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Jaime Escallon

Associate Professor of Surgery U. of Toronto
Verified email at uhn.ca
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Ultrasound-guided multilevel paravertebral blocks and total intravenous anesthesia improve the quality of recovery after ambulatory breast tumor resection

…, PJ Morgan, T Cil, A McNaught, JM Escallon… - …, 2014 - pubs.asahq.org
Background: Regional anesthesia improves postoperative analgesia and enhances quality
of recovery (QoR) after ambulatory surgery. This randomized, double-blinded, parallel-group…

[HTML][HTML] Changes in insulin receptor signaling underlie neoadjuvant metformin administration in breast cancer: a prospective window of opportunity neoadjuvant study

…, M Ennis, DR McCready, WL Leong, JM Escallon… - Breast cancer …, 2015 - Springer
Introduction The antidiabetic drug metformin exhibits potential anticancer properties that are
believed to involve both direct (insulin-independent) and indirect (insulin-dependent) actions…

TARGIT-R (Retrospective): North American experience with intraoperative radiation using low-kilovoltage X-rays for breast cancer

…, J Ruffer, L Bravo, A Police, JM Escallon… - Annals of surgical …, 2016 - Springer
Background Single-dose intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) is an emerging treatment for
women with early stage breast cancer. The objective of this study was to define the frequency …

Comparing the DN4 tool with the IASP grading system for chronic neuropathic pain screening after breast tumor resection with and without paravertebral blocks: a …

FW Abdallah, PJ Morgan, T Cil, JM Escallon… - Pain, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Investigating protective strategies against chronic neuropathic pain (CNP) after breast
cancer surgery entails using valid screening tools. The DN4 (Douleur Neuropathique en 4 …

[PDF][PDF] Total nutritional therapy: a nutrition education program for physicians

…, M Santillana Cantella, P Savino Lloreda, JM Escallón - 2004 - researchgate.net
Objective: Almost half of all hospitalized patients are malnourished with low physician
awareness or implementation of nutrition support1. To address this problem, a 2-day immersion …

Abstract PD03-06: Clinical and Biologic Effects of Metformin in Early Stage Breast Cancer

…, SJ Done, S Hallak, N Hood, W Leong, JM Escallon… - Cancer Research, 2010 - AACR
Background: Numerous epidemiological and pre-clinical studies have associated potential
antineoplastic activity with the antidiabetic drug metformin in various tumor types including …

Sentinel nodes in breast cancer: relevance of axillary level II nodes and optimal number of nodes that need to be removed

JF Boileau, A Easson, JM Escallon, WL Leong… - Annals of Surgical …, 2008 - Springer
Background In some patients, the radiocolloid used to perform sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB)
for breast cancer appears in a number of lymph nodes and in different levels of the …

[BOOK][B] Surgical oncology manual

FC Wright, JM Escallon, M Cukier, ME Tsang… - 2016 - Springer
… Jaime Escallon … Wright• Jaime Escallon … Jaime Escallon, MD, FRCSC, FACS
Department of Surgery University of Toronto Toronto, ON, Canada …

Prognostic significance of a positive axillary lymph node fine‐needle aspirate in patients with invasive breast carcinoma

MC Chang, JM Escallon, TJ Colgan - Cancer cytopathology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Image‐guided axillary lymph node fine‐needle aspirates (FNAs) correlate
well with pathologic lymph node staging in cases of invasive breast carcinoma. The objective …

Abstract PD03-05: Analysis of tumour cell signaling in response to neoadjuvant metformin in women with early stage breast cancer.

…, N Hood, DR McCready, W Leong, JM Escallon… - Cancer Research, 2012 - AACR
Background: The anti-diabetic drug metformin, commonly used to treat type 2 diabetes due
to its ability to reduce circulating glucose and insulin, has emerged as a potential anti-cancer …