Vol 3, No 9 (June 16, 2015): Annals of Translational Medicine

Editorial

Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy and surgery: two gold standards for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer?
Hanbo Chen, Alexander V. Louie
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Old people suffer the ravages of the years”: changes of treatments in elderly patients with early stage non-small cell lung cancer
Luca Bertolaccini, Andrea Viti, Alberto Terzi
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The anti-CD40 auto-antibody: a biomarker or a factor for the permeability of recurrent focal segmental glomerulosclerosis?
Séverine Beaudreuil, Hans Kristian Lorenzo, Antoine Durrbach
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Can venous thromboembolism navigate the prevention of cardiovascular complications?
Alena Shantsila, Gregory Y.H. Lip
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Arterial cardiovascular events and mortality following venous thromboembolism
Kasper Adelborg, Jens Sundbøll, Henrik Toft Sørensen
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:117
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Original Article

Chromogranin A as a predictor of radiological disease progression in neuroendocrine tumours
Roberta Elisa Rossi, Jorge Garcia-Hernandez, Tim Meyer, Christina Thirlwell, Jennifer Watkins, Nicholas Guy Martin, Martyn Evan Caplin, Christos Toumpanakis
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Histopathological correlations of appendectomies: a clinical audit of a single center
Ayodeji Oluwarotimi Omiyale, Samuel Adjepong
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A sneak peak of the 2015 report on the market of type 2 diabetes mellitus diagnosis and treatment in China
Xingwei Li, Yi Zhan, Qing Wang, Yinnan Xu, Yanling Liu, Xiaoyan Wang, Yanyan Ren
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Review Article

Current trends in the surgical management and treatment of adult glioblastoma
Richard M. Young, Aria Jamshidi, Gregory Davis, Jonathan H. Sherman
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:121
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Dietary, non-microbial intervention to prevent Helicobacter pylori-associated gastric diseases
Young-Min Han, Jong-Min Park, Migyeong Jeong, Jun-Hwan Yoo, Won-Hee Kim, Seok-Pyo Shin, Weon-Jin Ko, Ki-Baik Hahm
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The macrosphere model—an embolic stroke model for studying the pathophysiology of focal cerebral ischemia in a translational approach
Maureen Walberer, Maria Adele Rueger
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:123
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Surgical Technique

Laparoscopic extended right hemicolectomy with D3 lymphadenectomy
Yong Li
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Laparoscopic radical gastrectomy for gastric cancer: traps and strategies
Lu Zang
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Application of laparoscopy in the diagnosis and treatment of gastric cancer
Ziyu Li, Jiafu Ji
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Mediastinal Surgery

Robotic thoracic surgery of the posterior superior mediastinal mass
Shiguang Xu, Bo Liu, Xilong Wang, Hao Meng, Tong Wang, Wei Xu, Shumin Wang
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Expert Consensus

Expert consensus on image-guided radiofrequency ablation of pulmonary tumors—2015 edition
Bao-Dong Liu, Xiu-Yi Zhi
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Meet the Professor1

Professor Yin Li: “non-tube no fasting”—an innovative management of fast-track surgery in patients with esophageal cancer
Eunice X. Xu
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Disclosure:

1. The series “Meet the Professor” was commissioned by the editorial office, Annals of Translational Medicine without any sponsorship or funding.