[A recurrent case of lipid-secreting carcinoma of the breast successfully treated with capecitabine].

We herein report a recurrent case of lipid-secreting carcinoma of the breast which was successfully treated with capecitabine. A 50-year-old female underwent a pectoralis-preserving mastectomy for left breast cancer in December 2002. The clinical staging of the disease was T2N1M0 (stage II B) and ER (-), PgR(-), HER2 (1+).

[Two cases of non-curatively resected scirrhous gastric cancer that responded well to weekly paclitaxel therapy].

We report 2 cases in which the weekly administration of paclitaxel proved to be effective for patients with scirrhous gastric cancer who underwent a curability C operation. Weekly paclitaxel therapy was observed to effectively treat peritoneal and retroperitoneal dissemination. After this treatment the tumor markers decreased markedly.

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Surgery in Patients with Cardiac and Renal Complications: Retrograde Anastomosis Using a Ringed Y-graft.

When performing high-risk abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), aortic cross-clamp time was reduced to a mean of 9 minutes by performing retrograde anastomosis using a ringed Y-graft (RYG). Retrograde anastomosis with RYG was performed in nine patients, (eight men and one woman) with a mean age of 74 years (range: 65-82 years). Three patients had angina pectoris and chronic renal failure, two had angina pectoris, one had thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm and chronic renal failure, one had renal failure, one had aortic regurgitation, and one had aortic stenosis.