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Pancreatic metastasis of leiomyoma found 27 years after uterine fibroid surgery
A 59-year-old female was referred to our hospital for pancreatic tumor. She had undergone resection of uterine fibroids 27 years ago, and leiomyoma in the left thigh 8 years ago. Tumor markers were normal. A w...
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Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria with ulcerative colitis
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Open AccessAuthor Correction: Regorafenib is suitable for advanced colorectal cancer patients who have previously received trifluridine/tipiracil plus bevacizumab
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Open AccessRegorafenib is suitable for advanced colorectal cancer patients who have previously received trifluridine/tipiracil plus bevacizumab
Regorafenib is a standard salvage line therapy used for advanced colorectal cancer (CRC). Recently, trifluridine/tipiracil (TFTD) plus bevacizumab also showed promising efficacy as a salvage line therapy for a...
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Inflammatory prognostic factors in advanced or recurrent esophageal squamous cell carcinoma treated with nivolumab
In Japan, nivolumab administration is the standard treatment for patients with unresectable advanced or recurrent esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) who are refractory or intolerant to fluoropyrimidines...
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Open AccessEffectiveness, safety, and factors associated with the clinical success of endoscopic biliary drainage for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: a retrospective multicenter study
Only a few reports have assessed the effectiveness of endoscopic biliary drainage (EBD) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients with obstructive jaundice and liver dysfunction.
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Open AccessEfficacy and safety of nivolumab for advanced gastric cancer patients with poor performance statuses
Nivolumab has changed the treatment of advanced gastric cancer (AGC). Nivolumab shows better outcomes compared to best supportive care among AGC patients who received at least two prior regimens. However, ther...
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Open AccessEffects of different silica intermediate layers for hydrogen diffusion enhancement of palladium membranes applied to porous stainless steel support
Porous stainless steel (SUS) supports were modified with double intermediate layers, silicalite-1 and γ-alumina, to enhance the hydrogen diffusion of a thin palladium membrane. One of layers, silicalite-1, was...
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Takotsubo cardiomyopathy caused by infusion reaction to trastuzumab
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM) is also known as stress-induced cardiomyopathy. The occurrence of TCM due to infusion reaction is extremely rare. A 65-year-old man began receiving trastuzumab monotherapy for ga...
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A multicenter observational study on the clinicopathological features of gastric cancer in young patients
The details of gastric cancer in young patients remain unclear because of the low prevalence of the disease. This study aimed to clarify the clinicopathological features and prognosis of gastric cancer in youn...
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Open AccessThe characteristics and outcomes of small bowel adenocarcinoma: a multicentre retrospective observational study
Small bowel adenocarcinoma (SBA) is a rare malignancy that accounts for 1–2% of gastrointestinal tumours. We investigated the clinical characteristics, outcomes, and prognostic factors of primary SBA.
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Cellulose esters as compatibilizers in wood/poly(lactic acid) composite
One of the important issues relevant to wood/plastic composite molding is the compatibility between hydrophilic wood and hydrophobic plastic. Polyolefins modified with maleic anhydride, which have been frequen...
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Fundamental studies on wood/cellulose-plastic composites: effects of composition and cellulose dimension on the properties of cellulose/PP composite
Although wood/cellulose-plastic composites (WPC) of low wood/cellulose content have been more accepted worldwide and are promoted as low-maintenance, high-durability building products, composites containing hi...
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Performance Evaluation of an Evolutionary Method for RoboCup Soccer Strategies
This paper proposes an evolutionary method for acquiring team strategies of RoboCup soccer agents. The action of an agent in a subspace is specified by a set of action rules. The antecedent part of action rule...
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Development of room-temperature curing aqueous emulsion-type acrylic adhesive I: effect of monomer composition on the initial adhesive strength
For the purpose of develo** a new aqueous emulsion-type adhesive for wood or paper use that does not release formaldehyde or volatile organic solvents, a honeymoon-type acrylic adhesive was examined. An adhe...
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Development of room-temperature curing aqueous emulsion-type acrylic adhesive II: effect of monomer composition on the final adhesive strength
In a series of studies, development of a new aqueous emulsion-type adhesive for use with wood or paper, which does not release formaldehyde or volatile organic solvents, was attempted. For the purpose of incre...
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Effect of adding steam-exploded wood flour to thermoplastic polymer/wood composite
The effect of steam-exploded wood flour (SE) added to wood flour/plastic composite was examined using SE from beech, Japanese cedar, and red meranti and three kinds of thermoplastic polymer: polymethylmethacry...
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Immunoelectron Microscopic Localization of Processed Core Protein of Hepatitis C Virus in COS Cells
To clarify the processing of structural proteins encoded by the 980 amino-terminal residues of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) open reading frame, we observed light and electron microscopic localization of HCV cor...
