Publications by authors named "Ko Shimada"
Purpose: C-reactive protein to albumin ratio (CAR) has been utilized as a prognostic factor in various carcinomas. We investigated the relationship between preoperative, postoperative day (POD) 1, and POD 7 CARs and the prognosis of patients with colorectal cancer (CRC).
Methods: Three hundred twenty patients with CRC who underwent laparoscopic radical resection between May 2011 and December 2016 were enrolled.
Article Synopsis
- The study examines the link between blood transfusions and recurrence rates after liver surgery for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients.
- It found that patients receiving transfusions, especially with low serum albumin levels, had a higher likelihood of recurrence and poorer disease-free survival.
- The authors suggest that tailored strategies considering tumor stage and patient age may help improve outcomes for these patients post-surgery.
Cell proliferation, apoptosis and angiogenesis in gastric cancer and its hepatic metastases.
Hepatogastroenterology
November 2002
Background/aims: The levels of cell proliferation, apoptosis and angiogenesis were compared histochemically in gastric cancer and its hepatic metastases.
Methodology: Tissue samples were taken from 7 patients with gastric cancer associated with synchronous and/or metachronous hepatic metastases. In the 7 gastric cancers and in 4 synchronous and 4 metachronous hepatic metastases, Ki-67 immunostaining was performed to measure the labeling index (Ki-67 LI).
Hepatic resection for hepatocellular carcinoma in diameter of > or = 10 cm.
Hepatogastroenterology
December 2002
Background/aims: Definitive efficacy of hepatic resection for hepatocellular carcinoma larger than or equal to 10 cm in diameter remains to be resolved.
Methodology: The surgical outcomes in 33 consecutive patients with hepatocellular carcinoma in diameter of > or = 10 cm who underwent hepatic resection were retrospectively clarified. Postresection prognostic factors were evaluated by univariate and multivariate analysis using Cox's proportional hazards model.
Background/aims: Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma is clinicopathologically distinct from hepatocellular carcinoma and hilar cholangiocarcinoma, and the prognostic factors after hepatic resection of these rare tumors are not well documented. The aim of this study was to evaluate prognostic factors of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma after hepatic resection.
Methodology: We retrospectively studied 20 consecutive patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma who underwent hepatectomy over a 15-year period from 1984 to 1998.
Background: The aim of this study is to identify the risk factors of survival and recurrence after curative hepatic resection for stage IV-A hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
Methods: Sixty-five patients with stage IV-A HCC who underwent curative hepatic resection and discharged from hospital were enrolled in this retrospective study. Prognostic factors were evaluated by univariate and multivariate analysis.