Rectal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the preferred method for the diagnosis of rectal cancer as recommended by the guidelines. Rectal MRI can accurately evaluate the tumor location, tumor stage, invasion depth, extramural vascular invasion, and...
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
Apr 1, 2021
The case is a 68‒year‒old male, who had been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia(AML)prior to rectal cancer surgery, was referred to our hospital for treatment in July 2019. We planned to treat the AML first, and then the colorectal cancer. After c...
Zhonghua wei chang wai ke za zhi = Chinese journal of gastrointestinal surgery
Mar 25, 2021
To investigate the feasibility of transumbilical single-incision plus one port (SIPOP) robotic total mesorectal excision. Clinical data of a 70-year-old male patient with BMI 22.1 kg/m(2) who successfully underwent transumbilical single-incision pl...
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
Jan 1, 2021
We present a case of locally advanced rectal cancer(LARC)treated by robot assisted intersphincteric resection(ISR)and lateral lymph node dissection(LLND)after neoadjuvant chemotherapy(NAC). The patient was a 69-year-old female with the diagnosis of a...
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
Dec 1, 2020
Robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery(RALS)for rectal cancer has been covered by National Health Insurance in Japan since April 2018. We launched RALS in our hospital in October 2019 and now report the short-term results(up to January 2020). Altogether...
Zhonghua wei chang wai ke za zhi = Chinese journal of gastrointestinal surgery
Jun 25, 2020
To explore the feasibility of using faster regional convolutional neural network (Faster R-CNN) to evaluate the status of circumferential resection margin (CRM) of rectal cancer in the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). This study was registered in ...
BACKGROUND: High-resolution MRI is regarded as the best method to evaluate whether there is an involved circumferential resection margin in rectal cancer.
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
Dec 1, 2019
We reviewed the clinical records of 302 patients with low rectal carcinoma to evaluate the effectiveness of lateral lymph node(LLN)dissection in cases of skip metastases to the LLN. Patients were divided into 4 groups according to nodal status: group...
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
Dec 1, 2019
A 67-year-old man presented with bloody stools. Colonoscopy showed a small submucosal tumor in the lower rectum. As the tumor was small, follow-up was chosen. Although he was instructed to undergo reexamination 1 year later, he did not comply. Four y...
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
Dec 1, 2019
BACKGROUND: Surgical site infections(SSIs)occur at a high frequency in patients after rectal cancer surgery and are readily aggravated. Therefore, prophylactic measures for infections based on the evaluation of the patient's perioperative risk are ve...
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