Total Lesion Glycolysis Ratio in Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Images During Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Can Predict Pathological Tumor Regression Grade and Prognosis in Patients with Locally Advanced Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Esophagus.

Background: The usefulness of quantitating tumor lesion glycolysis (TLG) from F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) findings as a tool for determining the effect of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) has not yet been established.

Methods: The cohort of this retrospective study comprised 46 patients who had undergone NAC and subsequent esophagectomy for locally advanced ESCC between January 2008 and December 2017. PET/CT was conducted before and after NAC to assess its therapeutic effect.

Clinicopathological features and menin expression of pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasm associated with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1.

Background/purpose: We examined therapeutic strategies for pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasm (pNEN) associated with MEN1 (M-pNEN) by investigating clinicopathological features and menin expression.

Methods: Seventy-seven patients who underwent resection of pNEN at our department from January 2001 to December 2017 were retrospectively analyzed. Immunohistochemical analysis of menin was performed using resected specimens.

Giant myxoid liposarcoma of the stomach: Report of a case.

Introduction: Liposarcoma is one of the most common soft tissue sarcomas in adults, but liposarcoma arising primarily from the stomach is very rare.

Presentation Of Case: A 56-year-old man was referred to our hospital with abdominal distension and discomfort. A computed tomography scan showed a huge mass located between the stomach and transverse colon.