T Yokota

..The aim of this study was to review the experience at our institution of gastric adenocarcinoma to determine the influence of tumor size on outcome...

..The purpose of this study was to determine the factors affecting lymph node involvement and to establish guidelines for the extent of lymph node dissection most appropriate for the treatment of gastric cancer...

..For all procedures, the patient must give informed consent and the surgeons must accurately assess the success of the operation after surgery...

..The purpose of this study was to determine the factors that are predictive of early and late recurrences after gastrectomy...

..Accurate preoperative diagnosis and the appropriate decision for surgical indication are important. Large-scale randomized, controlled trials should be performed to show the advantage of limited surgery for gastric cancer...

..From 1985 to 1995, we encountered 266 cases of early gastric cancer in our hospital...

..Multivariate analysis also revealed that the prognosis of our mp gastric cancer patients was affected most by vascular permeation, followed by tumor size...

..The significant prognostic factors for this type of gastric cancer are lymphatic invasion and tumor location...

..These findings suggest that signet ring cell carcinoma of the stomach should be regarded as a distinct type of gastric cancer...

..Thirty-four cases of early gastric carcinoma in patients under 50 years of age treated in the period from 1985 to 1995 were reviewed...

..We evaluated the influence of several clinicopathologic variables on 5-year survival of patients with gastric cancer associated with esophageal or duodenal invasion, and determined the significance of resection line involvement...

..To determine whether there is a specific pattern of clinicopathological features that could distinguish Borrmann's type IV gastric cancer from other types of gastric cancer...

..A small gastric cancer tumour of less than 2 cm in diameter is an indication for laparoscopic surgery, but little is known about what protocol of surgical treatment is appropriate for this type of tumour...

..To demonstrate the usefulness of activated carbon particles (CH40) as a vital staining dye for visualizing lymphatic vessels and lymph nodes in breast cancer...

..PgR status, p53 and c-erbB-2 immunostaining may prove to be an additional criterion in histologic diagnosis of breast cancer...

..Despite the poor prognosis, early and appropriate therapy will occasionally yield successful surgical palliation. Patients with known lung cancer who develop abdominal complaints should be examined thoroughly and treated quickly...

..In Japan, there are no established rules concerning the use of accident reports in medical lawsuits. More debate is needed for voluntary report systems to become established in medical institutions throughout Japan...

..In this paper, we describe a method of hemostasis and intraoperative control of hemorrhage during resection of retroperitoneal MFH by snaring the feeding arteries. The patient was successfully operated on using this technique...

..Our results indicate that gastric cancer with low Vvf and high DNA content carries a high risk of hepatic metastasis. Therefore, mean DNA content and Vvf are useful indices for predicting liver metastasis from gastric carcinoma...

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..To compare solifenacin succinate (5 and 10 mg once-daily) to placebo and propiverine hydrochloride (20 mg once-daily), respectively, in Japanese patients with overactive bladder syndrome (OAB)...

..An aggressive search for the underlying cause of pyogenic liver abscess should be an integral part of the definitive treatment of this disease...

..Fungal culture of these lesions yielded pure growth of A. fumigatus. This is an established case of fatal A. fumigatus infection in an ostrich reared in Japan...

..The present results indicate that the female social relationships of Japanese macaques are robust and do not change according to changes in the current environment...