Dr. James W. Jakub MD
Surgical Oncologist | Surgical Oncology
200 1st St SW Rochester MN, 55905About
Dr. James Jakub is a surgical oncologist practicing in Rochester, MN. Dr. Jakub specializes in diagnosing, staging and treating cancer-related symptoms. Surgical oncologists also decide if the patient is a candidate for surgery or other cancer treatments based on certain factors such as age, physical fitness and other possible coexisting medical conditions
Education and Training
Med Coll of Pa, Philadelphia Pa 1995
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Re: Importance of lymphatic mapping in ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS): why map
- The staging of malignant melanoma and the Florida Melanoma Trial.
- Novel techniques in sentinel lymph node mapping and localization of nonpalpable breast lesions: the Moffitt experience.
- Benign mechanical transport of breast epithelial cells to sentinel lymph nodes.
- Double-blind randomized phase II study of the combination of sorafenib and dacarbazine in patients with advanced melanoma: a report from the 11715 Study Group.
- False negative rate for frozen section analysis of SLNs.
- Colon cancer and low lymph node count: who is to blame?
- Metastasectomy and surgical resection of the primary tumor in patients with stage IV breast cancer: time for a second look?
- Mayo Clinic consensus recommendations for the depth of excision in primary cutaneous melanoma.
- A positive intramammary lymph node does not mandate a complete axillary node dissection.
- Diabetic mastopathy as a radiographically occult palpable breast mass.
- In-transit melanoma: an individualized approach.
- Natural history of merkel cell carcinoma following locoregional recurrence.
- Invasive lobular carcinoma of the nipple.
- Balancing venous thromboembolism and hematoma after breast surgery.
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