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Multidisciplinary therapeutic approach for maintaining long-term nutritional status for patient with advanced esophageal carcinoma confounded by dermatomyositis
We report a patient with advanced esophageal carcinoma associated with dermatomyositis who successfully maintained long-term good nutritional status by chemoradiation therapy and continuous enteral nutrition. ...
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Lymph node dissection with cervical approach as a salvage surgery for locoregional failure after definitive chemoradiotherapy in a patient with recurrent esophageal carcinoma: report of a case
Salvage surgery is one important therapeutic option after locoregional failure of definitive chemoradiotherapy (dCRT) in patients with advanced or recurrent esophageal carcinoma. We have performed cervical lym...
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Levels and expressions of orotate phosphoribosyltransferase in gastric carcinoma and normal gastric mucosa tissues
Orotate phosphoribosyltransferase (OPRT; EC 2.4.2.10), a key enzyme that catalyzes one of the primary steps in the phosphorylation of fluoropyrimidine, was recently recognized as an important enzyme that deter...
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Hemorrhagic radiation gastritis after chemoradiation therapy for peritoneal lymph node metastasis of esophageal carcinoma successfully treated with repeated intraarterial steroid infusions
Although intraarterial steroid infusion therapy has previously been shown to be effective for inflammatory bowel disease, it has not yet been applied for the treatment of hemorrhagic radiation gastritis. We re...