Complementary and alternative medicine in present day oncology care: promises and pitfalls.

abstract：:Mucin-producing carcinoma of the thyroid is rare and its histogenesis has been debated. The first case was reported by Diaz-Perez et al. (1976). We herein report the sixth case of mucin-producing carcinoma of the thyroid which was discovered in a 72-year-old Japanese woman. This patient was admitted with a 10-year his...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Harada T,Shimaoka K,Hiratsuka M,Hirokawa M,Tsukayama C

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Communicating the discontinuation of anticancer treatment to patients is a difficult task. The primary aim of this study was to clarify the level of oncologist-reported burden when communicating about discontinuation of an anticancer treatment. The secondary aims were (i) to identify the sources of burden con...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Otani H,Morita T,Esaki T,Ariyama H,Tsukasa K,Oshima A,Shiraisi K

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The optimal treatment for elderly patients with limited-disease small cell lung cancer has not been defined. We therefore performed a Phase I study for split-dose cisplatin plus etoposide combined with early concurrent accelerated hyperfractionated thoracic radiotherapy in elderly (70 years of age or older) p...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Okamoto K,Okamoto I,Takeda M,Kobayashi S,Takeda K,Nakamatsu K,Nishimura Y,Nakagawa K

更新日期：2014-08-01 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：:The concepts of lifetime and age-conditional probabilities of developing and dying of cancer are introduced as indexes to understand the risk of cancer. In this paper, we estimated the lifetime and age-conditional probabilities of developing and dying of cancer in 2001 and 2005, respectively, in Japan. It is estimated...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Kamo K,Katanoda K,Matsuda T,Marugame T,Ajiki W,Sobue T

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenoid basal carcinoma of the uterine cervix is rare and its cell origin is still obscure. We report a case of adenoid basal carcinoma of the uterine cervix discovered incidentally in a 69-year-old woman who had been hysterectomized due to endometrial adenocarcinoma of the uterine corpus. Histologically, small round-...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Senzaki H,Osaki T,Uemura Y,Kiyozuka Y,Ogura E,Okamura A,Tsubura A

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Japan, lateral lymph node dissection (LLND) is generally performed for the treatment of T3-4 lower rectal carcinoma, and not for T1 lower rectal carcinoma, because of a low positive rate in patients with T1 lesion. We experienced a rare case of lateral pelvic lymph node recurrence after total mesorectal resection f...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Hara J,Yamamoto S,Fujita S,Akasu T,Moriya Y

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Shorter duration of infusion of monoclonal antibody treatments may reduce treatment burden and improve healthcare resource utilization. Methods:This phase II study recruited Japanese patients with previously untreated CD20+ B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Patients received intravenous obinutuzumab 1000 mg by r...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Ohmachi K,Ando K,Kinoshita T,Kumagai K,Hatake K,Ishikawa T,Teshima T,Kato K,Izutsu K,Ueda E,Nakai K,Kuriki H,Tobinai K

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A post hoc analysis of interim results from PREVAIL, a Phase III, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, demonstrated that the treatment effects, safety and pharmacokinetics of enzalutamide in Japanese patients were generally consistent with those of the ove...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Kimura G,Ueda T

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We investigated the expression of PyNPase both in cancer cells and in stroma cells to clarify the correlation between PyNPase expression and the prognosis of patients with colorectal cancer. METHODS:Using immunohistochemical staining with an anti-PyNPase antibody, the PyNPase expression in tissues from 114 ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Osanai T,Ichikawa W,Takagi Y,Uetake H,Nihei Z,Sugihara K

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To describe computed tomographic (CT) features of highly enhanced hepatic masses as seen on CT during arterial portography (CTAP) and to survey the varieties of hepatic lesions associated with such findings. METHODS:CTAP files for 400 patients were reviewed, on the basis of which six patients with highly en...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Onaya H,Itai Y,Satake M,Luo T,Saida Y,Haruno M,Hasebe T,Moriyama N

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare case of adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma with a giant exophytic gastric tumor invading the anterior abdominal wall is presented. The patient was a 52-year-old woman, who had a history of strongyloidiasis. Although the patient was serologically positive for HTLV-I antibody, there were no lymphoma cells in the peri...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Hiroyasu S,Shiraishi M,Shimabukuro M,Kusano T,Muto Y

更新日期：1996-10-01 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：BACKGROUND:To improve palliative care practice, the need for patients-reported outcome measures is increasing globally. The Integrated Palliative care Outcome Scale (IPOS) is a streamlined outcome scale developed to comprehensively evaluate patients' distress. The goal of this study is to assess the reliability and val...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Sakurai H,Miyashita M,Imai K,Miyamoto S,Otani H,Oishi A,Kizawa Y,Matsushima E

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 77-year-old man presented with painful swelling of his Port-A-Cath insertion site soon after flushing with normal saline. No discomfort or abnormality was found during the saline flush. A chest roentgenogram showed that the disconnected catheter had separated from the disc and was absent from its original location. ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Lam AW,Chen YM,Yang KY,Tsai CM,Perng RP

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary cardiac angiosarcoma is a rare, diagnostically elusive disease with a poor prognosis. In this report, we describe the case of a 56-year-old woman with a right atrial angiosarcoma. The patient presented with impending cardiac tamponade caused by right atrial perforation, but was misdiagnosed as a ruptured aneur...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Yoshitake I,Hata M,Sezai A,Niino T,Unosawa S,Shimura K,Kasamaki Y,Minami K

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the esophagus with multiple liver metastases was found in a 77-year-old Japanese female in October, 1991. Combination chemotherapy, including etoposide (VP-16) and tegafur (FT) allowed the patient to survive for approximately a year after the onset of the initial symptoms. During her course...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Matsumoto M,Nomiyama T,Nakae J,Nishikawa H

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Australia ranks highly internationally for cancer control, in part because cancer registries provide comprehensive national incidence and mortality and other cancer data annually. This has facilitated short- and long-term planning over the last quarter of a century. For example, male death rates from lung cancer in Au...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Burton RC

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Fluid collection (FC) of lymph or blood may accumulate at the site of excision after surgery for soft tissue sarcoma, with reported incidence rates from 10% to 36%. The purpose of this study is to analyze the impact of FC on local recurrence (LR) and wound complication rates after adjuvant postoperative radi...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Choi N,Kim JY,Yu T,Kang HC,Kim HS,Kim HJ,Kim IH

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a review regarding the current therapeutic strategies in the management of multiple myeloma. Due to the introduction of several new effective therapeutic agents, multiple myeloma is one of the most active and changing fields in clinical oncology. Multiple myeloma is caused by the expansion of monoclonal plasma...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Suzuki K

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Higher levels of physical activity have been consistently associated with a decreased risk of colon cancer, but not rectal cancer, in Western populations. The present study systematically evaluated epidemiologic evidence on the association between physical activity and colorectal cancer risk among the Japanes...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Pham NM,Mizoue T,Tanaka K,Tsuji I,Tamakoshi A,Matsuo K,Ito H,Wakai K,Nagata C,Sasazuki S,Inoue M,Tsugane S,Research Group for the Development and Evaluation of Cancer Prevention Strategies in Japan.

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In Japan, population-based cancer incidence data are reported several years behind the latest year of cancer mortality data. To bridge this gap, we aimed to determine a short-term projection method for cancer incidence. METHODS:Data between 1985 and 2007 were obtained from the population-based cancer registr...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Katanoda K,Kamo K,Saika K,Matsuda T,Shibata A,Matsuda A,Nishino Y,Hattori M,Soda M,Ioka A,Sobue T,Nishimoto H

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare outcome results for squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix between patients treated in a single facility [single facility therapy: (SFT)] and others combined with external beam irradiation (EBRT) in a small facility and intracavitary brachytherapy in a central facility (combined facilities t...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Okuda T,Itho Y,Ikeda M,Nakamura T,Horikawa Y,Yanagawa S,Ishigaki T

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among 492 patients with esophageal carcinoma who received resective surgery, 102 survived over 5 years. These 5-year survivors were analyzed according to many factors. Females had a better prognosis than males, and patients without lymph-node metastasis had a better 5-year survival rate than those with it. Ten patient...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Iizuka T,Kato H,Watanabe H

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-five cases of histiocytosis X in the National Children's Hospital were clinicopathologically studied. Fourteen cases were categorized in diffuse histiocytosis X, Letterer-Siwe type (DHX), 19 cases in multifocal eosinophilic granuloma (MEG) and 2 cases in unifocal eosinophilic granuloma (UEG). Nine of 14 DHX die...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Tsunematsu Y,Koide R,Watanabe S,Takahashi H,Morikawa Y,Shimizu K

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Malignant pleural effusion is a commonly seen complication of malignancies such as lung and breast cancers. In Western countries, talc is frequently used as a standard therapeutic agent (pleurodesis agent) with the aim of alleviating symptoms including dyspnea and chest pain. Talc is not recognized as a pleu...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Saka H,Oki M,Kitagawa C,Kogure Y,Kojima Y,Saito AM,Ishida A,Miyazawa T,Takeda K,Nakagawa K,Sasada S,Negoro S

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoperoxidase staining for human keratin proteins was performed cytologically on samples from 90 patients with malignant tumors, and histologically on samples from 164 patients with malignant tumors. At the cytological level, almost all tumor cells not only in squamous cell carcinoma but also in nonsquamous cell ca...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Yagi Y,Imamura Y,Saku T,Shimotsu T,Hatae M,Yagi S

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Usually, total and filtered platinum concentrations in plasma are monitored after cisplatin administration. However, these concentrations represent a mixture of unchanged cisplatin and metabolites. In this work, we studied population pharmacokinetic analysis based on these platinum concentrations. METHODS:T...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Hanada K,Nishijima K,Ogata H,Atagi S,Kawahara M

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Although cigarette smoking is considered as an important risk factor for esophageal cancer, the magnitude of the association might be varied among geographic areas. Therefore, we reviewed epidemiologic studies on the association between cigarette smoking and esophageal cancer among the Japanese population. M...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Oze I,Matsuo K,Ito H,Wakai K,Nagata C,Mizoue T,Tanaka K,Tsuji I,Tamakoshi A,Sasazuki S,Inoue M,Tsugane S,Research Group for the Development and Evaluation of Cancer Prevention Strategies in Japan.

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AMG 337, a selective small-molecule MET inhibitor, was evaluated in Asian patients with advanced solid tumors. Eligible patients orally self-administered AMG 337; the initial dose of 150 mg once daily (QD) was escalated to 300 mg QD (modified 3+3+3 design). Treatment continued until disease progression, intolerability...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Yasui H,Go N,Yang H,Amore BM,Jung AS,Doi T

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00