1999
Follow‐up recommendations for patients with American Joint Committee on Cancer Stages I–III malignant melanoma
Poo‐Hwu W, Ariyan S, Lamb L, Papac R, Zelterman D, Hu G, Brown J, Fischer D, Bolognia J, Buzaid A. Follow‐up recommendations for patients with American Joint Committee on Cancer Stages I–III malignant melanoma. Cancer 1999, 86: 2252-2258. PMID: 10590365, DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19991201)86:11<2252::aid-cncr12>3.0.co;2-q.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCancer stage IAmerican Joint CommitteePatient education programStage IYale Melanoma UnitSurveillance scheduleSymptomatic recurrenceMelanoma UnitSurveillance examinationsJoint CommitteeOverall survival rateStage of diseaseDetection of recurrenceAsymptomatic recurrenceAsymptomatic patientsDistant recurrenceLocoregional recurrenceHazard ratioDisease recurrenceInitial visitMore recurrencesMost recurrencesLate recurrenceMelanoma patientsRecurrence group
1983
Tomographic Gallium-67 Citrate Scanning Useful New Surveillance for Metastatic Melanoma
KIRKWOOD J, MYERS J, VLOCK D, NEUMANN R, ARIYAN S, GOTTSCHALK A, HOFFER P. Tomographic Gallium-67 Citrate Scanning Useful New Surveillance for Metastatic Melanoma. Annals Of Surgery 1983, 198: 102-107. PMID: 6859984, PMCID: PMC1352941, DOI: 10.1097/00000658-198307000-00020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLymph nodesMetastatic melanomaTomographic scanBone sitesEvident lymph nodesIndependent clinical evaluationProspective surveillance studyPeripheral lymph nodesSoft tissue sitesLymphatic sitesMediastinal sitesGallium scanGallium imagingPulmonary sitesClinical evaluationTomographic scanningAbdominal sitesGallium uptakeBrain sitesOsseous sitesSurveillance studyDiscordant findingsTissue sitesOverall sensitivityMelanoma
1980
An Experimental Model to Determine the Effects of Adjuvant Therapy on the Incidence of Postoperative Wound Infection
Ariyan S, Marfuggi R, Harder G, Goodie M, Schobinger R. An Experimental Model to Determine the Effects of Adjuvant Therapy on the Incidence of Postoperative Wound Infection. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 1980, 65: 328-337. PMID: 6766558, DOI: 10.1097/00006534-198003000-00009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPreoperative radiationDose of radiationPostoperative wound infectionQuantitative bacterial countsRate of infectionAdjuvant therapyPostoperative radiationDoses of radiationSurgical infectionsWound infectionSurgical woundsNeck areaS. aureus organismsVirulent organismsNormal tissuesExperimental modelTissue resistanceInfectionRatsWoundsDoseDosesBacterial contaminationBacterial countsTissueAn Experimental Model to Determine the Effects of Adjuvant Therapy on the Incidence of Postoperative Wound Infection
Ariyan S, Kraft R, Goldberg N, Lawrie H. An Experimental Model to Determine the Effects of Adjuvant Therapy on the Incidence of Postoperative Wound Infection. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 1980, 65: 338-345. PMID: 6766559, DOI: 10.1097/00006534-198003000-00010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWound infectionPostoperative wound infectionUse of methotrexateNormal wound healingLeucovorin treatmentPreoperative adjuvantAdjuvant therapyAdjuvant treatmentNeck cancerSurgical removalSurgical woundsRadiation therapyLD50 doseLarge dosesExperimental modelWound healingTherapyInfectionReasonable approachBacterial contaminationTreatmentOptimal timeMethotrexateAdjuvantMTX