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Kazuhiro Furukawa
Medicine & Public Health
Surgical Oncology
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A patient with esophageal cancer with bone metastasis who achieved pain relief with repetitive administration of strontium-89 chloride
A 75-year-old woman was diagnosed with esophageal cancer with difficulty in swallowing. She had a past history of rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, interstitial pneumonia, angina pectoris (with coronary arter...
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Quantitative diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis using EUS elastography
It is difficult to diagnose chronic pancreatitis (CP) objectively because of a lack of standard diagnostic criteria. Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) has been used to assess the severity of CP, but the diagnos...
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The impact of cervical lymph node dissection on acid and duodenogastroesophageal reflux after intrathoracic esophagogastrostomy following transthoracic esophagectomy
The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of cervical lymph node dissection on acid reflux and duodenogastroesophageal reflux (DGER) in patients undergoing transthoracic esophagectomy with gastric tube ...
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Prognostic impact of PD-L1 expression in primary gastric and intestinal diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is a heterogeneous disease and the most common gastrointestinal lymphoma. The prognostic/predictive indicators among patients with gastric and intestinal DLBCL (giDLBCL) a...
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The microbiome can predict mucosal healing in small intestine in patients with Crohn’s disease
Mucosal healing is the main treatment goal for Crohn’s disease. In this situation, some patients have difficulty with endoscopic evaluation of the entire small intestine. Crohn’s disease is closely associated ...
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Ustekinumab is effective against small bowel lesions in Crohn’s disease: two case reports
We encountered two patients with Crohn’s disease (CD) for whom induction of ustekinumab was effective for the management of small intestinal lesions with stenosis. The first symptomatic CD case was a 40-year-o...
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The impact of the age-adjusted Charlson comorbidity index as a prognostic factor for endoscopic papillectomy in ampullary tumors
The prognostic nutritional index (PNI) and Charlson comorbidity index (CCI) have been useful for predicting the prognosis based on nutritional condition and comorbidities in surgery and endoscopic mucosal diss...
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Artificial intelligence-based diagnosis of upper gastrointestinal subepithelial lesions on endoscopic ultrasonography images
Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) is useful for the differential diagnosis of subepithelial lesions (SELs); however, not all of them are easy to distinguish. Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are the comm...
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Relationship between psoas muscle index and long-term survival in older patients aged ≥ 80 years after endoscopic submucosal dissection for gastric cancer
In Japan, endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) has been widely performed for ESD-adapted gastric cancer, but little is known about the prognostic factors after ESD for gastric cancer in older patients. The p...
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Effects of steroid use for stenosis prevention after endoscopic submucosal dissection for cervical esophageal cancer
Esophageal stenosis is a serious complication after endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for thoracic esophageal cancer (TEC), and steroid has been applied for stenosis prevention. However, the rate of steno...
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Novel endoscopic approaches using the endocytoscopy for the target biopsy in esophageal eosinophilia
Multiple biopsies are recommended for the diagnosis of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) because inflammatory changes are frequently patchy. Reports on EoE using endocytoscopy (ECS) are limited. This present stud...
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What is the appropriate method of pathological specimen collection for cholangiocarcinoma detection in primary sclerosing cholangitis?
In primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), it is important to understand the cholangiographic findings suggestive of malignancy, but it is difficult to determine whether cholangiocarcinoma is present due to modi...
