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Hiroshi Furukawa
Oncology
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Effect of the number of cycles of docetaxel + S-1 therapy on long-term survival in adjuvant chemotherapy for stage III gastric cancer. A pooled analysis of the OGSG0604 and OGSG1002 trials
S-1 plus docetaxel (DS) therapy followed by S-1 is the standard of care in Japan in postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy for stage III gastric cancer, but long-term survival and the number of DS cycles required...
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Correction to: Multicenter phase II study of trastuzumab plus S-1 alone in elderly patients with HER2-positive advanced gastric cancer (JACCRO GC‑06)
The correct name of the twelfth author should be ‘‘Yasuhiro Yuasa”, and not ‘‘Yasuhiko Yuasa’’ as given in the original publication of the article.
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Open AccessMulticenter phase II study of trastuzumab plus S-1 alone in elderly patients with HER2-positive advanced gastric cancer (JACCRO GC-06)
S-1 plus cisplatin is a standard regimen for advanced gastric cancer (AGC) in Asia. The ToGA trial established a fluoropyrimidine plus cisplatin and trastuzumab as a standard treatment for human epidermal grow...
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Gastric cancer treated by endoscopic submucosal dissection or endoscopic mucosal resection in Japan from 2004 through 2006: JGCA nationwide registry conducted in 2013
The Japanese Gastric Cancer Association (JGCA) initiated a new nationwide gastric cancer registry in 2008 and reported the treatment outcomes of patients with primary gastric cancer who underwent surgical ther...
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Dominant lymph drainage patterns in the occipital and parietal regions: evaluation of lymph nodes in patients with skin cancer of the head
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the superficial lymph drainage patterns of primary skin cancers of the head arising from the occipital or parietal region.
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Review and proposal of regional surgical management for melanoma: revisiting of integumentectomy and incontinuity dissection in treatment of skin melanoma
Past studies showed that integumentectomy and incontinuity could be effective procedures in the surgical management of melanoma patients. The present study reports on the historical background of these procedu...
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Open AccessPhase 1b study of pembrolizumab (MK-3475; anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody) in Japanese patients with advanced melanoma (KEYNOTE-041)
This phase I b study evaluated the safety and anti-tumor activity of pembrolizumab in Japanese patients with advanced melanoma.
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A newly modified esophagogastrostomy with a reliable angle of His by placing a gastric tube in the lower mediastinum in laparoscopy-assisted proximal gastrectomy
An optimal reconstruction method for proximal gastrectomy (PG) remains elusive. Esophagogastrostomy (EG) is technically simple but suffers from the disadvantage of gastroesophageal reflux. Jejunal interpositio...
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Three-year outcomes of a phase II study of adjuvant chemotherapy with S-1 plus docetaxel for stage III gastric cancer after curative D2 gastrectomy
We have previously reported the superior feasibility and safety of adjuvant S-1 plus docetaxel in patients with stage III gastric cancer during a prospective phase II study. We report 3-year follow-up data on ...
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Dominant lymph drainage in the upper extremity and upper trunk region: evaluation of lymph drainage in patients with skin melanomas
The objective of this study is to evaluate the lymph drainage from the primary focus to the regional lymph nodes in patients with melanomas of the upper extremity and upper trunk region.
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Overweight is a risk factor for surgical site infection following distal gastrectomy for gastric cancer
Our objective was to assess the risk factors for surgical site infections (SSIs) in gastric surgery using the results of the Osaka Gastrointestinal Cancer Chemotherapy Study Group (OGSG) 0501 phase 3 trial.
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Open AccessGastric cancer treated in 2002 in Japan: 2009 annual report of the JGCA nationwide registry
The Japanese Gastric Cancer Association (JGCA) started a new nationwide gastric cancer registration in 2008.
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Dominant lymph drainage in the facial region: evaluation of lymph nodes of facial melanoma patients
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the superficial lymph drainage patterns from primary lesions, with the primary focus on cheek/eyelid and lip melanomas.
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Randomized clinical trial of adjuvant chemotherapy with intraperitoneal and intravenous cisplatin followed by oral fluorouracil (UFT) in serosa-positive gastric cancer versus curative resection alone: final results of the Japan Clinical Oncology Group trial JCOG9206-2
To evaluate the survival benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy after curative resection in serosa-positive gastric cancer, a multicenter phase III clinical trial was conducted in Japan.
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Open AccessRandomized phase III study comparing the efficacy and safety of irinotecan plus S-1 with S-1 alone as first-line treatment for advanced gastric cancer (study GC0301/TOP-002)
Irinotecan hydrochloride and S-1, an oral fluoropyrimidine, have shown antitumor activity against advanced gastric cancer as single agents in phase I/II studies. The combination of irinotecan and S-1 (IRI-S) i...
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A false-negative sentinel lymph node in the parotid gland of a melanoma patient: a new algorithm for SLN biopsy in the parotid gland
The sentinel lymph node (SLN) is the first node in the lymphatic basin to be affected by metastatic tumor cells from a primary lesion. It provides a way to avoid elective neck dissection in a case in which the...
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Phase II trial of S-1 for neoadjuvant chemotherapy against scirrhous gastric cancer (JCOG 0002)
The prognosis of scirrhous gastric cancer remains poor despite extended surgery or adjuvant or neoadjuvant chemotherapy. A pilot study of S-1 (TS-1; Taiho Pharmaceutical, Tokyo, Japan), an oral 5-fluorouracil ...
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Sentinel node biopsy versus elective lymph node dissection in patients with cutaneous melanoma in a Japanese population
In Japan, elective lymph node dissection (ELND) has been the standard treatment for patients with possible nodal melanoma. Sentinel node biopsy (SNB) has now replaced ELND, not only in Japan but also worldwide...
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Low incidence of nonsentinel node-positivity after complete lymph node dissection in melanoma patients with positive sentinel nodes
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Multicenter phase II study of antimicrobial prophylaxis in low-risk patients undergoing distal gastrectomy for gastric cancer
In Japan, antimicrobial prophylaxis (AMP) is typically administered for 3 to 4 days postoperatively for clean-contaminated operations such as distal gastrectomy. This far exceeds the recommended 2h or less lai...
