Vol 5, No 4 (August 22, 2014): Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology

Original Article

Outcomes of patients treated with capecitabine and temozolamide for advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNETs) and non-PNETs
Renata D’Alpino Peixoto, Krista L. Noonan, Peter Pavlovich, Hagen F. Kennecke, Howard J. Lim
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2014;
5
(4)
:247-252
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Breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP) and excision repair cross complement-1 (ERCC1) expression in esophageal cancers and response to cisplatin and irinotecan based chemotherapy
Anubha Bharthuar, Sana Saif Ur Rehman, Jennifer D Black, Charles Levea, Usha Malhotra, Terry L Mashtare, Renuka Iyer
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2014;
5
(4)
:253-258
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Relationship of ethnicity and overall survival in patients treated with sorafenib for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma
Renata D’Alpino Peixoto, Daniel J. Renouf, Sharlene Gill, Winson Y. Cheung, Howard J. Lim
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2014;
5
(4)
:259-264
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KRAS mutation profile differences between rectosigmoid localized adenocarcinomas and colon adenocarcinomas
Yasemin Baskin, Yusuf Kagan Dagdeviren, Gizem Calibasi, Aras Emre Canda, Sulen Sarioglu, Hulya Ellidokuz, Ilhan Oztop
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2014;
5
(4)
:265-269
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Evaluation of quality of life and anxiety and depression levels in patients receiving chemotherapy for colorectal cancer: impact of patient education before treatment initiation
Ulku Polat, Afey Arpacı, Satı Demir, Sevgi Erdal, Şuayib Yalcin
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2014;
5
(4)
:270-275
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Mucinous adenocarcinoma of the rectum: a poor candidate for neo-adjuvant chemoradiation?
Vijai Simha, Rakesh Kapoor, Rajesh Gupta, Amit Bahl, Ritambhara Nada
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2014;
5
(4)
:276-279
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Review Article

Current and future systemic treatment options in metastatic pancreatic cancer
Cagatay Arslan, Suayib Yalcin
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2014;
5
(4)
:280-295
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Quality of life and hepatocellular carcinoma
Shipra Gandhi, Sapna Khubchandani, Renuka Iyer
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2014;
5
(4)
:296-317
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Short Communication

Gastric cancer: toward a cisplatin-free disease?
Fausto Petrelli, Sandro Barni, Stefano Cascinu, Alberto Zaniboni
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2014;
5
(4)
:318-322
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Letter to the Editor

Safety implications of oesophageal stents used for the palliation of dysphagia in patients undergoing neoadjuvant therapy for oesophageal malignancy
Christopher Mark Jones, Ewen A. Griffiths
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2014;
5
(4)
:E54-E55
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Safety implications of oesophageal stents used for the palliation of dysphagia in patients undergoing neoadjuvant therapy for oesophageal malignancy—authors’ reply
Vinayak Nagaraja, Michael R. Cox, Guy D. Eslick
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2014;
5
(4)
:E56-E57
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Case Report

Rapidly progressive subcutaneous metastases from gallbladder cancer: insight into a rare presentation in gastrointestinal malignancies
Sean F. Heavey, Eric J. Roeland, Ann M. Ponsford Tipps, Brian Datnow, Jason K. Sicklick
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2014;
5
(4)
:E58-E64
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A case report of HCC cutaneous metastasis
Divina Traficante, Pasquale Assalone, Federica Tomei, Franco Calista, Jessica Falleti, Enrico Caranci, Liberato Di Lullo
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2014;
5
(4)
:E65-E67
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Gastric metastasis of Merkel cell carcinoma, a rare cause of gastrointestinal bleeding: case report and review of the literature
Malav P. Parikh, Salih Samo, Venu Ganipisetti, Sathish Krishnan, Maulik Dhandha, Margaret Yungbluth, Walter R. Glaws
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2014;
5
(4)
:E68-E72
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Common hepatic duct stricture: are lithiasis and negative brush cytology enough to rule out Klatskin tumor?
Panagiotis J. Vlachostergios, George Apergis
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2014;
5
(4)
:E73-E74
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Uncommon conditions in surgical oncology: acute abdomen caused by ileocolic intussusception
Karl Mrak
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2014;
5
(4)
:E75-E79
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Pancreatic head carcinoma and right hepatic artery: embolization management—A case report
Mehdi El amrani, Emmanuelle Leteurtre, Géraldine Sergent, Olivier Ernst, Vincent Maunoury, Julien Branche, François-René Pruvot, Stéphanie Truant
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2014;
5
(4)
:E80-E83
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Hypercalcemia from metastatic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor secreting 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D
Viola Zhu, Antonio de las Morenas, Milos Janicek, Kevan Hartshorn
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2014;
5
(4)
:E84-E87
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