Publications by authors named "G Matsuda"
Preemptive regenerative medicine using mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) may provide a novel therapeutic approach to prevent the progression from organ damage to organ failure. Although immunosuppressive drugs are often used in patients with organ disorder, their impact on MSC therapy remains unclear. We investigated the effects of immunosuppressive drugs on the therapeutic efficacy of MSCs.
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- - Primary squamous cell carcinoma of the kidney is rare, with limited cases documented in medical literature.
- - A 73-year-old man was diagnosed with this rare tumor after imaging showed a mass in his kidney extending to the liver, leading to a radical nephrectomy and partial liver surgery.
- - Despite surgery, the patient experienced rapid disease progression, with recurrences and lung metastases, highlighting the need for quick intervention when such cancers are suspected.
Background/aim: Current expert consensus recommends re-resection for incidental gallbladder cancer (IGBC) of pT1b-3. This study examined whether this consensus was reasonably applicable to patients with IGBC in one Japanese region.
Patients And Methods: This was a multicenter, retrospective analysis of cholecystectomies for presumed benign diseases between January 2000 and December 2009.
Regorafenib is an oral multikinase inhibitor affecting angiogenesis, oncogenesis, metastasis, and tumor immunity. As a systemic treatment, it has been shown to provide survival benefits in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients progressing on sorafenib treatment. We report herein a case of HCC with hepatic vein tumor thrombosis protruding into the inferior vena cava (IVC-HVTT) which was successfully treated by surgery following second-line chemotherapy with regorafenib.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: A drain exchange with the use of a guidewire may be accompanied by serious complications.
Case Presentation: This case involved an 86-year-old man with overlapping cancers of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma and perihilar cholangiocarcinoma. A left hepatectomy, a left caudal lobectomy (with a medial hepatic vein preservation), an extrahepatic bile duct resection, and a right hepatojejunostomy were performed.