Outcomes of surgery for dermatofibrosarcoma protuberansC K Chang
Department of Surgery, Naples Community Hospital, Naples, FL, USA
Eur J Surg Oncol 30:341-5. 2004
..The local regional recurrence is up to 50%, emphasizing the need for wide margins for local control. A small fraction of DFSP may metastasize, but on histological examination such tumours have features of fibrosarcomas rather than DFSP...
- Melanoma in the elderly patient
C K Chang
Department of Surgical Oncology, University of Illinois at Chicago, 60612, USA
Arch Surg 138:1135-8. 2003
..Although the reliability of age as a prognostic factor is debatable, several studies suggest that age has an important prognostic use...
- Metastatic infiltrating syringomatous adenoma of the breast
C K Chang
Department of Surgical Oncology, University of Illinois, Chicago 60657, USA
Arch Pathol Lab Med 127:e155-6. 2003
..To our knowledge, there have been no reported cases of metastasizing syringomatous adenomas. We used sentinel lymph node mapping to identify metastatic cells, leading to a diagnosis of infiltrating syringomatous adenoma of the breast...
- Role of sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with thin (<1 mm) primary melanoma
Ira A Jacobs
Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Illinois at Chicago, 60612, USA
Ann Surg Oncol 10:558-61. 2003
..We have addressed this controversial area by reviewing the outcomes of patients with invasive thin melanomas...
- Role of sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with thick (>4 mm) primary melanoma
Ira A Jacobs
Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Am Surg 70:59-62. 2004
..Our data indicate that the status of the SLN node is predictive of disease-free survival in patients with thick melanomas. SLN biopsy is thus justified in patients with thick melanoma...
- Thick melanoma in the elderly
C K Chang
Department of Surgical Oncology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
Am Surg 69:988-93. 2003
..Thus, treatment for melanoma patients older than 65 should be as aggressive as in younger patients, and these patients should not be denied adjuvant treatment based on their age only...
- Significance of dual-basin drainage in patients with truncal melanoma undergoing sentinel lymph node biopsy
Ira A Jacobs
Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
J Am Acad Dermatol 49:615-9. 2003
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- Coexistence of pregnancy and cancer
Ira A Jacobs
Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Am Surg 70:1025-9. 2004
..Though the cancer may be diagnosed at a more advanced stage, pregnant patients with cancer do not appear to have a more aggressive clinical course...
- Clear cell sarcoma: an institutional review
Ira A Jacobs
Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Am Surg 70:300-3. 2004
..These tumors present a high risk for development of distant disease and therefore warrant aggressive surgical management and treatment. Neither aggressive multiagent chemotherapy nor radiotherapy appeared to have an impact on outcome...
- Role of microphthalmia transcription factor (Mitf) in melanoma differentiation
Fatima Lekmine
Department of Surgical Oncology, University of Illinois at Chicago, 840 South Wood Street, M C 820, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Biochem Biophys Res Commun 354:830-5. 2007
..None of the mice injected with UISO-Mel-6(Mitf+) cells harbored liver metastases. Our results suggest that Mitf is involved in melanoma differentiation and leads to a less aggressive phenotype...
- High isotope counts and sentinel node positivity in patients with melanoma
Ira A Jacobs
Department of Surgical Oncology, University of Illinois at Chicago, 840 S Wood St Mail Code 820, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Arch Surg 138:63-6; discussion 67. 2003
..Radioisotope mapping is an essential technical component of sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy, and most authors define success by an arbitrary threshold SLN-background ratio...
- Hepatic radiofrequency ablation of metastatic ovarian granulosa cell tumors
Ira A Jacobs
Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
Am Surg 69:416-8. 2003
..In selected cases of metastatic ovarian granulosa cell tumors to the liver RFA may increase the percentage of patients considered surgically treatable...
- Interdisciplinary approach to abdominal Burkitt's lymphoma
Ira A Jacobs
Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, St Mary Hospital, Hoboken, NJ, USA
Int J Gastrointest Cancer 33:133-9. 2003
..The clinical and pathological features, staging, treatment options, and survival data are reviewed. In addition, the role of surgical intervention is carefully analyzed...
Preferential priming of alloreactive T cells with indirect reactivityT V Brennan
Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Am J Transplant 9:709-18. 2009
..The generalizability of this observation to other models remains to be determined...
- Living donor kidney transplant recipients and clinical trials: participation profiles and impact on post-transplant care
T V Brennan
Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
Am J Transplant 6:2429-35. 2006
..Overall graft and patient survival were comparable. We conclude that clinical trial participants were disproportionately male, had increased intensity of post-transplant care but comparable outcomes to nonparticipants...
- The incidence of varicella in southern Taiwan: a life table method estimation among susceptible population
H F Tan
Department of Healthcare Administration, Chang-Jung University, Taiwan, ROC
Vaccine 22:2730-6. 2004
..Sensitive surveillance of varicella and correct incidence estimate among susceptible population are essential in countries that have implemented or are about to implement varicella vaccination...
- A seroepidemiology study of varicella among children aged 0-12 years in Taiwan
H F Tseng
Institute of Medical Research, Chang Jung University, Taiwan
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 36:1201-7. 2005
..The efforts of implementing a varicella vaccination program in Taiwan should focus on reaching high levels of coverage...
- Varicella epidemiology and cost-effectiveness analysis of universal varicella vaccination program in Taiwan
H F Tseng
Institute of Medical Research, Chang Jung University, Taiwan
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 36:1450-8. 2005
..Sensitive surveillance of both varicella and zoster is essential in countries that have implemented or are about to implement varicella vaccination...
