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Esophagus

Issue 4/2012

Content (12 Articles)

Original Article

Ki-67 labeling index as an independent prognostic factor in human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Hisami Sasagawa, Atsushi Shiozaki, Daisuke Iitaka, Daisuke Ichikawa, Shuhei Komatsu, Hitoshi Fujiwara, Kazuma Okamoto, Shingo Nakashima, Osamu Kinoshita, Yasutoshi Murayama, Yoshiaki Kuriu, Hisashi Ikoma, Masayoshi Nakanishi, Toshiya Ochiai, Yukihito Kokuba, Eigo Otsuji

Original Article

Elimination of esophageal multiple precancerous lesions by chemotherapy: potential chemoprevention of metachronous multiple cancer development after curative treatment

Yoshiyuki Yukawa, Manabu Muto, Yusuke Amanuma, Yasumasa Ezoe, Yoko Mashimo, Kimiko Hori, Takahiro Horimatsu, Shuko Morita, Shin’ichi Miyamoto, Sachiko Minamiguchi, Tsutomu Chiba

Original Article

Preoperative staging of clinically node-negative esophageal cancer by the combination of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography and computed tomography (FDG–PET/CT)

Masahiko Yano, Masaaki Motoori, Koji Tanaka, Kentaro Kishi, Yoshiyuki Fujiwara, Tatsushi Shingai, Kunihito Gotoh, Hidenori Takahashi, Shingo Noura, Terumasa Yamada, Masayuki Ohue, Hiroaki Ohigashi, Osamu Ishikawa

Original Article

Prevalence and trends of malignant and benign esophageal lesions in Iran between 1997 and 2007

Shokouh Taghipour-zahir, Fariba Binesh, Naeemeh Sadat Mosavi

Case Report

A case of verrucous carcinoma of the esophagus associated with difficult histopathological diagnosis of endoscopic biopsy specimens

Yusuke Taniyama, Fumiyoshi Fujishima, Kaiyo Takubo, Tadashi Sakurai, Hiroshi Okamoto, Toru Nakano, Tadashi Kamei, Hirofumi Ichikawa, Ko Onodera, Go Miyata, Hironobu Sasano, Susumu Satomi

Case Report

Staged operation for synchronous quintuple cancer in the oral cavity, hypopharynx, and esophagus

Rintaro Yoshida, Masaru Morita, Ryuichi Kumashiro, Keisuke Ikeda, Akinori Egashira, Hiroshi Saeki, Eiji Oki, Takefumi Ohga, Hideki Shiratsuchi, Junichi Fukushima, Torahiko Nakashima, Yoshihiro Kakeji, Yoshihiko Maehara

Case Report

Intrathoracic supercharge technique for esophageal reconstruction using colon interposition via a retrosternal route

Hitoshi Hino, Atsushi Shiozaki, Hitoshi Fujiwara, Shuhei Komatsu, Daisuke Ichikawa, Kazuma Okamoto, Yasutoshi Murayama, Yoshiaki Kuriu, Hisashi Ikoma, Masayoshi Nakanishi, Toshiya Ochiai, Yukihito Kokuba, Eigo Otsuji

Case Report

A case of intramural gastric tube metastasis from esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Takeshi Matsutani, Koji Sasajima, Hiroshi Yoshida, Masaru Hosone, Hironori Katayama, Eiji Uchida

Case Report

Use of a monopolar laparoscopic electrosurgical instrument for transoral laryngoscopic removal of a giant fibrovascular polyp of the esophagus inlet

Hande Senem Deveci, Zeynep Altın Kule, Ender Onur, Ahmet Karavus, Mustafa Kule, Ali Okan Gursel, Nurver Ozbay

Case Report

Hand-assisted laparoscopic transhiatal approach for mediastinal esophageal duplication cyst resection

Atsushi Shiozaki, Hitoshi Fujiwara, Yasutoshi Murayama, Shuhei Komatsu, Yoshiaki Kuriu, Hisashi Ikoma, Masayoshi Nakanishi, Daisuke Ichikawa, Kazuma Okamoto, Toshiya Ochiai, Eigo Otsuji

How I Do It

Successful endoscopic dilatation of a severe stricture of the cervical esophagus after definitive combined chemotherapy plus radiotherapy for esophageal cancer

Takeshi Matsutani, Akihisa Matsuda, Hiroki Arai, Yoshimune Takao, Hiroshi Yoshida, Koji Sasajima, Eiji Uchida

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Obesity Clinical Trial Summary

At a glance: The STEP trials

A round-up of the STEP phase 3 clinical trials evaluating semaglutide for weight loss in people with overweight or obesity.

Developed by: Springer Medicine

Highlights from the ACC 2024 Congress

Year in Review: Pediatric cardiology

Watch Dr. Anne Marie Valente present the last year's highlights in pediatric and congenital heart disease in the official ACC.24 Year in Review session.

Year in Review: Pulmonary vascular disease

The last year's highlights in pulmonary vascular disease are presented by Dr. Jane Leopold in this official video from ACC.24.

Year in Review: Valvular heart disease

Watch Prof. William Zoghbi present the last year's highlights in valvular heart disease from the official ACC.24 Year in Review session.

Year in Review: Heart failure and cardiomyopathies

Watch this official video from ACC.24. Dr. Biykem Bozkurt discusses last year's major advances in heart failure and cardiomyopathies.