Publications by authors named "Makio Nagaoka"

A 72-year-old man with ascending colon cancer was admitted to our hospital. Right hemicolectomy and lymph node dissection(D3)were performed. The pathological diagnosis was signet-ring cell carcinoma, T4a(SE), N2b, M1a(LYM), Stage Ⅳ, R0, Cur B.

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The safety and feasibility of the chemotherapy for super-elderly patients over 85 years old have not been clarified yet. We report an extremely aged patient with recurrent rectal cancer that was successfully treated with chemotherapy. A 85-year-old woman underwent Hartmann procedure for rectal cancer.

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A36 -year-old man with intellectual disabilities consulted a local physician complaining of a cough, and an abdominal mass was observed on palpation. The patient visited our hospital for close examination. Abdominal contrasting CT revealed a mass with a clear boundary with heterogeneous contrast on the left side of his abdominal cavity.

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A 75-year-oldman presenting with obstructive jaundice was referredto our hospital. Basedon a diagnosis of carcinoma of the ampulla of Vater, we performed pancreatoduodenectomy. Postoperative histopathological examination revealed a welldifferentiated papillotubular adenocarcinoma, T3, N0, M0, Stage III .

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Curative treatment for unresectable colon cancer is difficult, and therefore, chemotherapy is often administered in an attempt to improve the prognosis. However, the safety andfeasibility of chemotherapy for elderly patients over 80-years-old have not yet been clarified. We report an elderly colon cancer patient with multiple liver metastases who was successfully treatedwith mFOLFOX6 andsLV5 FU2 chemotherapy.

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The safety and feasibility of chemotherapy for super-elderly patients (over 85 years old) has not been clarified yet. We report an extremely aged patient with recurrent rectal cancer that was successfully treated with capecitabine plus bevacizumab chemotherapy. An 85-year-old-woman underwent a Hartmann procedure for rectal cancer.

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A 78 -year-old man with rectal cancer underwent abdominoperineal resection of the rectum. In the postoperative period, the patient experienced wound infection, leading to an abdominal wall hernia. Two years following surgery, a rise in the serum CEA level was seen.

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A 67-year-old man had a gastric polyp diagnosed on screening. Atrophic changes in the upper gastric mucosa were seen on upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. In addition, endoscopy revealed in the middle area of the stomach wall a 10 mm polyp that was diagnosed as a carcinoid tumor through biopsy.

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A 61-year-old man was referred to our hospital because of gastric pain and weight loss.Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed a superficial depressed (Type 3) tumor with pyloric stenosis.The tumor was diagnosed as tubular adenocarcinoma by pathological examination.

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A 64 -year-old woman was referred to our hospital with a diagnosis of advanced rectal cancer with metastases to the left supraclavicular lymph nodes and paraaortic lymph nodes. Alow anterior resection was performed because of the symptoms of ileus. Subsequently, chemotherapy consisting of XELOX with bevacizumab was initiated as the first-line regimen, over 6 courses.

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We investigated the clinicopathological findings of 13 patients with perforated colorectal cancer. In 6 patients, the primary region affected by the cancer was the sigmoid or rectosigmoid colon, and 9 out of 13 patients had perforations at the location of the tumor itself. The Hartmann operation was performed in 5 patients, and D2 or D3 lymph node dissection was performed in 6 patients.

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