OBJECTIVE: Prophylactic central lymph node dissection(CLND) is a controversial issue in papillary thyroid microcarcinoma( PTMC) patients without lymphatic metastasis. Artificial neural network(ANN) has been proposed as an alternative statistical tech...
Zhonghua nan ke xue = National journal of andrology
Jul 1, 2017
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of down-regulation of PTTG1 expression on the proliferation, invasiveness and apoptosis of androgen-independent human prostate cancer LNCaP-AI cells and their sensitivity to androgen antagonists.
OBJECTIVES: The aim of the study was to assess the role of HE4 and CA125 in differentiation between malignant and non-malignant endometrial pathologies.
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
Nov 1, 2015
A 77 year-old man with asymptomatic microscopic hematuria underwent a cystoscopic examination, which identified a broad-based papillary tumor at the cervix of the bladder. Adenocarcinoma was detected in the biopsy specimen. MRI and CT examination sho...
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
Nov 1, 2015
BACKGROUND: It is considered difficult to perform laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer with T4b that is directly invades to adjacent organs. This retrospective study evaluated pT4b colorectal cancer in terms of the efficacy of laparoscopic surg...
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Intraoperative blood loss is an independent predictor of recurrence and survival after resection of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The aim of this study was to identify the risk factors associated with intraoperative major blood los...
Endometrial cancer is the most common malignancy of the female genital tract in developed countries and second to cervical cancer in India. Endometrial cancer predominately affects post menopausal women; however 15-25% of cases are diagnosed before m...
Radical cystectomy is the standard method for treatment of muscle-invasive and locally advanced bladder cancer. Several less invasive approaches have been suggested recently, including totally laparoscopic radical cystectomy and robotic cystectomy. H...
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