Vol 6, No 6 (December 01, 2015): Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology (Applying Tumor Genotyping and New Clinical Approaches to the Management of Colorectal Cancer)

Original Article

Hepatic imaging response to radioembolization with yttrium-90-labeled resin microspheres for tumor progression during systemic chemotherapy in patients with colorectal liver metastases
Andrew S. Kennedy, David S. Ball, Steven J. Cohen, Michael Cohn, Douglas M. Coldwell, Alain Drooz, Eduardo Ehrenwald, Samir Kanani, Charles W. Nutting, Fred M. Moeslein, Samuel G. Putnam III, Steven C. Rose, Michael A. Savin, Sabine Schirm, Navesh K. Sharma, Eric A. Wang
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2015;
6
(6)
:594-604
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Impact of age and comorbidity on survival in colorectal cancer
Elmer E. van Eeghen, Sandra D. Bakker, Aart van Bochove, Ruud J. L. F. Loffeld
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2015;
6
(6)
:605-612
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Thirty days post-operative mortality after surgery for colorectal cancer: a descriptive study
Elmer E. van Eeghen, Frank C. den Boer, Ruud J. L. F. Loffeld
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2015;
6
(6)
:613-617
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c-MET expression in colorectal adenomas and primary carcinomas with its corresponding metastases
Mariana Fathy Gayyed, Nehad M. R. Abd El-Maqsoud, Amr Abd El-Hameed El-Heeny, Mostafa Fuad Mohammed
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2015;
6
(6)
:618-627
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Proficiency of DNA repair genes and microsatellite instability in operated colorectal cancer patients with clinical suspicion of lynch syndrome
Isabella Nicácio de Freitas, Fábio Guilherme Caserta Maryssael de Campos, Venâncio Avancini Ferreira Alves, Juliana Magalhães Cavalcante, Dirce Carraro, Renata de Almeida Coudry, Márcio Augusto Diniz, Sérgio Carlos Nahas, Ulysses Ribeiro Jr
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2015;
6
(6)
:628-637
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Higher prevalence of proximal colon polyps and villous histology in African-Americans undergoing colonoscopy at a single equal access center
Christian S. Jackson, Kenneth J. Vega
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2015;
6
(6)
:638-643
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Editorial on Applying Tumor Genotyping and New Clinical Approaches to the Management of Colorectal Cancer1

Applying tumor genotyping and new clinical approaches to the management of colorectal cancer
Rona D. Yaeger, Nancy E. Kemeny
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2015;
6
(6)
:644
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Review Article on Applying Tumor Genotyping and New Clinical Approaches to the Management of Colorectal Cancer1

Impact of somatic mutations on patterns of metastasis in colorectal cancer
Marla Lipsyc, Rona Yaeger
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2015;
6
(6)
:645-649
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New therapeutic strategies for BRAF mutant colorectal cancers
Ryan B. Corcoran
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2015;
6
(6)
:650-659
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BRAF mutant colorectal cancer as a distinct subset of colorectal cancer: clinical characteristics, clinical behavior, and response to targeted therapies
Callisia N. Clarke, E. Scott Kopetz
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2015;
6
(6)
:660-667
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Tumor evolution and intratumor heterogeneity in colorectal carcinoma: insights from comparative genomic profiling of primary tumors and matched metastases
Brooke E. Sylvester, Efsevia Vakiani
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2015;
6
(6)
:668-675
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Implications of mismatch repair-deficient status on management of early stage colorectal cancer
Hisato Kawakami, Aziz Zaanan, Frank A. Sinicrope
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2015;
6
(6)
:676-684
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Percutaneous ablation of colorectal lung metastases
Carole A. Ridge, Stephen B. Solomon
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2015;
6
(6)
:685-692
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Abdominal metastases from colorectal cancer: intraperitoneal therapy
Hamza Guend, Sunil Patel, Garrett M. Nash
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2015;
6
(6)
:693-698
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Hepatic resection, hepatic arterial infusion pump therapy, and genetic biomarkers in the management of hepatic metastases from colorectal cancer
John C. McAuliffe, Motaz Qadan, Michael I. D’Angelica
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2015;
6
(6)
:699-708
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Case Report

Leptomeningeal metastasis as initial manifestation of signet ring colorectal adenocarcinoma: a case report with review of literature
Rita Assi, Lana Hamieh, Deborah Mukherji, Ali Haydar, Sally Temraz, Imane El-Dika, Ali Shamseddine
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2015;
6
(6)
:E89-E101
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Sister Mary Jospeh’s nodule as initial presentation of carcinoma caecum-case report and literature review
Balakrishnan Rajesh, Md Arifur Rahman, Arunangshu Das, Bidoura Naznin, Qamruzzaman Chowdhury
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2015;
6
(6)
:E102-E105
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Disclosure:

1. The series “Applying Tumor Genotyping and New Clinical Approaches to the Management of Colorectal Cancer” was commissioned by the Editorial office, Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology without any sponsorship or funding. Rona D. Yaeger and Nancy E. Kemeny served as the unpaid Guest Editors for the series.