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Yasutomo Nasu
Internal Medicine
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Open AccessPrognostic value of hepatocyte growth factor for muscle-invasive bladder cancer
The HGF/MET pathway is involved in cell motility, angiogenesis, proliferation, and cancer invasion. We assessed the clinical utility of plasma HGF level as a prognostic biomarker in patients with MIBC.
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Open AccessPhotodynamic diagnostic ureteroscopy using the VISERA ELITE video system for diagnosis of upper-urinary tract urothelial carcinoma: a prospective cohort pilot study
The advantages of photodynamic diagnostic technology using 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA-PDD) have been established. The aim of this prospective cohort study was to evaluate the usefulness of ALA-PDD to diagnose ...
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Prognostic impact of bleomycin pulmonary toxicity on the outcomes of patients with germ cell tumors
Bleomycin pulmonary toxicity (BPT) has been well described in patients with germ cell tumors treated with bleomycin etoposide and cisplatin chemotherapy (BEP). To assess the prognostic impact of BPT, we retros...
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Retroperitoneal bronchogenic cyst: a rare incidentaloma discovered in a juvenile hypertensive patient
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Implications of transcriptional factor, OCT-4, in human bladder malignancy and tumor recurrence
OCT-4, which is also known as POU5f1, is a key regulator of self-renewal in embryonic stem cells. The new cancer stem cell concept proposes that the expression of such genes is potentially correlated with tumo...
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Open AccessDNA methylation status of REIC/Dkk-3 gene in human malignancies
The REIC (reduced expression in immortalized cells)/Dkk-3 is down-regulated in various cancers and considered to be a tumor suppressor gene. REIC/Dkk-3 mRNA has two isoforms (type-a,b). REIC type-a mRNA has shown...
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Unexpected occurrence of adrenal Cushing’s syndrome in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus
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Primary Aldosteronism Caused by a Unilateral Adrenal Adenoma Accompanied by Autonomous Cortisol Secretion
A 35-year-old Japanese woman was referred for further examination of persistent hypertension with hypokalemia. Her serum aldosterone levels were high and her plasma renin activity markedly suppressed. Radiolog...
