[Analysis of the Side Effects of Docetaxel with Cyclophosphamide (TC Therapy)].

The effectiveness of TC therapy, a non-anthracycline regimen, was determined through the US Oncology 9735 trial, which was conducted overseas. This led to high expectations regarding the use of TC therapy as a postoperative adjuvant treatment for early-stage breast cancer. We studied 38 patients with breast cancer who underwent TC treatment in our department between August 2008 and November 2009, and discussed the development of side effects in the patients.

[Esophageal duplication cyst resected with video-assisted thorasic surgery; report of a case].

Duplication of the alimentary tract is a developmental anomaly, which may affect any part of the digestive tract from the mouth to the anus. Esophageal duplication cyst is caused by an incomplete differentiation of the foregut. We report a case of esophageal duplication cyst resected using video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS).

[A case of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis that showed solitary ground-glass opacity in the subpleural area].

A 58-year-old man visited our department regarding a growing ground-glass opacity (GGO) on chest CT. He underwent video-assisted thoracic surgery, because a malignancy such as bronchioloalveolar adenocarcinoma was suspected. However, histopathologic examination revealed pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP).