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Dr. Douglas Evans The following are contributions from Douglas B. Evans, MD, who recently joined the Froedtert & The Medical College of Wisconsin Clinical Cancer Center and the Department of Surgery. Dr. Evans came to Froedtert & The Medical College from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center where he and his group defined how to manage patients with localized pancreatic cancer. Additional information can be found in the attached manuscripts, as well as the interview with Dr. Evans which appears on the Lustgarten Foundation Web site. Patients can be referred to Dr. Evans by speaking directly with Gail Laschen in the Clinical Cancer Center at 414-805-6849.

Endocrine Cancer Program

Adrenal Tumors (pheochromocytoma, adrenal cancer, benign tumors of the adrenal cortex)

Posterior Retroperitoneoscopic Adrenalectomy: Preferred Technique for Removal of Benign Tumors and Isolated Metastases (Annals of Surgery)

Laparoscopic Resection of Aedrenal Cortical Carcinoma: A Cautionary Note (Surgery)

Evaluation and Surgical Resection of Adrenal Masses in Patients with a History of Extra-Adrenal Malignancy (Surgery)

Surgical Management of Hereditary Pheochromocytoma (Journal of the American College of Surgery)

Unknown Primary Cancer Presenting as an Adrenal Mass: Frequency and Implications for Diagnostic Evaluation of Adrenal Incidentalomas (Surgery)

Carcinoid Tumors

Carcinoid Tumors of the Duodenum (Surgery)

One Hundred Years After “Carcinoid”: Epidemiology of and Prognostic Factors for Neuroendocrine Tumors in 35,825 Cases in the United States (Journal of Clinical Oncology)

Hyperparathyroidism

Outpatient Minimally Invasive Parathyroidectomy is Safe for Elderly Patients (Journal of the American College of Surgeons)

Improved Preoperative Planning for Directed Parathyroidectomy with 4-Dimensional Computed Tomography (Surgery)

Surgical Management of Familial Hyperparathyroidism (Annals of Surgical Oncology)

Parathyroid Carcinoma: A 22 year Experience (Head and Neck)
 
Surgical Treatment of Hyperparathyroidism in Patients With Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type (Archives of Surgery)

Impact of Preoperative Thyroid Ultrasonography on the Surgical Management of Primary Hyperparathyroidism (British Journal of Surgery)

Inherited Endocrine Tumors (Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia)

Invited Commentary: Medullary Thyroid Cancer: The Importance of RET Testing (Surgery)

The Role of Genetics in the Surgical Management of Familial Endocrinopathy Syndromes (Journal of the American College of Surgery)

Failure to Recognize Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia 2B: More Common Than We Think? (Annals of Surgical Oncology)

Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2: Evaluation of the Genotype-Phenotype Relationship (Archives of Surgery)

Genotype-Phenotype Analysis in Multiple Neoplasia Type 1 (Archives of Surgery)

Surgical Management of Hereditary Pheochromocytoma (Journal of the American College of Surgery)

Thyroid Cancer (papillary, follicular and medullary)

Thyroid Cancer in Young Adults (Seminars in Oncology)

Medullary Thyroid Cancer: Management Guidelines of the American Thyroid Association (Thyroid)

Invited Commentary: Medullary Thyroid Cancer: The Importance of RET Testing (Surgery)

Management of Thyroid Nodules Detected at US: Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound Consensus Conference Statement1 (Radiology)

Role of Lymph Node Dissection in Primary Surgery for Thyroid Cancer (Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network)
 
Preventable Reoperations for Persistent and Recurrent Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma (Surgery)

RET Proto-Oncogene: A Review and Update of Genotype–Phenotype Correlations in Hereditary Medullary Thyroid Cancer and Associated Endocrine Tumors (Thyroid)

Role of Preoperative Ultrasonography in the Surgical Management of Patients With Thyroid Cancer (Surgery)

Followup of Patients with Papillary Thyroid Cancer: In Search of the Optimal Algorithm (Journal of the American College of Surgery)
 
Postoperative Radiotherapy for Advanced Medullary Thyroid Cancer – Local Disease Control in the Modern Era (Head and Neck)

Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma: Results of a Standardized Surgical Approach in a Contemporary Series of 80 Consecutive Patients (Surgery)



Liver, Pancreas and Bile Duct Cancer Program

Pancreas

Surgical Treatment of Resectable and Borderline Resectable Pancreas Cancer: Expert Consensus Statement (Annals of Surgical Oncology)
 
Significant Associations of Mismatch Repair Gene Polymorphisms With Clinical Outcome of Pancreatic Cancer (Journal of Clinical Oncology)
 
Influence of Obesity on Cancer-Related Outcomes After Pancreatectomy to Treat Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma (Archives of Surgery)

Pancreaticoduodenectomy and Vascular Resection: Persistent Controversy and Current Recommendations (Annals of Surgical Oncology)

Long-Term Survival After Multidisciplinary Management of Resected Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma (Annals of Surgical Oncology)

Anatomy of the Superior Mesenteric Vein With Special Reference to the Surgical Management of First-order Branch Involvement at Pancreaticoduodenectomy (Annals of Surgery)

Tumor-Node-Metastasis Staging of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma (CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians)

Adjuvant Therapy for Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas: Analysis of Reported Trials and Recommendations for Future Progress (Annals of Surgical Oncology)

Editorial: The Added Value of Multidisciplinary Care for Patients with Pancreatic Cancer (Annals of Surgical Oncology)

Ask An Expert: "What role can surgery play for a patient with pancreatic cancer?" (The Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research)

Preoperative Gemcitabine-Based Chemoradiation for Patients With Resectable Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreatic Head (Journal of Clinical Oncology)

Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer: The Importance of This Emerging Stage of Disease (Journal of the American College of Surgery)

Tumor-Node-Metastasis Staging of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma (CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians)

Impact of Resection Status on Pattern of Failure and Survival After Pancreaticoduodenectomy for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma (Annals of Surgery)

Pancreaticoduodenectomy With Vascular Resection: Margin Status and Survival Duration (The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract)

Preoperative Gemcitabine and Cisplatin Followed by Gemcitabine-Based Chemoradiation for Resectable Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreatic Head (Journal of Clinical Oncology)


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Last Review Date: July 27, 2009

Online Editor(s): Christopher Sadler
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