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**sik Kim
Surgical Oncology
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Open AccessSafety evaluation of curative gastrectomy for gastric cancer patients who underwent liver transplantation: a comparative study with conventional gastrectomy for gastric cancer patients
We aimed to examine the technical and oncological safety of curative gastrectomy for gastric cancer patients who underwent liver transplantation.
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ASO Visual Abstract: Left-Sided Hepatectomy Leads to Less Postoperative Liver Failure and Comparable Overall Survival to Right-Sided Hepatectomy in Type II or IV Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma
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Open AccessProtocol for the postoperative radiotherapy in N1 breast cancer patients (PORT-N1) trial, a prospective multicenter, randomized, controlled, non-inferiority trial of patients receiving breast-conserving surgery or mastectomy
Postoperative radiotherapy (PORT) could be useful for pN1 breast cancer patients who have undergone breast-conserving surgery (BCS) or mastectomy. However, the value of regional nodal irradiation (RNI) for BCS...
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ASO Visual Abstract: Comparison of Standard D2 and Limited Lymph Node Dissection in Elderly Patients with Advanced Gastric Cancer
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Open AccessA prospective phase-II trial of biweekly docetaxel plus androgen deprivation therapy in patients with previously-untreated metastatic castration-naïve prostate cancer
The aim of this prospective phase II study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of biweekly docetaxel plus androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) in patients with metastatic castration-naïve prostate cancer (mC...
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Discovery and validation of an expression signature for recurrence prediction in high-risk diffuse-type gastric cancer
Diffuse type gastric cancer (DGC), represented by low sensitivity to chemotherapy and poor prognosis, is a heterogenous malignancy in which patient subsets exhibit diverse oncological risk-profiles. This study...
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Open AccessAnalysis of PET parameters as prognosticators of survival and tumor extent in Oropharyngeal Cancer treated with surgery and postoperative radiotherapy
Positron-emission tomography (PET) is widely used to detect malignancies, but consensus on its prognostic value in oropharyngeal cancer has not been established. The purpose of this study was to analyze the PE...
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Open AccessPreoperative nutritional risk index and postoperative one-year skeletal muscle loss can predict the prognosis of patients with gastric adenocarcinoma: a registry-based study
Patients with gastric cancer have an increased nutritional risk and experience a significant skeletal muscle loss after surgery. We aimed to determine whether muscle loss during the first postoperative year an...
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Open AccessModulation of SIRT3 expression through CDK4/6 enhances the anti-cancer effect of sorafenib in hepatocellular carcinoma cells
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. The only drug currently approved for clinical use in the treatment of advanced HCC is sorafenib. However, many patients w...
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Open AccessRight-side versus left-side hepatectomy for the treatment of hilar cholangiocarcinoma: a comparative study
Radical resection is the only curative treatment for patients with hilar cholangiocarcinoma. While left-side hepatectomy (LH) may have an oncological disadvantage over right-side hepatectomy (RH) owing to the ...
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Open AccessDiscordance in HER2 status between primary gastric adenocarcinoma tumors and cells from the corresponding malignant effusions
Metastasis of gastric cancer commonly manifests as a malignant effusion, which presents an alternative cell source for human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) status identification. This study aimed to...
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Open AccessEarly venous thromboembolism at the beginning of palliative chemotherapy is a poor prognostic factor in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer: a retrospective study
This study investigated the prognostic effects of venous thromboembolism (VTE)-related factors in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer receiving palliative chemotherapy. Predictive factors for VTE were a...
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Risk of osteoporosis after gastrectomy in long-term gastric cancer survivors
Although early detection and successful gastrectomy have improved the survival of patients with gastric cancer, long-term health problems remain troubling. We evaluated the prevalence of osteoporosis and its r...
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Open AccessWhich approach is preferred in left hepatocellular carcinoma? Laparoscopic versus open hepatectomy using propensity score matching
Laparoscopic liver resection has been reported as a safe and effective approach for the management of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, its perioperative and oncological outcomes have not been evaluated...
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Long-term outcomes of endoscopic submucosal dissection versus surgery in early gastric cancer meeting expanded indication including undifferentiated-type tumors: a criteria-based analysis
Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for early gastric cancer (EGC) meeting the expanded indication is considered investigational. We aimed to compare long-term outcomes of ESD and surgery for EGC in the exp...
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Open AccessPrognostic implications of polycomb proteins ezh2, suz12, and eed1 and histone modification by H3K27me3 in sarcoma
Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2; formed by EZH2, SUZ12, and EED protein subunits) and PRC1 (BMI1 protein) induce gene silencing through histone modification by H3K27me3. In the present study, we characteri...
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Open AccessClinicopathological factors influencing the outcomes of surgical treatment in patients with T4a hypopharyngeal cancer
The purpose of this study was to determine prognostic factors influencing outcomes of surgical treatment in patients with T4a hypopharyngeal cancer.
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Phase I/II study of a combination of capecitabine, cisplatin, and intraperitoneal docetaxel (XP ID) in advanced gastric cancer patients with peritoneal metastasis
This study was conducted to determine the recommended dose (RD) of intraperitoneal docetaxel (ID) in combination with systemic capecitabine and cisplatin (XP) and to evaluate its efficacy and safety at the RD ...
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Clinical application of early gastric carcinoma with lymphoid stroma based on lymph node metastasis status
Gastric carcinoma with lymphoid stroma (GCLS) is characterized by undifferentiated carcinoma mixed with prominent lymphoid infiltration. GCLS has unique clinicopathological features and a better prognosis comp...
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Open AccessLow transverse incision for lateral neck dissection in patients with papillary thyroid cancer: improved cosmesis
Various incisions and approaches have been developed for lateral neck dissection. The purpose of this study was to compare the surgical and cosmetic outcomes of a single low transverse incision with the hockey...
