Immunomodulatory drugs in the treatment of multiple myeloma.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Despite an increase in the number of Japanese patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms, long-term outcomes and prognostic factors, especially for those with advanced disease, remain unclear. METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 78 patients with unresectable pancreatic neuroendo...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Lee L,Igarashi H,Fujimori N,Hijioka M,Kawabe K,Oda Y,Jensen RT,Ito T

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of multiple primary malignant neoplasms in 9,191 consecutive cases of primary gastrointestinal (GI) tract cancer from 1962 to 1981 at the National Cancer Center was analyzed. The person-years of the cases totaled 28,399.4: 185 second cancers were diagnosed clinically and 85 were first diagnosed at autop...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Watanabe S,Kodama T,Shimosato Y,Arimoto H,Suemasu K

更新日期：1985-04-01 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：:Projecting cancer mortality is fundamental to the process of planning cancer control. Although the prefecture is one of the main units for the implementation and evaluation of cancer control in Japan, a long-term detailed future projection of cancer mortality has not been conducted by prefecture. The main objective of...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Fukui K,Ito Y,Nakayama T

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the present study is to compare the accuracy in using laboratory data or clinical factors, or both, in predicting probability of dying within 7 days of hospice admission in terminal cancer patients. METHODS:We conducted a prospective cohort study of 727 patients with terminal cancer. Three models ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Chiang JK,Cheng YH,Koo M,Kao YH,Chen CY

更新日期：2010-05-01 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：BACKGROUND:Angiosarcoma is an aggressive and malignant neoplasm. Primary hepatic angiosarcoma is extremely rare and accounts for only approximately 5% of all angiosarcomas. Therefore, many doctors do not know enough about this disease; this lack of knowledge motivated us to perform this study. METHODS:We carried out a...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Zeng D,Cheng J,Gong Z,Chen J,Long H,Zhu B

更新日期：2020-05-05 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：:The efficacy of combination therapy with cis-diammine-dichloroplatinum (II) (CDDP) and o-(chloroacetyl-carbamoyl) fumagillol (AGM-1470) was evaluated experimentally using a transplantable rat osteosarcoma line, previously established in our laboratory, with a high potential for metastasis. Tumor-bearing male Fischer 3...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Morishita T,Mii Y,Miyauchi Y,Miura S,Honoki K,Aoki M,Kido A,Tamai S,Tsutsumi M,Konishi Y

更新日期：1997-08-01 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:To determine the antitumor activity and toxicity of weekly hepatic arterial infusion (HAI) of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) for liver metastases from colorectal cancer. In addition, the present study also evaluated the efficacy of second-line chemotherapy after termination of HAI. METHODS:A retrospective study was d...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Hosokawa A,Yamada Y,Shimada Y,Muro K,Matsumura Y,Fujita S,Akasu T,Moriya Y,Shirao K

更新日期：2003-03-01 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：OBJECTIVE:We aimed to clarify the suitable surgical management around the paratracheal area of patients who undergo total pharyngolaryngectomy based on the pathological results of hypopharyngeal cancer. METHODS:The study was conducted under a multicenter, retrospective observational design in Japan. We analyzed histop...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Tomioka T,Beppu T,Fujii T,Ozawa T,Asakage T,Onitsuka T,Fujimoto Y,Matsuura K,Kawabata K,Hayashi R

更新日期：2019-05-01 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：:We report a 41-year-old woman with a retroperitoneal schwannoma mimicking hepatic tumor in the caudate lobe. Dynamic computed tomography in the early phase showed an enhanced tumor (2.7 cm in diameter) in the Spiegel lobe of the liver, which compressed the inferior vena cava (IVC). We also performed left hepatic angio...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Nakamura M,Takayama T,Takayasu K,Shimada K,Yamamoto J,Kosuge T,Sakamoto M,Yamasaki S,Shimizu S,Makuuchi M

更新日期：1997-08-01 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：: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：BACKGROUND:Multi-combination chemotherapy consisting of anthracyclines has been effective but has not invariably prolonged the survival period in advanced/recurrent breast cancer. The possibility has been discussed that chemoendocrine therapy combined with endocrine agents is more effective. METHODS:In order to evalua...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Tominaga T,Nomura Y,Uchino J,Hirata K,Kimura M,Yoshida M,Aoyama H,Kinoshita H,Koyama H,Monden Y,Takashima S,Ogawa M

更新日期：1998-04-01 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：: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：:Following a simple cholecystectomy, a 63-year-old woman with gallstones was histologically diagnosed as having minute squamous cell carcinoma of the gallbladder. A laparotomy revealed a small, firm nodule that appeared to be an adenoma, which was palpated in the fundus of the gallbladder. The resected gallbladder cont...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Roppongi T,Takeyoshi I,Ohwada S,Sato Y,Fujii T,Honma M,Morishita Y

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human lymphoblastoid interferon-alpha was administered intramuscularly at a dose of 5 x 10(6) units/day to 20 metastatic renal cell carcinoma patients. For potentiating the antitumor effect of interferon, cimetidine was also given to them orally at a dose of 800 mg/day. The combination therapy obtained a complete resp...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Kotake T,Kinouchi T,Saiki S,Kuroda M,Miki T,Kiyohara H,Usami M

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and nonspecific cross-reacting antigen (NCA) mRNAs were observed in malignant and nonmalignant colon tissues by Northern blot analysis. CEA mRNA was detected together with NCA mRNA in nine cultured cell lines, with the exception of the lung carcinoma A549 cell line, and in ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Hinoda Y,Takahashi H,Higashide T,Nakano T,Arimura Y,Yoshimoto M,Tsujisaki M,Imai K,Yachi A

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies reported that hospital procedure volume (i.e. volume of patients per hospital receiving a particular treatment)was directly proportional to cancer survival; however the degree of association might be different according to the primary tumor site, extent of disease and year of diagnosis. We per...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Ioka A,Tsukuma H,Ajiki W,Oshima A

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The "Criteria for Evaluating the Efficacy of Chemotherapy/Radiation Therapy in the Treatment of Gastric Cancer" are now widely used in Japan. To assess the validity of the criteria, the relation between the antitumor effect evaluated by the criteria and the survival of patients with gastric cancer was analyzed. The su...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Kiyohashi A,Kurihara M,Yoshida S,Ohkubo T,Suga S

更新日期：1993-02-01 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：:Myoepithelioma is a rare neoplasm usually occurring in the salivary glands or the mammary glands but also, more rarely, in the thoracic cavity. The diagnosis of myoepithelioma is based on the presence of histological and immunohistochemical characteristics of myoepithelioma, but in unusual locations, the diagnosis is ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Habu T,Soh J,Toji T,Shien K,Niman E,Namba K,Sato H,Yamamoto H,Sugimoto S,Yamane M,Toyooka S

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Most cancer patients become increasingly anxious toward the end of their life. The objective of this study was to identify predictors of increased opioid dosage in the last week of a terminal cancer patient's life. METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed charts of patients who died in our palliative care unit. W...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Miura T,Matsumoto Y,Motonaga S,Hasuo H,Abe K,Kinoshita H

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Lugano classification was published in 2014 to form the basis for revising the recommendations regarding anatomic staging and evaluation of disease before and after therapy. This staging system was adopted by the eighth edition of the Cancer Staging Manual of the American Joint Committee on Cancer. In this review,...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Munakata W,Terauchi T,Maruyama D,Nagai H

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In a tumor, increased deubiquitination of cyclins by a protein gene product gene, PGP9.5, could contribute to the uncontrolled growth of somatic cells that is a hallmark of cancer. We hypothesized that PGP9.5 may be expressed in tumors of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). METHODS:Expression ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Sasaki H,Yukiue H,Moriyama S,Kobayashi Y,Nakashima Y,Kaji M,Fukai I,Kiriyama M,Yamakawa Y,Fujii Y

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00