Initial experience with the quality assurance program of radiation therapy on behalf of Japan Radiation Oncology Group (JAROG).

abstract：Background:Few studies have simultaneously collected quantitative data regarding the positive and negative effects of participating in post-bereavement surveys. Methods:We conducted a cross-sectional postal questionnaire survey in October 2013. Potential participants were caregivers for family members who had died in ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Miyashita M,Aoyama M,Yoshida S,Yamada Y,Abe M,Yanagihara K,Shirado A,Shutoh M,Okamoto Y,Hamano J,Miyamoto A,Nakahata M

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An analysis is presented of the histopathologic, clinical and prognostic features of malignant lymphomas (MLs) treated at the University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital Medical Center, Manila, between 1975 and 1981. There were 434 malignant lymphomas, constituting 3.86% of all cancers studied at this in...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Calderon B,Villalon A,Augustin B,Javier B,Zamuco J,Mori S

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent time trends (1979-1987) and geographical distributions in mortalities from subsites of cancers of the hepato-biliary-pancreatic system have been investigated on the basis of the vital statistics of Japan. The corrected age-adjusted mortality rates (CAAMRs) were calculated to eliminate the influence of the propo...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Kato I,Kuroishi T,Tominaga S

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Limited by sample size, angiosarcoma was rarely studied. We aimed to investigate the characteristics and prognosis of angiosarcoma in the National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results database. METHODS:Patients who were diagnosed with primary angiosarcoma from 1973 to 2014 were extra...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Zhang C,Xu G,Liu Z,Xu Y,Lin F,Baklaushev VP,Chekhonin VP,Peltzer K,Mao M,Wang X,Wang G,Zhang C

更新日期：2019-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A histopathologic study was made on 1,095 thyroid specimens which had been removed surgically under various diagnoses at Seoul National University Hospital during the six-year period, 1976-1981. Among the 1,095 surgically removed thyroids, adenomatous goiter was the most common single disease, accounting for 43% of al...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Park SH,Suh EH,Chi JG

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-four confirmed small cell lung cancer (SCLC) patients received alternating combination chemotherapy with CAV and PVP. The CAV comprised of cyclophosphamide 800 mg/m2 on day 1, adriamycin 50 mg/m2 on day 1 and vincristine 1.4 mg/m2 on day 1, administered every 3-4 weeks. The PVP comprised cisplatin 80 mg/m2 on ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Bando H,Takishita Y,Ogura T,Sone S,Shimizu E,Nakayama T,Doi H,Kobayashi M

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A randomized Phase II/III trial commenced in Japan in December 2013. Carboplatin plus etoposide is the current standard treatment for elderly extensive-disease small-cell lung cancer. The purpose of this study is to confirm the superiority of carboplatin plus irinotecan in terms of overall survival over carboplatin pl...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Eba J,Shimokawa T,Nakamura K,Shibata T,Misumi Y,Okamoto H,Yamamoto N,Ohe Y,Lung Cancer Study Group of the Japan Clinical Oncology Group.

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Despite the clinical similarities triple-negative and basal-like breast cancer are not synonymous. Indeed, not all basal-like cancers are negative for estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor and HER2 expression while triple-negative also encompasses other cancer types. P53 protein appears heterogeneously exp...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Biganzoli E,Coradini D,Ambrogi F,Garibaldi JM,Lisboa P,Soria D,Green AR,Pedriali M,Piantelli M,Querzoli P,Demicheli R,Boracchi P,Nenci I,Ellis IO,Alberti S

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In an interim analysis of a Phase II trial in Japanese patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (panNETs), sunitinib demonstrated antitumor activity with an objective response rate (ORR) of 50% (95% confidence interval [CI], 21-79) and a median progression-free survival (PFS) of 16.8 months (95% CI, 9....

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Ito T,Tori M,Hashigaki S,Kimura N,Sato K,Ohki E,Sawaki A,Okusaka T

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An asymptomatic 11-year-old Japanese boy with an endodermal sinus (yolk sac) tumor of the anterior mediastinum was successfully treated with cisplatinum-based combination chemotherapy and subsequent surgical excision. The patient is alive and in good health 60 months from diagnosis. ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Seki Y,Ishida I

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The disease status of axillary lymph nodes at diagnosis is the most powerful predictor of prognosis for patients with breast cancer. Axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) has been the standard treatment. Recently, lymphatic mapping and sentinel lymph node biopsy (SNB) have been suggested as alternatives to A...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Koizumi M,Makita M,Yoshimoto M,Kasumi F,Sakamoto G,Ogata E

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-six patients with carcinoma of the hypopharynx or cervical esophagus received esophageal extraction and primary reconstruction. The methods of reconstruction were free forearm skin tube grafting, free jejunal transplantation and immediate pharyngo-gastrostomy after pull-through esophagectomy. Considering the pos...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Kato H,Watanabe H,Iizuka T,Ebihara S,Ono I,Terui S,Harii K

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The joint international symposium of the 22nd Hiroshima Cancer Seminar and the 4th Japanese Association for RNA Interference focused on a pivotal role of microRNAs in carcinogenesis, progression and therapy of human cancer. Mammalian immune regulator MCPIP1 (Zc3h12a) RNase acts as a novel suppressor of microRNA activi...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Tahara H,Kay MA,Yasui W,Tahara E

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Second opinion is a common phenomenon in many health systems, especially in the care of patients with cancer. However, it is not clear whether second opinion seeking should be promoted or discouraged and how second opinion services and policies can be better formalized to maximize the benefits and minimize th...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Shin DW,Cho J,Yang HK,Kim SY,Mok HK,Lee H,Park SM,Huh JS,Ryu J,Park JH

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone marrow transplantation (BMT) was started in Hokkaido in 1985. In the present report we have reviewed the clinical outcome of patients treated with BMT for hematological diseases in Hokkaido. Fifty-eight allogeneic and 19 autologous transplants were registered by December 1991. The underlying diseases consisted of...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Hashino S,Imamura M,Kasai M,Higa T,Naohara T,Sakamaki S,Matsunaga T,Kohgo Y,Kohda K,Nakazawa O

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The value of postmastectomy radiation therapy for breast cancer patients with T1-2 tumor and one to three positive nodes remains controversial. The purpose of this retrospective study was to compare the clinical outcomes of breast cancer patients with T1-2 and one to three positive nodes with and without post...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Huang CJ,Hou MF,Chuang HY,Lian SL,Huang MY,Chen FM,Fu OY,Lin SF

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A double blind study to compare the efficacy of oral UFT (400 mg Tegafur (FT) plus 896 mg uracil/day) with that of oral FT (800 mg/day) on advanced breast cancer was performed between November, 1986, and November, 1989. Sixty patients were registered for the trial and fifty-six cases were evaluated (28 for UFT and 28 ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Tashiro H,Nomura Y,Ohsaki A

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 72-year-old man was found to have a 12 mm solid lesion in the pancreatic tail and an 8 mm cystic lesion in the body of the pancreas by computed tomography carried out during a routine follow-up study of his adult-onset diabetes mellitus. A distal pancreatectomy was performed revealing the pancreas to have an adenoca...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Yoshida J,Ozaki H,Yamamoto J,Kosuge T,Takayasu K,Muramatsu Y,Mukai K

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The cell cycle profile test is suggested to be an independent prognostic indicator for breast cancer patients. To further clarify the prognostic value, we applied this to breast cancer patients treated with postoperative 5-fluorouracil-based chemotherapy. METHODS:A total of 153 breast cancer patients, who we...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Kurebayashi J,Kanomata N,Kozuka Y,Moriya T,Kikukawa N,Kawasaki Y,Harada S,Tamura S,Nakayama S,Ishihara H,Noguchi S,Sonoo H

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 3-year-old girl with Philadelphia chromosome positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia developed pulmonary aspergillosis during severe neutropenia by re-induction therapy. She was treated by intravenous fluconazole, oral itraconazole with plasma level monitoring and surgical resection of the focus for 3 months after cli...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Kudoh T,Suzuki N,Hatakeyama N,Mizue N,Hori T,Oda T,Watanabe J,Imamura M,Chiba S

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In Japan, there had been no prospective clinical studies conducted in terms of modified FOLFOX6 + bevacizumab therapy. We performed a post-marketing Phase II multicenter clinical study to examine the efficacy and safety of this regimen as first-line therapy for Japanese patients with advanced/recurrent colore...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Nishina T,Takano Y,Denda T,Yasui H,Takeda K,Ura T,Esaki T,Okuyama Y,Kondo K,Takahashi Y,Sugiyama Y,Muro K

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Uracil-tegafur (UFT) has been reported to have broad antitumor activity in a variety of malignancies. However, its activity in biliary tract carcinoma has not been fully evaluated. The aim of this study was to evaluate the antitumor activity and toxicity of UFT in chemotherapy-naive patients with advanced bi...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Ikeda M,Okusaka T,Ueno H,Morizane C,Furuse J,Ishii H

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

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：:Pure red cell aplasia (PRCA) rarely occurs in non-thymic lymphoproliferative disorders. The present article describes a patient with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (follicular, mixed type), who concurrently developed PRCA and warm type autoimmune hemolytic anemia during the clinical course. The PRCA and hemolytic anemia were ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Suzuki A,Takahashi T,Taniguchi A,Kotake C,Seo T,Toda T,Kobayashi K,Tsukamoto N,Fukumoto M

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the clinical applications of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) using the CyberKnife system for pelvic recurrence from rectal cancer with a focus on survival and toxicity. METHODS:Between 2002 and 2006, 23 patients with recurrent rectal cancer were treated with SBRT at our institution....

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Kim MS,Choi C,Yoo S,Cho C,Seo Y,Ji Y,Lee D,Hwang D,Moon S,Kim MS,Kang H

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This retrospective study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of a 3.6-mg dose of pegfilgrastim for primary prophylaxis in Japanese breast cancer patients receiving dose-dense chemotherapy. METHODS:Patients treated with adjuvant or neoadjuvant chemotherapy for early-stage breast cancer at the Tokyo-West Tokushuka...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Mizuno Y,Fuchikami H,Takeda N,Iwai M,Sato K

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:After approval of bevacizumab in Japan, post-marketing surveillance studies reported on safety. However, few reports have shown the efficacy of bevacizumab as used in daily practice. We evaluated the efficacy and safety of bevacizumab for metastatic colorectal cancer patients in daily practice. METHODS:All u...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Sogabe S,Komatsu Y,Yuki S,Kusumi T,Hatanaka K,Nakamura M,Kato T,Miyagishima T,Hosokawa A,Iwanaga I,Sakata Y,Asaka M

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of PD-1 pathway inhibitors has dramatically altered the treatment of advanced/recurrent non-small-cell lung cancer patients. However, the prognostic significance of their ongoing usage is controversial, especially for patients who have not progressed for a period of time. If discontinuation has no nega...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Nomura S,Goto Y,Mizutani T,Kataoka T,Kawai S,Okuma Y,Murakami H,Tanaka K,Ohe Y

更新日期：2020-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The treatment modality for desmoid-type fibromatosis has shifted from surgery to conservative treatment. This systematic review aims to evaluate the efficacy of low-dose chemotherapy with methotrexate and vinblastine for patients with extra-abdominal desmoid-type fibromatosis. METHODS:We searched the pertine...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Shimizu K,Hamada S,Sakai T,Koike H,Yoshida M,Nishida Y

更新日期：2020-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The continuous intravenous administration of 1-(2-tetrahydrofuryl)-5-fluorouracil (FT) to colorectal cancer patients was studied in regard to the stability of FT in intravenous hyperalimentation (IVH) solutions and tumor levels of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU). FT was very compatible with IVH solutions, because the decomposit...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Moriya Y,Koyama Y,Hojo K,Tsunematsu R

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00