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ASO Author Reflections: 1400 IORT Cases—A Christmas Miracle by Silverstein, Melvin J., Epstein, Melinda S., Chen, Peter, Lin, Kevin, Kim, Brian

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Recurrence and Survival Rates for 1400 Early Breast Tumors Treated with Intraoperative Radiation Therapy (IORT) by Silverstein, Melvin J., Epstein, Melinda S., Chen, Peter, Lin, Kevin, Khan, Sadia, Snyder, Lincoln, Coleman, Colleen, Guerra, Lisa, Dehkordi-Vakil, Farideh, Kim, Brian

“…Introduction Intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) permits accurate delivery of radiation therapy directly to the tumor bed. We report local, regional, and…”
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ASO Visual Abstract: Recurrence and Survival Rates for 1400 Early Breast Tumors Treated with Intraoperative Radiation Therapy (IORT) by Silverstein, Melvin J., Epstein, Melinda S., Chen, Peter, Lin, Kevin, Khan, Sadia, Snyder, Lincoln, Coleman, Colleen, Guerra, Lisa, Dehkordi-Vakil, Farideh, Kim, Brian

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Intraoperative Radiation Using Low-Kilovoltage X-Rays for Early Breast Cancer: A Single Site Trial by Silverstein, Melvin J., Epstein, Melinda S., Lin, Kevin, Chen, Peter, Khan, Sadia, Snyder, Lincoln, Guerra, Lisa E., De Leon, Cristina, Mackintosh, Ralph, Coleman, Colleen, Lopez, January, Kim, Brian

“…Introduction Two prospective, randomized trials, TARGIT-A and ELIOT, have shown intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) to be a safe alternative to whole…”
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Factor VIII gene variants and inhibitor risk in African American hemophilia A patients by Gunasekera, Devi, Ettinger, Ruth A., Nakaya Fletcher, Shelley, James, Eddie A., Liu, Maochang, Barrett, John C., Withycombe, Janice, Matthews, Dana C., Epstein, Melinda S., Hughes, Richard J., Pratt, Kathleen P.

“…African American hemophilia A (HA) patients experience a higher incidence of neutralizing anti-factor VIII (FVIII) antibodies (“inhibitors”) vis-à-vis white…”
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Phenotypes of allo- and autoimmune antibody responses to FVIII characterized by surface plasmon resonance by Lewis, Kenneth B, Hughes, Richard J, Epstein, Melinda S, Josephson, Neil C, Kempton, Christine L, Kessler, Craig M, Key, Nigel S, Howard, Tom E, Kruse-Jarres, Rebecca, Lusher, Jeanne M, Walsh, Christopher E, Watts, Raymond G, Ettinger, Ruth A, Pratt, Kathleen P

“…Evidence of antibody isotype/subtype switching may provide prognostic value regarding the state of immune responses to therapeutic proteins, e.g. anti-factor…”
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Association between HER-2/neu and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Expression Predicts Clinical Outcome in Primary Breast Cancer Patients by KONECNY, Gottfried E, MENG, Y. Gloria, BERYT, Malgorzata, HEPP, Hermann, SLAMON, Dennis J, PEGRAM, Mark D, UNTCH, Michael, WANG, He-Jing, BAUERFEIND, Ingo, EPSTEIN, Melinda, STIEBER, Petra, VERNES, Jean-Michel, GUTIERREZ, Johnny, KYU HONG

“…Purpose: Activation or overexpression of HER-2/ neu is associated with up-regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in human breast cancer cells…”
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Acute and Chronic Complications in Patients with Ductal Carcinoma in Situ Treated with Intraoperative Radiation Therapy by Epstein, Melinda S, Silverstein, Melvin J, Lin, Kevin, Kim, Brian, De Leon, Cristina, Khan, Sadia, Guerra, Lisa E, Snyder, Lincoln, Coleman, Colleen, Lopez, January, Mackintosh, Ralph, Chen, Peter

“…Intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) delivers radiation therapy directly to the tumor bed at the time of surgery. Minimal data are available regarding IORT…”
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Local control in ductal carcinoma in situ treated by excision alone: incremental benefit of larger margins by MacDonald, Heather R., Silverstein, Melvin J., Mabry, Helen, Moorthy, Brenda, Ye, Wei, Epstein, Melinda S., Holmes, Dennis, Silberman, Howard, Lagios, Michael

“…Margin width has been shown previously to be the most important predictor of local treatment failure after breast conservation for ductal carcinoma in situ…”
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Abstract PS15-11: Intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) for1200 early breast tumors by Epstein, Melinda, Silverstein, Melvin, Chen, Peter, Lin, Kevin, Kim, Brian, Khan, Sadia, Snyder, Lincoln, Guerra, Lisa E., Coleman, Colleen

“…Introduction: Two prospective randomized trials, TARGIT-A and ELIOT, have shown intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) to be a safe alternative with a…”
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Intraoperative Radiation Therapy (IORT): A Series of 1000 Tumors by Silverstein, Melvin J., Epstein, Melinda, Kim, Brian, Lin, Kevin, Khan, Sadia, Snyder, Lincoln, Guerra, Lisa, Coleman, Colleen, Chen, Peter

“…Background Two prospective, randomized trials, TARGIT-A and ELIOT, have shown intraoperative radiation therapy to be a safe alternative, with a low-risk of…”
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Are We Overtreating Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS)? by Khan, Sadia, Epstein, Melinda, Lagios, Michael D., Silverstein, Melvin J.

“…Objective During 2015, the media was flooded with the issue of whether ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) was being overtreated and whether favorable cases could…”
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Acute and Chronic Complications in Breast Cancer Patients Treated with Intraoperative Radiation Therapy by Epstein, Melinda, Silverstein, Melvin, Lin, Kevin, Kim, Brian, Khan, Sadia, De Leon, Cristina, Guerra, Lisa, Snyder, Lincoln, Coleman, Colleen, Lopez, January, Mackintosh, Ralph, Chen, Peter

“…Introduction Intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) permits the delivery of radiation therapy directly to the tumor bed at the time of surgery. Minimal data…”
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Oncoplastic Split Reduction with Intraoperative Radiation Therapy by Silverstein, Melvin J., Savalia, Nirav B., Khan, Sadia, Ryan, Jessica, Epstein, Melinda, DeLeon, Cristina, Chen, Peter, Kim, Brian

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Factor VIII Gene Variants and Inhibitor Risk in African American Hemophilia a Patients by Gunasekera, Devi, Ettinger, Ruth A., Fletcher, Shelley Nakaya, James, Eddie A., Liu, Maochang, Barrett, John C., Withycombe, Janice, Matthews, Dana C., Epstein, Melinda S., Hughes, Richard J., Pratt, Kathleen P.

“…African American hemophilia A (HA) patients experience a higher incidence of neutralizing antibodies (“inhibitors”) against factor VIII (FVIII) vis-à-vis…”
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Sequence-Modified Factor VIII Variants Having Reduced Immunogenicity by Ettinger, Ruth A., Epstein, Melinda S., Puranik, Komal, Hughes, Richard J., Liberman, Joseph A, James, Eddie, Howard, Tom E., Cole, Shelley S., Matthews, Dana C., Pratt, Kathleen P.

“…Abstract 39 Neutralizing anti-factor VIII (FVIII) antibodies, or “inhibitors”, interfere with FVIII pro-coagulant activity, and persistent inhibitors can…”
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Gene expression profiles and tumor locations in colorectal cancer (left vs. right vs. rectum) by Maus, Martin K. H., Hanna, Diana L., Stephens, Craig, Grimminger, Peter Philipp, Epstein, Melinda, Astrow, Stephanie H., Yang, Dongyun, Loupakis, Fotios, Hsiang, Jack, Zeger, Gary, Wakatsuki, Takeru, Barzi, Afsaneh, Lenz, Heinz-Josef

“…Abstract only 3527 Background: Recent data suggests that CRC from different locations show distinct genetic profiles. Right-sided tumors have a worse prognosis…”
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Potential Immunogenicity of Amino Acid Sequences Encoded by Ns-SNPs in Factor VIII by Gunasekera, Devi, Ettinger, Ruth A., Hughes, Richard J., Epstein, Melinda S., Barrett, John C., Thompson, Alexis A., Withycombe, Janice, Pratt, Kathleen P.

“…Abstract 3329 Development of inhibitory antibodies that block factor VIII (FVIII) pro-coagulant function requires T-cell help. In order for T-cell stimulation…”
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Breast cancer–specific mortality after invasive local recurrence in patients with ductal carcinoma-in-situ of the breast by Lee, Laura A., Silverstein, Melvin J., Chung, Cathie T., Macdonald, Heather, Sanghavi, Premal, Epstein, Melinda, Holmes, Dennis R., Silberman, Howard, Ye, Wei, Lagios, Michael D.

“…Previous studies on the efficacy of primary treatments for ductal carcinoma-in-situ (DCIS) have focused on local recurrence rates. Our objective was to detail…”
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Herceptin (Trastuzumab) in the Adjuvant Setting: The Need for Accurate HER-2 Testing in Breast Cancer by Epstein, Melinda, Ma, Yanling, Press, Michael F.

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