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Colorectal cancer and advanced adenoma characteristics according to causative mismatch repair gene variant in Japanese colorectal surveillance for Lynch syndrome
The optimal interval of colonoscopy (CS) surveillance in cases with Lynch syndrome (LS), and stratification according to the causative mismatch repair gene mutation, has received much attention. To verify a fe...
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Open AccessRisk of gastric adenoma and adenocarcinoma in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis in Japan: a nationwide multicenter study
Patients with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) have an increased risk of develo** gastric neoplasms. However, the clinical course of FAP with these gastric lesions has not yet been fully clarified. The p...
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Impact of aspirin discontinuation on thrombotic complications in laparoscopic colorectal cancer surgery
The number of patients taking antiplatelet therapy is increasing. However, there is no definitive guideline for the perioperative management of antiplatelet therapy. Conventionally, the discontinuation of anti...
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Open AccessConstitutional mismatch repair deficiency in childhood colorectal cancer harboring a de novo variant in the MSH6 gene: a case report
Constitutional mismatch repair deficiency (CMMRD) is caused by biallelic pathogenic variants in one of the mismatch repair genes, and results in early onset colorectal cancer, leukemia, brain tumors and other ...
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Correction to: Long-term clinical outcomes and follow-up status in Japanese patients with familial adenomatous polyposis after radical surgery: a descriptive, retrospective cohort study from a single institute
In Table 4 of the original publication, an error occurred where two values were switched inadvertedly. The Wexner score for duration after surgery (year) for “20 and over” should be 5.32 and for “less than 20”...
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Long-term clinical outcomes and follow-up status in Japanese patients with familial adenomatous polyposis after radical surgery: a descriptive, retrospective cohort study from a single institute
Data on long-term outcomes of familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) are unclear in Japan because a nationwide registry system is lacking. We assessed overall survival, incidence of neoplasms, fecal incontinence...
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Prognostic impact of hospital volume on familial adenomatous polyposis: a nationwide multicenter study
Many studies have shown that hospital volume is significantly associated with short- and long-term outcomes in various diseases, including cancer. However, there have been no reports discussing the relationshi...
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Open AccessMalnutrition in rectal cancer patients receiving preoperative chemoradiotherapy is common and associated with treatment tolerability and anastomotic leakage
This study assessed the incidence of malnutrition caused by preoperative chemoradiotherapy (CRT) in rectal cancer patients, which is seemingly underestimated; however, malnutrition affects treatment tolerabili...
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Comparison of the pathological response of the mesorectal positive nodes between short-course chemoradiotherapy with delayed surgery and long-course chemoradiotherapy in patients with rectal cancer
The aim of this study was to compare the pathological response of mesorectal positive nodes between short-course chemoradiotherapy with delayed surgery (SCRT-delay) and long-course chemoradiotherapy (LC-CRT) i...
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Open AccessNew molecular staging with G-factor supplements TNM classification in gastric cancer: a multicenter collaborative research by the Japan Society for Gastroenterological Carcinogenesis G-Project committee
The G-Project committee was erected by the Japan Society for Gastroenterological Carcinogenesis with an aim of establishing a new classification scheme based on molecular biological characteristics that would ...
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The timing of surgery after preoperative short-course S-1 chemoradiotherapy with delayed surgery for T3 lower rectal cancer
The purpose of this study was to analyze the influence of variations in clinical practice regarding the timing of surgery with short-course chemoradiotherapy with delayed surgery (SCRT-delay) for lower rectal ...
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Risk model for right hemicolectomy based on 19,070 Japanese patients in the National Clinical Database
Right hemicolectomy is a very common procedure throughout the world, although this procedure is known to carry substantial surgical risks. The present study aimed to develop a risk model for right hemicolectom...
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Clinical features and treatment of ulcerative colitis-related severe gastroduodenitis and enteritis with massive bleeding after colectomy
Ulcerative colitis (UC) has been recognised as a systemic immune disorder that is not as restricted as colitis. UC-related gastrointestinal lesions with bleeding can develop soon after colectomy and can progre...
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Infliximab administration prior to surgery does not increase surgical site infections in patients with ulcerative colitis
The high incidence of infectious complications in ulcerative colitis (UC) is generally recognized to be due to several factors related to a compromised host. In our previous study, a high dose of corticosteroi...
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Clinicopathological features of ulcerative colitis-associated colorectal cancer pointing to efficiency of surveillance colonoscopy in a large retrospective Japanese cohort
Cancer surveillance has been conducted in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC), and the number of operative cases of ulcerative colitis-associated colorectal cancer (UC-CRC) has been increasing. The aim of th...
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Surgery for ulcerative colitis in 1,000 patients
Ileal pouch–anal anastomosis (IPAA) has become the standard treatment for patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) who ultimately require a colectomy. Herein, we report results of our 24-year experience with that...
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Intraperitoneal administration of paclitaxel and oral S-1 for a patient with peritoneal dissemination and hydronephrosis due to advanced gastric cancer
We report a patient with type 3 gastric cancer with peritoneal dissemination and hydronephrosis who was successfully treated with intraperitoneal infusion of paclitaxel and oral administration of S-1. He was d...
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HBV production in transgenic mice
We produced transgenic mice by microinjecting a partially duplicated copies of hepatitis B virus (HBV) gene into fertilized eggs of C57BL/6 mice. One mouse was a high producer of HBV surface antigen (HBsAg) an...