Ochsner Journal: 17 (4)

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;

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;

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;

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;

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;