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Dec 2017; Volume 17,Issue 4

Articles

  • From The Editor's Desk: A Focus on Cancer Services
    Ronald G. Amedee
    Ochsner Journal December 2017, 17 (4) 303;
  • From the Guest Editor: The Rapidly Changing Field of Cancer Treatment
    Robert A. Ramirez
    Ochsner Journal December 2017, 17 (4) 304;
  • Letter To The Editor: Ertapenem-Induced Acute Pancreatitis in a Cirrhotic Patient
    Erkin Oztas, Muhammet Yener Akpinar and Mustafa Kaplan
    Ochsner Journal December 2017, 17 (4) 305;
  • Letter To The Editor: Reply to Polio Eradication in Pakistan: Call for Alliance
    Muhammad Anzar Ullah and Aisha Maryam Husseni
    Ochsner Journal December 2017, 17 (4) 306;
  • Letter To The Editor: Management of Aortic Root Thrombosis After Implantation of a Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device: A Real Conundrum
    John Gulotta, Daniel P. Morin and Selim R. Krim
    Ochsner Journal December 2017, 17 (4) 307-308;
  • Letter To The Editor: Catheter Track Metastasis With Indwelling Pleural Catheter
    Sara Zank, Elham Abboud, Wissam Jaber and Abdul Hamid Alraiyes
    Ochsner Journal December 2017, 17 (4) 309-310;
  • Clinical Images: Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Reduction for Management of Recurrent Hepatic Encephalopathy
    Hafez Khalili, Daryl Goldman, Sarah Frischhertz and David Kirsch
    Ochsner Journal December 2017, 17 (4) 311-316;
  • Bioethics In Practice: Understanding Understood Consent
    Robert J. Vasquez
    Ochsner Journal December 2017, 17 (4) 317-318;

Editorial

  • Building a Phase 1 Cancer Research Program: Lessons Learned and Progress Made
    Marc R. Matrana and Julia Cook
    Ochsner Journal December 2017, 17 (4) 319-321;

Original Research

  • Interval Colorectal Cancers at Ochsner Medical Center: Where Do We Stand?
    Felicia Humphrey, Mariella Gastañaduy, James Smith and Charles B. Whitlow
    Ochsner Journal December 2017, 17 (4) 322-327;
  • Overall Survival Associated With Ileostomy Closure in Patients With Rectal Cancer Before and After Adjuvant Therapy
    Shaun R. Brown, Behram Khan, Heather J. Green and David E. Beck
    Ochsner Journal December 2017, 17 (4) 328-330;
  • Outcomes of Patients With Late-Relapse Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Treated With Targeted Therapies: A Single Institution Experience
    John Kucharczyk, Kamal Mandalapu, Suma Satti and Marc R. Matrana
    Ochsner Journal December 2017, 17 (4) 331-334;
  • Prognostic Factors in Typical and Atypical Pulmonary Carcinoids
    Robert A. Ramirez, David T. Beyer, Anne E. Diebold, Brianne A. Voros, Maria M. Chester, Yi-Zarn Wang, J. Philip Boudreaux, Eugene A. Woltering, Ann-Porter Uhlhorn, Pamela Ryan, Richard J. Campeau and Lowell B. Anthony
    Ochsner Journal December 2017, 17 (4) 335-340;
  • A Potential Additional Variable to Consider in the Surgical Treatment of Ductal Carcinoma in Situ
    Katherine Chaisson, Amy Rivere, Ralph Corsetti, Tova Weiss and George M. Fuhrman
    Ochsner Journal December 2017, 17 (4) 341-344;

Reviews and Contemporary Updates

  • The Relationship Between Regional Anesthesia and Cancer: A Metaanalysis
    Ravi K. Grandhi, Samuel Lee and Alaa Abd-Elsayed
    Ochsner Journal December 2017, 17 (4) 345-361;
  • Leptomeningeal Disease and the Evolving Role of Molecular Targeted Therapy and Immunotherapy
    Katharine Hall Thomas and Robert A. Ramirez
    Ochsner Journal December 2017, 17 (4) 362-378;
  • The Role of Checkpoint Inhibition in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer
    Jonathan Lu and Robert A. Ramirez
    Ochsner Journal December 2017, 17 (4) 379-387;
  • Molecular Targets in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer
    Ryan Griffin and Robert A. Ramirez
    Ochsner Journal December 2017, 17 (4) 388-392;
  • Oncology and Palliative Medicine: Providing Comprehensive Care for Patients With Cancer
    Laura Finn, Alva Roche Green and Sonia Malhotra
    Ochsner Journal December 2017, 17 (4) 393-397;
  • Older Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Treatment Challenges and Future Directions
    Laura Finn, Andrew Dalovisio and James Foran
    Ochsner Journal December 2017, 17 (4) 398-404;
  • Endocrine Therapy for Early Breast Cancer: Updated Review
    Alexander Tremont, Jonathan Lu and John T. Cole
    Ochsner Journal December 2017, 17 (4) 405-411;
  • Intraarterial Liver-Directed Therapies: The Role of Interventional Oncology
    Jenson Ma, Juan Martin Gimenez, Tyler Sandow, Daniel Devun, David Kirsch, Paul Gulotta, Patrick Gilbert and Dennis Kay
    Ochsner Journal December 2017, 17 (4) 412-416;

Case Reports and Clinical Observations

  • Sigmoid Colonic Polyp as Initial Presentation of Metastatic Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma
    Andrew C. Berry, Rahman Nakshabendi, Ozdemir Kanar, Wayne Cai and Mohan Persaud
    Ochsner Journal December 2017, 17 (4) 417-420;
  • Paraneoplastic Cardiac Involvement in Renal Cell Carcinoma With Dermatomyositis Sine Dermatitis
    Htoo Kyaw, Atif Z. Shaikh, Cesar Ayala-Rodriguez and Misra Deepika
    Ochsner Journal December 2017, 17 (4) 421-425;
  • Periampullary Carcinoma: Unusual Sites of Metastasis
    Anju Bansal, Varsha Dalal, Manveen Kaur and Fouzia Siraj
    Ochsner Journal December 2017, 17 (4) 426-429;
  • Body Art Confounding a Case of Breast Cancer
    Lena Gowharji, Dana Smetherman and Brett Roberts
    Ochsner Journal December 2017, 17 (4) 430-433;
  • Primary Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma of the Penis
    Hyung Sun Yoo, Suma Satti and Marc Matrana
    Ochsner Journal December 2017, 17 (4) 434-437;
  • Invasive Insular Thyroid Carcinoma Presenting as Nonparalytic Dysphonia
    Blake S. Raggio, Blair M. Barton, Maria C. Grant, Judith A. Fornadley and Jeffrey P. Marino
    Ochsner Journal December 2017, 17 (4) 438-441;
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