A newly introduced comprehensive consultation fee in the national health insurance system in Japan: a promotive effect of multidisciplinary medical care in the field of radiation oncology--results from a questionnaire survey.

abstract：:We present the clinical course of a ureteroiliac arterial fistula in a patient who had been managed by ureteral stenting for 8 years for severe ureteral stricture after abdominoperineal resection with pelvic irradiation for advanced rectal cancer. A multidisciplinary team approach including provocative angiography and...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Yamasaki K,Omori K,Takaoka E,Sekido N,Shigai M,Mori K,Minami M,Watanabe Y,Shimazui T,Akaza H

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatectomy for liver metastasis from the colo-rectum and other organs was performed in 77 cases at the National Cancer Center Hospital. The operative procedures included every variety of hepatectomy from extended resection as trisegmentectomy to small resection as partial resection. The operative mortality rate was 3...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Yamasaki S,Hasegawa H,Makuuchi M,Koyama Y,Hojo K,Moriya N

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Technological progress in the field of cancer treatment can be expected to accelerate in the future, giving hope to such patients. At the same time, there is concern that cancer care will become more expensive. It is indispensable to minimize the economic burden of patients to deliver technological advances in treatme...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Koinuma N

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BAT-25 is a DNA marker, intragenic to the c-kit protooncogene, assigned to 4q12, containing a polythymine tract, mostly repeats of 25 poly(T) (T25). The BAT-25 locus is frequently used in the analysis of microsatellite instability (MSI) in cancer tissues. The number of poly(T) repeats at BAT-25 is reported to be quasi...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Ichikawa A,Sugano K,Fujita S

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma is one of the deadliest malignancies worldwide. Contactin-1, a neural adhesion molecule, is implicated in tumour invasion and metastasis. The purpose of this study was to investigate the expression of CNTN-1 in normal and cancerous oesophageal tissue, and the potential rele...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Liu P,Chen S,Wu W,Liu B,Shen W,Wang F,He X,Zhang S

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the resectability rate of patients with initially unresectable liver-only metastases from colorectal cancer (CRC) after treatment with irinotecan/capecitabine. METHODS:Patients received irinotecan (240 mg/m(2)) as a 30 min intravenous infusion on day 1 and capecitabine (1000 mg/m(2)) orally bid for...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Zhao R,Zhu J,Ji X,Cai J,Wan F,Li Q,Zhong B,Tucker S,Wang D

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Long-term survival and late toxicities of a randomized Phase II study of chemoradiotherapy for esophageal cancer were analyzed. METHODS:Eligible patients were <75 years old and performance status 0-2, and had Stages II-IVA esophageal cancer. For arm A (short-term infusion), cisplatin 70 mg/m(2) Days 1 and 29...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Nishimura Y,Hiraoka M,Koike R,Nakamatsu K,Itasaka S,Kawamura M,Negoro Y,Araki N,Ishikawa H,Fujii T,Mitsuhashi N

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

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：BACKGROUND:This study was performed to review retrospectively the clinical course of chronic rectal bleeding as a complication of external beam radiation therapy for localized prostate cancer and to analyze the relationship between technical parameters of radiation therapy and the complications. METHODS:Seventy-one pa...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Kitamura K,Shirato H,Suzuki K,Shinohara N,Demura T,Harabayashi T,Nishioka T,Kagei K,Takayama N,Shinno Y,Kawakura K,Koyanagi T,Miyasaka K

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case of 63-year-old woman with pulmonary artery sarcoma successfully treated with chemotherapy. She developed acute shortness of breath, and left chest and shoulder pain. Although a diagnosis of acute pulmonary embolism was made at a local hospital and she received anticoagulation and thrombolysis therap...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Uchida A,Tabata M,Kiura K,Tanimoto Y,Kanehiro A,Aoe M,Ohohara N,Ueoka H,Tanimoto M

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although a series of histopathological criteria have been suggested, the prediction of the malignant potential of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) is still difficult. The older literature called all gastrointestinal stromal tumors smooth muscle tumors or mixed GIST with true smooth muscle tumors. Repor...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Wang X,Mori I,Tang W,Utsunomiya H,Nakamura M,Nakamura Y,Zhou G,Kennichi K

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to evaluate the relationship of HIF-1alpha expression and tumor angiogenesis, recurrence/distant metastasis, and its value in the prediction of aggressive behavior of gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST). METHODS:Paraffin-embedded specimens from 62 patients with GIST were di...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Chen WT,Huang CJ,Wu MT,Yang SF,Su YC,Chai CY

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adjuvant chemotherapy with S-1 is a standard treatment for patients with stage II/III gastric cancer after D2 gastrectomy; however, this is not uniformly applicable in older patients. The Stomach Cancer Study Group of the Japan Clinical Oncology Group conducted a questionnaire survey on older patients aged ≥80 years a...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Mizutani T,Yamaguchi K,Mizusawa J,Ito S,Nishida Y,Yabusaki H,Boku N,Sano T,Yoshida K,Sasako M,Yoshikawa T,Terashima M,Stomach Cancer Study Group\/Japan Clinical Oncology Group.

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To determine the maximum tolerated dose and recommended dose of cisplatin and docetaxel administered by three consecutive weekly infusions in both non-elderly (< or =74 years) and elderly (> or =75 years) patients, we conducted two independent phase I studies for nonelderly and elderly patients with non-smal...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Ohe Y,Niho S,Kakinuma R,Kubota K,Matsumoto T,Ohmatsu H,Goto K,Kunitoh H,Saijo N,Nishiwaki Y

更新日期：2001-03-01 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：: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：:The present report describes two cases of renal cell carcinoma extending into the vena cava and the right atrium. The treatment was total nephrectomy and tumor thrombectomy, utilizing extracorporeal circulation. The aggressive surgical management of this progressive malignant disease is discussed. ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Cho M,Ozono S,Takashima K,Moriya A,Hirao Y,Okajima E,Taniguchi S,Niwaya K,Kawachi K,Kitamura S

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Infusional fluorouracil (5-FU) and leucovorin (LV) with oxaliplatin is one of the current standard regimens for the treatment of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. Weekly bolus 5-FU with high-dose LV (Roswell Park Memorial Institute Regimen: RPMI) is the most commonly used regimen in Japan. The obje...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Yamada Y,Ohtsu A,Boku N,Miyata Y,Shimada Y,Doi T,Muro K,Muto M,Hamaguchi T,Mera K,Yano T,Tanigawara Y,Shirao K

更新日期：2006-04-01 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：:A 21-year-old man had undergone central bisegmentectomy of the liver due to fibrolamellar carcinoma (FLC). Twice, 24 and 30 months after the first operation, lymph node metastases were removed. We have reported this case previously and this is the second report of the same case. Forty-two months after the second opera...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Yamamoto H,Watanabe K,Nagata M,Yano Y,Akai T,Honda I,Watanabe S,Soda H,Matsuzaki O

更新日期：1999-09-01 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：: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：OBJECTIVE:To characterize surgical invasiveness and morbidity and to verify therapeutic efficacy, we reviewed perioperative and postoperative courses and therapeutic outcomes of patients who underwent retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (RPLND) for testicular germ cell cancers. METHODS:The study included 31 patients...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Tanaka T,Kitamura H,Kunishima Y,Takahashi S,Takahashi A,Masumori N,Itoh N,Tsukamoto T

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endometrial stromal sarcoma is known to be a hormone-dependent tumor. Efficacy of hormonal therapy including high-dose progestins, aromatase inhibitors or gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogs has been reported. We report a case of recurrent endometrial stromal sarcoma, the tumor cells of which were strongly positive...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Akashi D,Todo Y,Shimada C,Okamoto K,Minobe S,Kato H

更新日期：2013-11-01 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：:Trousseau's syndrome (cancer-associated thrombosis) is the second leading cause of death in cancer patients, after death from cancer itself. The risk of a venous thromboembolism is 4- to 7-fold higher in patients with cancer than in those without cancer. The causes of this impaired coagulation are associated with gene...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Ikushima S,Ono R,Fukuda K,Sakayori M,Awano N,Kondo K

更新日期：2016-03-01 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：:Uterine inversion caused by uterine sarcoma is a rare condition with 12 reported cases to date according to a MEDLINE search. We report two cases of this rare condition. A 71- and a 72-year-old woman presented with uterine sarcomas rapidly extruded into the vagina. In both cases, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Takano K,Ichikawa Y,Tsunoda H,Nishida M

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-six patients with advanced bronchogenic adenocarcinoma or large cell carcinoma were treated by combination chemotherapy consisting of Ftorafur, adriamycin and mitomycin C (FAM II). The patients had not received prior chemotherapy and were not eligible for radiotherapy and surgery. The overall response rate was ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Salvati F,Cruciani AR,De Marinis A,Nunziati F,Portalone L

更新日期：1984-03-01 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