Vol 3, No 4 (December 02, 2012): Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology

Editorial

The quandary of N0 disease after neoadjuvant therapy for rectal cancer
Maria Lucia L. Madariaga, David L. Berger
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Lymph node count in colorectal cancer - do we have the final answer?
Laszlo Igali
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Self-expanding metal stents for preoperative biliary drainage in patients receiving neoadjuvant therapy for pancreatic cancer
Amanpal Singh, Jeffrey H. Lee
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Biliary stents for pancreas cancer with obstruction: the problem with plastic
Brian R Boulay
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Original Article

Self-expanding metal stents (SEMS) provide superior outcomes compared to plastic stents for pancreatic cancer patients undergoing neoadjuvant therapy
Megan A. Adams, Michelle A. Anderson, James D. Myles, Shokoufeh Khalatbari, James M. Scheiman
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Is Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) necessary in the pre-therapeutic assessment of Barrett’s esophagus with early neoplasia?
Jacobo Ortiz Fernández-Sordo, Vani J.A. Konda, Jennifer Chennat, Erika Madrigal-Hoyos, Mitchell C. Posner2, Mark K. Ferguson, Irving Waxman
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Radiotherapy versus stenting in treating malignant dysphagia
Hany Eldeeb, Hend Ahmed El-Hadaad
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Treatment of locally advanced unresectable pancreatic cancer: a 10-year experience
Nadia K Malik, Kilian Salerno May, Rameela Chandrasekhar, Wen Wee Ma, Leayn Flaherty, Renuka Iyer, John Gibbs, Boris Kuvshinoff, Gregory Wilding, Graham Warren, Gary Y Yang
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Inpatient burden of gastrointestinal stromal tumors in the United States
Manasi Datar, Rahul Khanna
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Review Article

The complexity of the count: considerations regarding lymph node evaluation in colorectal carcinoma
Laura J. Denham, Justin C. Kerstetter, Paul C. Herrmann
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Case Report

Giant mucinous cystic neoplasms of pancreas and liver with unusual adipose tissue component: a case report
Supriyo Ghatak, Sukanta Ray, Pankaj Kr Sonar, Somak Das, Keya Basu, Asit Ranjan Mridha, Avik Bhattacharyya, Rajib Sarkar
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Change of HER2 status in metastatic esophageal adenocarcinoma: heterogeneity of the disease? Case report and review of literature
Jiaxin Niu, Jeffrey Weber, Deborah Gelbspan
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The real face of juvenile polyposis syndrome
Beatrix Tam, Ágnes Salamon, Attila Bajtai, Annamária Németh, János Kiss, László Simon, Tamás Molnár
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Mucinous adenocarcinoma of the appendix presenting as intussusception in 27 year old female
Ghulam Siddiqui, Seth Lipka, Lester Freedman, Umeko Takeshige, Kaleem Rizvon, Paul Mustacchia
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Extra Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor treated with imatinib in a patient with Neurofibromatosis type 1
Akshiv Malhotra, Jonathan Wright, Ajeet Gajra
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Letter to the Editor

Helicobacter pylori infection and colorectal carcinoma: pathologic aspects
Nikolaos Kapetanakis, Jannis Kountouras, Christos Zavos, Stergios A. Polyzos, George Kouklakis, Ioannis Venizelos, Christina Nikolaidou, Elizabeth Vardaka, Dimitrios Paikos, Panagiotis Katsinelos, Iordanis Romiopoulos
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Helicobacter pylori infection and colorectal carcinoma: is there a causal association?
Sergei F. Tatishchev, Christine VanBeek, Hanlin L. Wang
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Book Review

Malignant liver tumors: current and emerging therapies 3rd edition, Pierre-Alain Clavien, editor
C. Kristian Enestvedt
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