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Validation of the distress and impact thermometer and the changes of mood during the first 6 months of treatment in gynecological cancer patients: a Kansai Clinical Oncology Group (KCOG)-G1103 prospective study
To verify distress and impact thermometer (DIT) for screening emotional distress in gynecological cancer patients by Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale total (HADS-T) as gold standard and to assess emotiona...
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Open AccessLow FOXA1 expression predicts good response to neo-adjuvant chemotherapy resulting in good outcomes for luminal HER2-negative breast cancer cases
FOXA1 expression is a good prognostic marker for endocrine therapy in hormone-positive breast cancer. We retrospectively examined breast cancer patients with luminal human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (H...
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Long-term outcome of intravitreal ranibizumab treatment, compared with photodynamic therapy, in patients with polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy
To evaluate the functional outcomes of patients with polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) who underwent intravitreal ranibizumab (IVR) treatment, compared with photodynamic therapy (PDT), after at least 2 y...
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Randomized Comparison of Intra-Arterial Chemotherapy Versus Intra-Arterial Chemotherapy and Gelfoam Embolization for Treatment of Advanced Cervical Carcinoma
We evaluated the effects of intra-arterial infusion therapy by comparing the results obtained with a combination of intra-arterial anticancer drugs with and without transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE) in...
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Visual disturbance due to retinal edema as a complication of imatinib
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Adenofibroma of the endometrium after tamoxifen therapy for breast cancer: MR findings
We report a case of adenofibroma of the endometrium in a 69-year-old woman. This patient was receiving tamoxifen therapy after surgery for breast cancer. Magnetic resonance imaging showed an intracavitary mass...
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Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic analysis of combined chemotherapy with carboplatin and paclitaxel for patients with ovarian cancer
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A New Approach to the Reconstructing Source Distribution
Recently, clinical applications of the source localization have been tried. In these application results, clinicians indicated some weak points of usual source localization methods and have hoped to develop a ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A 129-channel Vector Neuromagnetic Imaging System
We developed a 129-channel vector neuromagnetic imaging system detecting magnetic fields as a vector value. It is expected that further information can be obtained from vector neuromagnetic field than a conven...
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Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic analysis of combined chemotherapy with carboplatin and cyclophosphamide in patients with gynecological cancers
Background. This study was conducted to assess the utility of pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic analyses of chemotherapy with carboplatin (CBDCA) and cyclophosphamide (CPA).
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Prognostic significance of angiogenesis in clinically localized prostate cancer (staining for Factor VIII-related antigen and CD34 Antigen)
Tumour angiogenesis is widely considered to be an important phenomenon in the process of tumour growth and metastasis. We investigated the prognostic significance of the microvascular count (MVC) in prostate c...
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Map** of two genetic loci, Ten-1 and Ten-2, associated with thymus enlargement in BUF/Mna rats
The thymoma-prone BUF/Mna rat is a useful model for human thymoma. Thymoma develops spontaneously in these rats at an incidence of nearly 100%. At pre-thymoma age, BUF/Mna rats have extremely large thymuses wh...
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Clinical evaluation of gastric fundic gland polyps without familial polyposis coli
Assessments were made of 63 cases of fundic gland polyposis (FGP) unassociated with adenomatosis coli. These cases were evaluated by radiological examination over 2 years follow-up. All polyps were pathologica...
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Mechatronics in the Design of Textile Machines
Textile machines have been rapidly mechatronized in Japan to save labor or improve the productivity and the quality of the fabrics. This trend is also placed in a part of total automation in the weaving factor...
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Development of a Lan System for Weaving Factories
The productive method in weaving factories has been changing from mass production to small scale production of various kind of textile fabrics. To keep high productivity, new production management system suita...
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An isentropic vertical coordinate model: Design and application to atmospheric frontogenesis studies
The isentropic vertical coordinate model developed at UCLA is briefly reviewed. The review includes an outline of the approach used to overcome technical difficulties in handling model layers with small mass.
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Trypanosoma congolense: the in vitro akinetoplastic induction sensitivity assay
Incubation ofTrypanosoma conglense in diminazene aceturate (Berenil) or isometamidium chloride (Samorin) induced akinetoplastic (AK) forms in vitro. The AK values (expressed in percent) obtained were found to be ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Direction and Policy for Coastal Zone Management in Japan
In Japan, people have constructed many local communities and cities on the plains near the ocean, and have possessed a deep relationship, either directly or indirectly, with the sea.
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Surface active N-acylglutamate: III. Physicochemical properties of sodium long chain N-acylglutamates
The physicochemical properties of sodium long chain N-acylglutamate (AGSn) are described. The wetting power, emulsifying power, dispersing power and calcium ion stability were measured. Monosodium N-lauroyl-l-glu...
