External-beam radiotherapy for localized or locally advanced prostate cancer in Japan: a multi-institutional outcome analysis.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Study aims include determination of nationwide structural characteristics of radiation oncology facilities, types of radiation therapy equipment, availability of human resources and trends and comparisons with previous surveys. METHODS:An annual nationwide survey was conducted to collect the statistics of in...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Ji YH,Jung H,Yang K,Cho CK,Yoo SY,Yoo HJ,Kim KB,Kim MS

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate the relationship between the clinical features and pathologic findings of primary pulmonary lymphoma, we reviewed 24 patients with this disease. The pulmonary lymphomas were divided into four groups: (1) B-cell lymphoma composed of small to medium-sized lymphoid cells (19 cases); (2) B-cell lymphoma compo...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Tamura A,Komatsu H,Yanai N,Homma J,Nagase A,Nemoto E,Hirai T,Hashizume T,Kawata K,Ishikawa S

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New drug delivery systems for cis-diamminedichloroplatinum (CDDP) incorporated into vehicles, such as polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA), fibrin glue (F.G.), alpha-tricalciumphosphate (TCP) and ethylenevinyleacetate copolymer (Polymer) were examined using a rat osteosarcoma model. The materials containing CDDP were directl...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Miura S,Mii Y,Miyauchi Y,Ohgushi H,Morishita T,Hohnoki K,Aoki M,Tamai S,Konishi Y

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of multiple primary cancers in the aerodigestive tract is a well known phenomenon that has been explained by the concept of 'field carcinogenesis'. Metachronous or synchronous esophageal cancer has usually been identified in patients with head and neck cancer, gastric cancer or colon cancer. The inciden...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Naomoto Y,Haisa M,Yamatsuji T,Shirakawa Y,Muramatsu T,Isozaki H,Kamikawa Y,Tanaka N

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is important to examine variation in the treatment effects of patients with esophageal cancer in order to generalize treatment outcomes. We aimed to investigate the range of prognostic differences among hospitals in the treatment of locally advanced esophageal cancer. The JCOG0303 study compared the efficacy of rad...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Hamamoto Y,Mizusawa J,Katayama H,Nakamura K,Kato K,Tsubosa Y,Ishikura S,Igaki H,Shinoda M,Fukuda H,Kitagawa Y,Ando N

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is the treatment of choice in young patients with severe aplastic anemia. The main causes of failure after this procedure are graft versus host disease, infections and graft failure, often exacerbated by large numbers of transfusions and prolonged disease du...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Rzepecki P,Sarosiek T,Szczylik C

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cases of hyperfractionated radiotherapy and adjuvant chemotherapy for nasopharyngeal cancer are reported. Seven patients received hyperfractionated radiotherapy (76.8-81.6 Gy/64-68 fractions to primary tumor) and two cycles of cisplatin (80 mg/m2 i.v. on day 1) plus 5-FU (800 mg/m2 continuous infusion on days 2-6). Mu...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Toita T,Ogawa K,Kamata M,Kojya S,Itokazu T,Kakinohana Y,Iraha S,Yoshinaga M,Zukeran Y,Sawada S

更新日期：1999-03-01 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：:Adult extrarenal nephroblastomas (Wilms' tumor) are extremely rare tumors. They show a higher incidence of non-seminomatous elements and these so-called 'teratoid' Wilms' tumors are suggested to be of germ cell origin. To date, however, the number of reported cases with gonadal teratoma containing nephroblastoma is ve...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Keskin S,Ekenel M,Başaran M,Aksu C,Kiliçaslan I,Tunç M,Bavbek S

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prognosis of multiple myeloma was quite poor in the last century, but it has significantly improved with the incorporation of novel agents, immunomodulatory drugs (IMiDs) and proteasome inhibitors. Thalidomide was first developed as a sedative in 1950s, but it was withdrawn from the market because of teratogenicit...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Abe Y,Ishida T

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morphometrical analysis was performed on cells of bladder carcinomas taken from patients who had undergone surgery at the National Cancer Center Hospital. Ten cases each of the following groups were compared as to the nuclear area, standard deviation of nuclear areas, cytoplasmic area, and nuclear/cytoplasmic ratio: n...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Hanai S,Kishi K,Watanabe S,Shimosato Y

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Since there is now growing interest in the incorporation of patient-reported outcome measures in cancer clinical trials, a patient-based questionnaire, the Patient Neurotoxicity Questionnaire (PNQ) was developed to quantify the symptoms and severity of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN). The ai...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Kuroi K,Shimozuma K,Ohashi Y,Takeuchi A,Aranishi T,Morita S,Ohsumi S,Watanabe T,Bain S,Hausheer FH

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This multicenter, open-label, single-arm, Phase II study assessed the efficacy of a neoadjuvant chemotherapy with docetaxel (75 mg/m(2) q3w) followed by 5-fluorouracil 500 mg/m(2), epirubicin 100 mg/m(2) and cyclophosphamide 500 mg/m(2) q3w in patients with early-stage breast cancer. METHODS:Women with resec...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Iwata H,Sato N,Masuda N,Nakamura S,Yamamoto N,Kuroi K,Kurosumi M,Tsuda H,Akiyama F,Ohashi Y,Toi M

更新日期：2011-07-01 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：BACKGROUND:Combination of bleomycin, etoposide and cisplatin (BEP) remains the standard chemotherapy for testicular cancer. Since the development of BEP in the 1980s, there has been a considerable advance in supportive therapies, such as granulocyte colony-stimulating-factor and 5-HT3 antagonists. Therefore, we re-eval...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Kawai K,Ando S,Hinotsu S,Oikawa T,Sekido N,Miyanaga N,Shimazui T,Akaza H

更新日期：2006-07-01 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：:Cancer originating in the biliary tract can be classified as bile duct cancer (cholangiocarcinoma), gallbladder cancer, or ampullary cancer. Bile duct cancer is further divided to intrahepatic, perihilar and distal bile duct subtypes according to the anatomical location of the tumor. The biological characteristics of ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Nara S,Esaki M,Ban D,Takamoto T,Shimada K,Ioka T,Okusaka T,Ishii H,Furuse J

更新日期：2020-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Rupture of irradiated arteries in patients with head and neck cancer is an uncommon complication. We present the first case of a pseudoaneurysm of the external carotid artery branch that developed after irradiation of nasopharyngeal carcinoma and was successfully treated by microcoil embolization therapy. Clinicians s...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Li SH,Hsu SW,Wang SL,Chen HC,Huang CH

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The majority of patients with localized and some cases of locally advanced prostate cancer undergo radical prostatectomy. However, radical prostatectomy cannot always be selected for those patients. In this situation, primary hormone therapy is an alternative treatment option. We have designed a prospective ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Akaza H,Homma Y,Okada K,Yokoyama M,Moriyama N,Usami M,Hirao Y,Tsushima T,Ohashi Y,Aso Y

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Abiraterone acetate has been approved in >70 countries for chemotherapy-naïve metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer patients. Efficacy and safety of abiraterone acetate (1000 mg/once daily) with prednisolone (5 mg/twice daily) in chemotherapy-naïve Japanese patients with metastatic castration-resist...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Matsubara N,Uemura H,Satoh T,Suzuki H,Nishiyama T,Uemura H,Hashine K,Imanaka K,Ozono S,Akaza H

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The natural history and posttherapeutic outcome of adenomatous hyperplasia and early hepatocellular carcinoma have rarely been analyzed. METHODS:Fifty-three hepatic tumors diagnosed as adenomatous hyperplasia or early hepatocellular carcinoma and followed up for more than 6 months and 141 patients with sing...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Sakamoto M,Hirohashi S

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration is widely used for mediastinal and hilar lesions. Histologic specimens from this procedure are important for specific diagnosis and targeted therapy. Studies on the traditional endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration nee...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Izumo T,Sasada S,Watanabe J,Chavez C,Matsumoto Y,Tsuchida T

更新日期：2014-09-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Thymic epithelial tumors are a rare type of neoplasm. Accordingly, it is difficult to perform phase III trials in patients with thymic epithelial tumors, and thus, no standard treatment has been established for these tumors. In this study, we aimed to investigate the current status of thymic epithelial tum...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Kanemura H,Tamura T,Nishimura N,Kobayashi D,Higashi T

更新日期：2020-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibroadenoma of the breast is a common benign disease, occurring mainly in females younger than 30 years of age. Infant fibroadenoma is extremely rare. Here, we report on a 16-month-old female with a 6 month history of unilateral progressive breast enlargement. Upon clinical evaluation, a palpable mass was observed in...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Shi A,Li S,Xu N,Nie G,Li X,Zhang T,Fan Z

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of high-dose epirubicin (EPI) plus cyclophosphamide (CPA) therapy, a phase II study of EPI, 130 mg/m2, plus CPA, 1000 mg/m2, with G-CSF every 3 weeks was carried out for 51 advanced or recurrent breast cancer patients by the Japan Clinical Oncology Group (JCOG). Fifty out of the 5...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Takashima S,Saeki T,Adachi I,Watanabe T,Sasaki Y,Murai H,Tabei T,Ogita M,Sano M,Kanda K,Shimoyama M

更新日期：1997-10-01 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:To evaluate the association of molecular markers and conventional clinicopathological factors with bladder tumour recurrence in patients with primary upper tract urothelial carcinoma after radical nephroureterectomy. METHODS:The expressions of Ki-67 and P53 were measured by immunohistochemical staining prosp...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Wu P,Liu S,Zhang W,Zhang Y,Zhu G,Wei D,Wan B,Wang J

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Advanced gastric cancer (AGC) and systemic chemotherapy are some of the risk factors for venous thromboembolism (VTE). However, the cumulative incidence, risk factors and prognostic impact of VTE have not been evaluated in Japanese patients with AGC. Methods:This retrospective study included patients who re...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Arai H,Hironaka S,Minashi K,Denda T,Shimokawa M,Yamaguchi T

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A high response rate has been reported for chemotherapy combining irinotecan (CPT-11) and cisplatin (CDDP) against advanced gastric cancer. The strong anti-tumor activity of this regimen makes it very attractive as a preoperative chemotherapy. We conducted a preliminary study on preoperative chemotherapy wit...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Yamao T,Ohta K,Ohyama S,Ishihara S,Chin K,Maruyama M,Takahashi T,Nakajima T

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00