Issue 4/2012
Update of chemotherapy for biliary tract cancer
Content (26 Articles)
Adjuvant chemotherapy with gemcitabine and S-1 after surgical resection for advanced biliary carcinoma: outcomes and prognostic factors
Yoshiaki Murakami, Kenichiro Uemura, Takeshi Sudo, Yasushi Hashimoto, Akira Nakashima, Ryutaro Sakabe, Hironori Kobayashi, Naru Kondo, Naoya Nakagawa, Taijiro Sueda
Possibility of immunotherapy for biliary tract cancer: how do we prove efficacy? Introduction to a current ongoing phase I and randomized phase II study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of adding Wilms tumor 1 peptide vaccine to gemcitabine and cisplatin for the treatment of advanced biliary tract cancer (WT-BT trial)
Takuji Okusaka, Makoto Ueno, Tosiya Sato, Yuji Heike
Role of chemotherapy in treatments for biliary tract cancer
Junji Furuse, Akiyoshi Kasuga, Atsuko Takasu, Hiroshi Kitamura, Fumio Nagashima
Biliary tract carcinoma: clinical perspectives on molecular targeting strategies for therapeutic options
Junichi Shoda, Kazunori Ishige, Hiroaki Sugiyama, Toru Kawamoto
Effect of the silk protein sericin on cryopreserved rat islets
Kenji Ohnishi, Makoto Murakami, Mitsuhiro Morikawa, Akio Yamaguchi
Clinical and pathological analysis of 27 patients with combined hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma in an Asian center
Qian Zhan, Bai-Yong Shen, Xia-Xing Deng, Zhe-Cheng Zhu, Hao Chen, Chen-Hong Peng, Hong-Wei Li
Bile aspiration cytology in diagnosis of bile duct carcinoma: factors associated with positive yields
Yasser A. Abdelghani, Yoshifumi Arisaka, Daisuke Masuda, Michiaki Takii, Reiko Ashida, Madeha M. Makhlouf, Yasser M. Fouad, Motomu Tsuji, Yoshitaka Kurisu, Kazuhide Higuchi
Use of stepwise versus straightforward clamping of biliary drainage tubes after living-donor liver transplantation: a prospective, randomized trial
Susumu Eguchi, Mitsuhisa Takatsuki, Akihiko Soyama, Masaaki Hidaka, Izumi Muraoka, Takashi Kanematsu
The risk factors of fungal infection in living-donor liver transplantations
Takao Ohkubo, Yasuhiko Sugawara, Tadatoshi Takayama, Norihiro Kokudo, Masatoshi Makuuchi
Is it possible to predict the development of an incisional surgical site infection and its severity after biliary tract surgery for benign disease?
Takehiro Fujii, Hiroyuki Kato, Makoto Suzaki, Takashi Noguchi, Shuji Isaji
The alterations in hepatic microcirculation and Kupffer cell activity after biliary drainage in jaundiced mice
Tomohisa Okaya, Koji Nakagawa, Fumio Kimura, Hiroaki Shimizu, Hiroyuki Yoshidome, Masayuki Ohtsuka, Atsushi Kato, Hideyuki Yoshitomi, Hiroshi Ito, Masaru Miyazaki
Inflammatory pseudotumors mimicking intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma of the liver; IgG4-positivity and its clinical significance
Keun Soo Ahn, Koo Jeong Kang, Yong Hoon Kim, Tae Jin Lim, Hye Ra Jung, Yu Na Kang, Jung Hyeok Kwon
Human equilibrative nucleoside transporter 1 expression is a strong independent prognostic factor in UICC T3–T4 pancreatic cancer patients treated with preoperative gemcitabine-based chemoradiotherapy
Yasuhiro Murata, Takashi Hamada, Masashi Kishiwada, Ichiro Ohsawa, Shugo Mizuno, Masanobu Usui, Hiroyuki Sakurai, Masami Tabata, Noriko Ii, Hiroyuki Inoue, Taizo Shiraishi, Shuji Isaji
Single-incision multiport laparoendoscopic surgery using a newly developed short-type flexible endoscope: a combined procedure of flexible endoscopic and laparoscopic surgery
Nobutsugu Abe, Hirohisa Takeuchi, Atsuko Ohki, Hisae Aoki, Tadahiko Masaki, Toshiyuki Mori, Masanori Sugiyama
Feasibility of a dual microcatheter-dual interlocking detachable coil technique in preoperative embolization in preparation for distal pancreatectomy with en bloc celiac axis resection for locally advanced pancreatic body cancer
Daisuke Abo, Yu Hasegawa, Yusuke Sakuhara, Satoshi Terae, Tadashi Shimizu, Khin Khin Tha, Eiichi Tanaka, Satoshi Hirano, Satoshi Kondo, Hiroki Shirato
Branched-chain amino acid-enriched nutrients improve nutritional and metabolic abnormalities in the early post-transplant period after living donor liver transplantation
Ryuichi Yoshida, Takahito Yagi, Hiroshi Sadamori, Hiroaki Matsuda, Susumu Shinoura, Yuzo Umeda, Daisuke Sato, Masashi Utsumi, Takeshi Nagasaka, Nami Okazaki, Ai Date, Ayako Noguchi, Akemi Tanaka, Yuko Hasegawa, Yachiyo Sakamoto, Toshiyoshi Fujiwara
Negative impact of low body mass index on surgical outcomes after hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma
Yukiyasu Okamura, Atsuyuki Maeda, Kazuya Matsunaga, Hideyuki Kanemoto, Katsuhiko Uesaka
Preoperative MRCP to detect choledocholithiasis in acute calculous cholecystitis
Hon-Phin Wong, Yu-Lun Chiu, Bei-Hao Shiu, Lu-Chang Ho
Phase I trial of preoperative intratumoral injection of immature dendritic cells and OK-432 for resectable pancreatic cancer patients
Hisahito Endo, Takuro Saito, Akira Kenjo, Mika Hoshino, Masanori Terashima, Tetsu Sato, Takayuki Anazawa, Takashi Kimura, Takao Tsuchiya, Atsushi Irisawa, Hiromasa Ohira, Takuto Hikichi, Tadayuki Takagi, Mitsukazu Gotoh
Bacteriological analysis of bile in acute cholecystitis according to the Tokyo guidelines
Koji Asai, Manabu Watanabe, Shinya Kusachi, Hidenori Tanaka, Hiroshi Matsukiyo, Akihiro Osawa, Tomoaki Saito, Hajime Kodama, Toshiyuki Enomoto, Yoichi Nakamura, Yasushi Okamoto, Yoshihisa Saida, Jiro Nagao
Verification of Tokyo Guidelines for diagnosis and management of acute cholangitis
Yoshiro Fujii, Jiro Ohuchida, Kazuo Chijiiwa, Koichi Yano, Naoya Imamura, Motoaki Nagano, Masahide Hiyoshi, Kazuhiro Otani, Masahiro Kai, Kazuhiro Kondo
Diagnostic study and meta-analysis of C-reactive protein as a predictor of postoperative inflammatory complications after pancreatic surgery
Rene Warschkow, Kristjan Ukegjini, Ignazio Tarantino, Thomas Steffen, Sascha A. Müller, Bruno M. Schmied, Lukas Marti
Retraction Note: Preoperative endoscopic pancreatic stenting: a novel prophylactic measure against pancreatic fistula after distal pancreatectomy
Nobutsugu Abe, Masanori Sugiyama, Yutaka Suzuki, Takashi Yamaguchi, Toshiyuki Mori, Yutaka Atomi