Treatment outcomes for inoperable advanced non-small cell lung cancer have improved in recent years. However, information on coexisting haematological tumours is lacking. The present patient was a 65-year-old woman with stage IVA lung adenocarcinoma.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe herein present the case of a 30-year-old Japanese male patient with ulcerative colitis (UC) who was admitted to our hospital because of significant ascites. Upon evaluation, the patient was diagnosed with unresectable UC-associated cancer (UCAC), localized in the transverse colon. Using gene profiling of the tumor tissue, anti-epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) antibody combination chemotherapy was selected.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThere have been no prior reports of direct myocardial damage caused by , and understanding the clinical course of myocardial involvement is crucial for early diagnosis and initiation of treatment for this infection. A male pig farmer presented as an outpatient with a fever and sore throat, but within hours, his cardiac function declined, and his general condition deteriorated. Despite receiving comprehensive treatment, he succumbed to complications associated with toxic shock-like syndrome (TSLS).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The study aims to explore MRI phenotypes that predict glioblastoma's (GBM) methylation status of the promoter region of gene (pMGMT) by qualitatively assessing contrast-enhanced T1-weighted intensity images.
Methods: A total of 193 histologically and molecularly confirmed GBMs at the Kansai Network for Molecular Diagnosis of Central Nervous Tumors (KANSAI) were used as an exploratory cohort. From the Cancer Imaging Archive/Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) 93 patients were used as validation cohorts.