Author's response to reviews Title: Peri-operative chemotherapy in the management of resectable colorectal cancer pulmonary metastases Authors:

Pulmonary metastases from colorectal cancer: 25 years of experience.

OBJECTIVE To examine the experience of pulmonary resections for colorectal metastases at the McGill University Health Centre. DESIGN A chart review. PATIENTS Forty-nine patients treated surgically between 1975 and 1998 for pulmonary metastases from colorectal cancer. INTERVENTION Thoracotomy with pulmonary resection. OUTCOME MEASURES Survival of patients with various preoperative and po...

Author's response to reviews Title: The age distribution of mortality due to influenza: pandemic and peri-pandemic Authors:

Title: The age distribution of mortality due to influenza: pandemic and peri-pandemic Author's response to reviews: see over

Survival prediction in patients with resectable colorectal liver metastases: Clinical risk scores and tumor response to chemotherapy

Clinical risk scores and response to pre-operative chemotherapy are prognostic factors of colorectal liver metastases. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effectiveness of combining these factors to predict patient survival and to select patients for curative therapy. The study included 189 patients who underwent hepatectomy following neo-adjuvant chemotherapy, for initially resect...

Response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in locally advanced gastric and gastroesophageal cancer: Phase II clinical trial

Background: Gastric cancer is an important health problem across the world. Chemotherapy in combination with local treatment is standard treatment for locally advanced gastroesophageal cancers. The purpose of this investigation was evaluation of response and tolerability to neoadjuvant EOX regimen in locoregionally advanced gastric cancer. Materials and Methods: patients with locoregionally adv...

Author's response to reviews Title: IGF-1 Receptor and IGF Binding Protein-3 Might Predict Prognosis of Patients with Resectable Pancreatic Cancer Authors: