Treatment of minute medullary thyroid carcinoma in multiple endocrine neoplasia 2A families first diagnosed by DNA analysis of RET proto-oncogene mutations: a case report.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Elastography is a technique for detecting the stiffness of tissues. We applied elastography for the diagnosis of prostate cancer and evaluated the usefulness of elastography for prostate biopsy. METHODS:The subjects of this study were 311 patients who underwent elastography during prostate needle biopsy at H...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Miyagawa T,Tsutsumi M,Matsumura T,Kawazoe N,Ishikawa S,Shimokama T,Miyanaga N,Akaza H

更新日期：2009-06-01 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：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：BACKGROUND:We carried out the present study to investigate the feasibility and effectiveness of concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CT-RT) for postoperative recurrent esophageal cancer, which are, at present, unclear. METHODS:Between 1998 and 2002, 16 patients with postoperative loco-regional recurrence of esophageal cancer...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Nishimura Y,Koike R,Nakamatsu K,Kanamori S,Suzuki M,Shigeoka H,Shiozaki H

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The poor clinical prognosis of Stage IIIB colon cancer patients is due in part to the current lack of an effective diagnostic method being available and highlights a need for the identification of novel biomarkers like microRNA (miRNA). Patients and methods:We used microarray analysis to compare the miRNA e...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Li P,Ou Q,Braciak TA,Chen G,Oduncu FS

更新日期：2018-07-01 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：OBJECTIVE:There is little information about the patterns of care for elderly esophageal squamous cell carcinoma patients, and a standardized strategy has not been established. Therefore, we conducted a questionnaire survey about the patterns of care for these patients. METHODS:On September 2014, the questionnaires wer...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Hamamoto Y,Akutsu Y,Nagashima F,Hironaka S,Ito Y,Kato K,Hara H,Tsubosa Y,Nakagawa S,Daiko H,Ozawa S,Kitagawa Y

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent reports of cancers that produce colony-stimulating factors (CSF) and which are associated with leukocytosis indicate that most are granulocyte CSF-producing tumors. A 71-year-old man with metastatic chest wall tumors from large cell lung cancer with marked leukocytosis and eosinophilia was reported. His maximal...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Watanabe M,Ono K,Ozeki Y,Tanaka S,Aida S,Okuno Y

更新日期：1998-09-01 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：: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：: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：OBJECTIVE:We performed a retrospective review of clinical T1a renal cell carcinoma patients treated in our institution. The clinicopathological findings and patients' prognoses were analyzed according to tumor size, and risk factors for tumor recurrence were elucidated. METHODS:A total of 140 cases of sporadic renal c...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Kitagawa Y,Nakashima K,Shima T,Izumi K,Narimoto K,Miwa S,Miyagi T,Maeda Y,Kadono Y,Konaka H,Mizokami A,Namiki M

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A randomized Phase III trial commenced in Japan in September 2014. Endoscopic local steroid injection has been commonly used and considered acceptable as the current standard treatment for the prevention of esophageal stricture after endoscopic submucosal dissection for superficial esophageal cancer. The purpose of th...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Mizutani T,Tanaka M,Eba J,Mizusawa J,Fukuda H,Hanaoka N,Takeuchi M,Aoyama I,Kojima T,Takizawa K,Ono H,Muto M,Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Study Group of the Japan Clinical Oncology Group (JCOG).

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have suggested that glutathione S-transferase pi (GST-pi) may play a role in determining tumor sensitivities to cytotoxic drugs. In order to better understand the role of this enzyme in chemo- and/or radioresistance of lung cancer cells, we examined whether introduction of GST-pi cDNA into a chemo- and ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Miyara H,Hida T,Nishida K,Takahashi T,Sugiura T,Ariyoshi Y,Morishita M,Takahashi T,Ueda R

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To investigate the usefulness of screening for patient symptoms as the fifth vital sign using an electronic medical recording system. Patients and methods:In the electronic medical recording system, all admitted patients received routine nurse-based assessment of discomfort (defined as any physical symptom) at...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Naito AS,Sakuma Y,Kinoshita H,Ito T,Mimatsu S,Tarumi A,Kiyohara E,Morita T

更新日期：2017-05-01 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：OBJECTIVE:In 2009, the TNM classification of malignant tumors was revised, and the renewal of the T2-4 stage in renal cell carcinoma was adopted. To date, however, the staging of ipsilateral solitary adrenal involvement in renal cell carcinoma has not been sufficiently evaluated. METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed th...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Takayama T,Sugiyama T,Kai F,Ito T,Furuse H,Mugiya S,Ozono S

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inconsistency in the prevalence of infection by human papillomavirus (HPV) in lung cancer patients was found between different countries with racial and geographic variations. Our previous reports have indicated that a high-risk HPV 16/18 DNA was frequently detected in Chinese lung cancer patients living in ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Fei Y,Yang J,Hsieh WC,Wu JY,Wu TC,Goan YG,Lee H,Cheng YW

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

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：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：BACKGROUND:To report the results of radiotherapy for patients with failure, adverse reactions or relative contraindications to the use of steroids or immunosuppressants, by using newly developed quantitative indexes. METHODS:Fourteen female and six male patients with Graves' ophthalmopathy were treated with radiothera...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Sakata K,Hareyama M,Oouchi A,Shidou M,Nagakura H,Morita K,Osanai H,Ohtsuka K,Hinoda Y

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of gefitinib-induced bilateral upper urinary tract bleeding in an 82-year-old woman administered the drug daily for advanced non-small cell adenocarcinoma of the lung (T4N3M0). Hematuria is an uncommon adverse effect of gefitinib, and in most cases, the bleeding site is unknown. On the 44th day of ora...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Mori H,Ohno Y,Ito F,Funaguchi N,Yanase K,Endo J,Nakano M,Bai La BL,Minatoguchi S

更新日期：2010-03-01 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:Until 1998 in Japan, very few institutions were treating prostate cancer solely with radiotherapy (RT) >70 Gy and most were using < or =65 Gy in combination with hormone therapy. The present study reports the long-term results of RT combined with hormone therapy for localized and locally advanced prostate ca...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Hashine K,Numata K,Azuma K,Sumiyoshi Y,Kataoka M

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Resections are effective for some patients with both hepatic and pulmonary metastases of colorectal cancer, but the best selection criteria for the resections and effective treatment for recurrence after the resections have not been determined. METHODS:A retrospective analysis was performed for 30 consecuti...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Takahashi S,Nagai K,Saito N,Konishi M,Nakagohri T,Gotohda N,Nishimura M,Yoshida J,Kinoshita T

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Triplet antiemetic therapy with neurokinin 1 receptor blocker, 5-hydroxytryptamine receptor blocker and steroids is commonly used in patients who are highly emetic after chemotherapy. However, an alternative antiemetic therapy for patients who are resistant to triplet antiemetic therapy is not established. Ol...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Sato J,Kashiwaba M,Komatsu H,Ishida K,Nihei S,Kudo K

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Human papillomavirus vaccines are being introduced worldwide and are expected to reduce the incidence of cervical cancer. Here we report a cross-sectional study using a validated human papillomavirus genotyping method to reveal the human papillomavirus prevalence and genotype distribution in Japanese women wi...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Azuma Y,Kusumoto-Matsuo R,Takeuchi F,Uenoyama A,Kondo K,Tsunoda H,Nagasaka K,Kawana K,Morisada T,Iwata T,Aoki D,Kukimoto I

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy and safety of pegylated liposomal doxorubicin (PLD) in Japanese patients with Müllerian carcinoma having a therapeutic history of platinum-based chemotherapy. METHODS:Patients who were diagnosed with Müllerian carcinoma (epithelial ovarian carcinoma, primary ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Katsumata N,Fujiwara Y,Kamura T,Nakanishi T,Hatae M,Aoki D,Tanaka K,Tsuda H,Kamiura S,Takehara K,Sugiyama T,Kigawa J,Fujiwara K,Ochiai K,Ishida R,Inagaki M,Noda K

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although adjuvant analgesics are used to treat opioid-refractory cancer pain, there is insufficient evidence to support this practice and limited data to guide the choice depending on cancer pain pathophysiology, dose titration and starting dose. This survey aimed to clarify the current use of adjuvant analg...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Tagami K,Matsuoka H,Ariyoshi K,Oyamada S,Hiratsuka Y,Kizawa Y,Koyama A,Inoue A

更新日期：2020-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is one of the leading malignancies with obscure etiology. Circulating tumor cells have been showed to intimately correlate with characteristics in different kinds of cancer. But links between circulating tumor cells and nasopharyngeal carcinoma were still lacking. Therefore, we explor...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Si Y,Lan G,Deng Z,Wang Y,Lu Y,Qin Y,Huang B,Yang Y,Weng J,Han X,Zhang B,Qin Y,Xiong W,Li B,Wu S

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00