Publications by authors named "N Kinukawa"
Background: Immediate breast reconstruction (IBR) is a common oncoplastic procedure used in breast cancer surgery. This study aims to investigate compliance with prosthetic breast reconstruction guidelines and its impact on perioperative treatment.
Methods: We reviewed data from the National Clinical Database-Breast Cancer Registry between January 2019 and December 2020.
Objectives: We compared the clinical outcomes of mitral valve repair for mitral regurgitation via the robot-assisted approach and small right thoracotomy approach 3 years after the reimbursement of the robot-assisted approach in Japan.
Methods: Patients who underwent isolated mitral valve repair by minimally invasive approach between 2018 and 2020 from the Japan Cardiovascular Surgery Database were included. Patients in the robot-assisted approach group were matched to the small right thoracotomy approach group based on propensity scores estimated from patient and surgical characteristics.
Article Synopsis
- Recent guidelines recommend against using PAH-targeted therapies in patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) linked to respiratory diseases, highlighting the need for better assessment of treatment effectiveness.
- The study analyzed 270 patients with precapillary PH, categorizing them into severe and mild cases to evaluate the impact of initial treatments on their prognosis.
- Findings indicated that patients with severe PH and mild ventilatory impairment who received initial treatment showed a significantly better response and prognosis compared to those who did not, while such benefits were not seen in mild PH cases.
This is a prognostic report by the Japanese Breast Cancer Society on breast cancer extracted from the National Clinical Database-Breast Cancer Registry of Japan. Here, we present a summary of 457,878 breast cancer cases registered between 2004 and 2016. The median follow-up duration was 5.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Japanese Breast Cancer Society initiated the breast cancer registry in 1975, which transitioned to the National Clinical Database-Breast Cancer Registry in 2012. This annual report presents data from 2020 and analyzes the ten-year mortality rates for those aged 65 and older. We analyzed data from 93,784 breast cancer (BC) cases registered in 2020 and assessed 10-year mortality rates for 36,279 elderly patients diagnosed between 2008 and 2012.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF