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Complete response to pembrolizumab in a patient with recurrent and metastatic urothelial bladder carcinoma reflecting coexisting sarcomatoid subtype and glandular differentiation: a case report
In advanced urothelial carcinoma (UC), approximately 20% of patients respond to pembrolizumab, an anti-programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) antibody. Herein, we reported a single case of UC showing coexistence of sa...
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Open AccessSafety of adjuvant gemcitabine plus cisplatin chemotherapy in a patient with bilateral ureteral cancer undergoing hemodialysis
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Reduced port laparoscopic radical nephrectomy using an umbilical zigzag skin incision for renal cell carcinoma
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Impact of a robotic surgical system on treatment choice for men with clinically organ-confined prostate cancer
Introducing a new surgical technology may affect behaviors and attitudes of patients and surgeons about clinical practice. Robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP) was approved in 2012 in Japan...
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Axitinib-induced reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome in a patient with metastatic renal cell carcinoma
A 61-year-old woman with metastatic renal carcinoma was treated with axitinib as a second-line tyrosine kinase inhibitor. Thirteen days after the treatment, the patient developed reversible posterior leukoence...
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Carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma of the submandibular gland with renal metastases composed exclusively of metastasizing pleomorphic adenoma
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Transurethral lithotripsy with holmium-YAG laser of a large exogenous prostatic calculus
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Surgical site infection surveillance after open gastrectomy and risk factors for surgical site infection
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Surgical site infection surveillance after open gastrectomy and risk factors for surgical site infection
Surgical site infection (SSI) surveillance was examined in gastric cancer patients who had undergone an open gastrectomy between 1997 and 2003 at Keio University Hospital in Tokyo, Japan. National Nosocomial I...
