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Pancreatic cancer and sarcopenia: a narrative review of the current status
Pancreatic cancer is still a difficult disease to treat, despite recent advances in surgical techniques and chemotherapeutic drugs. Its incidence continues to rise, as does the number of older patients. Sarcop...
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Impact of the serum creatinine and cystatin C ratio for prediction of sarcopenia and prognosis in biliary tract cancer
Sarcopenia is a poor prognostic factor in cancer patients. In recent years, there have been reports that serum creatinine and cystatin C (Cr/CysC) ratio is associated with sarcopenia. However, the prognostic v...
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The impact of lymphangiograpy on chyle leakage treatment duration after pancreatic surgery
Chyle leakage (CL) is a common complication in pancreatic surgery. Lymphangiography is a therapeutic option for CL in cases of conservative treatment failure. This study investigated the effect of lymphangiogr...
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New predictors of microvascular invasion for small hepatocellular carcinoma ≤ 3 cm
Microvascular invasion (MVI) is a risk factor for postoperative recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), even in early-stage HCC. In small HCC ≤ 3 cm, treatment options include anatomical resection or non...
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Perioperative pancreaticoduodenectomy management strategy focusing on postoperative early drain colonization
Pancreatoduodenectomy (PD) is a highly invasive procedure. Intra-abdominal infections and pancreatic fistulas are strongly correlated complications. In the present study, we identified the risk factors for pos...
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Predictors for early recurrence beyond up-to-7 or distant metastasis after hepatocellular carcinoma resection: proposal for borderline resectable HCC
The recurrence rate after curative resection for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) reaches over 70% after 5 years and early recurrence (within 1 year) is now recognized as having a poor prognosis and has limited ...
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Open AccessRNF31 promotes proliferation and invasion of hepatocellular carcinoma via nuclear factor kappaB activation
RNF31 is a multifunctional RING finger protein implicated in various inflammatory diseases and cancers. It functions as a core component of the linear ubiquitin chain assembly complex (LUBAC), which activates ...
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A case of cholangiocarcinoma complicating liver abscess-related tumor thrombus extending via the inferior vena cava to the right ventricle and visualized on transthoracic echocardiography
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Laparoscopic hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with hemophilia A and B: a report of two cases
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a life-threatening complication of hemophilia. Reports of patients with hemophilia undergoing hepatectomy for HCC are scarce. We report the cases of patients with hemophilia A...
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Open AccessFibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma: a case report and gene analysis
Fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) (FL-HCC) is rare in Japan. FL-HCC develops in young patients with no history of cirrhosis and tends to manifest lymphatic metastasis with clinical features similar ...
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High RRN3 expression is associated with malignant characteristics and poor prognosis in pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic cancer has an extremely poor prognosis and is one of the most chemoresistant cancers. Targeting cancer cell transcriptional complexes may enhance chemotherapy effectiveness. RNA-polymerase I (Pol-I)...
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Abdominal aortic calcification volume (AACV) is a predictive factor for postoperative complications associated with biliary tract cancer
Curative surgical treatment of biliary tract cancer is highly invasive and involves postoperative complications. Abdominal aortic calcification is a parameter that is reportedly linked to systemic arterioscler...
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Open AccessLaparoscopic hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma in a patient with congenital factor V deficiency: a case report
Factor V (FV) deficiency is an extremely rare disease, with an incidence of 1 in 1 million. The bleeding symptoms are mild, and the prognosis is good; however, the safety of surgical treatment is unclear, beca...
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Open AccessA case of Mirizzi syndrome accompanied by a pseudoaneurysm that ruptured into the gallbladder: successfully treated by embolization of aneurysm and sequential surgery
Although visceral aneurysms are relatively rare, it can be life-threatening in case it ruptures. We report a case of Mirizzi syndrome accompanied by a pseudoaneurysm that ruptured into the gallbladder.
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Does intraoperative and postoperative analgesia cause bile leakage after hepatectomy?
To evaluate the effect of morphine or morphine equivalents on the risk of bile leakage (BL) after hepatectomy.
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Gastrectomy history as a predictor of post-hepatectomy complications
The effect of a history of gastrectomy on patients undergoing hepatectomy is unclear. We investigated the relationship between postoperative complications of Clavien–Dindo grade III or higher and a history of ...
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Impact of preoperative nutritional support and rehabilitation therapy in patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy
Sarcopenia is closely associated with morbidity after pancreatic surgery. We investigated the impact of preoperative nutritional support and rehabilitation on patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy.
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Open AccessUnclassified hepatocellular adenoma with beta-catenin mutation: a case report
Hepatocellular adenoma (HCA) subtypes are considered as risk factors for malignant transformation; thus, an accurate diagnosis is important. We report a case of resected HCA previously diagnosed as unclassifie...
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Association between intraoperative and postoperative epidural or intravenous patient-controlled analgesia and pancreatic fistula after distal pancreatectomy
This study aimed to elucidate the association between postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF) after distal pancreatectomy (DP) and clinicopathological factors and intraoperative and postoperative epidural or i...
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Diffusion-Weighted MRI Predicts Lymph Node Metastasis and Tumor Aggressiveness in Resectable Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
The aim of this study was to identify whether diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) can predict the malignant behavior of preoperative well-differentiated pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (Pan...
