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Malignant colon polyps: predicting lymph node metastasis following endoscopic excision
The risk of lymph node metastasis (LNM) of malignant colon polyps (MCPs) is partly estimated by histologic features of the sampled polyp. However, the routinely available histologic data is limited to tumor gr...
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The Impact of Histologic Subtype on Receipt of Adjuvant Chemotherapy and Overall Survival in Stage III Colon Cancer: a Retrospective Cohort Analysis
The impact of adjuvant chemotherapy (AT) on resected colon adenocarcinoma based on histologic subtype is poorly defined and extrapolated from patients with advanced disease. We evaluated the receipt and effect...
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Endoscopic and MRI response evaluation following neoadjuvant treatment for rectal cancer: a pictorial review with matched MRI, endoscopic, and pathologic examples
A nonoperative management strategy, or Watch-and-Wait, following neoadjuvant therapies of locally advanced rectal adenocarcinoma is increasingly considered for select patients. Yet, standardized tumor respons...
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Should We Be Doing Cytoreductive Surgery with HIPEC for Signet Ring Cell Appendiceal Adenocarcinoma? A Study from the US HIPEC Collaborative
Appendiceal adenocarcinoma with signet ring cells (SCA) is associated with worse overall survival (OS), and it is unclear whether cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (CRS-HIPEC...
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Teaching Medical Students How to Break Bad News with Standardized Patients
One of the biggest challenges that a physician will face is conveying difficult news (CDN) to a patient. The ability to provide this information may either strengthen or destroy the patient–physician relations...
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Outcomes of anal cancer treated with definitive IMRT-based chemoradiation
Despite excellent long-term outcomes, definitive chemoradiation (CRT) for squamous cell carcinoma (SqCC) of the anal canal with traditional radiotherapy techniques results in significant morbidity. Accruing da...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Tumor Cell Vaccines
This chapter reviews the history of tumor cell vaccines, both autologous and allogeneic, as well as adjuvants used with tumor cell vaccines. The chapter discusses various tumor cell modifications that have bee...
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Barrett’s esophagus and squamous cell carcinoma in a patient with psychogenic vomiting
We report the association of Barrett’s esophagus and invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the distal esophagus in a young 31-yr-old woman with a history of self-induced psychogenic vomiting. The development of ...
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Autologous lymphocyte responses to adenovirus-B7-1-transduced human cancer cells
Transfection of the costimulatory molecule B7-1 (CD80) into murine tumors can increase antitumor immunity and eradicate tumor growth. The purpose of this study was to test autologous lymphocyte responses again...
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Pre-operative assessment of axillary lymph node status in patients with breast adenocarcinoma using intravenous 99mtechnetium mAb-170H.82 (Tru-Scint®AD™)
Immunoscintigraphy of the axilla has potential utility for the diagnosticand prognostic assessment of patients with breast adenocarcinoma.mAb-170H.82 is a murine monoclonal antibody (mAb) derived against synth...
