Yuji Kaneoka

..We conducted a retrospective study of patients with cholangiocarcinoma to examine whether hepatopancreatoduodenectomy, in comparison to standard surgeries, provides a survival benefit...

..We investigated retrospectively the operative outcomes of portal vein resection (PVR) for portal vein (PV) and/or superior mesenteric vein (SMV) involvement and clarified the validity of PVR...

..CONCLUSIONS: The percentage of patients undergoing in-center surveillance or referred by a primary care physician increased, resulting in increased early detection of HCC and improved patient survival...

..We evaluated the prognostic value of the pretreatment elevation of tumor markers for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients who underwent curative treatment...

..We conducted a prospective study to evaluate the significance of simultaneous measurement of 3 currently used tumor markers in the evaluation of tumor progression and prognosis of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)...

..We investigated the characteristics and prognosis of HCC patients in whom no markers for hepatitis virus infection were detected, in comparison with those of HCC patients with hepatitis virus infection...

..In contrast, the JIS system was the most suitable after 1990, when early detection and early treatment of HCC became common. The JIS system is, therefore, the appropriate system in this era of early detection and treatment of HCC...

..We investigated how the characteristics of patients with HCC changed and whether this trend is continuing after the year 2000...

..Some pathological characteristics of HCC might be evaluated preoperatively and non-invasively, by means of combined analysis of three phases of CEUS findings...

..We aimed to determine whether bile duct cancer (BDC) or gallbladder cancer (GBC) was a better candidate for hepatopancreatoduodenectomy (HPD)...

..We researched the molecular marker for prognosis of postoperative patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)...

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..The positive correlation between SP and passed stone suggests that early ES should not be advocated for SP patients. MP patients with coexisting severe cholangitis are likely to benefit from ES...

..CONCLUSIONS: AFP-L3-positive HCC had several pathologic features of progressed state of HCC, which accounted for the AFP-L3 as an indicator of poor prognosis of HCC...

..001). In patients with AFP <20 ng/mL, measurements of AFP-L3% by the highly sensitive method before treatment were more useful for diagnosis and prognosis of HCC than by the conventional method...

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..As in previously reported cases of small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the ampullary region, the present case showed extremely aggressive clinical behavior with early metastases resulting in fatal outcome...

..9%. There were no 5-year survivors with BDI. In conclusion, perineural invasion in BDI is an important obstacle to complete resection. Hepatopancreatoduodenectomy is a feasible strategy only for LNI(+)BDI(-) disease...

..Our preliminary surgical technique, based on IVR-CT, could provide a better surgical field and result in decreased operating time and decreased blood loss in paracaval liver malignancy...

..We analyzed hepatitis B virus (HBV) X gene integration in hepatocytes of HBV-negative, chronic hepatitis C (CH-C) patients with mild fibrosis, and prospectively followed these patients for the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)...

..Because complications of mesenteric artery embolization may be delayed for months, an extended follow-up period is prudent to monitor the embolization site even in the absence of clinical symptoms...

..She has since been tumor-free with preserved anal function. These case reports show the importance of cogitated treatments for preservation of anal function and optimal therapeutic outcome in patients with perianal RMS...

..This lack of utility could have been due to the measuring procedure used in the present study. Further evaluation of GPC3 in HCC with other measuring procedures is needed...

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