Issue 7/2020
Including Invited Review on Central statistical monitoring
Content (29 Articles)
Central statistical monitoring of investigator-led clinical trials in oncology
Marc Buyse, Laura Trotta, Everardo D. Saad, Junichi Sakamoto
Recent advances of the regulation roles of MicroRNA in glioblastoma
Chengrui Yan, Xiangyi Kong, Shun Gong, Fengrui Liu, Yuanli Zhao
Practical guidance for the evaluation of disease progression and the decision to change treatment in patients with advanced gastric cancer receiving chemotherapy
Satoru Iwasa, Toshihiro Kudo, Daisuke Takahari, Hiroki Hara, Ken Kato, Taroh Satoh
Correction to: Practical guidance for the evaluation of disease progression and the decision to change treatment in patients with advanced gastric cancer receiving chemotherapy
Satoru Iwasa, Toshihiro Kudo, Daisuke Takahari, Hiroki Hara, Ken Kato, Taroh Satoh
Implementation of a molecular tumor board at a regional level to improve access to targeted therapy
Héloïse Bourien, Alexandra Lespagnol, Boris Campillo-Gimenez, Ingrid Felten-Vinot, Jean-Philippe Metges, Romain Corre, Thierry Lesimple, Cédric le Marechal, Lise Boussemart, Solène-Florence Kammerer-Jacquet, Edouard le Gall, Florent Denoual, Marie de Tayrac, Marie-Dominique Galibert, Jean Mosser, Julien Edeline
Performance of three prognostic models in critically ill patients with cancer: a prospective study
Frank D. Martos-Benítez, Hilev Larrondo-Muguercia, David León-Pérez, Juan C. Rivero-López, Versis Orama-Requejo, Jorge L. Martínez-Alfonso
A phase II study of adaptive two-step intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) with chemotherapy for loco-regionally advanced nasopharyngeal cancer (JCOG1015)
Yasumasa Nishimura, Satoshi Ishikura, Taro Shibata, Takeshi Kodaira, Yoshinori Ito, Kazuhiko Tsuchiya, Yuji Murakami, Jun-ichi Saitoh, Tetsuo Akimoto, Kensei Nakata, Michio Yoshimura, Teruki Teshima, Takashi Toshiyasu, Yosuke Ota, Kazuki Ishikawa, Hidetoshi Shimizu, Toshiyuki Minemura, Kenichi Nakamura, Masahiro Hiraoka
Dynamic prediction of cancer-specific survival for primary hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma
Zhongyang Lin, Hanqing Lin, Chang Lin
Effect of tumor burden and growth rate on treatment outcomes of nivolumab in head and neck cancer
C. Suzuki, N. Kiyota, Y. Imamura, J. Rikitake, S. Sai, T. Koyama, Y. Hyogo, Y. Nagatani, Y. Funakoshi, M. Toyoda, N. Otsuki, KI. Nibu, H. Minami
Urinalysis by combination of the dipstick test and urine protein–creatinine ratio (UPCR) assessment can prevent unnecessary lenvatinib interruption in patients with thyroid cancer
Chie Masaki, Kiminori Sugino, Sakiko Kobayashi, Junko Akaishi, Kiyomi Y. Hames, Chisato Tomoda, Akifumi Suzuki, Kenichi Matsuzu, Takashi Uruno, Keiko Ohkuwa, Wataru Kitagawa, Mitsuji Nagahama, Koichi Ito
Phase II study of S-1-based sequential combination chemotherapy including oxaliplatin plus bevacizumab and irinotecan with or without cetuximab for metastatic colorectal cancer: the SOBIC trial
Yoshihiko Nakamoto, Masafumi Noda, Ryuichi Mikami, Yukihiko Tokunaga, Tatsuo Okumoto, Takashi Kawamura, Hidetoshi Fujiwara, Sadayuki Doi, Naohiro Tomita
Phase II study of 5-fluorouracil–leucovorin plus bevacizumab for chemotherapy-naïve older or frail patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (OGSG 0802)
Takashi Ohta, Takeshi Kato, Hisato Kawakami, Yasuhiro Miyake, Masahiro Goto, Shigeyoshi Iwamoto, Toshio Otsuji, Masato Nakamura, Naotoshi Sugimoto, Shu Okamura, Masahito Kotaka, Masaki Tsujie, Yukihiko Tokunaga, Hideyuki Mishima, Taishi Hata, Toshio Shimokawa, Yukinori Kurokawa, Taroh Satoh
An inflammation index-based prediction of treatment response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for rectal mucinous adenocarcinoma
Yanwu Sun, Zhekun Huang, Pan Chi
Serum LOX-1 is a novel prognostic biomarker of colorectal cancer
Chiyo Nakashima-Nakasuga, Shoichi Hazama, Nobuaki Suzuki, Yuki Nakagami, Ming Xu, Shin Yoshida, Shinobu Tomochika, Nobuyuki Fujiwara, Satoshi Matsukuma, Hiroto Matsui, Yukio Tokumitsu, Shinsuke Kanekiyo, Yoshitaro Shindo, Noriko Maeda, Ryouichi Tsunedomi, Michihisa Iida, Shigeru Takeda, Shigefumi Yoshino, Tomio Ueno, Yoshihiko Hamamoto, Hiroyuki Ogihara, Yoshinobu Hoshii, Hiroaki Nagano
Postoperative C-reactive protein/albumin ratio is a biomarker of risk of recurrence and need for adjuvant chemotherapy for stage III colorectal cancer
Hiroya Matsuoka, Koji Ando, Qingjiang Hu, Yoko Zaitsu, Yasuo Tsuda, Yuichi Hisamatsu, Yuichiro Nakashima, Yasue Kimura, Eiji Oki, Masaki Mori
High hepatitis B virus screening rate among patients receiving systemic anticancer treatment in Japan
S. Yazaki, T. Yamauchi, T. Higashi
Expression and prognostic significance of epithelial tissue-specific transcription factor ESE3 in hepatocellular carcinoma
Zhuozhen Lyu, Mingze Ma, Yantian Xu, Xinxing Wang, Yuhua Zhu, WanHua Ren, Tao Li
ACO2 and ANPEP as novel prognostic markers for gallbladder squamous cell/adenosquamous carcinomas and adenocarcinomas
Ziru Liu, Zhulin Yang, Li Xiong, Daiqiang Li, Qiong Zou, Yuan Yuan
Construction and validation of a novel prognostic nomogram for patients with sarcomatoid renal cell carcinoma: a SEER-based study
Guangdong Hou, Xi’an Li, Yu Zheng, Pengfei Liu, Fei Yan, Dongen Ju, Geng Zhang, Wanxiang Zheng, Ming Gao, Niuniu Hou, Jiarui Yuan, Fuli Wang, Jianlin Yuan
A new risk stratification model for intravesical recurrence, disease progression, and cancer-specific death in patients with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer: the J-NICE risk tables
Makito Miyake, Hideyasu Matsuyama, Satoshi Teramukai, Fumie Kinoshita, Isao Yokota, Hiroaki Matsumoto, Keiji Shimada, Mitsuru Kinjyo, Tatsuro Shimokama, Koji Okumura, Masaya Yomenori, Hideki Enokida, Masayuki Nakagawa, Yasushi Nakai, Kiyohide Fujimoto
Risk factors and oncological outcomes of urethral recurrence in male patients with muscle invasive bladder cancer after radical cystectomy combined with urinary diversion: a propensity score-matched case control study
Zichuan Yao, Yunzhong Jiang, Xianqing Zhu, Bin Wu, Song Bai
Atypical oncologic failure after laparoscopic and robot-assisted radical cystectomy at a single institution
Masashi Kubota, Hidetoshi Kokubun, Ritsuki Yamaguchi, Shiori Murata, Noriyuki Makita, Issei Suzuki, Ryosuke Suzuki, Yohei Abe, Yoichiro Tohi, Naofumi Tsutsumi, Yoshio Sugino, Koji Inoue, Mutsushi Kawakita
External validation of the "optimal PSA follow-up schedule after radical prostatectomy” in a new cohort
Yoshinori Yanai, Kazuhiro Matsumoto, Takeo Kosaka, Toshikazu Takeda, Nobuyuki Tanaka, Shinya Morita, Ryuichi Mizuno, Toshiaki Shinojima, Hiroshi Asanuma, Mototsugu Oya
Small-volume lymph node involvement and biochemical recurrence after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy with extended lymph node dissection in prostate cancer
Shuichi Morizane, Masashi Honda, Ryutaro Shimizu, Shogo Teraoka, Ryoma Nishikawa, Panagiota Tsounapi, Yusuke Kimura, Hideto Iwamoto, Katsuya Hikita, Atsushi Takenaka
Can serial evaluation of serum SCC-Ag-level predict tumor recurrence and patient survival in squamous-cell carcinoma of uterine cervix treated with definitive chemoradiotherapy? A multi-institutional analysis
Kyu Hye Choi, Mina Yu, Songmi Jeong, Jong Hoon Lee
Surgical outcomes of early-stage primary vaginal nonsquamous cell carcinoma
Hidetaka Nomura, Yuji Tanaka, Makiko Omi, Sachiho Netsu, Yoichi Aoki, Terumi Tanigawa, Tomoko Kurita, Maki Matoda, Sanshiro Okamoto, Kohei Omatsu, Hiroyuki Kanao, Nobuhiro Takeshima
Clinical significance of thermal detection of soft-tissue tumors
Akiyoshi Shimatani, Manabu Hoshi, Naoto Oebisu, Tadashi Iwai, Naoki Takada, Hiroaki Nakamura
Management and outcome of pediatric Wilms tumor with malignant inferior Vena cava thrombus: largest cohort of single-center experience
Moatasem Elayadi, Mahmoud Hammad, Kareem Sallam, Gehad Ahmed, Soha Ahmed, Ahmed Ibrahim, Amal Refaat, Naglaa Elkinaai, Alaa Younes, Norbert Graf, Wael Zekri
Utility of whole brain radiation therapy for leptomeningeal carcinomatosis
Yasuhiro Hirano, Kei Konishi, Yasuo Ejima