Currently the clinical management of breast cancer relies on relatively few prognostic/predictive
clinical markers (estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor, HER2), based on primary …

The revolutionary concept of field defect, also known as field effect or field cancerization, was
introduced by Slaughter and colleagues 1 in 1953. After observing numerous similarities in …

Introduction The lymph node yield (LNY) and lymph node ratio (LNR) of nodal metastases
following pancreatoduodenectomy (PD) have been reported as prognostic parameters in …

Background Multiple neoadjuvant therapy protocols have been proposed in the treatment of
pancreatic adenocarcinoma, including chemotherapy (CT), chemoradiation (CRT), and total …

Background Tumor fibrosis after neoadjuvant treatment (NAT) for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
(PDAC) correlates with treatment response. Herein we assessed how different NAT …

Acinar cell carcinoma (ACC) of the pancreas is a rare neoplasm with less aggressive behavior
than ductal carcinoma. As a result, surgical resection for metastatic ACC is a therapeutic …

PURPOSE: Surgery continues to be the dominant therapy for the management of retroperitoneal
soft-tissue sarcoma (RPS). Many groups advocate performing these resections at high-…

Thermal injury is associated with an increased risk of abdominal complications such as
ischemia, infarction and pneumatosis intestinalis (PI). PI is characterized by gas in the intestinal …

Background Few studies have evaluated outcomes of total neoadjuvant therapy (TNT)
compared with single modality neoadjuvant therapy (SMNT) or surgery first (SF) for pancreatic …

Purpose The potential utility of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) as liquid biopsies is of great
interest. We hypothesized that CTC capture using EpCAM based gating is feasible for most …