Junko Ozao-Choy

A Microcosm of Disparities in Breast Cancer: Comparison Between a Private Hospital and a Safety-Net County Hospital Within Los Angeles County.

Authors:

Natalie C McClintock Reed I Ayabe Ruben D Salas Parra Amy H Kaji Javier I J Orozco Diego M Marzese Estela Samuels Stacey L Stern Christine Dauphine Junko J Ozao-Choy

Am Surg 2021 Feb 25:3134821998668. Epub 2021 Feb 25.

21640Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, USA.

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February 2021

Helicobacter pylori and Gallstone Disease: Incidence and Outcomes in a Los Angeles County Population.

Authors:

Sonam Kapadia Amy H Kaji Danielle M Hari Junko Ozao-Choy Kathryn T Chen

J Gastrointest Surg 2021 Feb 23. Epub 2021 Feb 23.

Department of Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 1000 West Carson Street, Box 25, Torrance, CA, 90502, USA.

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February 2021

Does diagnostic mammography need to be a routine component of the initial evaluation of a breast symptom in women 30-39 years of age?

Authors:

Jasmin C Neal Sunita Saith Christine Khong-McBride Babak N Kalantari Annette Ho Vishtasb Ariazand Junko Ozao-Choy Christine Dauphine

Breast J 2021 Feb 12. Epub 2021 Feb 12.

Department of Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, USA.

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February 2021

Intraductal papilloma: An unusual presentation.

Authors:

John A Michel-Ruddy Truc T Tran Junko J Ozao-Choy Rose J Venegas Christine Dauphine

Breast J 2020 Dec 29. Epub 2020 Dec 29.

Department of Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, USA.

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December 2020

Surgical referral for cholecystectomy in patients with atypical symptoms.

Authors:

Sonam G Kapadia Amy H Kaji Danielle M Hari Junko Ozao-Choy Kathryn T Chen

Am J Surg 2020 12 19;220(6):1451-1455. Epub 2020 Oct 19.

Department of Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 1000 West Carson Street, Torrance, CA, 90502, United States. Electronic address:

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December 2020

Initiation of an Intraoperative Radiotherapy Program at a Safety net Hospital: What Is the Impact of an Intraoperative Radiotherapy Program in Underserved Patients With Early Breast Cancer?

Authors:

Priti Lalchandani Chad Sila Junko Ozao-Choy Christine Dauphine

Am Surg 2020 Nov 24:3134820956351. Epub 2020 Nov 24.

Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, USA.

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November 2020

Are Nomograms Useful in Predicting Upstage From Ductal Carcinoma In Situ to Invasive Carcinoma Requiring Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy?

Authors:

Sonam Kapadia Albert Lee Amy H Kaji Junko Ozao-Choy Christine Dauphine

Am Surg 2020 Oct 2;86(10):1238-1242. Epub 2020 Nov 2.

Department of Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, USA.

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October 2020

Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair: Undervalued by the Relative Value Unit System.

Authors:

Sonam Kapadia Junko Ozao-Choy Christian de Virgilio Dennis Kim Ashkan Moazzez

Am Surg 2020 Oct 30;86(10):1324-1329. Epub 2020 Oct 30.

Department of Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, USA.

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October 2020

Can Oncotype DX testing be omitted in invasive breast cancer patients with clinicopathologic factors predicting very high pretest probability of a concordant result?

Authors:

Sonam Kapadia Sai Priyanka Gudiwada Amy H Kaji Rowan T Chlebowski Rose Venegas Junko Ozao-Choy Christine Dauphine

Breast J 2020 11 1;26(11):2199-2202. Epub 2020 Oct 1.

Department of Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, USA.

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November 2020

Should Robotic Surgery Training Be Prioritized in General Surgery Residency? A Survey of Fellowship Program Director Perspectives.

Authors:

Sonam Kapadia Adam Shellito Cynthia M Tom Junko Ozao-Choy Eric Simms Angela Neville Beverley A Petrie Christine Dauphine

J Surg Educ 2020 Nov - Dec;77(6):e245-e250. Epub 2020 Aug 1.

Department of Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Torrance, California. Electronic address:

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August 2020

Single Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancers Have Distinct Characteristics and Survival.

Authors:

Christine Dauphine Ashkan Moazzez Jasmin C Neal Rowan T Chlebowski Junko Ozao-Choy

Ann Surg Oncol 2020 Nov 28;27(12):4687-4694. Epub 2020 Jul 28.

Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, USA.

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November 2020

Lipomatous Soft Tissue Masses: Challenging the Paradigm of Routine Preoperative Biopsy.

Authors:

Natalie C McClintock Vikas Satyananda Christine Dauphine Danielle M Hari Kathryn T Chen Junko J Ozao-Choy

J Surg Res 2020 03 23;247:103-107. Epub 2019 Nov 23.

Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California. Electronic address:

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March 2020

Need for More Objective Data to Determine Relative Value Units for Surgical Effort.

Authors:

Ashkan Moazzez Junko Ozao-Choy Christian de Virgilio

JAMA Surg 2019 10;154(10):922

Department of Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California.

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October 2019

Can Selective Image-Guided Intraoperative Margin Resection Improve Re-Excision Rates after Lumpectomy in Ductal Carcinoma of the Breast?

Authors:

Kelsey Gray Reed Ayabe Andrew Shover Ashkan Moazzez Junko Ozao-Choy Christine Dauphine

Am Surg 2018 Oct;84(10):1580-1583

Department of Surgery and †Division of Surgical Oncology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, USA.

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October 2018

Effect of the Affordable Care Act on breast cancer presentation at a safety net hospital.

Authors:

Vikas Satyananda Junko Ozao-Choy Christine Dauphine Kathryn T Chen

Am J Surg 2019 04 17;217(4):764-766. Epub 2019 Jan 17.

Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, 90502, USA. Electronic address:

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April 2019

A survey of robotic surgery training curricula in general surgery residency programs: How close are we to a standardized curriculum?

Authors:

Cynthia M Tom James D Maciel Abraham Korn Junko J Ozao-Choy Danielle M Hari Angela L Neville Christian de Virgilio Christine Dauphine

Am J Surg 2019 02 22;217(2):256-260. Epub 2018 Nov 22.

Department of Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 1000 West Carson Street, Torrance, CA, 90502, United States; Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, 1124 West Carson Street, Torrance, CA, 90502, United States. Electronic address:

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February 2019

A new era of neoadjuvant treatment with Pertuzumab: Should the 10-lymph node guideline for axillary lymph node dissection in breast cancer be revised?

Authors:

Michael P O'Leary Brian J Beckord Kyle E Mock Rose J Venegas James J Yeh Christine E Dauphine Junko J Ozao-Choy

Cancer Rep (Hoboken) 2018 12 16;1(4):e1132. Epub 2018 Sep 16.

Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, USA.

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December 2018

Intraoperative Injection of 99m-Tc Sulfur Colloid for Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy: Can the Preoperative Injection Procedure be Eliminated?

Authors:

Jon S Williams Priti Lalchandani Ashkan Moazzez Junko Ozao-Choy Christine Dauphine

Ann Surg Oncol 2018 Oct 28;25(10):2975-2978. Epub 2018 Jun 28.

Department of Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, USA.

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October 2018

Building a Single-Site Robotic Cholecystectomy Program in a Public Teaching Hospital: Is It Safe for Patients and Feasible for Residents to Participate?

Authors:

Michael P O'leary Reed I Ayabe Christine E Dauphine Danielle M Hari Junko J Ozao-Choy

Am Surg 2018 Feb;84(2):188-191

Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Harbor UCLA, Medical Center, Torrance, California, USA.

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February 2018

Single-site robotic cholecystectomy and robotics training: should we start in the junior years?

Authors:

Reed I Ayabe Aaron B Parrish Christine E Dauphine Danielle M Hari Junko J Ozao-Choy

J Surg Res 2018 04 22;224:1-4. Epub 2017 Dec 22.

Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California.

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April 2018

Prognostic Value of Multiple Draining Lymph Node Basins in Melanoma: A Matched-Pair Analysis Based on the John Wayne Cancer Institute Experience.

Authors:

J Harrison Howard Junko J Ozao-Choy Jason M Hiles Myung-Shin Sim Mark B Faries

Front Oncol 2017 14;7:172. Epub 2017 Aug 14.

Department of Surgical Oncology, John Wayne Cancer Institute at Saint John's Health Center, Santa Monica, CA, United States.

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August 2017

The prognostic importance of scalp location in primary head and neck melanoma.

Authors:

Junko Ozao-Choy Daniel W Nelson Jason Hiles Stacey Stern Jeong Lim Yoon Myung Shin Sim Mark B Faries

J Surg Oncol 2017 Sep 22;116(3):337-343. Epub 2017 May 22.

John Wayne Cancer Institute at Providence Saint John's Health Center, Santa Monica, California.

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September 2017

Atypical giant trichoblastoma: An unusual presentation.

Authors:

Luan V Nguyen Maryam Masouminia Junko-Ozao Choy Shi K Peng Ping Ji Samuel W French

Exp Mol Pathol 2017 02 9;102(1):22-24. Epub 2016 Nov 9.

Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Department of Pathology, United States. Electronic address:

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February 2017

Effects of combined sunitinib and extracranial stereotactic radiotherapy on bone marrow hematopoiesis.

Authors:

Johnny Kao Jonathan Timmins Junko Ozao-Choy Stuart Packer

Oncol Lett 2016 Sep 13;12(3):2139-2144. Epub 2016 Jul 13.

Division of Medical Oncology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA.

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September 2016

Immunoprofiling for prognostic assessment of colon cancer: a novel complement to ultrastaging.

Authors:

Simon Lavotshkin John R Jalas Hitoe Torisu-Itakura Junko Ozao-Choy Ji Hey Lee Myung Shin Sim Alexander Stojadinovic Zev Wainberg Carlo B Bifulco Bernard A Fox Anton J Bilchik

J Gastrointest Surg 2015 Jun 26;19(6):999-1006. Epub 2015 Mar 26.

Department of Surgical Oncology, The John Wayne Cancer Institute at Providence Saint John's Health Center, 2200 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica, CA, 90404, USA.

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June 2015

Melanoma vaccines: mixed past, promising future.

Authors:

Junko Ozao-Choy Delphine J Lee Mark B Faries

Surg Clin North Am 2014 Oct 7;94(5):1017-30, viii. Epub 2014 Aug 7.

John Wayne Cancer Institute, 2200 Santa Monica Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA 90404, USA. Electronic address:

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October 2014

Clinical Benefit from Ipilimumab Therapy in Melanoma Patients may be Associated with Serum CTLA4 Levels.

Authors:

Anna M Leung Agnes Fermin Lee Junko Ozao-Choy Romela Irene Ramos Omid Hamid Steven J O'Day Myung Shin-Sim Donald L Morton Mark B Faries Peter A Sieling Delphine J Lee

Front Oncol 2014 16;4:110. Epub 2014 May 16.

Dirks/Dougherty Laboratory for Cancer Research, Department of Translational Immunology, John Wayne Cancer Institute at Saint John's Health Center , Santa Monica, CA , USA.

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June 2014