Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
38247072
A 63-year-old man was admitted to a hospital owing to shortness of breath. He was diagnosed as having gastric cancer with pulmonary carcinomatous lymphangitis(PCL)and disseminated carcinomatosis of the bone marrow(DCBM). Regarding tumor markers, carc...
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
30692493
A 90-year-old male underwent total gastrectomy for gastric cancer 10 months earlier. The cancer was pathologically diagnosed as Stage ⅢA. Preoperative serum CA19-9 level was as high as 1,326 U/mL, but quickly decreased after surgery. Although the ser...
OBJECTIVES: Various physiological and pathological conditions can induce significant variations in plasma concentrations of tumor markers, such as CA 19-9, which is present in the serum and amniotic fluid of pregnant women. Herein, we aimed to determ...
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
26805124
The patient, a 55-year-old man, was diagnosed elsewhere as having cancer of the tail of the pancreas and was referred to our hospital. Abdominal computed tomography (CT) revealed a remarkably large tumor, 90 mm in diameter, in the tail of the pancrea...
HPB : the official journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association
26776846
BACKGROUND: To identify indications for staging laparoscopy (SL) in patients with resectable pancreatic cancer, and suggest a pre-operative algorithm for staging these patients.
Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver
26775128
BACKGROUNDS: The effect of metformin on survival in patients with pancreatic cancer is controversial.
BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of gastric cancer mainly relies on endoscopy, which is invasive and costly. The aim of this study is to develop a predictive model for the diagnosis of gastric cancer based on noninvasive characteristics.
Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine
38095534
OBJECTIVES: Misidentification errors in tumor marker tests can lead to serious diagnostic and treatment errors. This study aims to develop a method for detecting these errors using a machine learning (ML)-based delta check approach, overcoming limita...
Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico
38902493
BACKGROUND: Colorectal cancer has a high incidence and mortality rate due to a low rate of early diagnosis. Therefore, efficient diagnostic methods are urgently needed.
BACKGROUND: Pancreatic cancer is often diagnosed at advanced stages, and early-stage diagnosis of pancreatic cancer is difficult because of nonspecific symptoms and lack of available biomarkers.