Durable response by olaparib for a Japanese patient with primary peritoneal cancer with multiple brain metastases: A case report.

Brain metastases (BM) from epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) or primary peritoneal cancer (PPC) are extremely rare, accounting for 1-2.5% of all cases. Although therapeutic options, such as surgery, irradiation and chemotherapy are proven to yield survival benefit, the overall prognosis of these patients remains unsatisfactory.

Risk of spilling cancer cells during total laparoscopic hysterectomy in low-risk endometrial cancer.

Objective: To evaluate the risk of spilling cancer cells during total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH) using a uterine manipulator in early-stage endometrial cancer patients.

Materials And Methods: We conducted a prospective study among women undergoing TLH for Clinical Stage IA endometrial cancer between March 2015 and November 2015. Peritoneal washings before the insertion of the uterine manipulator and after TLH were obtained.

Cardiac arrest during spinal anesthesia for cervical conization: a case report.

Spinal anesthesia is regularly performed worldwide and is an integral part of the modern day anesthesia practice. Although unexpected cardiac arrests during this procedure are very rare, medical professionals should be aware of the potential for this complication. In making the decision to use spinal anesthesia, judicious patient selection, adequate preventive measures, and strict monitoring are important.

BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations in Japanese patients with ovarian, fallopian tube, and primary peritoneal cancer.

Background: The contribution of BRCA1 and BRCA2 to ovarian cancer in Japanese patients is still unclear. This study investigated the frequency of germline mutations in BRCA1/2 in Japanese patients with ovarian, peritoneal, or fallopian tube cancer, regardless of their family histories, which were suggestive of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer.

Methods: Ninety-five unselected women with ovarian cancer who were seen from 2013 to 2015 at Yamanashi Prefectural Central Hospital were enrolled.

Synthetic design of heterometallic cluster compounds with site-selective and stepwise substitution of bridging carboxylates.

At the right places: Owing to substitution-lability difference in disparate metal centers, an oxo-centered heterometallic trinuclear acetato complex [Ru2MgO(CH3COO)6(py)3] (py = pyridine; see picture) undergoes site-selective substitution of propionates and ferrocenycarboxylates in a stepwise manner. The new substituted families have been successfully separated by chromatography and fully characterized.