1. Assessing the State of Surgical Oncology: The Future Is Now

   • Timothy J. Eberlein

   OriginalPaper 01 October 2006 Pages: 1345 - 1353

   

2. Society of Surgical Oncology Heritage Award–Honoring Charles M. Balch, M.D

   • Alfred M. Cohen

   Announcement 03 October 2006 Pages: 1354 - 1356

   

3. Comparison of Angiogenic Factor Levels in Tumor Drainage and Peripheral Venous Blood From Colorectal Cancer Patients

   • Yu-Wen Tien
   • King-Jen Chang
   • Po-Huang Lee

   OriginalPaper 26 September 2006 Pages: 1357 - 1363

4. Lymph Node Status in Patients with Submucosal Gastric Cancer

   • Chikara Kunisaki
   • Hirotoshi Akiyama
   • Hiroshi Shimada

   OriginalPaper 07 September 2006 Pages: 1364 - 1371

   

5. Bleeding, Obstruction, and Perforation in a Series of Patients With Aggressive Gastric Lymphoma Treated With Primary Chemotherapy

   • Galia Spectre
   • Diana Libster
   • Ora Paltiel

   OriginalPaper 30 September 2006 Pages: 1372 - 1378

   

6. Which Gene is a Dominant Predictor of Response During FOLFOX Chemotherapy for the Treatment of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer, the MTHFR or XRCC1 Gene?

   • Kwang Wook Suh
   • Joo Hyung Kim
   • Sungho Choi

   OriginalPaper 29 September 2006 Pages: 1379 - 1385

   

7. The Prognostic Effect of Micrometastases in Previously Staged Lymph Node Negative (N0) Colorectal Carcinoma: A Meta-analysis

   • Douglas Iddings
   • Aziz Ahmad
   • Anton Bilchik

   OriginalPaper 29 September 2006 Pages: 1386 - 1392

8. Neoplastic Mesorectal Microfoci (MMF) Following Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy: Clinical and Prognostic Implications

   • Carlo Ratto
   • Riccardo Ricci
   • Giovanni B. Doglietto

   OriginalPaper 30 September 2006 Pages: 1393 - 1402

9. Bypass Surgery Versus Palliative Pancreaticoduodenectomy in Patients with Advanced Ductal Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreatic Head, with an Emphasis on Quality of Life Analyses

   • B. Schniewind
   • B. Bestmann
   • T. Kuechler

   OriginalPaper 29 September 2006 Pages: 1403 - 1411

   

10. Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Intradermal, Intraparenchymal, and Subareolar Injection Routes for Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping and Biopsy in Breast Cancer

    • Stephen P. Povoski
    • Johannes O. Olsen
    • William B. Farrar

    OriginalPaper 07 September 2006 Pages: 1412 - 1421

11. eRFA: Excision Followed by RFA—a New Technique to Improve Local Control in Breast Cancer

    • V. Suzanne Klimberg
    • Julie Kepple
    • Soheila Korourian

    OriginalPaper 29 September 2006 Pages: 1422 - 1433

    

12. Surgical Procedures After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Operable Breast Cancer: Results of the GEPARDUO Trial

    • Sibylle Loibl
    • Gunter von Minckwitz
    • Manfred Kaufmann

    OriginalPaper 17 September 2006 Pages: 1434 - 1442

    

13. Accuracy of the Combination of Mammography and Sonography in Predicting Tumor Response in Breast Cancer Patients After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy

    • Florentia Peintinger
    • Henry M. Kuerer
    • W. Fraser Symmans

    OriginalPaper 21 September 2006 Pages: 1443 - 1449

    

14. Upstaging and Improved Survival of Early Breast Cancer Patients after Implementation of Sentinel Node Biopsy for Axillary Staging

    • Kimberly A. Vanderveen
    • Philip D. Schneider
    • Richard J. Bold

    OriginalPaper 29 September 2006 Pages: 1450 - 1456

    

15. Prognosis of Breast Cancer After Supraclavicular Lymph Node Metastasis: Not a Distant Metastasis

    • Shin-Cheh Chen
    • Hsien-Kun Chang
    • Miin-Fu Chen

    OriginalPaper 08 September 2006 Pages: 1457 - 1465

    

16. Differences in Sentinel Lymph Node Pathology Protocols Lead to Differences in Surgical Strategy in Breast Cancer Patients

    • Marieke J. Bolster
    • Peter Bult
    • Vivianne C. G. Tjan-Heijnen

    OriginalPaper 29 September 2006 Pages: 1466 - 1473

    

17. A Gene Expression Profile for Vascular Invasion can Predict the Recurrence After Resection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: a Microarray Approach

    • Ming-Chih Ho
    • Jen-Jen Lin
    • Po-Huang Lee

    OriginalPaper 29 September 2006 Pages: 1474 - 1484

    

18. Evaluation of Preoperative Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer Using a Prognostic Nomogram

    • Rebekah R. White
    • Michael W. Kattan
    • Murray F. Brennan

    OriginalPaper 30 September 2006 Pages: 1485 - 1492

    

19. Hepatic Resection for Colorectal Metastasis: Impact of Tumour Size

    • Zaed Z. R. Hamady
    • Hassan Z. Malik
    • J. Peter A. Lodge

    OriginalPaper 29 September 2006 Pages: 1493 - 1499

    

20. Applicability of the Milan Criteria for Determining Liver Transplantation as a First-Line Treatment for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

    • Daisuke Morioka
    • Kuniya Tanaka
    • Hiroshi Shimada

    OriginalPaper 29 September 2006 Pages: 1500 - 1510

    

21. Ultrasonography and Fine-needle Aspiration Cytology in the Preoperative Evaluation of Melanoma Patients Eligible for Sentinel Node Biopsy

    • Maartje C. van Rijk
    • H. Jelle Teertstra
    • Bin B. R. Kroon

    OriginalPaper 29 September 2006 Pages: 1511 - 1516

    

22. Maspin Expression and Its Clinical Significance in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

    • Masatsugu Nakagawa
    • Hiromichi Katakura
    • Fumihiro Tanaka

    OriginalPaper 29 September 2006 Pages: 1517 - 1523

    

23. Is Tumor Size the Best Predictor of Outcome for Papillary Thyroid Cancer?

    • Yusra Cheema
    • Daniel Repplinger
    • Herbert Chen

    OriginalPaper 28 September 2006 Pages: 1524 - 1528

    

24. Percutaneous Radiofrequency Ablation of Pulmonary Metastases from Colorectal Carcinoma: Prognostic Determinants for Survival

    • Tristan D. Yan
    • Julie King
    • David L. Morris

    OriginalPaper 29 September 2006 Pages: 1529 - 1537

    

25. Surgical Management of Pulmonary Metastases from Colorectal Cancer in 153 Patients

    • Süleyman Yedibela
    • Peter Klein
    • Werner Hohenberger

    OriginalPaper 29 September 2006 Pages: 1538 - 1544