Prognostic impact of tumor-associated neutrophils in breast cancer.

Objectives: Neutrophils are the most common type of leukocyte in mammals and play an essential role in the innate immune system and anti-cancer responses. However, recent studies identified the presence of tumor-associated neutrophils (TANs) as a poor prognostic factor. The present study investigated whether relationships exist between TANs and the clinicopathological factors and genetic status of breast cancer.

Potential Usefulness a Coronal View using an Automated Breast Ultrasound System in Detecting Breast Lesions.

Objective: An automated breast ultrasound system (ABUS) combined with screening mammography has increased cancer detection rates; however, supplemental ABUS use has increased recall rates. In this study, we aimed to identify an accurate and efficient method of ABUS interpretation and evaluate the potential usefulness of its coronal view versus the conventional transverse view.

Materials And Methods: This retrospective observer study included comprised 114 ABUS cases (40 normal, 35 benign, 39 malignant).

Diagnostic performance of coronal view in comparison with transverse view of three-dimensional automated breast ultrasound.

Background: Automated breast ultrasound (ABUS) is one of the first ultrasound devices which enables the de-coupling of image acquisition and interpretation. Another feature of ABUS is the coronal view, utilizing three-dimensional volume data reconstructed from two-dimensional transverse images acquired automatically.

Purpose: To assess the diagnostic performance of coronal view interpretation by comparing it with that of the transverse view.

A case of clear cell variant of solid-pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas in an adult male patient.

A clear cell variant of solid-pseudopapillary tumor (SPT) of the pancreas was initially reported in 2006 as a tumor that arose in the pancreatic body and tail in young adults; to date, only 4 cases of this entity have been reported. Here, we present the case of a 58-year-old man with clear cell variant of SPT with distinctive clinicopathologic features. The tumor was well demarcated, was 2.

[A case of liver metastasis of rectal cancer, refractory to previous chemotherapy(5-FU/LV, irinotecan, oxaliplatin) responding to bevacizumab combined with FOLFIRI chemotherapy].

The case was a 69-year-old man with liver metastasis who had relapsed after the resection of rectal cancer. We treated the patient with FOLFIRI+bevacizumab(BV)after the failure of S-1+CPT-11, radiation, UFT/LV, FOLFOX and FOLFIRI regimen. The tumor marker level and accumulation of FDG-PET were rapidly decreased after initiating FOLFIRI+BV.

[A case of advanced gastric carcinoma successfully treated with TS-1/CDDP as a neoadjuvant chemotherapy].

We report a patient with gastric carcinoma successfully treated with TS-1/CDDP as a neoadjuvant chemotherapy. The patient was a 72-year-old man who had suffered from general malaise with severe anemia and was diagnosed as type 2 carcinoma, having bulky N2, with suspected invasion of the pancreas. TS-1 (100 mg/day) was administered orally every day for 21 days followed by 14 days rest, and CDDP (20 mg/body) was administered by intravenous infusion at day 8, as one course.

Identification of an alternatively spliced RNA for the Ras suppressor RSU-1 in human gliomas.

Previous studies demonstrated that the Ras suppressor, RSU-1, localizes to human chromosome 10p13, a region frequently deleted in high grade gliomas, and that RSU-1 expression inhibited the tumorigenesis of a glioblastoma cell line. We have now examined RNA from human glial tumors for RSU-1 expression by RT-PCR using primers for the 5' and 3' ends of the RSU-1 open reading frame. Analysis of the amplified RSU-1 cDNA demonstrated that in addition to the entire 858 bp RSU-1 open reading frame, a shorter 725 bp RSU-1 fragment was amplified as well.