A case of subglottic carcinoma effectively treated with intraluminal irradiation using low dose rate iridium-192 thin wires combined with external beam irradiation.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy and toxicity of the combination of paclitaxel and nedaplatin as a first-line chemotherapy for patients with advanced esophageal cancer. METHODS:Patients with advanced esophageal cancer received 175 mg/m(2) of paclitaxel over a 3 h infusion, followed by nedapla...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Cao W,Xu C,Lou G,Jiang J,Zhao S,Geng M,Xi W,Li H,Jin Y

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Patients with end-stage renal disease are suggestive to have a higher risk for the development of some kinds of cancer. The aim of this study is to evaluate the possible association between malignancy and end-stage renal disease in Taiwan. METHODS:We used the data of the National Health Insurance system of T...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Liang JA,Sun LM,Yeh JJ,Sung FC,Chang SN,Kao CH

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Studies have suggested that bevacizumab has shown activity against various pediatric solid tumors. We, therefore, conducted a Phase I study of bevacizumab plus irinotecan in Japanese children with recurrent, progressive or refractory solid tumors. METHODS:The starting dose was bevacizumab 10 mg/kg over 60-90...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Okada K,Yamasaki K,Tanaka C,Fujisaki H,Osugi Y,Hara J

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hematogenous metastases of colon cancer have primarily been explained by the cascade hypothesis based on the cadaveric study. However, we experienced several cases with isolated lung metastasis. The metastatic patterns of a total of 982 patients with colon cancer who underwent surgery were reviewed. The incidence ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Sadahiro S,Suzuki T,Tanaka A,Okada K,Kamata H

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of the present study is to verify the treatment effects of boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) in ectopic tumors implanted in the thoracic cavity mimicking malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). METHODS:The tumor model was created by implanting murine squamous cell carcinoma cells into the thora...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Suzuki M,Sakurai Y,Masunaga S,Kinashi Y,Nagata K,Maruhashi A,Ono K

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A combination of cisplatin and vinorelbine chemotherapy is effective in cases of advanced non-small cell lung cancer, but the optimum administration schedule for both drugs has not yet been defined. The aim of this study was to determine the maximum dose of vinorelbine that can be tolerated while receiving a...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Hotta K,Sekine I,Tamura T,Sawada M,Watanabe H,Kusaba H,Akiyama Y,Inoue A,Shimoyama T,Nokihara H,Ueda Y,Yamamoto N,Kunitoh H,Ohe Y,Kodama T,Saijo N

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Apocrine carcinoma, a subtype of invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast, expresses androgen receptor (AR), but often lacks estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PgR). In the present study, the author immunohistochemically defined apocrine-type carcinoma as ER-/PgR-/AR+ invasive ductal carcinoma a...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Tsutsumi Y

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This phase I/II study determined the recommended dose of FOLFIRI (irinotecan, infusional 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin) for Japanese patients with advanced colorectal cancer, and evaluated safety at the recommended dose in patients without the UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1A1*28 allele which caused reduced enz...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Yamashita K,Nagashima F,Fujita K,Yamamoto W,Endo H,Miya T,Narabayashi M,Kawara K,Akiyama Y,Ando Y,Ando M,Sasaki Y

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on an inflammatory pseudotumor of the spleen. A 72-year-old woman visited our hospital complaining of nausea. Physical examination and laboratory investigations were unremarkable. Ultrasonography, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and angiography showed a hypovascular splenic mass measuring abo...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Noguchi H,Kondo H,Kondo M,Shiraiwa M,Monobe Y

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The importance of quality assurance in cancer screening has recently gained increasing attention in Japan. To evaluate and improve quality, checklists and process indicators have been developed. To explore effective methods of enhancing quality in cancer screening, we started a randomized control study of the...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Machii R,Saika K,Higashi T,Aoki A,Hamashima C,Saito H

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate practical patterns for stereotactic body radiotherapy to hepatocellular carcinoma in Korea. METHODS:In June 2013, the Korean Stereotactic Radiosurgery Group of the Korean Society for Radiation Oncology conducted a national patterns-of-care survey about stereotactic body radiotherapy to the liv...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Bae SH,Kim MS,Jang WI,Kay CS,Kim W,Kim ES,Kim JH,Kim JH,Yang KM,Lee KC,Chang AR,Jo S

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cytokeratins (CKs) 19 and 20 have been used as targets for detecting cancer cells. We attempted to detect circulating cancer cells in patients with gastric cancer using a high-sensitivity reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay for CK transcripts. METHODS:RT-PCR for CK 19 and CK 20 wa...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Majima T,Ichikura T,Takayama E,Chochi K,Mochizuki H

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemoradiation is potentially curative for esophageal cancer in various stages, but local failure is a major problem. The present case was a 49-year-old male diagnosed with advanced esophageal cancer with an esophago-bronchial fistula and lymph node metastasis. Histological diagnosis by biopsy was adenosquamous cell c...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Morihiro M,Boku N,Ohtsu A,Miyamoto S,Ishikura S

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the association between local recurrence and distant metastasis or disease-specific survival and identify independent factor predictors for local recurrence. METHODS:We identified a study population of 146 consecutive patients treated surgically for invasive bladder cancer at our institution betw...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Ide H,Kikuchi E,Miyajima A,Nakagawa K,Ohigashi T,Nakashima J,Oya M

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review of the present status of adjuvant chemotherapy for gastric cancer in Japan has been made. The single use of mitomycin C (MMC) after curative gastrectomy, a multidrug combination of MMC, 5-fluorouracil (5FU) and cytosine arabinoside (CA) (MFC therapy), and a combination of inductive MFC followed by maintenance...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Nakajima T

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report four cases of malignant melanoma of the esophagus treated at the National Cancer Center Hospital in Tokyo over a period of 28 years. There were three men and one woman. One patient had been diagnosed as having Werner's syndrome. The three male patients smoked and were alcohol drinkers. The chief complaint wa...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Kato H,Watanabe H,Tachimori Y,Watanabe H,Iizuka T,Yamaguchi H,Ishikawa T,Itabashi M

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The PRECIOUS study (UMIN000018202) is being conducted as a multicenter, randomized, open-label Phase III study to determine if retreatment with pertuzumab is more effective than conventional treatment in HER2-positive locally advanced (LA)/metastatic breast cancer (MBC) patients previously treated with pertuzumab, tra...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Yamamoto Y,Iwata H,Ueno T,Taira N,Kashiwaba M,Takahashi M,Tada H,Tsugawa K,Toyama T,Niikura N,Hara F,Fujisawa T,Yoshinami T,Saji S,Takano T,Masuda N,Morita S,Toi M,Ohno S

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) using the simultaneous integrated boost (SIB) method was designed for treating malignant gliomas. The purpose of this study was to investigate feasibility of this treatment. METHODS:Between December 2000 and November 2002, six patients with malignant gliomas were enro...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Suzuki M,Nakamatsu K,Kanamori S,Okumra M,Uchiyama T,Akai F,Nishimura Y

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE) with gelatin sponge particles and iodized oil often yields poor results when used to treat unresectable multifocal hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The present study retrospectively investigated the utility of a novel combination chemotherapy regimen for treating multi...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Ishida K,Hirooka M,Hiraoka A,Kumagi T,Uehara T,Hiasa Y,Horiike N,Onji M

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MVP-CAB chemotherapy (methotrexate, vincristine, cisplatin, cyclophosphamide, adriamycin and bleomycin) was administered to 28 patients with high grade, locally-invasive or regional lymph node-involved urothelial cancer as an adjuvant therapy after radical surgery. The median follow-up period of all the evaluated pati...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Gohji K,Higuchi A,Maruyama S,Minayoshi K,Fujii A,Itoh N,Hasunuma Y,Tanaka H,Izumi T

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In this Phase 2 multicenter study the efficacy and safety of oral abiraterone acetate (1000 mg/once daily) plus prednisolone (5 mg/twice daily) was evaluated in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer patients from Japan who had previously received docetaxel-based chemotherapy. METHODS:Men (aged ≥20 ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Satoh T,Uemura H,Tanabe K,Nishiyama T,Terai A,Yokomizo A,Nakatani T,Imanaka K,Ozono S,Akaza H

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The positive correlation between smoking and cancer risk is well estimated in sporadic colorectal cancer, whereas little is known with regard to Lynch syndrome-associated colorectal cancer. A total of 118 familial colorectal cancer patients from the Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer Registry and Genetic Testin...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Tanakaya K,Furukawa Y,Nakamura Y,Hirata K,Tomita N,Tamura K,Sugano K,Ishioka C,Yoshida T,Ishida H,Watanabe T,Sugihara K,HNPCC registry and genetic testing project of the Japanese Society for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum.,Yama

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To estimate the effect of tumor volume on local-regional control of pharyngolaryngeal cancer by radiotherapy (RT). METHODS:Definitive RT for 48 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the lateral wall of the oropharynx, pyriform sinus and supraglottic larynx was reviewed. Tumor volume was estimated from co...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Kawashima M,Ogino T,Fujii H,Ishikura S,Ito Y,Ikeda H

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted to assess, by continuous exposure, the inhibitory effects of rH-TNF and rH-IFN-alpha, -beta and -gamma, either alone or in combination, on the colony formations of human lung cancer cell lines. The cell lines tested were PC-7 and PC-9 (adenocarcinoma), PC-10 (squamous cell carcinoma) and PC-13...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Hong WS,Jett JR,Sasaki Y,Takahashi H,Nakano H,Nakagawa K,Hoshi A,Saijo N

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the regulative effect of microRNA-338-3p on colorectal carcinoma cell invasion and migration. METHODS:The microRNA-338-3p expression pattern of colorectal carcinoma tissues and cell lines was detected by real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction. The protein level of smoothened...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Xue Q,Sun K,Deng HJ,Lei ST,Dong JQ,Li GX

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rise in the incidence of lung cancer has been associated with shifts in histologic distribution. A study was conducted to investigate changes in the cell type distribution in lung cancer in relation to age, sex, and smoking history, based on a retrospective analysis of 10,910 proven cases of lung cancer at the Vet...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Perng DW,Perng RP,Kuo BI,Chiang SC

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:There have been no previous studies about consultation of the bereaved who have lost a loved one to cancer and ask for medical help. The aim of this study was to investigate their basic characteristics and their psychiatric disorders. METHODS:A retrospective study using clinical and background data obtained ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Ishida M,Onishi H,Wada M,Tada Y,Ito H,Narabayashi M,Sasaki Y,Nomura S,Uchitomi Y

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) 2A is an inherited disease characterized by the development of medullary thyroid carcinoma, pheochromocytoma and hyperparathyroidism. It has recently been shown to be associated with germ-line mutations in the RET proto-oncogene. We describe a 21-year-old man from a MEN 2A family who...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Yamashita T,Lihara M,Okamoto J,Kanbe M,Ito Y,Kawakami M,Egawa S,Yamaguchi K,Obara T

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low-grade B-cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT-type lymphoma) is a rare thymic tumor, with only seven previous cases described worldwide to date. We describe the only case to have presented with pulmonary amyloid nodules. A 63-year-old Japanese female was found to have an anterior mediastinal tum...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Moriyama E,Yokose T,Kodama T,Matsuno Y,Hojo F,Takahashi K,Nagai K,Nishiwaki Y,Ochiai A

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As clinical trials for limited-disease small-cell lung cancer often exclude elderly patients due to comorbidities and a decline in organ function, the most suitable treatment for limited-disease small-cell lung cancer patients aged 75 years or older still remains unclear. METHODS:From July 2002 to June 2011...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Shukuya T,Takahashi T,Harada H,Ono A,Akamatsu H,Taira T,Kenmotsu H,Naito T,Murakami H,Endo M,Takahashi K,Yamamoto N

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00