Investigation of risk factors associated with the development of depressive symptoms in healthy subjects exposed to long-term stress: A prospective study of the Japanese Antarctic research expedition wintering party.

Background: Stressors induce depression together with parenting experienced in childhood, personality traits, and sleep. In this study, we investigated factors associated with the development of depression in a long-term stressful environment, namely, the Antarctic Research Expedition wintering party, by comparing 2 groups, the depression and nondepression groups.

Methods: A self-administered questionnaire was used to survey 91 members of the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition who spent winters in the Antarctic base.

Incomplete bowel obstruction caused by sigmoid colon cancer in an inguinal hernia: a case report.

Background: Most colon cancers that develop in the intestinal tract within the inguinal hernia sac are identified by incarceration. However, treatment methods for these cases vary depending on the pathology. Cases showing perforation or abscess formation require emergency surgery for infection control, while cases with no infection generally involve oncological resection, with laparoscopic surgery also being an option.

Relationship between Urinary Metabolomic Profiles and Depressive Episode in Antarctica.

Antarctic expeditions have a high risk of participant depression owing to long stays and isolated environments. By quantifying the stress state and changes in biomolecules over time before the onset of depressive symptoms, predictive markers of depression can be explored. Here, we evaluated the psychological changes in 30 participants in the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9).

[A Case Where Function Preservation Was Possible for Quadruple Cancer Metastasis].

The patient was a 69-year-old man visited our hospital because of fecal occlt blood test at medical checkup and diagnosed with rectal cancer and gastric cancer. The patient underwent super low anterior resection for rectal cancer cStage III b and underwent endoscopic submucosal dissection(ESD)for early gastric cancer. In 1 year after surgery the patient had recurrence of gastric cancer after ESD and recurrent gastric cancer was additionally resected.

[A Case of T4 Esophageal Cancer with Refractory Chylothorax Developed Postoperatively].

A 65-year-old man was diagnosed as having middle thoracic esophageal cancer(c-T3N2M0, stage III ), and neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy was performed.We performed surgical therapy.However, tumor and #113 lymph node invasion into the aortic arch was observed; therefore, it was judged that curative resection was difficult, and R2 surgery was performed instead.

[Two Cases of Non-Occlusive Mesenteric Ischemia That Developed after Chemotherapy].

Non-occlusive mesenteric ischemia(NOMI)causes intestinal necrosis due to irreversible ischemia of the intestinal tract despite the absence of organic obstruction in the mesenteric blood vessels. The disease has extremely poor prognosis. We encountered 2 cases of NOMI hypothesized to have developed after chemotherapy; thus, we report these cases considering the available literature.

[Surgical Case of Ulcerative Colitis Accompanied with Rectal Cancer Combined with Transanal Minimally Invasive Surgery].

A46 -year-old man developed ulcerative colitis at the age of 19 years. Although the colitis was medically treated, it relapsed and repeated over time. Periodic lower gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed lower rectal cancer, and he was referred to our department of surgery.

Photodynamic therapy for biliary tract organ via a novel ultra-small composite optical fiberscope.

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a method used treat tumors via utilizing photodynamic reactions between photosensitive substances with tumor affinity and lasers. For overall bile duct cancers, PDT has been demonstrated to resolve stenosis and improve prognosis; however, when limited to intrahepatic bile duct cancers, modifications to the laser irradiation are necessary as surrounding hepatocytes incorporate a large amount of photosensitive substances. Furthermore, the intrahepatic bile duct is thin, and a guide sheath and thin fiber are necessary to transport laser irradiation probes to the target region.

Liver metastasis is established by metastasis of micro cell aggregates but not single cells.

Cancer cell engraftment in the target organ is necessary to establish metastasis. Clinically, lymph node metastasis of single cells has been confirmed using cytokeratin staining. In the current study, a LacZ-labeled cancer cell line was used to visualize intrahepatic metastasis of single cells or liver micrometastasis.

A phase II trial of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy with intensity-modulated radiotherapy combined with gemcitabine and S-1 for borderline-resectable pancreatic cancer with arterial involvement.

Purpose: Chemoradiotherapy using intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) is expected to provide a powerful alternative to conventional chemotherapy with a low incidence of adverse events. This study evaluated the efficacy of intensity modulated radiotherapy in combination with gemcitabine and S-1 as neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (NACRT) for borderline-resectable pancreatic cancer with arterial involvement (BR-A).

Methods: A total of 27 patients with BR-A were enrolled in this study between February 2012 and September 2015.

Serum Metabolomic Profiles for Human Pancreatic Cancer Discrimination.

This study evaluated the clinical use of serum metabolomics to discriminate malignant cancers including pancreatic cancer (PC) from malignant diseases, such as biliary tract cancer (BTC), intraductal papillary mucinous carcinoma (IPMC), and various benign pancreaticobiliary diseases. Capillary electrophoresismass spectrometry was used to analyze charged metabolites. We repeatedly analyzed serum samples ( = 41) of different storage durations to identify metabolites showing high quantitative reproducibility, and subsequently analyzed all samples ( = 140).

[Four Patients Who Underwent Lateral Lymph Node Dissection by an Extraperitoneal Approach for Lateral Lymph Node Recurrence FollowingSurg ery for Rectal Cancer].

To date, the surgical approach for recurrent rectal cancer has often involved highly invasive procedures. We report our experience of 4 patients who underwent lateral lymph node dissection via an extraperitoneal approach for lateral lymph node recurrence following surgery for rectal cancer. Patient 1 was a 60-year-old woman who, 6 months after surgery, underwent surgery for lateral lymph node recurrence in 1 node.

[A Case of Advanced Rectal Cancer in Which Combined Prostate Removal and ISR Using the da Vinci Surgical System with Preoperative Chemotherapy Allowed Curative Resection].

A 53-year-old male presented with a chief complaint of dyschezia.Lower gastrointestinal endoscopy confirmed the presence of a type II tumor in the lower part of the rectum, and a biopsy detected a well-differentiated adenocarcinoma.As invasion of the prostate and levator muscle of the anus was suspected on diagnostic imaging, surgery was performed after preoperative chemotherapy.

[Examination to Determine Predictive Factors of Effectiveness of Surgical Treatment for Both Pulmonary and Hepatic Metastasis from Colorectal Cancer].

In recent years, several colorectal patients with pulmonary and hepatic metastasis, if resectable, have been found to experience long-term survival. In the present study, we extracted predictive factors, selected patients for whom a good prognosis could be anticipated, and examined the indications for surgery. From January 1986 to December 2014, we conducted a multivariate analysis of 18 patients who underwent surgical resection for pulmonary and hepatic metastases, with overall survival(OS)as the dependent variable, and clinicopathological factors as explanatory variables.

[Radiofrequency Ablation Combined with Hepatectomy for the Treatment of Liver Metastases from Colorectal Cancer].

Objective: We evaluated hepatectomy combined with radiofrequency ablation(RFA)in patients with liver metastases from colorectal cancer for which curative resection is difficult.

Methods: This study included 13 patients who underwent hepatectomy combined with RFA for liver metastases from colorectal cancer in or before 2015.

Results: In 11 patients who were determined to have achieved a complete curative resection, the 50%survival time was 35.

Prospective evaluation of a new biflanged metal stent for the treatment of pancreatic fluid collections (with videos).

Background And Aims: EUS-guided transluminal drainage (EUS-TD) and sequential direct endoscopic necrosectomy (DEN) for pancreatic fluid collections (PFCs) by using a dedicated biflanged metal stent (BFMS) has been reported as a useful alternative to using plastic stents or a conventional metal stent. However, current dedicated BFMSs have limitations. Recently, a new BFMS with solidly constructed biflanges and various stent lengths matched to the PFC condition has been developed.

RhoA activity increases due to hypermethylation of in a highly liver-metastatic colon cancer cell line.

Certain cell lines exhibit metastatic ability (highly metastatic cell lines) while their parent cell lines have no metastatic ability. Differences in methylation, which are not derived from differences in the gene sequence between cell lines, were extensively analyzed. Using an established highly metastatic cell line, KM12SM, and its parent cell line, KM12C, differences in the frequency of methylation were analyzed in the promoter regions of ~480,000 gene sites using Infinium HumanMethylation450.

A Novel "Artery First" Approach Allowing Safe Resection in Laparoscopic Pancreaticoduodenectomy: The Uncinate Process First Approach.

Background/aims: Laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy (LPD) is still a challenging operation, particularly because the dissection around the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) and bleeding control are difficult. Although it has been reported that early ligation of the origin of the inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery (IPDA) reduces blood loss, it is difficult to laparoscopically expose the origin of the IPDA. We sought to develop a novel approach to simplify the dissection of the IPDA and reduce bleeding.

A case of tubular adenoma developing after bladder augmentation: Case report and literature review.

Introduction: We encountered a rare case of tubular adenoma developing after bladder augmentation. We here report our case as well as summarize reports in the literature on adenomas developing after bladder augmentation.

Presentation Of Case: A 23-year-old man came to our hospital for routine surveillance cystoscopy.

[A Large Number of Circulating Tumor Cells(CTCs)Can Be Isolated from Samples Obtained by Using Leukapheresis Procedures].

We hypothesized that a large number of circulating tumor cells(CTCs)may be isolated from samples obtained by using the leukapheresis procedures that are utilized to collect peripheral blood mononuclear cells for dendritic cell vaccine therapy. We utilized the CellSearch System to determine the number of CTCs in samples obtained by using leukapheresis in 7 patients with colorectal cancer, 5 patients with breast cancer, and 3 patients with gastric cancer. In all patients, a large number of CTCs were isolated.

[Two case reports with hepatic metastases of colorectal cancer treated with radiofrequency ablation, raising the possibility of local control in the liver].

Only hepatic metastasectomy has been shown to have a therapeutic effect for hepatic metastases of colorectal cancer if the primary tumor can be removed radically according to the 2014 guidelines of the Japanese Society for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum. However, only a few patients with hepatic metastases are candidates for metastasectomy due to tumor factors other than the hepatic metastases. Furthermore, hepatic metastasectomy is frequently judged to be impossible in older patients due to underlying diseases and surgical tolerability.