Early Changes in Circulating FGF19 and Ang-2 Levels as Possible Predictive Biomarkers of Clinical Response to Lenvatinib Therapy in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Predictive biomarkers of the response of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) to Lenvatinib therapy have not yet been clarified. The aim of this study was to identify clinically significant biomarkers of response to Lenvatinib therapy, to target strategies against HCC. Levels of circulating angiogenic factors (CAFs) were analyzed in blood samples collected at baseline and after introducing lenvatinib, from 74 Child-Pugh class A HCC patients who received lenvatinib.

[Outcomes of laparoscopic surgery after preoperative metallic stent placement for obstructive colorectal cancer].

Aim: To assess the outcomes of preoperative colonic stent placement for obstructive colorectal cancer.

Patients And Methods: A total of 30 patients with colorectal cancer were treated after preoperative colonic metallic stent placement between July 2012 and March 2014. We reviewed their medical records to assess the usefulness of stent placement and the clinical course.

[A case of lipoma of the lesser omentum with torsion of the pedicle in a twenty-eight-year-old woman].

A 28-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with abdominal pain. Abdominal CT scan demonstrated a well-demarcated heterogeneous lipid tumor about 8 cm in diameter anterior to the stomach. Abdominal ultrasonography (US) revealed a low echoic mass without enhancement of vascular images.