abstract：BACKGROUND:Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is the treatment of choice in young patients with severe aplastic anemia. The main causes of failure after this procedure are graft versus host disease, infections and graft failure, often exacerbated by large numbers of transfusions and prolonged disease du...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Rzepecki P,Sarosiek T,Szczylik C

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Docetaxel plus cisplatin (DP) is a combination chemotherapy regimen that is active against untreated advanced gastric cancer. We evaluated the feasibility of DP treatment in patients with recurring or metastatic gastric cancer who had been previously treated with other chemotherapy regimens. PATIENTS AND ME...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Kim H,Park JH,Bang SJ,Kim DH,Cho HR,Kim GY,Min YJ

更新日期：2005-12-01 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：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to evaluate patient-related parameters that determine ovarian cyst formation in women using tamoxifen for breast cancer. METHODS:A retrospective review of tamoxifen-treated women with breast cancer who were followed up in the outpatient clinic at Ankara Oncology Hospital between...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Metindir J,Aslan S,Bilir G

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oral carmofur, either as a single or in combination with other chemotherapeutic agents, has been used as adjuvant chemotherapy for curatively resected colon cancer patients. Past trials and meta-analyses indicate that it is somewhat effective in extending survival of patients with this cancer. The objective ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Sakamoto J,Hamada C,Rahman M,Kodaira S,Ito K,Nakazato H,Ohashi Y,Yasutomi M

更新日期：2005-09-01 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：: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：:Castleman's disease is a rare disorder characterized by benign proliferation of lymphoid tissue. Most cases occur as a mediastinal mass, although extrathoracic involvement including nodal and extranodal locations has been reported. The left suprarenal location of this localized disease may be mistaken for an adrenal t...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Chen JH,Yu CY,Pai CY,Chan DC,Chen CJ,Yu JC,Liu YC

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:CD10 is a cell surface metalloproteinase expressed by a variety of normal cell types, including lymphoid precursor cells, germinal center B lymphocytes and some epithelial cells. Although accumulating data indicate that CD10 expression by stromal cells is involved in colorectal carcinogenesis and it is a nov...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Huang WB,Zhou XJ,Chen JY,Zhang LH,Meng K,Ma HH,Lu ZF

更新日期：2005-05-01 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：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study is to clarify the efficacy and toxicity of hyperfractionated radiation therapy (RT) for patients with nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC). METHODS:Twenty-two patients with NPC treated at our hospital between April 1994 and December 2002 were the subjects of this study. They received hyperfr...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Isobe K,Uno T,Kawakami H,Ueno N,Aruga T,Yasuda S,Hanazawa T,Okamoto Y,Ito H,Shigematsu N

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Colorectal cancer is one of the most common carcinomas observed in humans. Recently we have reported that increased oxidative stress is associated with human colorectal cancer. There are few and controversial studies on the clinical relevance of the expression of heat shock protein 70 (HSP 70), a member of t...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Ozdemirler Erata G,Kanbağli O,Durlanik O,Bulut T,Toker G,Uysal M

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It has been reported that prognosis is less favorable in poorly (G3) differentiated endometrioid adenocarcinoma than in well (G1) or moderately (G2) differentiated endometrioid adenocarcinoma. The goal of this study is therefore to analyze the prognosis of G3 endometrioid adenocarcinoma and various factors t...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Kuwabara Y,Susumu N,Banno K,Hirao T,Kawaguchi M,Yamagami W,Suzuki N,Aoki D,Nozawa S

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduced intensity stem cell transplantation (RIST) is a new approach of stem cell transplantation, which has shown promising features as reported in multiple phase I and II studies. Elderly patients, who are not eligible for conventional myeloablative hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), are now treatable w...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Kami M,Makimoto A,Heike Y,Takaue Y

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Case 1: A 14-year-old boy with nasopharyngeal cancer (T4N0M0) was treated with stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) as a boost therapy after conventional radiotherapy. Persistent residual tumor visible with MR remained after conventional radiotherapy comprising 59.6 Gy in total. We therefore performed SRS to add a further ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Yokouchi J,Satani K,Kanesaka N,Abe K,Hasegawa T

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Japan, concurrent chemoradiotherapy is the standard treatment for unresectable esophageal cancer. The optimal combination of chemotherapeutic agents and radiotherapy dose remains controversial. The present study consists of a phase II trial of a cisplatin (CDDP)/5-fluorouracil (5-FU) infusion with concurr...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Ishida K,Ando N,Yamamoto S,Ide H,Shinoda M

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We encountered a patient with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with peritoneal dissemination and needle tract implantation, both of which were strongly suspected to have been caused by percutaneous needle biopsy. The patient was a 65-year-old man. Partial hepatectomy of subsegment VI had been performed following the dia...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Takahashi H,Konishi M,Nakagohri T,Inoue K,Takahashi S,Tanizawa Y,Monden M,Kinoshita T

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In recent times, the possibility of detecting lung cancer using microsatellite alterations (microsatellite instability and loss of heterozygosity) in DNA of bronchial washings has been explored. However, no data regarding the presence of microsatellite alterations in lung cancer are available from India, a c...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Malhotra P,Behera D,Srinivasan R,Majumdar S,Wali A,Mir S,Kaur R

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although radiotherapy in combination with endocrinal manipulation has been identified as an effective treatment for patients with high-risk prostate cancer, the optimal dose for locoregional control of prostate cancer in combination with hormonal therapy has not yet been determined. METHODS:The efficacy of ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Sasaki T,Nakamura K,Shioyama Y,Ohga S,Urashima Y,Terashima H,Koga H,Naito S,Noma H,Komatsu K,Yamaguchi A,Honda H

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radical cystectomy with lymphadenectomy is the gold standard for treatment of invasive bladder cancer. However, the treatment alone does not always provide a satisfactory result for the disease extending outside the bladder. In this review we discuss several clinical issues in the diagnosis and treatment of this invas...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Tsukamoto T,Kitamura H,Takahashi A,Masumori N

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A high response rate has been reported for chemotherapy combining irinotecan (CPT-11) and cisplatin (CDDP) against advanced gastric cancer. The strong anti-tumor activity of this regimen makes it very attractive as a preoperative chemotherapy. We conducted a preliminary study on preoperative chemotherapy wit...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Yamao T,Ohta K,Ohyama S,Ishihara S,Chin K,Maruyama M,Takahashi T,Nakajima T

更新日期：2004-05-01 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：BACKGROUND:We evaluated whether color Doppler ultrasound (US) had diagnostic accuracy equal to dynamic computed tomography (CT) and whether performing dynamic CT and Doppler US together would be more informative in preoperative diagnosis of renal solid tumors. METHODS:A total of 110 renal solid tumors smaller than 7 c...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Kitamura H,Fujimoto H,Tobisu K,Mizuguchi Y,Maeda T,Matsuoka N,Komiyama M,Nakagawa T,Kakizoe T

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A Patterns of Care Study (PCS) has been conducted to evaluate the standards of practice for prostate cancer patients treated with radiotherapy in Japan. This study examines the influence of institutional stratification on the process of care for patients receiving radical external beam radiotherapy for prost...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Ogawa K,Nakamura K,Sasaki T,Yamamoto T,Koizumi M,Teshima T,Inoue T,Japanese Patterns of Care Study Working Subgroup on Prostate Cancer.

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We conducted a dose-finding and feasibility study in which we administered a fixed dose 3-h infusion of paclitaxel and an escalating dose of cisplatin in Japanese patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer. METHODS:Chemotherapy consisted of fixed dose (210 mg/m(2)) paclitaxel given over 3 h on day 1 ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Watanabe H,Yamamoto N,Tamura T,Shimoyama T,Hotta K,Inoue A,Sawada M,Akiyama Y,Kusaba H,Nokihara H,Sekine I,Kunitoh H,Ohe Y,Kodama T,Saijo N

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prognostic importance of the sequencing of radiation therapy and chemotherapy after mastectomy in high-risk premenopausal women with breast cancer in addition to other known prognostic factors in the literature. METHODS:In this retrospective study, 176 premenopau...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Cakir S,Gursel B,Meydan D,Yildiz L

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Patterns of Care Study (USPCS) by the American College of Radiology (ACR) has made significant contributions to improvements in the procedures of care for patients with breast cancer in the USA. The purpose of this study was to identify problems associated with the process of care for patients undergoing...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Shikama N,Nishikawa A,Mitsumori M,Hiraoka M,Yamamoto T,Teshima T,Inoue T,Wilson F,Owen J

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chromosomal numerical abnormality (CNA) is a characteristic of breast cancer as with other common solid cancers. Multiple mammary carcinomas are also sometimes encountered in the ipsilateral breast. Deciding whether they are multicentric (arising independently) or multifocal (of the same origin) has been a c...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Nakamura R,Song JP,Isogaki J,Kitayama Y,Sugimura H

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although malignant lymphoma of the breast is a rare disease, we recently experienced a high incidence of central nervous system (CNS) involvement. Thus, we retrospectively reviewed clinical records of 921 patients with breast tumors, treated from 1990 to 2002, to examine CNS involvement. Eight patients were found to h...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Yamazaki H,Hanada M,Kitada M,Kuyama J,Sato T,Nishikubo M,Ishida T,Inoue T,Inoue T

更新日期：2003-08-01 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:Intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) using the simultaneous integrated boost (SIB) method was designed for treating malignant gliomas. The purpose of this study was to investigate feasibility of this treatment. METHODS:Between December 2000 and November 2002, six patients with malignant gliomas were enro...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Suzuki M,Nakamatsu K,Kanamori S,Okumra M,Uchiyama T,Akai F,Nishimura Y

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Breast cancers in the early phase frequently undergo distant metastasis and survival of patients is greatly dependent on distant metastasis. The occurrence of micrometastasis has been suggested to relate with prognostic features of breast cancer, such as lymph node metastasis and the presence of vascular invasi...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Jung YS,Lee KJ,Kim HJ,Yim HE,Park JS,Soh EY,Kim MW,Park HB

更新日期：2003-04-01 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：:Subglottic carcinoma is rare and has a poor prognosis. It is usually treated with surgical resection, external beam irradiation (EBR) and/or a combination of both. Intraluminal irradiation (IR) as a curative treatment for subglottic carcinoma has never been reported. We report a case of subglottic carcinoma in a 66-ye...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Wakisaka M,Fuwa N,Matsumoto A,Tachibana H,Kodaira T,Furutani K,Kamata M,Mori H

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vascular endothelial growth factor C (VEGF-C) and D (VEGF-D) are considered to be potentially lymphangiogenic and can selectively induce hyperplasia of the lymphatic vasculature. In this study, we aimed to clarify the relation between expression of VEGF-C and -D and lymphatic metastasis in early gastric canc...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Ishikawa M,Kitayama J,Kazama S,Nagawa H

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) is an important tumor marker for non-seminomatous germ cell tumors (NSGCTs) that greatly affects diagnosis and the evaluations of therapy and therapeutic policy. However, it is sometimes very difficult to make the distinction between tumors and falsely elevated AFP levels due to benign...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Kamoto T,Satomura S,Yoshiki T,Okada Y,Henmi F,Nishiyama H,Kobayashi T,Terai A,Habuchi T,Ogawa O

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In women, osteoporosis is a common chronic disease that induces spinal compression and femoral neck fractures, resulting in life-threatening complications. It is very important to identify risk factors in order to prevent this disorder. Bone destruction is a well-recognized complication in a variety of neopl...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Hung YC,Yeh LS,Chang WC,Lin CC,Kao CH

更新日期：2002-10-01 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：:Advanced esophageal cancer patients with extensive lymph node metastases show extremely poor prognosis and the long-term outcome is poorer with the involvement of more lymph nodes. We report here a long-surviving case of advanced esophageal cancer with histologically 34 lymph node metastases, in which surgical resecti...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Shigemitsu K,Naomoto Y,Shirakawa Y,Haisa M,Gunduz M,Tanaka N

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00