Vol 10, No 4 (August 01, 2019): Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology

Original Article

Timing of surgery following neoadjuvant chemoradiation in rectal cancer: a retrospective analysis from an academic medical center
Seth Maliske, Justin Chau, Timothy Ginader, John Byrn, Sudershan Bhatia, Andrew Bellizzi, Daniel J. Berg, Varun Monga
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2019;
10
(4)
:597-604
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Comparison of definitive chemoradiation with 5-fluorouracil versus capecitabine in anal cancer
Yoanna Pumpalova, Margaret M. Kozak, Rie von Eyben, Pamela Kunz, George Fisher, Daniel T. Chang, Sigurdis Haraldsdottir
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2019;
10
(4)
:605-615
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Survival benefits and predictors of use of chemoradiation compared with radiation alone for early stage (T1-T2N0) anal squamous cell carcinoma
Irini Youssef, Virginia Osborn, Anna Lee, Evangelia Katsoulakis, Ami Kavi, Kwang Choi, Joseph Safdieh, David Schreiber
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2019;
10
(4)
:616-622
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Patterns of care and outcomes of intensity modulated radiation therapy versus three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy for anal cancer
Anna Lee, Ashley Albert, Niki Sheth, Paul Adedoyin, Jared Rowley, David Schreiber
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2019;
10
(4)
:623-631
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Disparities in colon and rectal cancer queried individually between Hispanics and Whites
Jenna Koblinski, Jana Jandova, Viraj Pandit, Pamela Omesiete, Valentine Nfonsam
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2019;
10
(4)
:632-640
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Yield of endoscopy of the lower digestive tract in relation to ethnic descent
Ruud J. L. F. Loffeld, Boris Liberov, Pascale E. P. Dekkers
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2019;
10
(4)
:641-644
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The efficacy of everolimus and sunitinib in patients with sporadic or germline mutated metastatic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors
Jose Eduardo Nuñez, Mauro Donadio, Duilio Rocha Filho, Juliana Florinda Rego, Milton Barros, Maria Nirvana Formiga, Rossana Lopez, Rachel Riechelmann
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2019;
10
(4)
:645-651
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Molecular profiling of biliary cancers reveals distinct molecular alterations and potential therapeutic targets
Benjamin A. Weinberg, Joanne Xiu, Michael R. Lindberg, Anthony F. Shields, Jimmy J. Hwang, Kelsey Poorman, Mohamed E. Salem, Michael J. Pishvaian, Randall F. Holcombe, John L. Marshall, Michael A. Morse
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2019;
10
(4)
:652-662
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Neoadjuvant therapy and pancreatic cancer: a national cancer database analysis
Ravi Shridhar, Caitlin Takahashi, Jamie Huston, Kenneth L. Meredith
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2019;
10
(4)
:663-673
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Medical record review of transition to lanreotide following octreotide for neuroendocrine tumors
Muhammad Wasif Saif, Rohan Parikh, David Ray, James A. Kaye, Samantha K. Kurosky, Katharine Thomas, Robert A. Ramirez, Thorvardur R. Halfdanarson, Thomas J. R. Beveridge, Beloo Mirakhur, Saurabh P. Nagar, Heloisa P. Soares
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2019;
10
(4)
:674-687
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Safety and efficacy of locoregional therapy for metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma to the liver: a single-center experience
Ryan Earl Bailey, Phani Keerthi Surapaneni, Jacob Core, Lucas Lauar Cortizo Vidal, Jordan LeGout, Charles Ritchie, Gregory Frey, J. Mark McKinney, David Sella, Ricardo Paz-Fumagalli, Beau Toskich, Kabir Mody
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2019;
10
(4)
:688-694
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Exosomal markers (CD63 and CD9) expression and their prognostic significance using immunohistochemistry in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
Moh’d Khushman, Girijesh Kumar Patel, Javier Ariel Laurini, Arun Bhardwaj, Kelly Roveda, Robert Donnell, Kelley Sherling, Brittany Case, Arthur E. Frankel, Sachin Pai, William Taylor, Marcus Chuan Beng Tan, Meir Mizrahi, Cindy Nelson, Mary Wyatt, Mary Patton, Steven McClellan, Seema Singh, Bin Wang, Ajay P. Singh
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2019;
10
(4)
:695-702
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Treatment and survival rates of stage IV pancreatic cancer at VA hospitals: a nation-wide study
Ibrahim Azar, Gurjiwan Virk, Saghi Esfandiarifard, Ali Wazir, Syed Mehdi
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2019;
10
(4)
:703-711
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Analyzing the impact of neoadjuvant radiation dose on pathologic response and survival outcomes in esophageal and gastroesophageal cancers
Richard Li, Ashwin Shinde, Scott Glaser, Joseph Chao, Jae Kim, Sana D. Karam, Karyn Goodman, Yi-Jen Chen, Arya Amini
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2019;
10
(4)
:712-722
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Endoscopic and clinicopathological characteristics of gastrointestinal adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma
Hideki Ishibashi, Satoshi Nimura, Yoshiyuki Kayashima, Yasushi Takamatsu, Hiroki Iwasaki, Naohiko Harada, Seiya Momosaki, Hidenori Takedatsu, Shotaro Sakisaka, Morishige Takeshita
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2019;
10
(4)
:723-733
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Upper gastrointestinal neoplasia in familial adenomatous polyposis: prevalence, endoscopic features and management
Fábio Guilherme Campos, Carlos Augusto Real Martinez, Marianny Sulbaran, Leonardo Alfonso Bustamante-Lopez, Adriana Vaz Safatle-Ribeiro
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2019;
10
(4)
:734-744
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Feasibility of circulating tumor DNA testing in hepatocellular carcinoma
Kabir Mody, Pashtoon Murtaza Kasi, Ju Dong Yang, Phani Keerthi Surapaneni, Ashton Ritter, Ali Roberts, Rebecca Nagy, Mitesh J. Borad
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2019;
10
(4)
:745-750
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Frequency and prognostic significance of isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 mutations in cholangiocarcinoma: a systematic literature review
Audra N. Boscoe, Catherine Rolland, Robin Kate Kelley
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2019;
10
(4)
:751-765
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A combined treatment of curcumin, piperine, and taurine alters the circulating levels of IL-10 and miR-21 in hepatocellular carcinoma patients: a pilot study
Hala M. Hatab, Fatma F. Abdel Hamid, Ahmed F. Soliman, Tamer A. Al-Shafie, Yahia M. Ismail, Motawa E. El-Houseini
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2019;
10
(4)
:766-776
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Special Report

The impact of the open-access status on journal indices: oncology journals
Saif Aldeen AlRyalat, Anas Abu Nassar, Faris Tamimi, Esraa Al-Fraihat, Lama Assaf, Razan Ghareeb, Mahmoud Masoudi, Mohammad Al-Essa
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2019;
10
(4)
:777-782
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Open surgical treatment for esophageal cancer: transhiatal vs. transthoracic, does it really matter?
Uriel Clemente-Gutiérrez, Heriberto Medina-Franco, Oscar Santes, Jesús Morales-Maza, Alejandro Alfaro-Goldaracena, Martin J. Heslin
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2019;
10
(4)
:783-788
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Review Article

MicroRNA-122 in patients with hepatitis B and hepatitis B virus-associated hepatocellular carcinoma
Mohammad Reza Mahmoudian-Sani, Samira Asgharzade, Arash Alghasi, Ali Saeedi-Boroujeni, Seyed Jafar Adnani Sadati, Mohammad Taghi Moradi
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2019;
10
(4)
:789-796
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Cardiovascular complications of metastatic colorectal cancer treatment
Kalliopi Keramida, Georgios Charalampopoulos, Dimitrios Filippiadis, Elias Tsougos, Dimitrios Farmakis
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2019;
10
(4)
:797-806
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Letter to the Editor

Direct oral anticoagulants in gastrointestinal malignancies: is the convenience worth the risk?
Namisha Thapa, Joseph Shatzel, Thomas G. Deloughery, Sven R. Olson
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2019;
10
(4)
:807-809
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Case Report

Report of three cases of gastric choriocarcinomas—an emphasis on morphologic changes in the non-affected gastric mucosa
Janet C. Guzmán-López, Leonardo S. Lino-Silva, Rosa A. Salcedo-Hernández, César Zepeda-Najar
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2019;
10
(4)
:810-814
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Personalised approach in combined treatment of cholangiocarcinoma: a case report of healing from cholangiocellular carcinoma at stage IV
Timur Bunyatov, Alexey Zhao, Juriy Kovalenko, Beslan Gurmikov, Vladimir Vishnevsky
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology  
2019;
10
(4)
:815-820
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