Publications by authors named "Masakazu Aso"

Purpose: Oxaliplatin, Irinotecan, 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin are commonly used to treat advanced colorectal cancer in Western countries. Here, we investigated the efficacy and safety of FOLFOX/FOLFIRI in Japanese colorectal cancer patients.

Methods: FOLFOX4, modified FOLFOX6 and FOLFIRI was administered to a total of 23 patients with far advanced or recurrent colorectal cancer in our institute.

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An 85-year-old woman suffering from an angina attack was admitted to our hospital, and diagnosed with multiple lung metastases by CT scan. Because she was extremely aged with a long disease-free period of over 12 years, and without any life-threatening state despite multiple lung metastases, she received hormonal therapy. Examestane was considered one of the most-effective hormonal drugs for metastatic breast cancer.

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