Long-term gemcitabine administr ...
Background Recently gemcitabine has been approved for treatment of metastatic or recurrent breast cancer in Japan; however, no systematically invest ...
Aberrant expression of tumor su ...
and DAL-1/4.1B are frequently inactivated by promoter methylation in non-small cell lung cancer. The proteins they encode, CADM1 and 4.1B, form a co ...
Clip placement after an 11-gaug ...
Purpose To retrospectively evaluate the accuracy of clip placement on the basis of measurements obtained on pre- and post-vacuum-assisted 11-gauge s ...
IgG4-related sclerosing disease ...
IgG4-related sclerosing disease was first identified and defined in the twenty-first century. In this pathology, the serum IgG4 level increases and ...
Hepatitis B virus reactivation ...
Immunosuppressive therapy, such as chemotherapy or the use of corticosteroids, may stimulate reactivation of hepatitis B virus (HBV). Most of these ...
Breast density, scintimammograp ...
Background We evaluated the variation of calcitonin gene related peptide (CGRP) expression in patients with mixed invasive with extensive in situ du ...
High safety profile and activit ...
Visceral metastases of breast cancer have been commonly treated with ‘‘aggressive’’ anthracyclines/taxanes- based chemotherapy. In contrast, this ca ...
Role of circulating tumor cells ...
Metastasis remains a main cause of death in patients with breast cancer regardless of improvements in treatment. Prospective clinical studies of thi ...
Ultrasonographic findings of in ...
Background Invasive micropapillary carcinoma of the breast (IMPC) has been considered to have no specific image finding. The purpose of this study w ...
Safety of adjuvant trastuzumab ...
Background For targeting anti-HER-2, trastuzumabincorporated chemotherapy is the standard for HER-2- overexpressing breast cancer in adjuvant settin ...
A case report of pigmented mamm ...
A 43-year-old Japanese woman consulted our hospital for a pigmented lesion on her right nipple. Two years later, the lesion became enlarged, measuri ...
Role of stromal myofibroblasts ...
Background Recently, the desmoplastic reaction has been implicated as having an important function in epithelial solid tumor biology. There have bee ...
Early metabolic response to neo ...
Purpose To assess whether the early metabolic response evaluated by 18F-fluorodeoxy-glucose positron emission combined with computed tomography (FDG ...
Association between the 2402GA, ...
Background and Purpose Recent data have shown that the hemostatic system may play a role in cancer development and progression. To test whether fact ...
A case of mucinous carcinoma of ...
Herein we report a 62-year-old woman with an excisable breast tumor in whom needle tract seeding was suspected during preoperative ultrasound and ma ...
Elastographic evaluation of muc ...
Background Elastography is widely used as a diagnostic tool for the diagnosis of invasive breast cancer. However, no study has yet shown if elastogr ...
Synchronous bilateral neuroendo ...
Neuroendocrine ductal carcinoma in situ (NEDCIS) is a breast malignancy that has characteristic clinicopathological features and can, therefore, be ...
Eradication of breast cancer ce ...
Cytotoxic agents are significantly active in breast cancer cells, but their usefulness has been limited in treating metastatic breast cancer (MBC). ...
Detection of parasternal metast ...
We herein report a case of second sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB). A 57-year-old woman underwent breast-conserving surgery including axillary cle ...
Primary amelanotic melanoma of ...
Background Malignant melanoma is the foremost cause of metastasis to the breast from extramammary solid neoplasm. However primary melanoma of the br ...
Synchronous benign-appearing ca ...
Background The management of multiple synchronous groups of benign-appearing calcifications in patients with a diagnosis of breast cancer or a high- ...
Oncoplastic surgery for Japanes ...
Background Oncoplastic techniques, which combine the concepts of oncologic and plastic surgery, are becoming more common, especially in Western coun ...
A case of cytokeratin 20-positi ...
We report a rare case of large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the breast. A 63-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with a firm mass in the ...
Study on the state of implement ...
Background The development of molecular-targeted agents has improved the recovery rate for cancer. In Japan, trastuzumab has been approved as an adj ...
Curative-intent stereotactic bo ...
Liver metastases from breast cancer are generally treated with systemic therapy such as chemotherapy or hormonotherapy. However, local treatment opt ...