Publications by authors named "M Kawase"

A combination of nivolumab and ipilimumab (NIVO + IPI) is the only approved combination of two immune checkpoint inhibitors for metastatic or advanced renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). Inadequate evidence of treatment with NIVO + IPI has been reported in Japanese cohorts. We evaluated the clinical efficacy of NIVO + IPI treatment.

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  • - The study aimed to compare the effectiveness and safety of neoadjuvant chemohormonal therapy (NCHT) versus radical prostatectomy (RP) alone in patients with high-risk prostate cancer undergoing robot-assisted surgery.
  • - Data from 1,023 patients were analyzed, with results showing that those who received NCHT had a lower rate of biochemical recurrence (15.8% vs. 29.5%) and better pathology outcomes compared to the RP-only group.
  • - The findings indicate that NCHT could be a beneficial pre-surgery treatment for high-risk prostate cancer, improving outcomes without significant safety concerns, although some adverse events were noted.
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Introduction: is a member of the Gram-positive anaerobic cocci group and constitutes the flora of the skin and other parts of the body. It sometimes colonizes diabetic foot and rarely infects skin or soft tissue of non-immunocompromised patients.

Case Presentation: Here, we report the case of a severe subcutaneous abscess on the back caused by .

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SPring-8-II is a major upgrade project of SPring-8 that was inaugurated in October 1997 as a third-generation synchrotron radiation light source. This upgrade project aims to achieve three goals simultaneously: achievement of excellent light source performance, refurbishment of aged systems, and significant reduction in power consumption for the entire facility. A small emittance of 50 pm rad will be achieved by (1) replacing the existing double-bend lattice structure with a five-bend achromat one, (2) lowering the stored beam energy from 8 to 6 GeV, (3) increasing the horizontal damping partition number from 1 to 1.

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