Disease and injury trends among evacuees in a shelter located at the epicenter of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes, Japan.

Two huge earthquakes struck Kumamoto, Japan, in April 2016, forcing residents to evacuate. Few studies have reported early-phase disease and injury trends among evacuees following major inland earthquakes. We evaluated the trends among evacuees who visited a medical clinic in a shelter located at the epicenter of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes.

Frequency of epidermal growth factor receptor mutations in Bangladeshi patients with adenocarcinoma of the lung.

Background: Worldwide studies on lung adenocarcinoma have demonstrated a genetic divergence of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) pathway according to ethnicity, such as higher frequency of activated EGFR mutations among East Asian patients. However, such information is still lacking in some developing countries.

Methods: We investigated the frequency of EGFR mutations among Bangladeshi patients with adenocarcinoma of the lung.

Circulating endothelial cell (CEC) as a diagnostic and prognostic marker in malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM).

Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate the diagnostic and prognostic value of circulating endothelial cell (CEC), a potential surrogate of tumor angiogenesis, in malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM).

Methods: We prospectively evaluated CEC count in 4.0 mL of peripheral blood sampled from patients with a suspicion of MPM.

Practical approaches to diagnose and treat for T0 malignant pleural mesothelioma: a proposal for diagnostic total parietal pleurectomy.

Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) remains suffering poor prognosis in spite of recent diagnostic and therapeutic progress. Although there is currently no established evidence, early diagnosis and early intervention may play a key role to improve prognosis of MPM, similarly to other malignancies. As pleural effusion is usually the first clinical sign of MPM, pleural effusion cytology is often the first diagnostic examination to be carried out.