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    Negative Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Merkel Cell Carcinoma is Associated with a Low Risk of Same-Nodal-Basin Recurrences

    Controversy exists regarding the predictive ability of a negative sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) and the use of adjuvant radiation in Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC).

    Travis E. Grotz MD, Richard W. Joseph MD in Annals of Surgical Oncology (2015)

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    Natural History of Merkel Cell Carcinoma Following Locoregional Recurrence

    Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is an aggressive cutaneous neuroendocrine malignancy with an ill-defined natural history following locoregional recurrence.

    Travis E. Grotz MD, Tina I. Tarantola MD, Clark C. Otley MD in Annals of Surgical Oncology (2012)

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    A prospective psychological evaluation of patients with dysphagia of various etiologies

    We hypothesized that patients who complain of dysphagia without demonstrable organic abnormality may have an underlying psychological dysfunction. We thus conducted a comprehensive assessment in three groups o...

    Chung H. Kim MD, Joseph J. Hsu MD, Donald E. Williams PhD, Amy L. Weaver MS in Dysphagia (1996)

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    Impact of functional dyspepsia on quality of life

    Little information on functional status and well-being is available in patients with functional gastrointestinal disease. We aimed to evaluate whether quality of life is poorer in patients with functional dysp...

    Dr. Nicholas J. Talley MD, PhD, Amy L. Weaver MS in Digestive Diseases and Sciences (1995)

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    Surgeon's role in the management of solitary renal cell carcinoma metastases occurring subsequent to initial curative nephrectomy: An institutional review

    Background: Solitary metastases from a primary renal cell carcinoma (RCC) occur in <10% of patients with metastatic RCC. To date, the benefit of surgically resecting such apparently solitary lesions has not been ...

    Philip C. Kierney MD, Dr. Jon A. van Heerden MB, FRCS(C) in Annals of Surgical Oncology (1994)

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    Effect of viscosity on oropharyngeal and esophageal emptying in man

    The effect of bolus viscosity on oropharyngeal and esophageal emptying is not known. We investigated this question in 38 healthy volunteers by measuring the transit of five semisolid boluses of varying viscosi...

    Dr. Chung H. Kim MD, Dr. Joseph J. Hsu MD in Digestive Diseases and Sciences (1994)