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Comparative evaluation of nuclear and histological grades as prognostic factors for invasive breast cancer

Although tumor grade, defined by either the nuclear grade (NG) or the histological grade (HG), is widely accepted as one of the prognostic factors for breast cancer, there is a limited direct comparison betwee...

Chiya Oshiro, Masaru Yamasaki, Yuri Noda, Ayaka Nishimae, Hiroyo Takahashi… in Breast Cancer (2020)

Chapter and Conference Paper

Size and Shape of Spherical Objects on Full-Field Digital Mammography and Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Images

This study assessed the accuracy of shape and size representation of spherical objects on full-field digital mammography (FFDM) and digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) images. Six 5-mm-thick polymethylmethacryl...

Hidetoshi Yatake, Yuka Sawai… in World Congress on Medical Physics and Biom… (2019)

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Accuracy assessment methods of tissue marker clip placement after 11-gauge vacuum-assisted stereotactic breast biopsy: comparison of measurements using direct and conventional methods

The objective of the study was to compare direct measurement with a conventional method for evaluation of clip placement in stereotactic vacuum-assisted breast biopsy (ST-VAB) and to evaluate the accuracy of c...

Hidetoshi Yatake, Yuka Sawai, Toshio Nishi, Yoshiaki Nakano… in Breast Cancer (2017)

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Axillary lymph node recurrence after sentinel lymph node biopsy performed using a combination of indocyanine green fluorescence and the blue dye method in early breast cancer

There is limited information on indocyanine green (ICG) fluorescence and blue dye for detecting sentinel lymph node (SLN) in early breast cancer. A retrospective study was conducted to assess the feasibility o...

Tomoo Inoue, Toshio Nishi, Yoshiaki Nakano, Ayaka Nishimae, Yuka Sawai… in Breast Cancer (2016)

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2013 clinical practice guidelines (The Japanese Breast Cancer Society): history, policy and mission

Hirofumi Mukai, Shinzaburo Noguchi, Futoshi Akiyama, Hideo Inaji… in Breast Cancer (2015)

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Repeat lumpectomy for ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence (IBTR) after breast-conserving surgery: the impact of radiotherapy on second IBTR

There are limited data on the outcomes of patients treated with repeat lumpectomy at the time of ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence (IBTR). Especially, the impact of radiotherapy (RT) on a second IBTR is unkn...

Makoto Ishitobi, Yasuhiro Okumura, Reiki Nishimura, Katsuhiko Nakatsukasa… in Breast Cancer (2014)

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Phase II study of neoadjuvant anastrozole and concurrent radiotherapy for postmenopausal breast cancer patients

The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy and safety of neoadjuvant anastrozole and radiation in postmenopausal breast cancer patients with hormone-receptor-positive tumors. In addition, we assessed the...

Makoto Ishitobi, Osamu Suzuki, Yoshifumi Komoike, Shozo Ohsumi… in Breast Cancer (2014)

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Efficacy of oral tegafur-uracil (UFT) as adjuvant therapy as compared with classical cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, and 5-fluorouracil (CMF) in early breast cancer: a pooled analysis of two randomized controlled trials (N·SAS-BC 01 trial and CUBC trial)

Two randomized clinical studies comparing the efficacy of oral UFT (2 years) with that of classical cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, and 5-fluorouracil (CMF) (six courses) have been conducted in patients with r...

Yasuo Ohashi, Toru Watanabe, Muneaki Sano… in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment (2010)

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Indeterminate calcification and clustered cystic lesions are strongly predictive of the presence of mucocele-like tumor of the breast: a report of six cases

Mucocele-like tumor (MLT) of the breast is a mucinous disorder that is generally difficult to distinguish from mucinous carcinoma. Moreover, MLT is often accompanied by atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH) or duc...

Koji Tanaka, Yoshifumi Komoike, Chiyomi Egawa, Kazuyoshi Motomura… in Breast Cancer (2009)

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Histopathological assessment of anastrozole and tamoxifen as preoperative (neoadjuvant) treatment in postmenopausal Japanese women with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer in the PROACT trial

The PReOperative ‘Arimidex’^® Compared with Tamoxifen (PROACT) trial compared neoadjuvant anastrozole and tamoxifen in postmenopausal women with large, operable or potentially operable, locally advanced hormone re...

Masafumi Kurosumi, Yuichi Takatsuka… in Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical On… (2008)

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Breast cancer: individualized diagnosis for tailored treatment

Hideo Inaji, Futoshi Akiyama in Breast Cancer (2008)

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Intraoperative imprint cytology for the diagnosis of sentinel node metastases in breast cancer

Accurate intraoperative diagnosis of sentinel node metastases enables the selection of patients for axillary lymph node dissection, thus avoiding an unnecessary additional operation in patients with false-nega...

Kazuyoshi Motomura, Sachiko Nagumo, Yoshifumi Komoike, Hiroki Koyama… in Breast Cancer (2007)

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Predictive value of bone marrow accumulation of Tc-99m tetrofosmin for subsequent development of distant metastases in breast cancer

We evaluated the predictive value of bone marrow accumulation of technetium (Tc)-99m tetrofosmin in patients with breast cancer for distant metastases in comparison with conventional prognostic factors such as...

Shigetoshi Wakasugi, Hideaki Tsukuma, Hideo Inaji… in Annals of Nuclear Medicine (2007)

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Sentinel node biopsy for breast cancer: Technical aspects and controversies

Sentinel node biopsy has rapidly emerged as a minimally invasive, highly accurate method of axillary staging, and has replaced routine axillary lymph node dissection as the new standard of care in breast cance...

Kazuyoshi Motomura, Chiyomi Egawa, Yoshifumi Komoike, Tatsuki Kataoka… in Breast Cancer (2007)