From the *Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC; †The Clinical Innovation Group, Charleston, SC; ‡Department of Pharmacy Practice, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC; §Department of Biometry & Epidemiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC; ¶Department of Surgery, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL; ∥Department of Surgery, Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; **Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI;††Department of Surgery, Washington University, St. Louis, MO; ‡‡Department of Surgery, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland; §§Department of Surgery, Lincoln & Louth County Hospital, Lincoln, England; ¶¶Department of Surgery, Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, Spartanburg, SC; ∥∥Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN; ***Department of Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital,Victoria, Australia; †††Howard University Cancer Center, Washington, DC; ‡‡‡Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI; §§§Department of Surgery, University of Florida Hospital, Jacksonville, FL; ¶¶¶Department of Surgery, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA; ∥∥∥Department of Surgery, Palmetto Health Alliance, Columbia, SC; and ****Department of Pathology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
Source of Support: Department of Defense N00014-99-1-0784.
Drs. Gillanders and Mikhitarian contributed equally to this manuscript.
Reprints: David J. Cole, MD, MUSC Department of Surgery, 171 Ashley Ave, Room 420Q CSB, Charleston, SC 29425. E-mail: [email protected].