A phase II study of biweekly mi ...
Background Preclinical studies have shown that mitomycin C (MMC) acts synergistically with irinotecan (CPT- 11). In this phase II study, we evaluate ...
Increased risk of tuberculosis ...
Background Gastrectomy for peptic ulcers and chemotherapy for malignancy are known risk factors for tuberculosis (TB). However, this relationship ha ...
Phase II study of weekly paclit ...
Background Our previous phase I study provided evidence that weekly paclitaxel, cisplatin, and bolus 5-fluorouracil (weekly PCF) was effective and w ...
p53 codon 72 polymorphism in pa ...
Background The common p53 codon 72 polymorphism has been investigated as a risk factor for cancer in different populations; however, the results hav ...
Caspase 8 and caspase 9 gene po ...
Background Caspase-8 (CASP8) and caspase-9 (CASP9) play crucial roles in regulating apoptosis, and their functional polymorphisms may alter cancer r ...
Prognostic relevance of demogra ...
Background Although studies comparing the surgical treatment of gastric carcinoma in Japan and Western industrialized countries have revealed differ ...
Does immigration play a role in ...
The observed increased risks of gastric cancer among first-generation immigrants compared to those in Swedes suggest the role of childhood environme ...
Prognostic factor analysis of t ...
Background Almost all patients with advanced gastric cancer will eventually develop progressive disease after first-line chemotherapy. However, the ...
Gastric adenocarcinoma with rha ...
Extrarenal rhabdoid tumors (ERRTs) are very rare neoplasms and have been reported in a range of organs, including sixteen cases in the stomach. We ...
Biweekly cetuximab and irinotec ...
Background Until recently there has been no proven second-line therapy for patients with advanced gastroesophageal cancer (GEC). Since 2004, Denmark ...
Randomized clinical trial of ad ...
Purpose To evaluate the survival benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy after curative resection in serosa-positive gastric cancer, a multicenter phase II ...
How useful is preoperative imag ...
Background Surgery is the fundamental curative option for gastric cancer patients. Imaging scans are routinely prescribed in an attempt to stage the ...
Discrepancies in histologic dia ...
Background A preoperative histologic diagnosis of neoplasia is a requirement for endoscopic resection (ER). However, discrepancies may occur between ...
A systematic review of the accu ...
Background There is lack of uniformity in the utilization of peritoneal cytology in gastric cancer management. The identification of intraperitoneal ...
Clinical validity of endoscopic ...
Background The 2010 Japanese Gastric Cancer Association guidelines for the treatment of submucosal invasive gastric cancer (SM-GC) specify size 30 m ...
Multivisceral resection for gas ...
Background The overall prognosis and survival of patients with advanced gastric cancer is generally poor. One of the most powerful predictors of out ...
Non-heart-beating donation in S ...
Purpose. The aim of our study was to describe our protocol of non-heart-beating-donor (NHBD) lung transplantation and discuss data regarding the sit ...
Current strategies for spinal c ...
Surgery for thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms remains challenging, with high mortality and morbidity rates despite overall improvements in the outco ...
Molecular basis of lung tissue ...
Recent advances have expanded our understanding of lung endogenous stem cells, and this knowledge provides us with new ideas for future regenerative ...
Surgical treatment for achalasi ...
Achalasia is a rare motor disorder of the esophagus, characterized by the absence of peristalsis and impaired swallow-induced relaxation. In the pas ...
Multimodal treatment for resect ...
Surgical resection has been traditionally the mainstay of treatment for localized esophageal cancers. However, survival after surgery alone for adva ...
Fighting spinal cord complicati ...
Paraplegia or paraparesis after otherwise successful thoracic or thoracoabdominal aortic reconstruction is a devastating complication for both patie ...
Video-assisted thoracic surgery ...
Among the four subjects addressed in this article, the defi nition of video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy is fundamentally the point at ...
Thoracic splenosis: know it—avo ...
Thoracic splenosis (TS) is autoimplantation of ectopic splenic tissue in the thoracic cavity that occurs following splenic injury. Most cases of TS ...
Surgical left ventricular recon ...
Because of the shortage of donors for heart transplantation, surgical ventricular reconstruction (SVR) has been under development to treat end-stage ...