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Thoracoscopic esophagectomy while in a prone position for esophageal cancer: a preceding anterior approach method
In 2009, the rate of thoracoscopic esophagectomy for esophageal cancer was about 20 % in Japan. This low rate may be due to the difficulty in maintaining a good surgical field and the meticulous procedures tha...
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Technique of the double-channel ESD method performed with an EEMR tube
Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) recently has been aggressively performed to treat superficial esophageal cancer; however, it is difficult to secure a good field of view for mucosal dissection, and the t...
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The critical role of Th1-dominant immunity in tumor immunology
To investigate the precise role of antigen-specific Th1 and Th2 cells in tumor immunity, we developed a novel adoptive tumor-immunotherapy model using OVA-specific Th1 and Th2 cells and an OVA gene-transfecte...
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Potentiation of antitumor effect of NKT cell ligand, α-galactosylceramide by combination with IL-12 on lung metastasis of malignant melanoma cells1
The combined therapeutic effect of natural killer T (NKT) cell ligand α-galactosylceramide (α-GalCer) and IL-12 against highly metastatic B16-BL6-HM melanoma cells was investigated. In comparison with a single...