoxy-glucose positron emission tomography Yavuz Kurt, İlker Sücüllü, Ali İlker Filiz, Muammer Urhan, and Mehmet Levhi Akın World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 7. Published online 2008 January 21. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-7.PMCID: PMC2257945 Laparotomy enables retrograde dilatation and stent placement for malignant esophago-respiratory fistula Alexander Rehders, Kenko Cupisti, Marcus Schmitt, Marc A Renter, Patrick Kröpil, Özcan Iskender, and Wolfram T Knoefel World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 8. Published online 2008 January 26. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-8.PMCID: PMC2267468 Forefoot plantar multilobular noninfiltrating angiolipoma: a case report and review of the literature Theodoros B Grivas, Olga D Savvidou, Spyridon A Psarakis, Georgia Liapi, George Triantafyllopoulos, Ioannis Kovanis, Panagiotis Alexandropoulos, and Vasiliki Katsiva World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 11. Published online 2008 January 30. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-11.PMCID: PMC2267467 Acute airway failure secondary to thyroid metastasis from renal carcinoma Mario Testini, Germana Lissidini, Angela Gurrado, Gaetano Lastilla, Amato Stabile Ianora, and Raffaele Fiorella World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 14. Published online 2008 February 5. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-14.PMCID: PMC2254624 Solitary fibrous tumor of the male breast: a case report and review of the literature Francesca Rovera, Giovanna Imbriglio, Giorgio Limonta, Marina Marelli, Stefano La Rosa, Fausto Sessa, Gianlorenzo Dionigi, Luigi Boni, and Renzo Dionigi World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 16. Published online 2008 February 7. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-16.PMCID: PMC2266749 Regression of sporadic intra-abdominal desmoid tumour following administration of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug Keita Tanaka, Reigetsu Yoshikawa, Hidenori Yanagi, Makoto Gega, Yoshinori Fujiwara, Tomoko Hashimoto-Tamaoki, Syozo Hirota, Tohru Tsujimura, and Naohiro Tomita World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 17. Published online 2008 February 8. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-17.PMCID: PMC2270274 A case of virilization induced by a Krukenberg tumor from gastric cancer Matthias Hornung, Peter Vogel, Thomas Schubert, Hans-Jürgen Schlitt, and Ulrich Bolder World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 19. Published online 2008 February 15. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-19.PMCID: PMC2275731 Lynch syndrome: still not a familiar picture Frederik J Hes World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 21. Published online 2008 February 20. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-21.PMCID: PMC2265717 Adenocarcinoma of the appendix presenting as bilateral ureteric obstruction Kamran Ahmed, Robiol Hoque, Sherif El-Tawil, Mohammad S Khan, and Mark L George World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 23. Published online 2008 February 21. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-23.PMCID: PMC2277416 Substernal oxyphil parathyroid adenoma producing PTHrP with hypercalcemia and normal PTH level Angela Gurrado, Andrea Marzullo, Germana Lissidini, Agostino Lippolis, Domenico Rubini, Gaetano Lastilla, and Mario Testini World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 24. Published online 2008 February 21. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-24.PMCID: PMC2279131 Post-traumatic soft tissue tumors: Case report and review of the literature a propos a Post-traumatic paraspinal desmoid tumor Sarit Cohen, Dean Ad-El, Ofer Benjaminov, and Haim Gutman World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 28. Published online 2008 February 29. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-28.PMCID: PMC2270823 Coexistence of carcinoma and tuberculosis in one breast Ahmed Alzaraa and Neha Dalal World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 29. Published online 2008 March 4. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-29.PMCID: PMC2268920 Extensive necrosis of visceral melanoma metastases after immunotherapy David Stoeter, Nicola de Liguori Carino, Ernest Marshall, Graeme J Poston, and Andrew Wu World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 30. Published online 2008 March 4. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-30.PMCID: PMC2292185 Pyoderma gangrenosum after totally implanted central venous access device insertion Ihsan Inan, Patrick O Myers, Rolf Braun, Monica E Hagen, and Philippe Morel World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 31. Published online 2008 March 6. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-31.PMCID: PMC2270824 Merkel cell carcinoma of the upper extremity: Case report and an update Michail Papamichail, Ioannis Nikolaidis, Nicolas Nikolaidis, Chryssoula Glava, Ioannis Lentzas, Konstantinos Marmagkiolis, Kriton Karassavsa, and Michail Digalakis World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 32. Published online 2008 March 7. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-32.PMCID: PMC2279132 The Merendino procedure following preoperative imatinib mesylate for locally advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the esophagogastric junction Wilko I Staiger, Ulrich Ronellenfitsch, Georg Kaehler, Hans Ulrich Schildhaus, Antonia Dimitrakopoulou-Strauss, Matthias HM Schwarzbach, and Peter Hohenberger World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 37. Published online 2008 April 4. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-37.PMCID: PMC2323006 Surgical treatment of a rare primary renal carcinoid tumor with liver metastasis Roberto Gedaly, Hoonbae Jeon, Thomas D Johnston, Patrick P McHugh, Randall G Rowland, and Dinesh Ranjan World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 41. Published online 2008 April 22. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-41.PMCID: PMC2386474 Intramuscular recurrence in a Hepatocellular carcinoma patient with indolent disease course Thomas Yau, Hilda Wong, Pierre Chan, MC To, and Ronnie T Poon World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 42. Published online 2008 April 23. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-42.PMCID: PMC2373298 Glycogen-rich clear cell carcinoma of the breast Christos Markopoulos, Dimitris Mantas, T Philipidis, Efstatios Kouskos, Zoi Antonopoulou, ML Hatzinikolaou, and Helen Gogas World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 44. Published online 2008 April 29. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-44.PMCID: PMC2386120 A multidisciplinary approach for the treatment of GIST liver metastasis Pejman Radkani, Marcelo M Ghersi, Juan C Paramo, and Thomas W Mesko World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 46. Published online 2008 May 9. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-46.PMCID: PMC2412868 Caecal metastasis from breast cancer presenting as intestinal obstruction Rashmi Birla, Kamal Kumar Mahawar, Mavis Orizu, Muhammad S Siddiqui, and Arun Batra World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 47. Published online 2008 May 9. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-47.PMCID: PMC2396163 Middle bile duct cancer with portal vein tumor thrombus Mitsugi Shimoda, Yukihiro Iso, Shigeki Tomita, Takahiro Fujimori, Koji Murakami, Tokihiko Sawada, and Keiichi Kubota World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 48. Published online 2008 May 10. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-48.PMCID: PMC2391166 Colonoscopy is mandatory after Streptococcus bovis endocarditis: a lesson still not learned. Case report Alberta Ferrari, Ivan Botrugno, Elisa Bombelli, Tommaso Dominioni, Emma Cavazzi, and Paolo Dionigi World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 49. Published online 2008 May 12. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-49.PMCID: PMC2397406 Primary lymphoma of the breast involving both axillae with bilateral breast carcinoma Neeraj K Garg, Nitin B Bagul, Gary Rubin, and Elizabeth F Shah World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 52. Published online 2008 May 20. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-52.PMCID: PMC2405783 An unusual case of low-grade tubulopapillary adenocarcinoma of the sinonasal tract Ashish Bansal, Keloth E Pradeep, and Krishna P Gumparthy World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 54. Published online 2008 May 20. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-54.PMCID: PMC2426684 Port site metastasis following diagnostic laparoscopy for a malignant Gastro-intestinal stromal tumour Andrew R Davies, Waseem Ahmed, and Shaun F Purkiss World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 55. Published online 2008 May 24. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-55.PMCID: PMC2409334 A case of matrix-producing carcinoma of the breast Toshiyuki Hirose, Junko Honda, Yoshimi Bando, Mitsunori Sasa, Yukiko Hirose, Taeko Nagao, and Akira Tangoku World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 60. Published online 2008 June 17. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-60.PMCID: PMC2440382 Late widespread skeletal metastases from myxoid liposarcoma detected by MRI only Sammy A Hanna, Yassar A Qureshi, Lee Bayliss, Lee A David, Paul O'Donnell, Ian R Judson, and Timothy WR Briggs World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 62. Published online 2008 June 18. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-62.PMCID: PMC2440383 FDG PET-CT demonstration of metastatic neuroendocrine tumor of prostate Yiyan Liu World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 64. Published online 2008 June 19. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-64.PMCID: PMC2440384 Solitary skull metastasis as initial manifestation of hepatocellular carcinoma Yu Shik Shim, Jung Yong Ahn, Jun Hyung Cho, and Kyu Sung Lee World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 66. Published online 2008 June 21. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-66.PMCID: PMC2467423 Successful treatment of perineal necrotising fasciitis and associated pubic bone osteomyelitis with the vacuum assisted closure system Susim Kumar, Mark E O'Donnell, Khalid Khan, Gillian Dunne, P Declan Carey, and Jack Lee World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 67. Published online 2008 June 24. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-67.PMCID: PMC2442594 Abnormal hCG levels in a patient with treated stage I seminoma: a diagnostic dilemma Noel J Aherne, Cormac A Small, Gerard P McVey, David G Fitzpatrick, and John G Armstrong World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 68. Published online 2008 June 25. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-68.PMCID: PMC2442081 Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor producing rectal cancer Hiroki Takahashi, Akira Yasuda, Nubuo Ochi, Masaki Sakamoto, Satoru Takayama, Takehiro Wakasugi, Hitoshi Funahashi, Hirozumi Sawai, Mikinori Satoh, Yoshimi Akamo, and Hiromitsu Takeyama World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 70. Published online 2008 June 29. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-70.PMCID: PMC2474610 Simultaneous adrenal and extra-adrenal myelolipoma – an uncommon incident: case report and review of the literature Derek Zieker, Ingmar Königsrainer, Stephan Miller, Ulrich Vogel, Karl Sotlar, Wolfgang Steurer, Alfred Königsrainer, and Thorsten G Lehmann World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 72. Published online 2008 July 4. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-72.PMCID: PMC2474838 Spinal cord compression by a solitary metastasis from a low grade leydig cell tumour: a case report and review of the literature Efthimios P Samoladas, Ashraf S Anbar, Jonathan D Lucas, Hlias Fotiadis, and Byron E Chalidis World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 75. Published online 2008 July 10. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-75.PMCID: PMC2483278 Spontaneous intratumoral bleeding and rupture of giant gastric stromal tumor (> 30 cm) in a young patient Ruy J Cruz, Jr, Rodrigo Vincenzi, Bernardo M Ketzer, Andre L Cecilio, and Lourdes A Cepeda World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 76. Published online 2008 July 15. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-76.PMCID: PMC2486266 Gastric metastases originating from occult breast lobular carcinoma: diagnostic and therapeutic problems Antonio Ciulla, Gioacchino Castronovo, Giovanni Tomasello, Alfonso Maurizio Maiorana, Leila Russo, Elio Daniele, and Gaspare Genova World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 78. Published online 2008 July 25. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-78.PMCID: PMC2525652 Biphasic anaphylactic reaction to blue dye during sentinel lymph node biopsy Margaret I Liang and William E Carson, III World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 79. Published online 2008 July 27. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-79.PMCID: PMC2518154 Multi-visceral resection of pancreatic VIPoma in a patient with sinistral portal hypertension David L Joyce, Kelvin Hong, Elliot K Fishman, Joshua Wisell, and Timothy M Pawlik World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 80. Published online 2008 July 28. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-80.PMCID: PMC2517072 Giant gluteal lipoma-like liposarcoma: a case report Maitham Sultan, Hisham Burezq, Rameshwar L Bang, Moustafa El-Kabany, and Waddah Eskaf World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 81. Published online 2008 July 29. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-81.PMCID: PMC2517073 Multiple giant scalp metastases of a follicular thyroid carcinoma Kenko Cupisti, Uwe Ramp, Andreas Raffel, Markus Krausch, Alexander Rehders, and Wolfram T Knoefel World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 82. Published online 2008 August 11. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-82.PMCID: PMC2533320 Paraneoplastic pemphigus regression after thymoma resection Nikolaos Barbetakis, Georgios Samanidis, Dimitrios Paliouras, Ioannis Boukovinas, Christos Asteriou, Eleni Stergiou, Kostas Laschos, and Christodoulos Tsilikas World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 83. Published online 2008 August 12. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-83.PMCID: PMC2527607 Epithelioid sarcoma with muscle metastasis detected by positron emission tomography Akio Sakamoto, Osamu Jono, Minako Hirahashi, Masafumi Oya, Yukihide Iwamoto, and Ken Arai World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 84. Published online 2008 August 15. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-84.PMCID: PMC2527488 Solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura presenting with syncope episodes when coughing Luigi Santambrogio, Mario Nosotti, Alessandro Palleschi, Lorenzo Rosso, Davide Tosi, Matilde De Simone, Michele M Ciulla, Marco Maggioni, and Ugo Cioffi World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 86. Published online 2008 August 19. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-86.PMCID: PMC2531110 Incidental littoral cell angioma of the spleen May Tee, Patrick Vos, Peter Zetler, and Sam M Wiseman World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 87. Published online 2008 August 19. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-87.PMCID: PMC2527567 Primary carcinoid tumors of the liver Gary Schwartz, Agnes Colanta, Harold Gaetz, John Olichney, and Fadi Attiyeh World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 91. Published online 2008 August 27. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-91.PMCID: PMC2542373 Conservatively treated glassy cell carcinoma of the cervix Gabriella Ferrandina, Vanda Salutari, Marco Petrillo, Arnaldo Carbone, and Giovanni Scambia World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 92. Published online 2008 August 28. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-92.PMCID: PMC2533318 Primary Kaposi sarcoma of the subcutaneous tissue Liron Pantanowitz, John Mullen, and Bruce J Dezube World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 94. Published online 2008 September 2. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-94.PMCID: PMC2538530 Late recurrence of large peri-stomal metastasis following abdomino-perineal resection of rectal cancer Chandrasekar Vijayasekar, Saleem Noormohamed, and Mark James Cheetham World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 96. Published online 2008 September 5. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-96.PMCID: PMC2542374 Gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the stomach with lymph node metastasis Aras Emre Canda, Yucel Ozsoy, Olcay Ak Nalbant, and Ozgul Sagol World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 97. Published online 2008 September 5. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-97.PMCID: PMC2553079 Low grade epithelial stromal tumour of the seminal vesicle Bruno Monica, Michelangelo Larosa, Francesco Facchini, Gianluigi Pozzoli, Ilaria Franceschetti, and Irene Piscioli World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 101. Published online 2008 September 23. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-101.PMCID: PMC2564931 Extrapulmonary small cell sarcinoma: involvement of the brain without evidence of extracranial malignancy by serial PET/CT scans Christopher N Hueser, Nghi C Nguyen, Medhat Osman, Necat Havlioglu, and Anjali J Patel World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 102. Published online 2008 September 25. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-102.PMCID: PMC2564932 Low grade papillary transitional cell carcinoma pelvic recurrence masquerading as high grade invasive carcinoma, ten years after radical cystectomy Pankaj P Dangle, Wenle Paul Wang, Joel Mayerson, Amir Mortazavi, and Paul Monk World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 103. Published online 2008 September 30. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-103.PMCID: PMC2566572 Acute liver failure due to primary angiosarcoma: A case report and review of literature Chandra S Bhati, Anand N Bhatt, Graham Starkey, Stefan G Hubscher, and Simon R Bramhall World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 104. Published online 2008 September 30. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-104.PMCID: PMC2567320 Adenocarcinoma of the third portion of the duodenum in a man with CREST syndrome Georgios Anastasopoulos, Athanasios Marinis, Christos Konstantinidis, Theodosios Theodosopoulos, Georgios Fragulidis, and Ioannis Vassiliou World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 106. Published online 2008 October 1. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-106.PMCID: PMC2566573 Isolated metastatic extremity liposarcoma to the liver, an uncommon and transient finding Christopher A Garces, John D Reith, Stephen R Grobmyer, and Steven N Hochwald World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 108. Published online 2008 October 9. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-108.PMCID: PMC2572163 Resection of giant ethmoid osteoma with orbital and skull base extension followed by duraplasty Ioannis Yiotakis, Anna Eleftheriadou, Evagelos Giotakis, Leonidas Manolopoulos, Eliza Ferekidou, and Dimitrios Kandiloros World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 110. Published online 2008 October 14. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-110.PMCID: PMC2576271 Soft tissue non-Hodgkin lymphoma of shoulder in a HIV patient: a report of a case and review of the literature Domenico Marotta, Alessandro Sgambato, Simone Cerciello, Nicola Magarelli, Maurizio Martini, Luigi Maria Larocca, and Giulio Maccauro World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 111. Published online 2008 October 21. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-111.PMCID: PMC2582238 Intravascular leiomyosarcoma of the brachiocephalic region – report of an unusual tumour localisation: case report and review of the literature Daniel-Johannes Tilkorn, Marcus Lehnhardt, Jörg Hauser, Adrien Daigeler, Detlev Hebebrand, Thomas Mentzel, Hans Ulrich Steinau, and Cornelius Kuhnen World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 113. Published online 2008 October 27. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-113.PMCID: PMC2583979 The synchronous occurrence of squamous cell carcinoma and gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) at esophageal site Gian Paolo Spinelli, Evelina Miele, Federica Tomao, Luigi Rossi, Giulia Pasciuti, Angelo Zullo, Federica Zoratto, Jose Nunnari, Giovanni Codacci Pisanelli, and Silverio Tomao World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 116. Published online 2008 November 5. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-116.PMCID: PMC2596482 Experience with adjuvant chemotherapy for pseudomyxoma peritonei secondary to mucinous adenocarcinoma of the appendix with oxaliplatin/fluorouracil/leucovorin (FOLFOX4) Chin-Fan Chen, Che-Jen Huang, Wan-Yi Kang, and Jan-Sing Hsieh World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 118. Published online 2008 November 11. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-118.PMCID: PMC2615010 Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of epididymis: a case report and review of literature Pankaj P Dangle, Wenle Paul Wang, and Kamal S Pohar World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 119. Published online 2008 November 11. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-119.PMCID: PMC2614428 Transsacral colon fistula: late complication after resection, irradiation and free flap transfer of sacral chondrosarcoma Lars Steinstraesser, Michael Sand, Stefan Langer, Gert Muhr, Thomas A Schildhauer, and Hans-Ulrich Steinau World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 121. Published online 2008 November 11. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-121.PMCID: PMC2587464 Metastatic colorectal cancer to a primary thyroid cancer Martin H Cherk, Maggie Moore, Jonathan Serpell, Sarah Swain, and Duncan J Topliss World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 122. Published online 2008 November 11. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-122.PMCID: PMC2588591 Delayed malignant melanoma recurrence simulating primary ovarian cancer: Case report Anastasios Boutis, Rosalia Valeri, Ippokratis Korantzis, Dimitrios Valoukas, Ioannis Andronikidis, and Charalambos Andreadis World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 124. Published online 2008 November 20. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-124.PMCID: PMC2607274 The complicated management of a patient following transarterial chemoembolization for metastatic carcinoid Andrew C Pearson, Steven Steinberg, Manisha H Shah, and Mark Bloomston World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 125. Published online 2008 November 25. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-125.PMCID: PMC2605455 The use of fulvestrant, a parenteral endocrine agent, in intestinal obstruction due to metastatic lobular breast carcinoma Jasmine YM Tang, Rajendra Singh Rampaul, and Kwok L Cheung World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 128. Published online 2008 December 1. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-128.PMCID: PMC2613396 Hepatobiliary cystadenoma exhibiting morphologic changes from simple hepatic cyst shown by 11-year follow up imagings Naoto Fukunaga, Masashi Ishikawa, Hisashi Ishikura, Toshihiro Ichimori, Suguru Kimura, Akihiro Sakata, Koichi Sato, Jyunichi Nagata, and Yoshiyuki Fujii World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 129. Published online 2008 December 11. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-129.PMCID: PMC2614429 Post-radiation sciatic neuropathy: a case report and review of the literature Panagiotis D Gikas, Sammy A Hanna, Will Aston, Nicholas S Kalson, Roberto Tirabosco, Asif Saifuddin, and Steve R Cannon World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 130. Published online 2008 December 11. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-130.PMCID: PMC2615011 Intramucosal leiomyosarcoma of the stomach following hereditary retinoblastoma in childhood – a case report and review of the literature Ursula Pauser and Horst Grimm World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 131. Published online 2008 December 14. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-131.PMCID: PMC2615012 A paraneoplastic manifestation of metastatic breast cancer responding to endocrine therapy: a case report Joanna P Wood, Andrew P Haynes, and KL Cheung World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 132. Published online 2008 December 16. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-132.PMCID: PMC2614430 Ileoileal intussusception induced by a gastrointestinal stromal tumor Kontantinos Vasiliadis, Evangelos Kogopoulos, Michael Katsamakas, Evangelos Karamitsos, Christos Tsalikidis, Byron Pringos, and Andreas Tsalikidis World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 133. Published online 2008 December 17. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-133.PMCID: PMC2615009 Squamous cell carcinoma of the breast: a case report Elvira R Flikweert, Mans Hofstee, and Mike SL Liem World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 135. Published online 2008 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-135.PMCID: PMC2626594 Advantage of vacuum assisted closure on healing of wound associated with omentoplasty after abdominoperineal excision: a case report Silvia Cresti, Mehdi Ouaïssi, Igor Sielezneff, Jean-Baptiste Chaix, Nicolas Pirro, Bruno Berthet, Bernard Consentino, and Bernard Sastre World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 136. Published online 2008 December 23. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-136.PMCID: PMC2621222 A rare tumoral combination, synchronous lung adenocarcinoma and mantle cell lymphoma of the pleura Dimitrios Hatzibougias, Mattheos Bobos, Georgia Karayannopoulou, Georgios Karkavelas, Georgios T Karapanagiotidis, Christophoros N Foroulis, and Ioannis Kostopoulos World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 137. Published online 2008 December 29. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-137.PMCID: PMC2629472 A case of radiation-induced sternal malignant fibrous histiocytoma treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy and surgical resection Bulent Kocer, Gultekin Gulbahar, Bulent Erdogan, Burcin Budakoglu, Selim Erekul, Koray Dural, and Unal Sakinci World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 138. Published online 2008 December 30. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-138.PMCID: PMC2628670 Bilateral gluteal metastases from a misdiagnosed intrapelvic gastrointestinal stromal tumor Dritan Pasku, Apostolos Karantanas, Elpida Giannikaki, Maria Tzardi, Emmanouil Velivassakis, and Pavlos Katonis World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 139. Published online 2008 December 30. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-139.PMCID: PMC2628904 Correspondence Correspondence: Prostatic sarcoma after treatment for rectal cancer Noel J Aherne and Charles M Gillham World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 20. Published online 2008 February 17. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-20.PMCID: PMC2288607 Letter to Editor: Carpal tunnel syndrome due to an atypical deep soft tissue leiomyoma: The risk of misdiagnosis and mismanagement Giuseppe Granata, Carlo Martinoli, Costanza Pazzaglia, Pietro Caliandro, Luca Padua, and Diana Ferraro World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 22. Published online 2008 February 20. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-22.PMCID: PMC2278133 Notice of Redundant Publication Surgical resection for gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST): Experience on 25 patients Luigi Boni, Angelo Benevento, Gianlorenzo Dionigi, Francesca Rovera, and Renzo Dionigi World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 27. Published online 2008 February 27. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-27.PMCID: PMC2292721 Reviews A rare case of isolated wound implantation of colorectal adenocarcinoma complicating an incisional hernia: case report and review of the literature Aninda Chandra, Lester Lee, Fahad Hossain, and Harnaik Johal World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 5. Published online 2008 January 17. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-5.PMCID: PMC2253526 Painful swollen leg – think beyond deep vein thrombosis or Baker's cyst Buchi RB Arumilli, Vinayagam Lenin Babu, and Ashok S Paul World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 6. Published online 2008 January 18. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-6.PMCID: PMC2244628 Extra-gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the greater omentum: report of a case and review of the literature Christian Franzini, Luciano Alessandri, Irene Piscioli, Salvatore Donato, Rosario Faraci, Luca Morelli, Franca Del Nonno, and Stefano Licci World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 25. Published online 2008 February 23. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-25.PMCID: PMC2267191 Invasive micropapillary carcinomas arising 42 years after augmentation mammoplasty: A case report and literature review Yuko Tanaka, Isamu Morishima, and Kazunori Kikuchi World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 33. Published online 2008 March 14. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-33.PMCID: PMC2292720 Primary multifocal osseous Hodgkin's lymphoma Clare R Langley, Simon JW Garrett, Jill Urand, Janice Kohler, and Nick MP Clarke World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 34. Published online 2008 March 17. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-34.PMCID: PMC2311296 High grade B-cell gastric lymphoma with complete pathologic remission after eradication of helicobacter pylori infection: Report of a case and review of the literature Luigi Cavanna, Raffaella Pagani, Pietro Seghini, Adriano Zangrandi, and Carlo Paties World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 35. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-35.PMCID: PMC2329637 A malignant omental extra-gastrointestinal stromal tumor on a young man: a case report and review of the literature Mario Castillo-Sang, Salim Mancho, Albert W Tsang, Barbu Gociman, Babatunde Almaroof, and Mohammed Y Ahmed World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 50. Published online 2008 May 15. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-50.PMCID: PMC2409333 Lymphatic mapping and sentinel node biopsy in gynecological cancers: a critical review of the literature Ali Ayhan, Husnu Celik, and Polat Dursun World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 53. Published online 2008 May 20. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-53.PMCID: PMC2409335 Male breast cancer: is the scenario changing Kaiyumars B Contractor, Kanchan Kaur, Gabriel S Rodrigues, Dhananjay M Kulkarni, and Hemant Singhal World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 58. Published online 2008 June 16. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-58.PMCID: PMC2440380 Segmental resection of the duodenum for gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) Rudolf Mennigen, Heiner H Wolters, Bernd Schulte, and Friedrich W Pelster World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 105. Published online 2008 September 30. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-105.PMCID: PMC2567321 Lung adenocarcinoma presenting as obstructive jaundice: a case report and review of literature Stephanos Pericleous, Samrat Mukherjee, and Robert R Hutchins World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 120. Published online 2008 November 11. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-120.PMCID: PMC2615008 Surgical strategies for treatment of malignant pancreatic tumors: extended, standard or local surgery? Matthias Glanemann, Baomin Shi, Feng Liang, Xiao-Gang Sun, Marcus Bahra, Dietmar Jacob, Ulf Neumann, and Peter Neuhaus World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 123. Published online 2008 November 12. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-123.PMCID: PMC2596481 Adrenocortical oncocytic carcinoma with recurrent metastases: a case report and review of the literature Pinelopi Argyriou, Charalambos Zisis, Nektarios Alevizopoulos, Emmanuel M Kefaloyannis, Constantine Gennatas, and Constantina D Petraki World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 134. Published online 2008 December 17. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-134.PMCID: PMC2630932 Technical Innovations Multimodality approach of perioperative 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging, intraoperative 18F-FDG handheld gamma probe detection, and intraoperative ultrasound for tumor localization and verification of resection of all sites of hypermetabolic activity in a case of occult recurrent metastatic melanoma Stephen P Povoski, Nathan C Hall, Edward W Martin, Jr, and Michael J Walker World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 1. Published online 2008 January 10. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-1.PMCID: PMC2246138 Alternative reconstruction after pancreaticoduodenectomy Michael G Wayne, Irving A Jorge, and Avram M Cooperman World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 9. Published online 2008 January 28. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-9.PMCID: PMC2265718 Predictive factors for beneficial application of high-frequency electromagnetics for tumour vaporization and coagulation in neurosurgery Rainer Ritz, Stefan Heckl, Sam Safavi-Abbasi, Guenther C Feigl, Boris Krischek, Wolf Lüdemann, Javed M Mirzayan, Andrei Koerbel, Madjid Samii, Marcos Tatagiba, and Alireza Gharabaghi World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 45. Published online 2008 April 29. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-45.PMCID: PMC2408575 Management of malignant pleural effusion and ascites by a triple access multi perforated large diameter catheter port system Ihsan Inan, Sandra De Sousa, Patrick O Myers, Brigitte Bouclier, Pierre-Yves Dietrich, Monica E Hagen, and Philippe Morel World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 85. Published online 2008 August 18. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-85.PMCID: PMC2527487 Major liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma in the morbidly obese: A proposed strategy to improve outcome Omar Barakat, Mark D Skolkin, Barry D Toombs, John H Fischer, II, Claire F Ozaki, and R Patrick Wood World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 100. Published online 2008 September 10. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-100.PMCID: PMC2542372 Research Intra-arterial chemoradiation for T3-4 oral cavity cancer: Treatment outcomes in comparison to oropharyngeal and hypopharyngeal carcinoma Ilana Doweck, K Thomas Robbins, Sandeep Samant, and Francisco Vieira World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 2. Published online 2008 January 14. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-2.PMCID: PMC2254405 Outcomes of surgical treatment for upper urinary tract transitional cell carcinoma: Comparison of retroperitoneoscopic and open nephroureterectomy Tawatchai Taweemonkongsap, Chaiyong Nualyong, Teerapon Amornvesukit, Sunai Leewansangtong, Sittiporn Srinualnad, Bansithi Chaiyaprasithi, Phichaya Sujijantararat, Anupan Tantiwong, and Suchai Soontrapa World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 3. Published online 2008 January 15. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-3.PMCID: PMC2267192 Skin invasion and prognosis in node negative breast cancer: a retrospective study Keiichiro Tada, Hidetomo Morizono, Kotaro Iijima, Yumi Miyagi, Seiichiro Nishimura, Masujiro Makita, Rie Horii, Futoshi Akiyama, and Takuji Iwase World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 10. Published online 2008 January 30. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-10.PMCID: PMC2275274 Prognostic factors in primary adenocarcinoma of the small intestine: 13-year single institution experience Kongkrit Chaiyasate, Akhilesh K Jain, Laurence Y Cheung, Michael J Jacobs, and Vijay K Mittal World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 12. Published online 2008 January 31. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-12.PMCID: PMC2253527 Does the surgeon still have a role to play in the diagnosis and management of lymphomas? Gareth Morris-Stiff, Peipei Cheang, Steve Key, Anju Verghese, and Timothy J Havard World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 13. Published online 2008 February 4. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-13.PMCID: PMC2254406 Application of light microscopical and ultrastructural immunohistochemistry in the study of goblet cell carcinoid in the appendix Maya V Gulubova, Yovcho Yovchev, Tatyana Vlaykova, Philip Hadjipetkov, Diana K Prangova, and Angel Popharitov World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 15. Published online 2008 February 6. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-15.PMCID: PMC2275273 Epstein-Barr virus latent membrane protein-1 (LMP-1) 30-bp deletion and Xho I-loss is associated with type III nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Malaysia Hui Shien See, Yoke Yeow Yap, Wai Kien Yip, and Heng Fong Seow World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 18. Published online 2008 February 15. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-18.PMCID: PMC2265716 Barriers to adequate follow-up during adjuvant therapy may be important factors in the worse outcome for Black women after breast cancer treatment Steve H Kim, Jeanne Ferrante, Bok Ran Won, and Meera Hameed World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 26. Published online 2008 February 25. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-26.PMCID: PMC2277417 Thyroid cancer causing obstruction of the great veins in the neck Steve L Hyer, Prasad Dandekar, Kate Newbold, Masud Haq, Kshama Wechalakar, and Clive Harmer World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 36. Published online 2008 April 3. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-36.PMCID: PMC2358907 Radical hysterectomy in the elderly Azamsadat Mousavi, Mojgan Karimi Zarchi, Mitra Modares Gilani, Nadereh Behtash, Fatemeh Ghaemmaghami, Maryam Shams, and Maryam Irvanipoor World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 38. Published online 2008 April 7. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-38.PMCID: PMC2373299 Application of Portsmouth modification of physiological and operative severity scoring system for enumeration of morbidity and mortality (P-POSSUM) in pancreatic surgery Appou Tamijmarane, Chandra S Bhati, Darius F Mirza, Simon R Bramhall, David A Mayer, Stephen J Wigmore, and John AC Buckels World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 39. Published online 2008 April 9. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-39.PMCID: PMC2346467 Skin Sparing Mastectomy and Immediate Breast Reconstruction (SSMIR) for early breast cancer: Eight years single institution experience Ramesh Omranipour, Jean yves Bobin, and Mustafa Esouyeh World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 43. Published online 2008 April 27. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-43.PMCID: PMC2387156 Vacuum-assisted breast biopsy: A comparison of 11-gauge and 8-gauge needles in benign breast disease Markus Hahn, Stella Okamgba, Peter Scheler, Klaus Freidel, Gerald Hoffmann, Bernhard Kraemer, Diethelm Wallwiener, and Ute Krainick-Strobel World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 51. Published online 2008 May 19. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-51.PMCID: PMC2405782 Real time PCR analyses of expression of E-cadherin, alpha-, beta- and gamma-catenin in human breast cancer for predicting clinical outcome Amit Goyal, Tracey A Martin, Robert E Mansel, and Wen G Jiang World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 56. Published online 2008 June 11. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-56.PMCID: PMC2432059 Clinical efficacy and problems with CT lymphography in identifying the sentinel node in breast cancer Masako Takahashi, Mitsunori Sasa, Chieko Hirose, Sonoka Hisaoka, Masako Taki, Toshiyuki Hirose, and Yoshimi Bando World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 57. Published online 2008 June 12. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-57.PMCID: PMC2492851 Coxsackievirus and adenovirus receptor expression in human endometrial adenocarcinoma: possible clinical implications Costas T Giaginis, Apostolos C Zarros, Maria A Papaefthymiou, Aikaterini E Papadopouli, Ioannis K Sfiniadakis, and Stamatios E Theocharis World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 59. Published online 2008 June 17. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-59.PMCID: PMC2440381 The significance of the Van Nuys prognostic index in the management of ductal carcinoma in situ Onur Gilleard, Andrew Goodman, Martin Cooper, Mary Davies, and Julie Dunn World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 61. Published online 2008 June 18. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-61.PMCID: PMC2459183 Fibrin sealant does not decrease seroma output or time to drain removal following inguino-femoral lymph node dissection in melanoma patients: A randomized controlled trial (NCT00506311) Melinda M Mortenson, Yan Xing, Storm Weaver, Jeffrey E Lee, Jeffrey E Gershenwald, Anthony Lucci, Paul F Mansfield, Merrick I Ross, and Janice N Cormier World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 63. Published online 2008 June 18. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-63.PMCID: PMC2464595 bcl-2 expression is not associated with survival in metastatic cutaneous melanoma: A historical cohort study Marília B Espíndola and Oly C Corleta World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 65. Published online 2008 June 20. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-65.PMCID: PMC2478655 Intraoperative frozen section assessment of sentinel lymph nodes in the operative management of women with symptomatic breast cancer Rohanna Ali, Ann M Hanly, Peter Naughton, Constantino F Castineira, Rob Landers, Ronan A Cahill, and R Gordon Watson World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 69. Published online 2008 June 26. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-69.PMCID: PMC2443144 Alveolar soft part sarcoma: clinicopathological findings in a series of 11 cases Adrien Daigeler, Cornelius Kuhnen, Joerg Hauser, Ole Goertz, Daniel Tilkorn, Lars Steinstraesser, Hans-Ulrich Steinau, and Marcus Lehnhardt World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 71. Published online 2008 July 1. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-71.PMCID: PMC2459182 Prognostic factors for lymph node metastasis from advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the skin of the trunk and extremities Vinicius de Lima Vazquez, Teoclito Sachetto, Natalia Martins Perpetuo, and Andre Lopes Carvalho World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 73. Published online 2008 July 4. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-73.PMCID: PMC2467422 Helicobacter pylori and gastroesophageal reflux disease Michele Grande, Federica Cadeddu, Massimo Villa, Grazia Maria Attinà, Marco Gallinella Muzi, Casimiro Nigro, Francesco Rulli, and Attilio M Farinon World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 74. Published online 2008 July 5. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-74.PMCID: PMC2474837 Management of gastrointestinal stromal tumours in the Imatinib era: a surgeon's perspective Ravindra S Date, Nicholas A Stylianides, Kishore G Pursnani, Jeremy B Ward, and Muntzer M Mughal World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 77. Published online 2008 July 18. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-77.PMCID: PMC2491627 Transhiatal esophagectomy in a high volume institution Andrew R Davies, Matthew J Forshaw, Aadil A Khan, Alia S Noorani, Vanash M Patel, Dirk C Strauss, and Robert C Mason World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 88. Published online 2008 August 20. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-88.PMCID: PMC2531176 The importance of rectal cancer MRI protocols on iInterpretation accuracy Chikako Suzuki, Michael R Torkzad, Soichi Tanaka, Gabriella Palmer, Johan Lindholm, Torbjörn Holm, and Lennart Blomqvist World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 89. Published online 2008 August 20. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-89.PMCID: PMC2533319 Results of emergency Hartmann's operation for obstructive or perforated left-sided colorectal cancer Pierre Charbonnet, Pascal Gervaz, Axel Andres, Pascal Bucher, Béatrice Konrad, and Philippe Morel World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 90. Published online 2008 August 23. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-90.PMCID: PMC2546403 Yttrium-90 microsphere induced gastrointestinal tract ulceration Christopher D South, Marty M Meyer, Gregory Meis, Edward Y Kim, Fred B Thomas, Ali A Rikabi, Hooman Khabiri, and Mark Bloomston World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 93. Published online 2008 September 2. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-93.PMCID: PMC2533667 Clinicopathologic features and outcomes following surgery for pancreatic adenosquamous carcinoma Jun-Te Hsu, Han-Ming Chen, Ren-Chin Wu, Chun-Nan Yeh, Ta-Sen Yeh, Tsann-Long Hwang, Yi-Yin Jan, and Miin-Fu Chen World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 95. Published online 2008 September 3. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-95.PMCID: PMC2543014 Evaluation of clinical, laboratory and morphologic prognostic factors in colon cancer Michele Grande, Giovanni Milito, Grazia Maria Attinà, Federica Cadeddu, Marco Gallinella Muzi, Casimiro Nigro, Francesco Rulli, and Attilio Maria Farinon World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 98. Published online 2008 September 8. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-98.PMCID: PMC2543015 Detection of somatostatin receptors in human osteosarcoma Markos Ioannou, Panayiotis J Papagelopoulos, Ioannis Papanastassiou, Ioanna Iakovidou, Stamatios Kottakis, and Nikolaos Demertzis World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 99. Published online 2008 September 10. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-99.PMCID: PMC2546404 Special problems encountering surgical management of large retroperitoneal schwannomas Theodosios Theodosopoulos, Vaia K Stafyla, Paraskevi Tsiantoula, Anneza Yiallourou, Athanasios Marinis, Agathi Kondi-Pafitis, Achilleas Chatziioannou, Efstathios Boviatsis, and Dionysios Voros World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 107. Published online 2008 October 3. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-107.PMCID: PMC2567322 Upper abdominal body shape is the risk factor for postoperative pancreatic fistula after splenectomy for advanced gastric cancer: A retrospective study Naoto Yamamoto, Takashi Oshima, Tsutomu Sato, Hirochika Makino, Yasuhiko Nagano, Shoichi Fujii, Yasushi Rino, Toshio Imada, and Chikara Kunisaki World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 109. Published online 2008 October 10. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-109.PMCID: PMC2572060 Correlation of HER-2 over-expression with clinico-pathological parameters in Tunisian breast carcinoma Lobna Ayadi, Abdelmajid Khabir, Habib Amouri, Sondes Karray, Abdallah Dammak, Mohamed Guermazi, and Tahya Boudawara World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 112. Published online 2008 October 22. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-112.PMCID: PMC2577672 Expression of the metalloproteases MMP-1, MMP-2, MMP-3, MMP-9, MMP-11, TIMP-1 and TIMP-2 in angiocentric midfacial lymphomas Abelardo Meneses-García, Alejandro Mohar Betancourt, Jorge Herrera Abarca, Adriana Becerril Montes, Lourdes Suarez Roa, and Luz Ruíz-Godoy World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 114. Published online 2008 October 27. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-114.PMCID: PMC2582239 Neoangiogenesis in early cervical cancer: Correlation between color Doppler findings and risk factors. A prospective observational study Matias Jurado, Rosendo Galván, Rafael Martinez-Monge, Jesús Mazaira, and Juan Luis Alcazar World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 126. Published online 2008 November 25. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-126.PMCID: PMC2611993 A study of lymph node ratio in stage IV colorectal cancer Kristoffer Derwinger and Bengt Gustavsson World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 127. Published online 2008 December 1. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-127.PMCID: PMC2633268 Correction Thyroid cancer causing obstruction of the great veins in the neck Steve L Hyer, Prasad Dandekar, Kate Newbold, Masud Haq, Kshama Wechalakar, Khin Thway, and Clive Harmer World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 40. Published online 2008 April 18. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-40.PMCID: PMC2330049 Corrects:Steve L Hyer, et al. Thyroid cancer causing obstruction of the great veins in the neck. World J Surg Oncol. 2008; 6: 36. |