J Yoshida

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..We analyzed pulmonary squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma patient survival in our single institution database, to evaluate the relationship of histologic analysis to survival and tumor aggressiveness...

..Because high-resolution CT seems to predict noninvasive or minimally invasive GGO lung cancers with high reliability, less invasive treatments like radiofrequency ablation have greater appeal...

..Primary peripheral lung carcinomas 1 cm or less in maximum dimension were reviewed to study the feasibility of limited surgery...

..This study was undertaken to determine the recurrence rate after limited resection of small lung carcinoma and to evaluate intraoperative frozen-section examination accuracy for Noguchi classification...

..However, recently three of the 24 patients, with mixed GGO lesions intraoperatively diagnosed as type B, developed a solid lesion at the cut-end scar...

..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of VPI on survival and propose a method of incorporating VPI status into the TNM classification...

..Dysfunctional uterine bleeding disappeared and the patient is doing well, with no signs of recurrence, 9 months after the resection...

..We attempted to identify significant factors responsible for false-positive and false-negative scans...

..To identify clinical or radiologic predictors of mediastinal lymph node involvement in patients with non-small cell lung cancer, and to define the indications of preoperative mediastinoscopy...

..We compared clinicopathological factors of lung cancer in patients with and without IPF...

..This case might be an example of the adenoma-carcinoma sequence of lung cancer. A careful follow-up study is mandatory for this patient with special regard to the further development of lung carcinoma in the future...

..3%) (p = 0.0002). CONCLUSIONS: The morphologic features of ASFC and vascular invasion at metastatic sites are prognostic factors for colorectal cancer patients who have undergone pulmonary metastasectomy...

..To determine the indications for preoperative localization of a small indeterminate pulmonary nodule...

..Although posttraumatic mediastinal chyloma is not rare, postoperative mediastinal chyloma has not been reported in the literature. However, it should be noted as a differential diagnosis for a postoperative mediastinal mass...

..Management of patients with early-stage lung cancer but a poor prognosis is controversial...

..One possible reason may be that cN1disease diagnosed by current standard imaging modalities often contains unexpected N2 disease. This study was conducted to evaluate the surgical and pathological results of patients with cN1 NSCLC...

..The feasibility of limited surgical resection for clinical stage IA non-small cell lung cancer still remains controversial...

..We concluded that the coagulation necrosis might have been the primary site of the tumor, which had spontaneously regressed and then appeared in the metastatic interlobar node...

..To avoid unnecessary lymphadenectomy, we attempted to identify clinical or radiologic predictors of pathologic N0 disease in patients with peripheral adenocarcinoma...

..The prognostic significance of the characteristics of central fibrosis in peripheral adenocarcinoma of the lung has been reported. However, the prognostic significance of the size of central fibrosis has never been evaluated...

..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prognostic impact of lymph node involvement patterns in pulmonary pN1 SCC patients...

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..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the significance of the extent of pleural involvement as a prognostic factor and to propose a refined TNM classification on the basis of visceral pleural invasion...

..This case indicates that even a very small-sized lung cancer, 1 cm or smaller, could be biologically highly malignant...

..The aim of this study was to investigate prognostic factors of resected stage IB adenocarcinoma and identify a subgroup with a better prognosis, in which adjuvant chemotherapy could be omitted...

..The purpose of this study was to quantify the risk of late recurrence in patients with stage IA non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who remained recurrence-free for more than 5 years after resection...

..There is no standard treatment for diffuse malignant pleural mesothelioma. Sporadic extrapleural pneumonectomy for the disease in off-protocol set has been performed when the disease was judged as being confined to a hemithorax...

..092). The results of this study highlight the importance of podoplanin expression by CAFs and provide new insights into the biology of the cancer microenvironment in adenocarcinoma of the lung...

..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the risk of late recurrence in patients who had undergone complete resection for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and remained recurrence-free for > or = 5 years...

..Histologically, multiple ossified areas were observed within the tumor. Intratumoral ossification has never been reported in thymoma. Therefore, we report the first case of thymoma associated with multiple foci of osseous metaplasia...

..The central and peripheral types of lung squamous cell carcinoma have different clinicopathologic characteristics and should be classified under respectively different categories...

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..Lymphatic permeation (ly) has been described as a potential prognostic factor for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)...

..The objective of this study was to extract a subgroup of patients with stage IIIB PM+ non-small cell lung cancer with a better prognosis and assess their biological characteristics and metastatic mechanisms...

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..Preoperative DP was associated with encouraging resection rate and DFS data, and phase III trials for c-stage IB/II NSCLC are warranted...

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..To evaluate the outcome of salvage surgery following definitive chemoradiotherapy (CRT) for locally advanced esophageal cancer...

..0269 and 0.0011, respectively). Our results suggest that CA IX expression is strongly associated with tumor progression and indicates a poor prognosis for patients with stages I+II lung adenocarcinoma...

..The purpose of this study is to define high resolution CT (HRCT) findings that indicate pathologic T1N0M0 tumor without vessel invasion...

..To clarify the progression of focal pure ground-glass opacity (pGGO) detected by low-dose helical computed tomography (CT) screening for lung cancer...

..The frequency of postoperative morbidity and mortality rates in patients with lung cancer who have IPF have seldom been reported, however...

..We therefore analyzed patterns of lymph node metastasis in these patients...

..We assessed the relationship between visceral pleural invasion and other clinicopathologic characteristics and evaluated its significance as a prognostic factor...

..The purpose of this study was to determine the role of surgical treatment and to identify factors affecting the survival of patients undergoing pulmonary resection for tumors metastatic from head and neck carcinomas...

..The patient is well without signs of recurrence 5 years after resection of the malar mass. This is the first report of a malar metastasis from lung cancer and of successful resection for malar metastasis...

..Some investigators have reported long-term survival after surgical resection of a solitary non-small cell lung cancer recurrence in various sites. However, the role and indications of the second operation remain unclear...

..Another patient died due to respiratory failure 15 months later. The salvage operation outcomes are not acceptable. Salvage procedure and indication for salvage intervention need to be changed...

..We concluded that PC should be considered as an aggressive disease and massive necrosis should be routinely reported and used as a factor in clinical assessments...

..This shows that pulmonary metastasis from colorectal cancer is possible even 20 years after the initial operation...

..The aim of this study was to analyze intraoperative pleural lavage cytology results in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer and quantify the impact on survival and recurrence...

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..Most patients who underwent pulmonary metastasectomy died of the disease within two years of metastasectomy. Even for patients with a solitary metastasis, surgical metastasectomy is not a recommended treatment option...

..However, few studies have assessed its limitations. The aim of the present study is to clarify clinico-pathologic factors responsible for false PET results...

..02). Multivariate analysis proved NE > or = 2 was an independent predictor of survival. The number of NE markers was more important in terms of survival than histological sub-classification...

..We reviewed our experience with iatrogenic chylothorax after pulmonary resections for lung cancer to evaluate our treatment strategy and to identify factors that predict the need for reoperation...

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..Follow-up regimens are different between nations, institutions, and surgeons. We tried to investigate the role of annual abdominal ultrasonographic examination in completely resected NSCLC patients...

..We followed this patient by annual chest CT scans for 10 years and demonstrated that all residual nodules remained unchanged. This is the first report of stable multiple pulmonary sclerosing hemangiomas observed for such a long period...

..These nodules were diagnosed as metastatic RCC. Currently, the patient is doing well with no signs of recurrence, 8 months after the third metastasectomy...

..According to a report by the Japanese Joint Committee of Lung Cancer Registry, the 30-day mortality of lung cancer surgery is 1.4%, and in-hospital mortality is 1.7%...

..Postoperative infections have been a major issue in lung cancer surgery. We changed our perioperative prophylactic antibiotic policy to a single dose of cefazolin before and after surgery in July 2002...

..The prevalence of LCNEC calcification was similar to that in previous reports on lung cancer. The mechanism of the intratumoral calcification in our LCNEC cases is speculated to be dystrophic calcification...

..We report this case to show that for selected cases, surgical resection of these metastases is feasible and may extend survival...

..He has survived for 4 years without any other recurrence or metastasis. Resection of gastric metastasis following complete pulmonary pleomorphic carcinoma resection may be indicated if the metastasis is solitary...

..Sequential chemoradiotherapy appears to have favorably affected this man's survival despite metachronous metastasis to the abdominal rectus muscle after complete resection for stage IIB primary lung adenocarcinoma...

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..This study investigated poor prognostic factors in patients with stage IB non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) according to the seventh edition of the TNM classification...

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..Complete surgical resection was successfully performed, and histologically the tumor contained osteoid formation consisting of round atypical cells. The literature concerning this rare tumor is reviewed...

..Candidates for limited lung resection without systematic lymph node dissection could be selected based on these findings...