Kiyotaka Okuno

..The incidence of delayed gastric emptying after pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy has been reported to be 30% to 70%...

..The preliminary study yielded promising results regarding specific T cell responses to peptides and survival benefits. In this review, we summarize these results and discuss future perspectives...

..These results suggest that concomitant use of LEM with chemotherapy can decrease the incidence of adverse effects from cancer chemotherapy among patients with advanced cancer...

..5 times in the last 25 years. In this review, the recent results of surgical treatment for colonic cancer and the future perspectives in Japan are described...

..Postoperative complications associated with gastrointestinal (GI) perforation may lead to a poor prognosis. The goal of the study was to identify factors required for the establishment of appropriate perioperative procedures in such cases...

..This prospective study compares the functional outcome of colonic J-pouch and straight anastomosis five years after low anterior resection for rectal cancer...

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..We prospectively compared changes in function between colonic J-pouch and straight anastomoses from 1 to 5 years after low anterior resection for rectal cancer...

..0% in pN1 and 45.0% in pN2 disease. CONCLUSIONS: In the classification of regional node metastases from colon cancer, the JGR classification showed a wider range in distribution and 5-year survival rate compared with the TNM system...

..To investigate mesorectal fat invasion as a prognostic factor for T3N0 low rectal adenocarcinoma following sharp mesorectal excision...

..However, there is little evidence to unequivocally support such extensive lymphovascular resection...

..0215). The safety and immunological responsiveness of the present therapy suggest that this combination would be of clinical benefit for mCRC patients, and further trials are merited...

..This study evaluated the function of colonic J-pouch reconstruction in elderly patients aged 75 years or older...

..31, m-LV 28.2 ± 3.18, P < 0.05). These results suggest that the risk of metachronous liver metastasis could be well predicted by immunohistochemical staining of OPN in the central areas, and CD68 in the invasive margins of tumors...

..Our results indicate that Opn, an acidic glycoprotein from the gallbladder epithelium, seems to be involved in lithiasis. Opn from macrophages and/or the epithelium seems to help form the matrix protein...

..However, little is known about the interaction between sialyl Lewis X and hepatic immune cells. We evaluated the role of sialyl Lewis X in liver metastasis in view of liver-associated immunity...

..This study examined utility of chemoradiotherapy for neural invasion, a risk factor for local recurrence, and a poor prognosis factor...

..At a time when the indications for abdominoperineal excision appear to be reduced for low rectal cancer, the demand for colonic J-pouch reconstruction (the best technique in pouch operations) is therefore likely to increase...

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..Although HBsAg and HCVAb are used for conventional screening of patients with hepatic disorders, we believe that screening is also necessary in patients with positive HBcAb titers for early detection of HCC...

..The purpose of this study was to clarify the significance of bivariate cytokeratin and DNA flow cytometry for analysis of the biologic aggressiveness of resectable non-small cell lung cancer...

..2. The mean stroma score was 60.8. There was a significant correlation between the GSH score and the stroma score (r = 0.421, p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: The monocyte GSH level may serve as a predictor of stromal growth...

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..Moreover, the use of UFT/UZEL does not normally interfere with the normal course of immune-therapy...