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Long-term results of chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced esophageal cancer, using daily low-dose 5-fluorouracil and cis-diammine-dichloro-platinum (CDDP)
We evaluated the efficacy and toxicity of radiation combined with daily, low-dose protracted chemotherapy for locally advanced esophageal cancer.
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Concurrent chemoradiotherapy using low-dose continuous infusion of 5-fluorouracil for postoperative regional lymph node recurrence of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Radiotherapy plays an important role in salvaging patients who suffer locoregional recurrence; however, it displays poor prognosis. Because concurrent chemoradiotherapy offers superior treatment results compar...
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Urokinase Lysis for Acute Left Subclavian Artery Thrombosis after Placement of Infusion Catheter: Report of Two Cases
We present two cases of acute subclavian and/or axillary arterial occlusion after transaxillary catheterization with an implantable port for hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy. They were successfully treat...
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Hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy with 5-fluorouracil-based regimens in the management of liver metastases of colorectal carcinoma
We assessed the efficacy and safety of hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy, using 5-fluorouracil-based regimens, in the treatment of unresectable liver metastases of colorectal carcinoma.
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Allelic loss analysis of γ-ray-induced mouse thymic lymphomas: two candidate tumor suppressor gene loci on chromosomes 12 and 16
A total of 429 γ-ray-induced thymic lymphomas were obtained from F1 and backcross mice between BALB/c and MSM strains, about a half of which carried a p53-deficient allele. A genome-wide allelic loss analysis has...
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Regional cerebral blood flow measured with N-isopropyl-p-[123I]iodoamphetamine single-photon emission tomography in patients with Joseph disease
Regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) was measured in five Japanese patients who were clinically diagnosed as having Joseph disease, also called Machado-Joseph disease or Azorean disease, using N-isopropyl p-[123I]...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Total Approach for Practical Character Recognition System Development
This paper gives an overview of OCR and its applications. We focus on character recognition technology rather than other technologies such as layout understanding, post-processing, and other topics, because th...