Publications by authors named "Akari Murakami"

Article Synopsis
  • The JBCS updated its clinical practice guidelines for breast cancer treatment in 2022 after a thorough review process that began in 2018.
  • The guidelines include 12 background questions, 33 clinical questions, and 20 future research questions, assessing various outcomes like efficacy and safety.
  • Eight significant clinical questions with new recommendations from Japanese trials were highlighted as key updates from the previous guidelines.
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Trastuzumab deruxtecan is classified as an anticancer agent that poses a moderate emetic risk in the international guidelines for antiemetic therapy. The guidelines recommend emesis prophylaxis using a two-drug combination therapy comprising a 5-hydroxytryptamine-3 receptor antagonist (5-HT3RA) and dexamethasone (DEX). However, the high incidence of nausea and vomiting associated with trastuzumab deruxtecan is problematic.

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Fibroadenomas (FAs) and phyllodes tumors (PTs) are major benign breast tumors, pathologically classified as fibroepithelial tumors. Although the clinical management of PTs differs from FAs, distinction by core needle biopsy diagnoses is still challenging. Here, a combined technique of label-free imaging with multi-photon microscopy and artificial intelligence was applied to detect quantitative signatures that differentiate fibroepithelial lesions.

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A non-traumatic abdominal wall hematoma is rare, and occurs occasionally due to coughing, physical activity, or antithrombotic/anticoagulant therapy. The condition is usually unilateral; however, rare bilateral cases have been reported. Here, we report a rare case of a non-traumatic bilateral rectus sheath hematoma.

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Although breast cancer during pregnancy is relatively rare, the number of such cases has risen in recent years owing to an increase in mean childbirth age and the increasing prevalence of breast cancer. Here we report the case of a 37-year-old breast cancer patient who received neoadjuvant chemotherapy during pregnancy. The woman previously consulted an outside physician after noting a mass in her right breast at 25 weeks' gestation.

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A 34-year-old woman with a rapidly growing right breast mass visited our hospital. The mass was diagnosed as a right breast cancer (cT3N1M0 stage ⦀A). Her serum leucocyte count and C-reactive protein levels were high, and she had persistent fever.

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Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and human EGFR 2 (HER2) phosphorylation drives HER2-positive breast cancer cell proliferation. Enforced activation of phosphatases for those receptors could be a therapeutic option for HER2-positive breast cancers. Here, we report that degradation of an endosomal small GTPase, RhoB, by the ubiquitin ligase complex cullin-3 (CUL3)/KCTD10 is essential for both EGFR and HER2 phosphorylation in HER2-positive breast cancer cells.

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Background: Metaplastic carcinoma of the breast consists of both invasive ductal carcinoma and metaplastic carcinoma. This rare subtype of cancer has a poor prognosis. The development of metaplastic breast cancer and relationship with BRCA1 are not well known.

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Rho GTPase Rac1 is a central regulator of F-actin organization and signal transduction to control plasma membrane dynamics and cell proliferation. Dysregulated Rac1 activity is often observed in various cancers including breast cancer and is suggested to be critical for malignancy. Here, we showed that the ubiquitin E3 ligase complex Cullin-3 (CUL3)/KCTD10 is essential for epidermal growth factor (EGF)-induced/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-dependent Rac1 activation in HER2-positive breast cancer cells.

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Purpose: The aim of this study was to identify a high-risk or low-risk population for chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting among patients with breast cancer treated with a current standard 3-drug antiemetic regimen and receiving anthracycline.

Methods: We analyzed data from chemotherapy-naive Japanese patients with breast cancer, who had received the first cycle of anthracycline-based regimen and were treated with a 3-drug combination of aprepitant, palonosetron, and dexamethasone. This study was carried out at Ehime University Hospital (Toon, Japan) using electronic medical records from May 2011 to June 2017.

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This study aimed to compare the antiemetic efficacy and safety of a four-drug combination with those of a standard three-drug combination in Japanese patients with breast cancer treated with anthracycline. We retrospectively analyzed data from Japanese patients with breast cancer, who had received their first cycle of anthracycline and were treated with aprepitant, palonosetron, and dexamethasone with or without olanzapine. This retrospective observational study was performed at Ehime University Hospital using the electronic medical records.

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Case 1 involved a 75-year-old woman with breast cancer and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma(DLBCL).Although we initially administered the R-CHOP regimen, the breast tumor increased in size and surgery had to be performed.After surgery, the R-CHOP regimen was re-initiated and DLBCL achieved clinical complete response.

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We report a case of microangiopathic hemolytic anemia(MHA)caused by metastatic breast cancer treated with weekly paclitaxel. A 58-year-old woman was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer 2 years earlier. She was treated with various chemotherapy regimens and hormonal therapy, before being switched to fulvestrant 3 months earlier.

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Pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy(PTTM)caused by pulmonary artery microscopic tumor emboli and fibrocellular and/or fibromuscular proliferation leads to progressive pulmonary hypertension and respiratory failure.The prognosis is extremely poor and most patients die shortly after onset.We report a patient with Stage IV breast cancer and long-term survival who developed PTTM during chemotherapy treatment.

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