Publications by authors named "J Maesaka"
Purpose: To assess the association between tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) in ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) samples and disease recurrence.
Methods: This retrospective cohort study included women aged 18 years and older who underwent treatment between January 2007 and December 2020. Male patients, individuals diagnosed with invasive or microinvasive disease based on anatomopathological examination of surgical specimens, and those with a personal history of any other cancers were excluded.
Idiopathic edema (IE) is a disease that occurs predominantly in women. It is characterized by increasing weight gain of >1.4 kg from morning to night, increasing edema, increasing truncal and abdominal girth with bloating when assuming an upright position and nocturia that is unrelated to menses.
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- Recent research indicates that breast-conserving surgery (BCS) may enhance overall survival in early breast cancer, but its effectiveness in locally advanced breast cancer (LABC) after neoadjuvant therapy (NAT) is unclear.
- In a study of 530 LABC patients treated with NAT, those who underwent BCS had better pathological complete response rates and significantly higher overall survival rates (81.5%) compared to mastectomy patients (62%).
- The study concluded that BCS is safe for patients with large tumors and is linked to improved survival, while factors like lower BMI and achieving complete response contribute positively to outcomes.
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- A new pathophysiologic approach to hyponatremia is emerging, allowing for better identification of its various causes, including a reclassification of cerebral salt wasting (CSW) to renal salt wasting (RSW).
- RSW and SIADH have opposite treatment goals—restricting water for SIADH and administering salt water for RSW—yet both conditions present similar clinical symptoms, necessitating careful differentiation which can be complex.
- Research has identified a biomarker, haptoglobin-related protein, in patients with neurosurgical conditions and Alzheimer's disease, helping to correctly diagnose RSW and improve treatment strategies, while addressing the broader implications of RSW in both hyponatremic and normonatremic
Background: Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) is an important cause of morbidity in cancer patients. Breast cancer patients undergoing surgical treatment are at an increased risk of VTE. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of VTE in patients who underwent surgery for the treatment of breast cancer and to identify the related risk factors.
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