BACKGROUND: The unique anatomical characteristics and blood supply of the rectosigmoid junction confer particular significance to its physiological functions and clinical surgeries. However, research on the prognosis of rectosigmoid junction cancer (...
BACKGROUND: ALPPS procedure is gaining interest. Indications and technical aspects of this technique are still under debate [1]. Only 4 totally laparoscopic ALPPS procedures have been described in the literature and none by robotic approach [2-4]. Th...
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
Dec 1, 2023
A 72-year-old man was referred to our urology department due to a giant adrenal tumor detected by computed tomography( CT). Endocrine screening showed that cortisol, renin, aldosterone, adrenaline, and noradrenaline levels were all normal, and there ...
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
Dec 1, 2023
The patient is a 63-year-old man. He visited his previous physician for abdominal pain. After close examinations, he was diagnosed with stenotic sigmoid colon cancer with left lateral lymph node metastasis. On the same day, colonic stenting was perfo...
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
Feb 1, 2023
We report a case of 72s male with locally advanced sigmoid colon cancer. Colonoscopy revealed an advanced sigmoid colon cancer(AV 15 cm, type 2, semi-peripheral, deeper than T3). He was diagnosed as cT4bN2M0, cStage Ⅲc(Japanese Classification of Colo...
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
Dec 1, 2019
Here, we report the case of a 73-year-oldfemale patient, who previously underwent high anterior resection for rectosigmoidcancer at the age of 63. Her scheduled5 years of follow-up after colorectal surgery hadbeen finished, but she kept undergoing en...
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
Dec 1, 2018
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...
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
Nov 1, 2017
We report 2 cases of laparoscopic simultaneous resection for synchronous liver metastasis of colon cancer. Case 1: A 76- year-old woman was diagnosed with advanced cecum cancer(type 3)with synchronous liver metastasis(segment 5: 23mm), Laparoscopic i...
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