The association between idiopat ...
Objectives Idiopathic environmental intolerance (IEI) is a disorder characterized by non-specific symptoms attributed to common airborne chemicals. ...
The relationship between social ...
Objective The aim of this study was to use a multilevel analysis to examine whether cognitive and structural dimensions of regional social capital w ...
Physicians’ recommendations to ...
Objectives Striking a balance between the rapid availability of a novel vaccine while ensuring its safety, quality, and efficacy is a major challeng ...
Chemotherapy-induced toxicities ...
Background Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) followed by surgery is a promising treatment strategy for advanced esophageal cancer. Response to NACT is ...
Is surgery always necessary in ...
Two randomized trials showed that survival was similar after definitive chemoradiation (CRT) or after CRT and surgery in locally advanced esophageal ...
Induction chemoradiotherapy fol ...
Purpose Chemoradiotherapy (CRT) has been performed for locally advanced thoracic esophageal carcinoma. To evaluate the outcome of induction CRT foll ...
Difference between urban and ru ...
Background Many environmental and genetic factors are presumed to be involved in the etiology of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). We devel ...
Gender differences in clinicopa ...
Background We investigated the clinicopathologic features and long-term outcomes after surgery of Japanese women with esophageal cancer in compariso ...
Induction chemotherapy followed ...
Purpose In Japan, chemoradiotherapy (CRT) is primarily indicated for T4 esophageal cancer for curative intent or when aiming for downstaging. Howeve ...
Successful endoscopic clipping ...
A 64-year-old man visited our hospital complaining of abdominal discomfort. A 2-cm-long 0-IIc ? IIa esophageal superficial carcinoma was detected i ...
Variety of symptoms reported by ...
Background The characteristics of symptoms reported by patients with various organic and functional upper gastroduodenal diseases have not been full ...
A case report of giant esophage ...
This report concerns a 68-year-old man with an esophageal gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) surgically resected after preoperative treatment. En ...
Prospective study of definitive ...
Background Standard chemoradiotherapy (CRT) using 5-FU and CDDP is the optimal treatment for patients with stage II/III (non-T4) esophageal carcinom ...
A case of spontaneous submucosa ...
We report a case of spontaneous submucosal dissection of the esophagus of a 58-year-old patient. In September 2005, he complained of chest pain foll ...
Clinical usefulness of continuo ...
Background and objective Monitoring of central venous blood oxygen saturation (ScvO2) has recently become easier and safer to perform, but its clini ...
Esophageal squamous cell carcin ...
Esophageal achalasia is a primary motility disorder of the esophagus. Although various treatments can relieve the symptoms, esophageal cancer arisin ...
A patient with esophageal squam ...
We report a case of a 51-year-old man with esophageal cancer who had a complete pathological response to preoperative chemotherapy with a combinatio ...
Gastropericardial fistula resul ...
Gastropericardial fistulae are rare and may cause fatal complications such as acute purulent carditis and cardiac tamponade. The present report desc ...
A proton pump inhibitor relieve ...
The mainstay treatment for benign esophageal stricture is dilation with medical therapy. Although dilation usually provides symptomatic relief, recu ...
Technique of the double-channel ...
Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) recently has been aggressively performed to treat superficial esophageal cancer; however, it is difficult to ...
Stapled resection for bronchoge ...
Esophageal bronchogenic cyst is a rare congenital malformation. Although thoracoscopic resection is useful, it has not been adopted for esophageal c ...
Endoscopic ultrasonography find ...
Aim Patients with achalasia may have a thicker muscularis propria layer than normal subjects. The aim of our study was to determine the prevalence o ...
Long-term survival after resect ...
A 62-year-old man underwent subtotal esophagectomy with an extended three-field lymph node dissection for squamous cell carcinoma of the lower thora ...
A case of small-cell esophageal ...
A 54-year-old male undergoing hemodialysis was admitted to our hospital because of difficulty in swallowing. Esophagography and esophageal endoscopy ...
Clinicopathologic characteristi ...
Basaloid squamous carcinoma (BSC) of the esophagus is a rare but distinct variant of esophageal carcinoma, identical to BSC of the upper aerodigesti ...