| Topic | Articles |
Melanoma &
Non-Melanoma
Skin Cancers | Angeles CV, Wong SL, Karakousis G. The Landmark Series: Randomized Trials Examining Surgical Margins for Cutaneous Melanoma. Ann Surg Oncol. 2020 Jan;27(1):3-12.
Beasley GM, et al. The Landmark Series: Regional Therapy of Recurrent Cutaneous Melanoma. Ann Surg Oncol. 2020 Jan;27(1):35-42.
Bello DM, Faries MB. The Landmark Series: MSLT-1, MSLT-2 and DeCOG (Management of Lymph Nodes). Ann Surg Oncol. 2020 Jan;27(1):15-21.
Egger ME, et al. The Sunbelt Melanoma Trial. Ann Surg Oncol. 2020 Jan;27(1):28-34.
Spillane AJ, et al. The Landmark Series: Neoadjuvant Systemic Therapy (NAST) for Stage 3 Melanoma Patients – A Potential Paradigm Shift in Management. Ann Surg Oncol. 2020 Jul; 27(7):2188-2200. |
| Other Skin Cancer | Lee AY, Berman RS. The Landmark Series: Non-melanoma Skin Cancers. Ann Surg Oncol. 2020 Jan;27(1):22-27. |
| Breast | Boughey JC, et al. Sentinel lymph node surgery after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with node-positive breast cancer: the ACOSOG Z1071 (Alliance) clinical trial. JAMA. 2013 Oct 9;310(14):1455-61.
Elmore LC, et al. The Landmark Series: Mastectomy Trials (Skin-Sparing and Nipple-Sparing and Reconstruction Landmark Trials). Ann Surg Oncol. 2021 Jan;28(1):273-280.
Fisher CS, et al. The Landmark Series: Axillary Management in Breast Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. 2020 Mar;27(3):724-729.
Giuliano AE, Hunt KK, Ballman KV, et al. Axillary dissection vs no axillary dissection in women with invasive breast cancer and sentinel node metastasis: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA. 2011 Feb 9;305(6):569-75. doi: 10.1001/jama.2011.90. PMID: 21304082.
Giuliano AE, et al. Effect of Axillary Dissection vs No Axillary Dissection on 10-Year Overall Survival Among Women With Invasive Breast Cancer and Sentinel Node Metastasis: The ACOSOG Z0011 (Alliance) Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2017 Sep 12;318(10):918-926.
Krag DN, Anderson SJ, Julian TB, et al. Sentinel-lymph-node resection compared with conventional axillary-lymph-node dissection in clinically node-negative patients with breast cancer: overall survival findings from the NSABP B-32 randomised phase 3 trial. Lancet Oncol. 2010 Oct;11(10):927-33. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(10)70207-2. PMID: 20863759.
Leon-Ferre RA, et al. The Landmark Series: Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Triple-Negative and HER2-Positive Breast Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. 2021 Apr;28(4):2111-2119.
Valente SA, Shah C. The Landmark Series: Adjuvant Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. 2020 Jul;27(7): 2203-2211.
Weiss A, et al. The Landmark Series: Neoadjuvant Endocrine Therapy for Breast Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. 2020 Sep;27(9): 3393-3401.
Margenthaler JA, et al. The Landmark Series: Breast Conservation Trials (including oncoplastic breast surgery). Ann Surg Oncol. 2021 Apr;28(4):2120-2127.
Sparano JA, et al. Adjuvant Chemotherapy Guided by a 21-Gene Expression Assay in Breast Cancer. N Engl J Med. 2018 Jul 12;379(2):111-121.
Yan M, et al. Axillary Management in Breast Cancer Patients: A Comprehensive Review of the Key Trials. Clin Breast Cancer. 2018 Dec;18(6):e1251-e1259. |
| Thyroid | Gunn AH, et al. Patient-Reported Outcomes Following Total Thyroidectomy for Graves’ Disease. Thyroid. 2022 Jan;32(1):54-64. doi: 10.1089/thy.2021.0285. PMID: 34663089; PMCID: PMC8917896.
Haugen BR, et al. The American Thyroid Association Guidelines Task Force on Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer. Thyroid. 2016 Jan;26(1):1-133. See also: 2015 ATA Management Guidelines for Adult Patients with Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: What is new and what has changed?
Matsuura D, et al. Surgical Management of Low-/Intermediate-Risk Node Negative Thyroid Cancer: A Single-Institution Study Using Propensity Matching Analysis to Compare Thyroid Lobectomy and Total Thyroidectomy. Thyroid. 2022 Jan;32(1):28-36. doi: 10.1089/thy.2021.0356. PMID: 34861772; PMCID: PMC8792497.
Patel KN, et al. Executive Summary of the AAES Guidelines for the Definitive Surgical Management of Thyroid Disease in Adults. Ann Surg. 2020 Mar;271(3):399-410.
Smith TJ, Hegedüs L. Graves’ Disease. N Engl J Med. 2016 Oct 20;375(16):1552-1565. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra1510030. PMID: 27797318. |
| Parathyroid | Patel A, et al. Parathyroidectomy for Tertiary Hyperparathyroidism: A Multi-Institutional Analysis of Outcomes. J Surg Res. 2021 Feb;258:430-434. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2020.08.079. PMID: 33046234. |
| Adrenal | Birsen O, et al. A new risk stratification algorithm for the management of patients with adrenal incidentalomas. Surgery. 2014 Oct;156(4):959-65.
Lenders JW, et al.; Endocrine Society. Pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma: an endocrine society clinical practice guideline. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2014 Jun;99(6):1915-42. doi: 10.1210/jc.2014-1498. PMID: 24893135.
Mpaili E, et al. Laparoscopic Versus Open Adrenalectomy for Localized/Locally Advanced Primary Adrenocortical Carcinoma (ENSAT I-III) in Adults: Is Margin-Free Resection the Key Surgical Factor that Dictates Outcome? A Review of the Literature. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2018 Apr;28(4):408-414.
Smith CD, et al. Laparoscopic adrenalectomy: new gold standard. World J Surg. 1999 Apr;23(4):389-96.
Sturgeon C, et al. Risk assessment in 457 adrenal cortical carcinomas: how much does tumor size predict the likelihood of malignancy? J Am Coll Surg. 2006 Mar;202(3):423-30.
Zeiger MA, et al. AACE/AAES medical guidelines for the management of adrenal incidentalomas. Endocr Pract. 2009 Jul-Aug;15 Suppl 1:1-20. doi: 10.4158/EP.15.S1.1. PMID: 19632967.
Zhu CY, et al. Comparison of Preoperative Alpha-blockade for Resection of Paraganglioma and Pheochromocytoma. Endocr Pract. 2022 Jul 7:S1530-891X(22)00548-1. doi: 10.1016/j.eprac.2022.06.013. PMID: 35809774. |
| Neuroendocrine Pancreatic Tumors | Cloyd JM, Poultsides GA. The Landmark Series: Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors. Ann Surg Oncol. 2021 Feb;28(2):1039-1049. doi: 10.1245/s10434-020-09133-x. PMID: 32948965.
Ramonell KM, Saunders ND, Sarmiento J, Bercu Z, Martin L, Weber CJ, Sharma J, Patel SG. Avoiding Pitfalls in Insulinomas by Preoperative Localization with a Dual Imaging Approach. Am Surg. 2019 Jul 1;85(7):742-746. PMID: 31405420.
Sada A, et al. Comparison Between Sporadic and Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1-Associated Insulinoma. J Am Coll Surg. 2022 Jun 24. doi: 10.1097/XCS.0000000000000307. PMID: 35752874. |
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