abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to assess clinically the adequacy of vessel-contouring-based pelvic radiotherapy with regard to nodal coverage for uterine cervical cancer. METHODS:Fifty patients with Stages I-III cervical cancer, treated with vessel-contouring-based three-dimensional radiotherapy since August 2002...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Uno T,Isobe K,Ueno N,Kobayashi H,Sanayama Y,Mitsuhashi A,Shozu M,Ito H

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

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:We evaluated the results of imatinib dose escalation in patients with advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) after disease progression on standard-dose imatinib. METHODS:Clinical data from patients with metastatic or unresectable GISTs whose dose of imatinib was increased after disease progression ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Park I,Ryu MH,Sym SJ,Lee SS,Jang G,Kim TW,Chang HM,Lee JL,Lee H,Kang YK

更新日期：2009-02-01 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：:We retrospectively analyzed the efficacy of chemotherapy in patients whose gastric cancer recurred after adjuvant chemotherapy with S-1. A total of 51 patients were evaluated. Twenty-one patients received S-1-containing chemotherapy as first-line treatment after recurrence [cohort A: S-1 plus cisplatin (n = 10), S-1 m...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Shitara K,Muro K,Ura T,Takahari D,Yokota T,Sawaki A,Kawai H,Ito S,Yamamura Y

更新日期：2008-11-01 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:To investigate the clinical applications of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) using the CyberKnife system for pelvic recurrence from rectal cancer with a focus on survival and toxicity. METHODS:Between 2002 and 2006, 23 patients with recurrent rectal cancer were treated with SBRT at our institution....

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Kim MS,Choi C,Yoo S,Cho C,Seo Y,Ji Y,Lee D,Hwang D,Moon S,Kim MS,Kang H

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Hepatocellular cancer (HCC) is one of the important health problems in Turkey. We aimed to determine the clinical and demographic features of HCC in the Turkish population and to evaluate the prognostic and survival features. METHOD:Two hundred and twenty-one patients with HCC from five hospitals in Turkey a...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Alacacioglu A,Somali I,Simsek I,Astarcioglu I,Ozkan M,Camci C,Alkis N,Karaoglu A,Tarhan O,Unek T,Yilmaz U

更新日期：2008-10-01 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：:Cancer is already a well-recognized global phenomenon. The traditional approaches to cancer therapy have been surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. These modalities have shown considerable promise and presently form cornerstones of management of most malignancies. However, these conventional approaches have associat...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Munshi A,Ni LH,Tiwana MS

更新日期：2008-08-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Low-dose-rate (LDR) brachytherapy is an effective treatment for tongue cancer. However, little is known about the biological mechanism underlying this therapy, characterized by delivery of continuous exposures of LDR irradiation. It is reported that lower microvessel density (MVD), lower Ki-67 index or higher...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Sakata K,Someya M,Nagakura H,Nakata K,Oouchi A,Takagi M,Hareyama M

更新日期：2008-06-01 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：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to examine the appropriateness of chemotherapy and care in Korean cancer patients near the end-of-life. METHODS:We designed a retrospective cohort composed of patients diagnosed as having metastatic cancer and who received palliative chemotherapy at Seoul National University Hospita...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Keam B,Oh DY,Lee SH,Kim DW,Kim MR,Im SA,Kim TY,Bang YJ,Heo DS

更新日期：2008-05-01 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:The outcomes of patients with localized or locally advanced prostate cancer treated with external-beam radiotherapy are not well known in Japan. METHODS:Thirty-four institutions combined data on 679 patients with localized or locally advanced prostate cancer treated with a total dose >/=60 Gy between 1995 a...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Nakamura K,Mizowaki T,Imada H,Karasawa K,Uno T,Onishi H,Nihei K,Sasaki S,Ogura M,Akimoto T

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To evaluate pathological complete response rate and to identify the predictor of response after primary systemic chemotherapy (PST) with weekly docetaxel and epirubicin for locally advanced breast cancer. METHODS:Sixty-three patients with locally advanced breast cancer received three cycles PST on day 1 and...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Chen SC,Chang HK,Lin YC,Hsueh S,Cheung YC,Leung WM,Tsai CS,Lo YF,Tsai HP,Shen SC,Chen MF

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the extent of informed decision-making and treatment preference of Korean patients receiving palliative chemotherapy. METHODS:We assessed 138 patients (median age: 58 years; 73% male) with advanced cancer who had received at least one cycle of chemotherapy. General demographic information, the e...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Kim MK,Lee JL,Hyun MS,Do YR,Song HS,Kim JG,Bae SH,Ryoo HM,Park KU,Lee KH

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is conducted to evaluate the efficacy and safety of preoperative exercise in patients with T1N0/T1N1/T2N0 gastric cancer and metabolic syndrome, which has emerged as a global health care issue. The primary endpoint is an incidence of perioperative complications and the secondary endpoints are weight change,...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Cho H,Tsuburaya A,Sakamoto J,Morita S,Oba K,Yoshikawa T,Miyajima N,Adjuvant Exercise for General Elective Surgery (AEGES) Study Group.

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We evaluated the preoperative parameters to predict a positive surgical margin (SM) at radical prostatectomy for patients with prostate cancer. In addition, the prognostic factors for biochemical recurrence were determined in patients with positive SMs. METHODS:We retrospectively analysed 238 patients with p...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Hashimoto K,Masumori N,Takei F,Fukuta F,Takahashi A,Itoh N,Hasegawa T,Tsukamoto T

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Angiogenesis is required for growth and metastasis of colorectal cancer (CRC), and several positive regulators of tumor angiogenesis have been identified. Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), known to be elevated in several human cancers, regulates angiogenesis by inducing angiogenic factors. The aim of this study was ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Nakamoto RH,Uetake H,Iida S,Kolev YV,Soumaoro LT,Takagi Y,Yasuno M,Sugihara K

更新日期：2007-09-01 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：BACKGROUND:Benefits of chemotherapy have generally been modest in gastric cancer, although those regimens developed more recently have produced higher response rates. Paclitaxel plus cisplatin is one such regimen and divided administration of paclitaxel has been suggested to be associated with lower neurological and he...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Kim YH,Yamaguchi K,Bang YJ,Takiuchi H,Kang WK,Sato A,Kang YK,Sakamoto J,Abe C,Sakata Y

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been no previous report of oxaliplatin administration in patients undergoing hemodialysis. A 65-year-old female with end-stage renal disease who was undergoing hemodialysis presented with anemia in August 2005. She was diagnosed with colon cancer with multiple liver metastases. After colectomy, hepatic arter...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Shitara K,Munakata M,Muto O,Okada R,Mitobe S,Mino M,Ikami I,Sakata Y

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:No risk factor has been confirmed for para-aortic lymph node (PAN) metastasis from gastric cancer. To identify the risk factors and the most frequent route of metastasis to PAN, we analyzed the prospective data from a phase III trial. METHODS:In JCOG9501 comparing D2 and D2 + PAN dissection, 260 patients wi...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Nomura E,Sasako M,Yamamoto S,Sano T,Tsujinaka T,Kinoshita T,Furukawa H,Shimizu T,Hiratsuka M,Kobayashi O,Kurokawa Y,Tanigawa N,Gastric Cancer Surgical Study Group of the Japan Clinical Oncology Group.

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:It is difficult to reproduce a brachytherapy measurement because of changes in the rectal shape during inter-fraction. We constructed a multi-purpose brachytherapy phantom (MPBP) and reproduced the same conditions found in actual therapy. We further attempted to apply the measured optimal dose to reduce rectal ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Huh H,Kim W,Loh JJ,Lee S,Kim CY,Lee S,Shin D,Shin D,Cho S,Jang J,Lim S,Cho KH,Kwon S,Kim S

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To clarify the association between pre-treatment total bilirubin (PTB) level and severe toxicity in patients receiving cisplatin and irinotecan. METHODS:We analyzed retrospectively the relationships of grade 4 neutropenia or grade 3-4 diarrhea and clinical variables including PTB and pre-treatment neutrophil...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Fujiwara Y,Sekine I,Ohe Y,Kunitoh H,Yamamoto N,Nokihara H,Simmyo Y,Fukui T,Yamada K,Tamura T

更新日期：2007-05-01 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 purpose of the present study is to verify the treatment effects of boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) in ectopic tumors implanted in the thoracic cavity mimicking malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). METHODS:The tumor model was created by implanting murine squamous cell carcinoma cells into the thora...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Suzuki M,Sakurai Y,Masunaga S,Kinashi Y,Nagata K,Maruhashi A,Ono K

更新日期：2007-04-01 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：BACKGROUND:We evaluated the efficacy of our quality assurance (QA) program of radiation therapy (RT) in a prospective phase II study. This is the first description of the experience of the Japan Radiation Oncology Group (JAROG) with this program. METHODS:Clinical records, all diagnostic radiological films or color pho...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Isobe K,Kagami Y,Higuchi K,Kodaira T,Hasegawa M,Shikama N,Nakazawa M,Fukuda I,Nihei K,Ito K,Teshima T,Oguchi M,Japan Radiation Oncology Group (JAROG).

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare tumor usually diagnosed at an advanced stage on invasion of or adherence to adjacent organs. We report surgical outcome of stage III and IV ACCs. METHODS:ACCs from seven patients at clinical stage II (n = 1), III (n = 4), or IV (n = 2) were resected. Combined resecti...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Ohwada S,Izumi M,Kawate S,Hamada K,Toya H,Togo N,Horiguchi J,Koibuchi Y,Takahashi T,Yamada M

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There have been few reports of sarcoid reaction in the regional lymph nodes associated with lung cancer. The purpose of this study was to analyze the surgical results of lung cancer with sarcoid reaction. METHODS:Of 1733 lung cancer patients undergoing surgical treatment in our institute from 1990 to 2004, ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Tomimaru Y,Higashiyama M,Okami J,Oda K,Takami K,Kodama K,Tsukamoto Y

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary mesenteric liposarcoma is a rare entity that has been reported only 14 times in English literature. The treatment strategy for mesenteric liposarcoma is, if no distant metastases are detected, surgical resection with a wide surgical margin, often followed by radiation and/or adjuvant chemotherapy for high-risk...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Ishiguro S,Yamamoto S,Chuman H,Moriya Y

更新日期：2006-11-01 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: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：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：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of the present study was to obtain preliminary findings regarding psychiatric disorders and background characteristics among Japanese family members of cancer patients. METHODS:We investigated the psychiatric diagnosis and background factors of family members of cancer patients by analyzing the c...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Akechi T,Akizuki N,Okamura M,Shimizu K,Oba A,Ito T,Yoshikawa E,Nakano T,Inagaki M,Uchitomi Y

更新日期：2006-05-01 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:One of the most studied pro-angiogenic factors involved in the development of colorectal cancer is the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). The small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitor semaxanib (SU5416) is one of the several agents targeting the VEGF signaling pathway, and its development centered mos...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Hoff PM,Wolff RA,Bogaard K,Waldrum S,Abbruzzese JL

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00