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Open AccessThe effect of specimen processing time on HER2 expression in gastric cancer and esophagogastric junction cancer: a single-center retrospective observational study
Recent developments in the field of companion diagnosis and molecular-targeting therapeutic agents have helped in develo** treatments targeting human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) in gastric canc...
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Nivolumab dose escalation triggered immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced colitis after 147 weeks of prolonged stable use in a patient with lung cancer: a case report
A 56-year-old man with advanced lung adenocarcinoma presented to the emergency department with a 6-day history of diarrhea. He was treated for lung cancer with nivolumab 3 mg/kg (144 mg/body) every 2 weeks (Q2...
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Resection of a large gastrointestinal stromal tumor in the stomach after imatinib treatment in a 90-year-old patient
A 90-year-old woman presented with a 1-month history of progressive abdominal fullness. Contrast computed tomography (CT) showed a large 17-cm mass located adjacent to the antrum of the stomach without metasta...
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Automatic Remasking of Digital Subtraction Angiography Images in Pulmonary Angiography
In pulmonary angiography, the heartbeat creates artifacts that hinder extraction of blood vessel images in digital subtraction angiography. Remasking according to the cardiac phase of the angiogram may be effe...
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Open AccessMedium-term health-related quality of life in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension treated with goal-oriented sequential combination therapy based on exercise capacity
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) remains a life-threatening condition, despite modern therapies. We prospectively investigated the therapeutic health-related quality of life (HRQOL) effects of goal-orient...
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Open AccessUsefulness of scoring right ventricular function for assessment of prognostic factors in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
Right ventricular (RV) function is associated with prognosis in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). This study aimed to establish an RV dysfunction score using RV echocardiographic parameter...
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Open AccessExtracranial meningiomas concurrently found in the lung and vertebral bone: a case report
Primary pulmonary meningiomas are very rare, and primary intraosseous meningiomas outside the head and neck region have not yet been reported. We report an extremely unusual case of concurrent meningiomas aris...
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Open AccessA case of intraductal papillary-mucinous neoplasm of the pancreas penetrating into the stomach and spleen successfully treated by total pancreatectomy
Intraductal papillary-mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs) are potentially malignant intraductal epithelial neoplasms that sometimes penetrate into other organs. To the best of our knowledge, no report has yet described...
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Open AccessLeft ventricular end-diastolic dimension and septal e′ are predictors of cardiac index at rest, while tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion is a predictor of peak oxygen uptake in patients with pulmonary hypertension
Little is known regarding a correlation of hemodynamics at rest or exercise capacity with echocardiographic parameters in patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH). To clarify these potential correlations, we ...
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Open AccessMesonephric adenocarcinoma of the uterine corpus with intracystic growth completely confined to the myometrium: a case report and literature review
Mesonephric adenocarcinoma (MA) is a rare tumor believed to arise from mesonephric remnants occurring mostly in the uterine cervix and, to a lesser extent, the corpus. Since the first case report of MA in the ...
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Effect of particle size and shape on nonresonant random laser action of dye-doped polymer random media
We present an experimental study of the light emission from dye-doped polymer random media dispersed with TiO2 particles of various sizes, shapes, and structures. Random lasing with nonresonant feedback, similar ...
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A case of metastatic lobular breast carcinoma with detection of the primary tumor after ten years
Lobular carcinoma of the breast is known to metastasize to unusual sites such as the gastrointestinal tract, peritoneum, and gynecologic organs.
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A case of invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast first manifesting with duodenal obstruction
Lobular carcinoma of the breast presents with various clinical manifestations. Lobular carcinoma comprises about one fifth of cases of ductal carcinoma. Intestinal metastasis is dominant in cases of lobular ca...
