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    Long-term outcomes of a phase II study of neoadjuvant imatinib in large gastrointestinal stromal tumors of the stomach

    Neoadjuvant treatment is recommended for large GISTs due to their friability and risk of extensive operations; however, studies on the indications and long-term results of this approach are lacking.

    Seong-Ho Kong, Yukinori Kurokawa, Jeong-Hwan Yook, Haruhiko Cho in Gastric Cancer (2023)

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    Functional evaluations comparing Billroth I with a large remnant stomach and Roux en Y with a small remnant stomach following laparoscopic distal gastrectomy for gastric cancer: An investigation including laparoscopic total gastrectomy

    This study compared the pros and cons of two post-distal gastrectomy (DG) reconstruction methods by comparing the patient quality of life and functional dynamics at one year postoperatively.

    Eiji Nomura, Takatoshi Seki, Yamato Ninomiya, Hideki Izumi in Surgery Today (2023)

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    Prognostic significance of vasohibin-1 and vasohibin-2 immunohistochemical expression in gastric cancer

    It was recently identified that the vasohibin family may regulate angiogenesis through suppression by the vasohibin-1 gene and promotion by the vasohibin-2 gene. We assessed vasohibin expression in gastric can...

    Hitoshi Hara, Soji Ozawa, Yamato Ninomiya, Miho Yamamoto, Mika Ogimi in Surgery Today (2020)

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    Functional evaluations comparing the double-tract method and the jejunal interposition method following laparoscopic proximal gastrectomy for gastric cancer: an investigation including laparoscopic total gastrectomy

    Functional outcomes were prospectively compared between two types of reconstruction [double tract (L-DT; n = 15) and jejunal interposition (L-JIP; n = 15)] following laparoscopic half-proximal gastrectomy (LPG), ...

    Eiji Nomura, Hajime Kayano, Sang-Woong Lee, Masaru Kawai, Takashi Machida in Surgery Today (2019)

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    Functional outcomes by reconstruction technique following laparoscopic proximal gastrectomy for gastric cancer: double tract versus jejunal interposition

    For early gastric cancer located in the upper third of the stomach, we have adopted laparoscopic 1/2-proximal gastrectomy (PG) with two types of reconstruction: double tract reconstruction (L-DT) and jejunal i...

    Eiji Nomura, Sang-Woong Lee, Masaru Kawai in World Journal of Surgical Oncology (2014)

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    A phase II study of doxifluridine and docetaxel combination chemotherapy for advanced or recurrent gastric cancer

    The aim of this study was to establish the efficacy and safety of doxifluridine and docetaxel for patients with advanced or recurrent gastric cancer.

    Takaki Yoshikawa, Akira Tsuburaya, Ken Shimada, Atsushi Sato in Gastric Cancer (2009)