Pharyngostomy tubes for gastric conduit decompression , 15 April 2010
Natasha M. Rueth, Natasha Lee, Shawn S. Groth, Sarah C. Stranberg, Michael A. Maddaus, Jonathan D'Cunha, Rafael S. Andrade
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2010 (Vol. 140, Issue 2, Pages 373-376)
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Primary thoracic cavity gastrointestinal stromal tumor , 12 April 2010
Ji-Wei Cheng, Shao-Hua Lu, Song-Tao Xu, Hao Wang, Ying-Yong Hou, Ru-Heng Zheng, Yun-Shan Tan
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2010 (Vol. 140, Issue 2, Pages e29-e31)
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A randomized, controlled study of amiodarone for prevention of atrial fibrillation after transthoracic esophagectomy , 12 April 2010
James E. Tisdale, Heather A. Wroblewski, Donna S. Wall, Karen M. Rieger, Zane T. Hammoud, Jerry V. Young, Kenneth A. Kesler
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2010 (Vol. 140, Issue 1, Pages 45-51)
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Loss of p53, rather than beta-catenin overexpression, induces survivin-mediated resistance to apoptosis in an esophageal cancer cell line , 17 March 2010
Elizabeth Chang, James Donahue, Anna Smith, John Hornick, Jaladanki N. Rao, Jian-Ying Wang, Richard J. Battafarano
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2010 (Vol. 140, Issue 1, Pages 225-232)
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Reply to the Editor
Brechtje A. Grotenhuis, Bas P.L. Wijnhoven, Herman van Dekken, J. Jan B. van Lanschot
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 6, Page 1675)
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Comparative glycomic profiling in esophageal adenocarcinoma
Zane T. Hammoud, Yehia Mechref, Ahmed Hussein, Slavka Bekesova, Min Zhang, Kenneth A. Kesler, Milos V. Novotny
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 5, Pages 1216-1223)
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Combined proteasome and histone deacetylase inhibition attenuates epithelial–mesenchymal transition through E-cadherin in esophageal cancer cells
Matthew D. Taylor, Yuan Liu, Alykhan S. Nagji, Nicholas Theodosakis, David R. Jones
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 5, Pages 1224-1232.e1)
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A cancer staging primer: Esophagus and esophagogastric junction
Thomas W. Rice, Eugene H. Blackstone, Valerie W. Rusch
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 3, Pages 527-529)
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Modulation of growth in human esophageal adenocarcinoma cells by group IIa secretory phospholipase A2
David Mauchley, Xianzhong Meng, Thomas Johnson, David A. Fullerton, Michael J. Weyant
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 3, Pages 591-599)
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Determination of the minimum number of lymph nodes to examine to maximize survival in patients with esophageal carcinoma: Data from the Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results database , 26 August 2009
Shawn S. Groth, Beth A. Virnig, Bryan A. Whitson, Todd E. DeFor, Zhong-ze Li, Todd M. Tuttle, Michael A. Maddaus
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 3, Pages 612-620)
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Radiofrequency ablation for Barrett's esophagus and low-grade dysplasia in combination with an antireflux procedure: A new paradigm , 14 January 2010
Ricardo S. dos Santos, Costas Bizekis, Michael Ebright, Michael DeSimone, Benedict D. Daly, Hiran C. Fernando
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 3, Pages 713-716)
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Benign gastrobronchial fistula with adenocarcinoma of the right mainstem bronchus , 23 February 2009
Simon Turcotte, Isabelle L. Cayer, Jean-Luc Laporte, Pasquale Ferraro, Jocelyne Martin, André Duranceau
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 3, Pages e37-e39)
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Predictors of survival in patients with persistent nodal metastases after preoperative chemotherapy for esophageal cancer , 14 December 2009
Brendon M. Stiles, Paul Christos, Jeffrey L. Port, Paul C. Lee, Subroto Paul, James Saunders, Nasser K. Altorki
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 2, Pages 387-394)
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Survival of patients with distal esophageal and gastric cardia tumors: A population-based analysis of gastroesophageal junction carcinomas , 15 June 2009
Bryan A. Whitson, Shawn S. Groth, Zhongze Li, Robert A. Kratzke, Michael A. Maddaus
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 1, Pages 43-48)
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Thoracoscopic esophagectomy for esophageal cancer: Feasibility and safety of robotic assistance in the prone position , 30 July 2009
Dae Joon Kim, Woo Jin Hyung, Chang Young Lee, Jin-Gu Lee, Seok Jin Haam, In-Kyu Park, Kyung Young Chung
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 1, Pages 53-59.e1)
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The role of mitochondrial DNA alterations in esophageal squamous cell carcinomas , 15 June 2009
Chen-Sung Lin, Shi-Chuan Chang, Liang-Shun Wang, Teh-Ying Chou, Wen-Hu Hsu, Yu-Chung Wu, Yau-Huei Wei
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 1, Pages 189-197.e4)
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Rapid progression of Barrett's esophagus into adenocarcinoma in a combined lung and kidney transplant recipient , 16 September 2008
Waleed Saleh, Andre Duranceau, Jocelyne Martin, Nicolas Noiseux, Charles Poirier, Pasquale Ferraro
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 1, Pages 217-218)
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Recurrence after neoadjuvant chemoradiation and surgery for esophageal cancer: Does the pattern of recurrence differ for patients with complete response and those with partial or no response?
Robert A. Meguid, Craig M. Hooker, Joshua T. Taylor, Laurence R. Kleinberg, Stephen M. Cattaneo, Marc S. Sussman, Stephen C. Yang, Richard F. Heitmiller, Arlene A. Forastiere, Malcolm V. Brock
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 6, Pages 1309-1317)
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Impact of tumor length on long-term survival of pT1 esophageal adenocarcinoma , 10 April 2009
William D. Bolton, Wayne L. Hofstetter, Ashleigh M. Francis, Arlene M. Correa, Jaffer A. Ajani, Manoop S. Bhutani, Jeremy Erasmus, Ritsuko Komaki, Dipen M. Maru, Reza J. Mehran, David C. Rice, Jack A. Roth, Ara A. Vaporciyan, Garrett L. Walsh, Stephen G. Swisher
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 4, Pages 831-836)
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Clinical characteristics, biologic behavior, and survival after esophagectomy are similar for adenocarcinoma of the gastroesophageal junction and the distal esophagus , 15 July 2009
Jessica M. Leers, Steven R. DeMeester, Nadia Chan, Shahin Ayazi, Arzu Oezcelik, Emmanuele Abate, Farzaneh Banki, John C. Lipham, Jeffrey A. Hagen, Tom R. DeMeester
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 3, Pages 594-602)
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The sentinel node concept in adenocarcinomas of the distal esophagus and gastroesophageal junction , 23 February 2009
Brechtje A. Grotenhuis, Bas P.L. Wijnhoven, Ronald van Marion, Herman van Dekken, Wim C. Hop, Hugo W. Tilanus, J. Jan B. van Lanschot, Casper H.J. van Eijck
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 3, Pages 608-612)
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An unusual case of a strangulated lung hernia after an Ivor Lewis esophagectomy , 26 August 2008
Rony Atoui, Lawrence Lee, Lorenzo Ferri
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 2, Pages 495-496)
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The normal configuration and interindividual differences in intramural lymphatic vessels of the esophagus , 26 March 2009
Shinji Yajin, Gen Murakami, Hiromi Takeuchi, Tadashi Hasegawa, Hiroya Kitano
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 6, Pages 1406-1414)
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Differential gene expression profiling of esophageal adenocarcinoma
Zane T. Hammoud, Sunil Badve, Qianqian Zhao, Lang Li, Romil Saxena, Mangesh A. Thorat, Akira Morimiya, Karen M. Rieger, Kenneth A. Kesler
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 4, Pages 829-834)
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Is botulinum toxin injection of the pylorus during Ivor–Lewis esophagogastrectomy the optimal drainage strategy?
Robert James Cerfolio, Ayesha S. Bryant, Cheri L. Canon, Roopa Dhawan, Mohamad A. Eloubeidi
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 3, Pages 565-572)
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Change in maximum standardized uptake value on repeat positron emission tomography after chemoradiotherapy in patients with esophageal cancer identifies complete responders
Robert J. Cerfolio, Ayesha S. Bryant, Amar A. Talati, Robert M. Cerfolio, Thomas S. Winokur
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 3, Pages 605-609)
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Metabolic syndrome is an independent risk factor for stroke and acute renal failure after coronary artery bypass grafting
Kan Kajimoto, Katsumi Miyauchi, Takatoshi Kasai, Naotake Yanagisawa, Taira Yamamoto, Keita Kikuchi, Takeshi Nakatomi, Hiroshi Iwamura, Hiroyuki Daida, Atsushi Amano
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 3, Pages 658-663)
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Treatment of anastomotic leaks after esophagectomy with endoscopic hemoclips , 16 September 2008
Celal Tekinbas, M. Muharrem Erol, Remzi Akdogan, Serdar Turkyilmaz, Mehmet Aslan
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 3, Pages 766-767)
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The effect of volume on esophageal cancer resections: What constitutes acceptable resection volumes for centers of excellence?
Robert A. Meguid, Eric S. Weiss, David C. Chang, Malcolm V. Brock, Steven C. Yang
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 1, Pages 23-29)
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Health-related quality of life in esophageal cancer: Effect of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy followed by surgical intervention
Najib Safieddine, Wei Xu, Sayed Mohammed Quadri, Jennifer J. Knox, Jennifer Hornby, Joanne Sulman, Rebecca Wong, Maha Guindi, Shaf Keshavjee, Gail Darling
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 1, Pages 36-42)
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Salvage esophagectomy after high-dose chemoradiotherapy for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Yuji Tachimori, Norio Kanamori, Norihisa Uemura, Norikazu Hokamura, Hiroyasu Igaki, Hoichi Kato
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 1, Pages 49-54)
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Factors predictive of prognosis after esophagectomy for squamous cell cancer , 04 August 2008
Houhuai Li, Qingzhen Zhang, Lin Xu, Yijiang Chen, Yongxiang Wei, Guoren Zhou
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 1, Pages 55-59)
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En bloc esophagectomy reduces local recurrence and improves survival compared with transhiatal resection after neoadjuvant therapy for esophageal adenocarcinoma
K.H. Chang, O.J. McAnena
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 1, Page 253)
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Reply to the Editor:
Steven R. DeMeester
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 1, Pages 253-254)
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Use of novel autoantibody and cancer-related protein arrays for the detection of esophageal adenocarcinoma in serum , 23 May 2008
Arman Kilic, Matthew J. Schuchert, James D. Luketich, Rodney J. Landreneau, Anna E. Lokshin, William L. Bigbee, Talal El-Hefnawy
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 1, Pages 199-204)
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Lack of fludeoxyglucose F 18 uptake in posttreatment positron emission tomography as a significant predictor of survival after subsequent surgery in multimodality treatment for patients with locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma , 27 May 2008
Ichirou Higuchi, Takushi Yasuda, Masahiko Yano, Yuichirou Doki, Hiroshi Miyata, Mitsuaki Tatsumi, Hironori Fukunaga, Shuji Takiguchi, Yoshiyuki Fujiwara, Jun Hatazawa, Morito Monden
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 1, Pages 205-212.e3)
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Secretory phospholipase A2 is required to produce histologic changes associated with gastroduodenal reflux in a murine model
Ashok Babu, Xianzhong Meng, Anirban M. Banerjee, Fabia Gamboni-Robertson, Joseph C. Cleveland, Sagar Damle, David A. Fullerton, Michael J. Weyant
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 6, Pages 1220-1227)
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En bloc esophagectomy reduces local recurrence and improves survival compared with transhiatal resection after neoadjuvant therapy for esophageal adenocarcinoma , 06 May 2008
C. Rizzetto, S.R. DeMeester, J.A. Hagen, C.G. Peyre, J.C. Lipham, T.R. DeMeester
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 6, Pages 1228-1236)
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Reduced membranous β-catenin protein expression is associated with metastasis and poor prognosis in squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus
Po-Kuei Hsu, Anna Fen-Yau Li, Yi-Ching Wang, Chih-Cheng Hsieh, Min-Hsiung Huang, Wen-Hu Hsu, Han-Shui Hsu
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 5, Pages 1029-1035)
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Use of a prefabricated pectoralis major muscle flap and pedicled jejunal interposition graft for salvage esophageal reconstruction after failed gastric pull-up and colon interposition
K. Robert Shen, William Gerald Austen, Douglas J. Mathisen
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 5, Pages 1186-1187)
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Primary esophageal large T-cell lymphoma mimicking esophageal carcinoma: A case report and literature review
Patrick L. Wagner, Wayne Tam, Pauline Y. Lau, Jeffrey L. Port, Subroto Paul, Nasser K. Altorki, Paul C. Lee
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 4, Pages 957-958.e1)
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MicroRNA expression profiles of esophageal cancer , 03 January 2008
Andrew Feber, Liqiang Xi, James D. Luketich, Arjun Pennathur, Rodney J. Landreneau, Maoxin Wu, Scott J. Swanson, Tony E. Godfrey, Virginia R. Litle
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 2, Pages 255-260)
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Surgery for esophageal cancer: Do age or incorrect data analysis have any impact on clinical outcome?
William Yung
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 2, Pages 468-469)
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Reply to the Editor
Alberto Ruol, Giuseppe Portale
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 2, Pages 469-471)
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Impact of obesity on outcomes in the management of localized adenocarcinoma of the esophagus and esophagogastric junction
Laura A. Healy, Aoife M. Ryan, Bussa Gopinath, Suzanne Rowley, Patrick J. Byrne, John V. Reynolds
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 5, Pages 1284-1291)
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Esophageal stent migration into the trachea
Massimo Conti, Pasquale Ferraro, Jocelyne Martin, André Duranceau
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 4, Pages 1084-1085)
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Overt lymph node metastases from a gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the esophagus
Takaaki Masuda, Yasushi Toh, Akira Kabashima, Yoshiro Aoki, Norifumi Harimoto, Shuhei Ito, Junya Taomoto, Osamu Ikeda, Takefumi Ohga, Eisuke Adachi, Yoshihisa Sakaguchi, Minako Hirahashi, Kenichi Nishiyama, Takeshi Okamura
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 3, Pages 810-811)
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Lymph node involvement in advanced gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma
Corrado Pedrazzani, Giovanni de Manzoni, Daniele Marrelli, Simone Giacopuzzi, Giovanni Corso, Anna Maria Minicozzi, Bernardino Rampone, Franco Roviello
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 2, Pages 378-385)
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Esophageal atypical carcinoid tumor with tracheal invasion
Ke-Cheng Chen, Yih-Leong Chang, Chien-Te Pan, Yung-Chie Lee
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 2, Pages 524-525)
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Giant cavernous hemangioma of the distal esophagus treated with esophagectomy
Anthony W. Kim, Robert J. Korst, Jeffrey L. Port, Nasser K. Altorki, Paul C. Lee
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 6, Pages 1665-1667)
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Results of esophagectomy for esophageal cancer in elderly patients: Age has little influence on outcome and survival
Alberto Ruol, Giuseppe Portale, Giovanni Zaninotto, Matteo Cagol, Francesco Cavallin, Carlo Castoro, Vanna Chiarion Sileni, Rita Alfieri, Sabrina Rampado, Ermanno Ancona
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 5, Pages 1186-1192)
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Closure of tracheogastric fistula by video-assisted tracheoscopy, direct repair, and self-expandable titanium stent in a patient with total laryngopharyngoesophagectomy
Said Fayoumi, Samer Sawalhi
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 4, Pages 1103-1104)
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The utility of positron emission tomography in staging of potentially operable carcinoma of the thoracic esophagus: Results of the American College of Surgeons Oncology Group Z0060 trial
Bryan F. Meyers, Robert J. Downey, Paul A. Decker, Robert J. Keenan, Barry A. Siegel, Robert J. Cerfolio, Rodney J. Landreneau, Carolyn E. Reed, Dennis M. Balfe, Farrokh Dehdashti, Karla V. Ballman, Valerie W. Rusch, Joe B. Putnam
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 3, Pages 738-745.e1)
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Cytogenetic characterization and gene expression profiling in the rat reflux-induced esophageal tumor model
Pramod Bonde, Guoping Sui, Surajit Dhara, Jiaai Wang, Apoorv Broor, Irene F. Kim, John E. Wiley, Guy Marti, Mark Duncan, Elizabeth Jaffee, Elizabeth Montgomery, Anirban Maitra, John W. Harmon
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 3, Pages 763-769.e10)
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T2N0M0 esophageal cancer , 12 January 2007
Thomas W. Rice, David P. Mason, Sudish C. Murthy, Gregory Zuccaro, David J. Adelstein, Lisa A. Rybicki, Eugene H. Blackstone
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 2, Pages 317-324.e1)
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Inkwelling increases benign stricture formation after Ivor Lewis esophagogastrectomy
Enoch Akowuah, Manfred Junemann-Ramirez, Odunayo Kalejayie, Joseph Rahamim
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 2, Pages 581-582)
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Harm from seat belt: Transthoracic lung herniation and pericardial rupture
Christoph Benckert, Armin Thelen, Robert Pfitzmann, Bernhard Gebauer, Antonino Spinelli, Sven Jonas, Peter Neuhaus
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 2, Pages 588-589)
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Increased cerebral and renal endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene expression after cardiopulmonary bypass in the rat
C. David Mazer, Francoise Briet, Katherine R. Blight, Duncan J. Stewart, Malcolm Robb, Zhilan Wang, Alana M. Harrington, William Mak, Xiaomao Li, Gregory M.T. Hare
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 1, Pages 13-20.e1)
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Selective decrease in the DNA base excision repair pathway in squamous cell cancer of the esophagus , 12 December 2006
Pramod Bonde, Daqing Gao, Lei Chen, Mark Duncan, Tomoharu Miyashita, Elizabeth Montgomery, John W. Harmon, Chiming Wei
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 1, Pages 74-81.e3)
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A novel biomarker for the detection of esophageal adenocarcinoma , 12 December 2006
Zane T. Hammoud, Sunil Badve, Romil Saxena, Kenneth A. Kesler, Karen Rieger, Linda H. Malkas, Robert J. Hickey
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 1, Pages 82-87)
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Video-assisted mediastinoscopy improved radical resection for cancer in transhiatal esophagectomy
Daniel Pop, Nicolas Venissac, Jerome Mouroux
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 1, Pages 267-268)
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Gossypol, a phytochemical with BH3-mimetic property, sensitizes cultured thoracic cancer cells to Apo2 ligand/tumor necrosis factor–related apoptosis-inducing ligand , 06 November 2006
Wen-Shuz Yeow, Aris Baras, Alex Chua, Duc M. Nguyen, Shailen S. Sehgal, David S. Schrump, Dao M. Nguyen
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 6, Pages 1356-1362.e2)
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Gastric conduit staple line after esophagectomy: To oversew or not?
Judith Boone, Inne H.M. Borel Rinkes, Richard van Hillegersberg
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 6, Pages 1491-1492)
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Neoadjuvant chemoradiation may increase the risk of respiratory complications and sepsis after transthoracic esophagectomy
John V. Reynolds, Narayanasamy Ravi, Donal Hollywood, M. John Kennedy, Suzanne Rowley, Aoife Ryan, Niall Hughes, Michael Carey, Patrick Byrne
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 3, Pages 549-555)
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Repair of gastrotracheal fistula with a pedicled pericardial flap after Ivor Lewis esophagogastrectomy for esophageal cancer
Suk-Won Song, Hyun-Sung Lee, Moon Soo Kim, Jong Mog Lee, Jae Hyun Kim, Jae Ill Zo
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 3, Pages 716-717)
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Giant gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the esophagus presenting with dyspnea
Ahmet Basoglu, Ekrem Kaya, Burain Celık, Levent Yıldız
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 5, Pages 1198-1199)
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A primary aortoesophageal fistula due to esophageal carcinoma successfully treated with endoluminal aortic stent grafting
Yoshifumi Ikeda, Naomi Morita, Hideko Kurihara, Masanori Niimi, Kota Okinaga
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 2, Pages 486-487)
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Esophageal schwannoma
A. Basoglu, B. Celik, T.A. Sengul, L. Yildiz
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 2, Pages 492-493)
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Long-term survival after excision of a solitary esophageal cancer brain metastasis
Kenneth A. Kesler, Zane T. Hammoud, Paul R. Helft, Karen M. Rieger, Michael B. Pritz, John W. Brown
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 2, Pages 497-498)
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Endoscopic ultrasonography-identified celiac adenopathy remains a poor prognostic factor despite preoperative chemoradiotherapy in esophageal adenocarcinoma , 05 December 2005
S. Chris Malaisrie, Wayne L. Hofstetter, Arlene M. Correa, Jaffer A. Ajani, Ritsuko R. Komaki, Zhongxing Liao, Alexandria Phan, David C. Rice, Ara A. Vaporciyan, Garrett L. Walsh, Sandeep Lahoti, Jeffrey H. Lee, Robert Bresalier, Jack A. Roth, Stephen G. Swisher
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 1, Pages 65-72)
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Promoter methylation of the hMLH1 gene and protein expression of human mutL homolog 1 and human mutS homolog 2 in resected esophageal squamous cell carcinoma , 14 October 2005
Ching Tzao, Han-Sui Hsu, Guang-Huan Sun, Hsiou-Lei Lai, Yi-Ching Wang, Ho-Jui Tung, Cheng-Ping Yu, Yeung-Leung Cheng, Shih-Chun Lee
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 5, Pages 1371.e1-1371.e8)
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Long-segment, supercharged, pedicled jejunal flap for total esophageal reconstruction , 14 October 2005
Anthony J. Ascioti, Wayne L. Hofstetter, Michael J. Miller, David C. Rice, Stephen G. Swisher, Ara A. Vaporciyan, Jack A. Roth, J.B. Putnam, W. Roy Smythe, Barry W. Feig, Paul F. Mansfield, Peter W.T. Pisters, Marla T. Torres, Garrett L. Walsh
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 5, Pages 1391-1398)
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Extensive circumferential endoscopic mucosal resection with a new rigid esophagoscope: An animal study
Raphaelle Pilloud, Yves Jaquet, Philippe Monnier
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 5, Pages 1399.e1-1399.e9)
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The accuracy of endoscopic ultrasonography with fine-needle aspiration, integrated positron emission tomography with computed tomography, and computed tomography in restaging patients with esophageal cancer after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy , 28 April 2005
Robert James Cerfolio, Ayesha S. Bryant, Buddhiwardhan Ohja, Alfred A. Bartolucci, Mohamad A. Eloubeidi
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 6, Pages 1232-1241)
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Esophagectomy and splenectomy in a patient with osteopetrosis
Samantha K. Hendren, Jessica Wang, Joseph Gorman, Thomas Peacock, Diane M. Hershock, Ernest F. Rosato
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 6, Pages 1457-1458)
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Intraoperative identification of esophageal sentinel lymph nodes with near-infrared fluorescence imaging
Cherie P. Parungo, Shunsuke Ohnishi, Sang-Wook Kim, Sunjee Kim, Rita G. Laurence, Edward G. Soltesz, Frederick Y. Chen, Yolonda L. Colson, Lawrence H. Cohn, Moungi G. Bawendi, John V. Frangioni
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 4, Pages 844-850)
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Does esophagogastric anastomotic technique influence the outcome of patients with esophageal cancer? , 09 February 2005
Sina Ercan, Thomas W. Rice, Sudish C. Murthy, Lisa A. Rybicki, Eugene H. Blackstone
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 3, Pages 623-631)
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Selective management of intrathoracic anastomotic leak after esophagectomy , 31 December 2004
Juan A. Crestanello, Claude Deschamps, Stephen D. Cassivi, Francis C. Nichols, Mark S. Allen, Cathy Schleck, Peter C. Pairolero
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 2, Pages 254-260)
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Induction of apoptosis of lung and esophageal cancer cells treated with the combination of histone deacetylase inhibitor (trichostatin A) and protein kinase C inhibitor (calphostin C) , 06 December 2004
Justin B. Maxhimer, Rishindra M. Reddy, Jingtong Zuo, George W. Cole, David S. Schrump, Dao M. Nguyen
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 1, Pages 53-63)
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Cisplatin enhances apoptosis induced by a tumor-selective adenovirus expressing tumor necrosis factor–related apoptosis-inducing ligand , 25 October 2004
Rishindra M. Reddy, Wilson S. Tsai, M. Firdos Ziauddin, JingTong Zuo, George W. Cole, Justin B. Maxhimer, BingLiang Fang, David S. Schrump, Dao M. Nguyen
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 6, Pages 883-891)
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Introduction to gender editorials
Valerie W. Rusch
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 3, Page 345)
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Prognostic significance of vascular endothelial growth factor and cyclooxygenase 2 expression in patients receiving preoperative chemoradiation for esophageal cancer
Matthew H Kulke, Robert D Odze, James D Mueller, Helen Wang, Mark Redston, Monica M Bertagnolli
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 6, Pages 1579-1586)
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Transhiatal esophagogastrectomy for an isolated ovarian cancer metastasis to the esophagus
John C Haney, Thomas A D'Amico
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 6, Pages 1835-1836)
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The robotic, 2-stage, 3-field esophagolymphadenectomy
Kemp H Kernstine, Daniel T DeArmond, Mohsen Karimi, Timothy L Van Natta, Javier C Campos, Mary R Yoder, Jeffrey E Everett
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 6, Pages 1847-1849)
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Extracapsular lymph node involvement in esophageal cancer and number of involved nodes
T Lerut, J Moons, S Fieuws
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 6, Pages 1855-1856)
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Risk factors associated with atrial fibrillation after noncardiac thoracic surgery: analysis of 2588 patients
Ara A Vaporciyan, Arlene M Correa, David C Rice, Jack A Roth, W.R Smythe, Stephen G Swisher, Garrett L Walsh, Joe B Putnam
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 3, Pages 779-786)
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Potentiation of paclitaxel cytotoxicity in lung and esophageal cancer cells by pharmacologic inhibition of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase/protein kinase B (Akt)–mediated signaling pathway
Dao M Nguyen, G.Aaron Chen, Rishindra Reddy, Wilson Tsai, William D Schrump, George Cole, David S Schrump
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 2, Pages 365-375)
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Down-regulation of beta catenin inhibits the growth of esophageal carcinoma cells
Nirmal K Veeramachaneni, Hirotoshi Kubokura, Li Lin, James A Pippin, G.Alexander Patterson, Jeffrey A Drebin, Richard J Battafarano
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 1, Pages 92-98)
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Gastrobronchial fistula and anastomotic esophagogastric stenosis after esophagectomy for esophageal carcinoma
R Aguiló Espases, R Lozano, A.C Navarro, F Regueiro, E Tejero, J.C Salinas
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 1, Pages 296-297)
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Simultaneous progression of oxidative stress and angiogenesis in malignant transformation of Barrett esophagus
Eero I.T Sihvo, Terhi Ruohtula, Merja I Auvinen, Aki Koivistoinen, Ari L Harjula, Jarmo A Salo
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 6, Pages 1952-1957)
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Chondrosarcoma arising in the trachea: a case report and review of the literature
Mary Maish, Ara A Vaporciyan
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 6, Pages 2077-2080)
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Benefit of postoperative adjuvant chemoradiotherapy in locoregionally advanced esophageal carcinoma
Thomas W Rice, David J Adelstein, Mark A Chidel, Lisa A Rybicki, Malcolm M DeCamp, Sudish C Murthy, Eugene H Blackstone
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 5, Pages 1590-1596)
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Preoperative chemotherapy for esophageal cancer with paclitaxel and carboplatin: results of a phase II trial
R.S Keresztes, J.L Port, M.W Pasmantier, R.J Korst, N.K Altorki
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 5, Pages 1603-1608)
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Short esophagi and a long career
Fernando Augusto Mardiros Herbella
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 5, Page 1668)
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Lymph node involvement in esophageal adenocarcinoma: if you see one, have you seen them all?
Steven R. DeMeester
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 4, Pages 947-949)
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Atrial fibrillation after esophagectomy is a marker for postoperative morbidity and mortality
Sudish C Murthy, Simon Law, Brian P Whooley, Andreas Alexandrou, Kent-Man Chu, John Wong
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 4, Pages 1162-1167)
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Survival following intensive preoperative combined modality therapy with paclitaxel, cisplatin, 5-fluorouracil, and radiation in resectable esophageal carcinoma: A phase I report
Melvyn Goldberg, Jeffrey Farma, Craig Lampert, Patrick Colarusso, Lawrence Coia, Harold Frucht, Eric Goosenberg, Mary Beard, Louis M Weiner
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 4, Pages 1168-1173)
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Reliable cervical anastomosis through the retrosternal route with stepwise gastric tube
Yoshifumi Ikeda, Shoichi Tobari, Masanori Niimi, Shigenao Kan, Hiroshi Takami, Susumu Kodaira
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 6, Pages 1306-1312)
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Submucosal territory of the direct lymphatic drainage system to the thoracic duct in the human esophagus
Kenshi Kuge, Gen Murakami, Shunji Mizobuchi, Yoichi Hata, Takashi Aikou, Shiro Sasaguri
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 6, Pages 1343-1349)
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Second primary double carcinomas of the residual cervical esophagus and the gastric tube after thoracic esophagectomy
Yoshifumi Ikeda, Shoichi Tobari, Masanori Niimi, Susumu Kodaira, Kota Okinaga
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 6, Pages 1561-1562)
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Staging of esophageal carcinoma
Jeffrey A. Hagen, Tom R. DeMeester
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 5, Pages 988-991)
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Should the esophageal cancer staging system be revised?
Valerie W. Rusch
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 5, Pages 992-993)
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Role of clinically determined depth of tumor invasion in the treatment of esophageal carcinoma
Thomas W. Rice, Eugene H. Blackstone, David J. Adelstein, Gregory Zuccaro, John J. Vargo, John R. Goldblum, Sudish C. Murthy, Malcolm M. DeCamp, Lisa A. Rybicki
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 5, Pages 1091-1102)
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Refining esophageal cancer staging
Thomas W. Rice, Eugene H. Blackstone, Lisa A. Rybicki, David J. Adelstein, Sudish C. Murthy, Malcolm M. DeCamp, John R. Goldblum
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 5, Pages 1103-1113)
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Transthoracic versus transhiatal esophagectomy: A prospective study of 945 patients
Jeffrey Rentz, David Bull, David Harpole, Stephen Bailey, Leigh Neumayer, Theodore Pappas, Barbara Krasnicka, William Henderson, Jennifer Daley, Shukri Khuri
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 5, Pages 1114-1120)
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Clinical implications of p53 tumor suppressor gene mutation and protein expression in esophageal adenocarcinomas: Results of a ten-year prospective study
Alan G. Casson, Susan C. Evans, Amy Gillis, Geoffrey A. Porter, Paul Veugelers, S.Jane Darnton, Duane L. Guernsey, Pierre Hainaut
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 5, Pages 1121-1131)
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Enhancement of depsipeptide-mediated apoptosis of lung or esophageal cancer cells by flavopiridol: Activation of the mitochondria-dependent death-signaling pathway
Dao M. Nguyen, William D. Schrump*, Wilson S. Tsai, Aaron Chen, John H. Stewart, Federico Steiner, David S. Schrump
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 5, Pages 1132-1142)
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Vascular endothelial growth factor and basic fibroblast growth factor expression in esophageal adenocarcinoma and Barrett esophagus
Reginald V.N. Lord, Ji Min Park, Kumari Wickramasinghe, Steven R. DeMeester, Stefan Oberg, Dennis Salonga, Jon Singer, Jeffrey H. Peters, Kathleen D. Danenberg, Tom R. DeMeester, Peter V. Danenberg
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 2, Pages 246-253)
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A phase II trial of preoperative combined-modality therapy for localized esophageal carcinoma: Initial results
Manjit S. Bains, Alexander Stojadinovic, Bruce Minsky, Valerie Rusch, Alan Turnbull, Robert Korst, Robert Ginsberg, David P. Kelsen, David H. Ilson
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2002 (Vol. 124, Issue 2, Pages 270-277)
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Primary myxofibrosarcoma of the esophagus
Howard K. Song, Joseph I. Miller
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2002 (Vol. 124, Issue 1, Pages 196-197)
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Mediastinal chyloma after esophageal cancer resection: An unusual complication causing left cardiac failure
Manuel Pera, José Belda, Oscar Vidal, Matilde Rubio, Luis Grande
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2002 (Vol. 124, Issue 1, Pages 198-199)
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Salvage esophagectomy for recurrent tumors after definitive chemotherapy and radiotherapy
Stephen G. Swisher, Paula Wynn, Joe B. Putnam, Melinda B. Mosheim, Arlene M. Correaa, Ritsuko R. Komaki, Jaffer A. Ajani, W.Roy Smythe, Ara A. Vaporciyan, Jack A. Roth, Garrett L. Walsh
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2002 (Vol. 123, Issue 1, Pages 175-183)
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