A long-surviving patient with advanced esophageal basaloid squamous cell carcinoma treated only with radiotherapy: case report and literature review.

Background: Esophageal basaloid squamous cell carcinoma (EBSCC) is a rare malignant disease. Advanced EBSCC (AEBSCC) has a poorer prognosis than the more common esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, but no treatment policy has yet been established. This is the first reported case with AEBSCC treated only with radiotherapy.

[Surgical Resection of Solitary Brain Metastasis from Breast Cancer].

Background: Brain metastasis from breast cancer has a poor prognosis. For solitary cerebral metastases, surgical resection may contribute to the improvement of survival and QOL. We studied the prognosis and characteristics of solitary brain metastasis from breast cancer in patients undergoing surgical resection.

Effective laparoscopic drainage for intra-abdominal abscess not amenable to percutaneous approach: report of two cases.

Purpose: The usefulness of the laparoscopic approach for massive intra-abdominal abscesses is controversial. We report two patients who underwent laparoscopic abscess drainage for massive intra-abdominal abscesses not amenable to the percutaneous approach that were suspected to be caused by acute appendicitis.

Methods: In both patients, four ports were placed at their abdominal walls under general anesthesia.