Retrospective Comparison of mFOLFOXIRI With XELOX/SOX as Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer.

Background/aim: Neoadjuvant chemotherapy without radiation (NAC) shows favorable outcomes for locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC), however, the optimal regimen has not been determined yet. This study aimed to compare the efficacy and safety of oxaliplatin, irinotecan, folinic acid, and 5-fluorouracil (mFOLFOXIRI) with capecitabine/S-1 and oxaliplatin (XELOX/SOX) in rectal cancer patients.

Patients And Methods: We retrospectively examined patients with LARC who received mFOLFOXIRI or XELOX/SOX as NAC.

Functional outcomes according to the size of the gastric remnant and type of reconstruction following laparoscopic distal gastrectomy for gastric cancer.

Background: In gastric cancer, various methods of gastric resection and reconstruction have been devised according to the location of the primary tumor and the depth of invasion. The functional outcomes of patients treated by laparoscopy-assisted or totally laparoscopic distal gastrectomy were compared with respect to the approach, size of the remnant stomach, and type of reconstruction.

Methods: Patients who required distal gastrectomy to treat early-stage cancer between May 2000 and December 2008 were treated by one of the four following procedures: Billroth Type I (B-1) reconstruction for 1/2 remnant stomach (1/2B1ML) or B-1 for 1/3 remnant stomach (1/3B1ML), through a mini-laparotomy following laparoscopy-assisted surgery; intra-corporeal B-1 for 1/2 remnant stomach (1/2 B1IC); or intra-corporeal Roux-en-Y for 1/3 remnant stomach (1/3RYIC).

[Clinical application of three-dimensional imaging with multislice CT for laparoscopic colorectal surgery].

Purpose: Laparoscopic colorectal surgery, while minimally invasive, is a complicated technique. Therefore, prior to this surgery, it is important to determine the anatomical information of colorectal cancer.

Materials And Methods: Fifty-eight cases of patients with a confirmed diagnosis of colon cancer [caecal (n = 4), ascending colon (n = 6), transverse colon (n = 7), descending colon (n = 2), sigmoid colon (n = 22), and rectal (n = 17) cancer] were evaluated using multislice CT before laparoscopic surgery.