Liver Abscess due to Bacteremia and Its Association with Colonic Carcinoma: Is Bacteremia with an Alert for Colonic Carcinoma?

Liver abscess caused by some kinds of group such as group has been recognized to associate with colorectal cancer. group with liver abscess has not been received much attention in this point of view. Here, we report the case of a 63-year-old man who developed liver abscess with , which belongs to the group.

Primary leiomyosarcoma of the colon.

Primary leiomyosarcomas of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract are extremely rare and highly aggressive neoplasms, and only a small number of true cases have been reported since the concept of GI stromal tumors was established. Here, we report a case of a primary leiomyosarcoma of the transverse colon. A 46-year-old Japanese male with a large mass in the right upper abdomen was admitted to our hospital.

[The role of psychosomatic medicine doctors in palliative care medicine--two case reports].

Palliative care medicine deals with the issue of death by listening to the story of patient's lives. There are several problems such as stress overload or burnout due to the difficulty in responding to all demands from patients and the shortness of time. These problems sometimes make doctors specializing in palliative care have less interest in patients, negative feelings or an indifferent attitude to them.

[S-1 + CPT-11 combination therapy with continuing 30-month CR in a recurrent gastric cancer with para-aortic lymph node metastasis in adjuvant chemotherapy with S-1--a case report].

The patient is a 62-year-old male who was treated for macroscopic-type 3 gastric cancer by total gastrectomy (D2) and splenectomy. His disease was recorded as pT3, pN2, Stage IIIB, curability B, and S-1 was started as postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy. One year later, during the adjuvant chemotherapy, CT revealed para-aortic lymph node enlargement.

Stratification of the biologic aggressiveness of non-small cell lung cancer using DNA flow cytometry and immunohistochemistry for the retinoblastoma protein.

DNA ploidy pattern and S-phase fraction (SPF) measured by flow cytometry and expression of the retinoblastoma gene product (pRB) estimated by immunohistochemistry were correlated with outcome in 114 patients who received a curative operation for primary non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). One hundred ten tumors yielded an adequate DNA histogram, and all tumors exhibited an assessable immunohistochemical stain. DNA diploidy was detected in 31 tumors and DNA aneuploidy in 79 tumors.

[A patient with advanced gastric cancer that response remarkably to combination chemotherapy of TS-1 and biweekly paclitaxel (TXL)].

We treated a patient with inoperable advanced gastric cancer and malignant ascites by combination chemotherapy of TS-1 and biweekly paclitaxel (TXL). After two courses the ascites had disappeared and the primary tumor was reduced. TS-1 (80 mg/body/day) was administered for 21 days followed by 7 days rest and TXL (100 mg/body) was administered on days 1 and 14 as one course.

Ability of bivariate cytokeratin and deoxyribonucleic acid flow cytometry to determine the biologic aggressiveness of resectable non-small cell lung cancer.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to clarify the significance of bivariate cytokeratin and DNA flow cytometry for analysis of the biologic aggressiveness of resectable non-small cell lung cancer.

Methods: In 92 patients who underwent curative operations, the DNA ploidy status and S-phase fractions of the cancer cell populations inside the tumors were analyzed by a cytokeratin gating technique with paraffin-embedded specimens and were correlated with the surgical results.

Results: Ninety tumors yielded assessable DNA histograms.

Intrahepatic huge hematoma due to rupture of small hepatocellular adenoma: a case report.

Hepatocellular adenoma sometimes causes intraperitoneal hemorrhage. It is, however, rare for small hepatocellular adenoma to cause intrahepatic huge hemorrhage without intraperitoneal bleeding. Here we describe such a rare case of hepatocellular adenoma with huge intrahepatic hemorrhage in a 25-year-old female, who had taken oral contraceptives for the last 2 weeks.