INTRODUCTION: Peritoneal metastasis (PM) is a frequent condition in patients presenting with gastric cancer, especially in younger patients with advanced tumor stages. Computer tomography (CT) is the most common noninvasive modality for preoperative ...
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
Dec 1, 2019
No large clinical trials have been conducted to prove the efficacy of peritoneal dissemination resection for colorectal cancer, and no evidence has shown the usefulness of resection for metachronous peritoneal dissemination. An elderly woman in her 7...
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
Dec 1, 2019
The patient was a 60-year-old man who underwent distal gastrectomy for gastric cancer. The pathological diagnosis was Stage ⅡB. He received adjuvant chemotherapy(capecitabine plus oxaliplatin: CapeOX)for 6months and the postoperative course was uneve...
PURPOSE: To evaluate the technical feasibility and homogeneity of drug distribution of pressurized intraperitoneal aerosol chemotherapy (PIPAC) based on a novel process of intraperitoneal drug application (multidirectional aerosolization).
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
Nov 1, 2016
A72 -year-old woman who complained of abdominal pain and distention visited the emergency clinic of our hospital in April 2014. Computed tomography(CT)showed an omental mass and a pelvic mass with massive ascites. The fluid was removed by abdominal a...
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
Nov 1, 2015
This case involves a 76 year-old woman. A sigmoidectomy was performed for sigmoid colon cancer in August 2006. On histological examination, the cancer was shown to be tub2>tub1>por2, pSE, int, INF b, ly2, v0, pN0, p1 (Douglas), Stage Ⅳ. After surgery...
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
Nov 1, 2015
A 72-year-old man underwent surgery for advanced gastric cancer. Systemic chemotherapy was started, using a regimen of S-1/CDDP for 4 courses, followed by 8 courses of S-1. Three years and 8 months after the surgery, abdominal CT demonstrated ascites...
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
Nov 1, 2015
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...
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