[A Case of Cytomegalovirus Reactivation after Chemoradiotherapy for Esophageal Cancer].

An 80-year-old man visited our hospital because of abdominal distension and epigastralgia. He was diagnosed esophageal cancer(Mt, SCC, T3N0M0, Stage Ⅱ). Because he was elderly, he received chemoradiotherapy(CRT)with S-1.

[Experience of Perioperative Status for Super Elderly Colorectal Patients in Our Facility].

We examined the perioperative situation according to estimation of physiologic ability and surgical stress(E-PASS)score of 35 colon cancer patients aged 85 years or older who underwent operation in our facility. The incidence of Grade 2 and Grade 3 complications according to Clavien-Dindo classifications increased with age. The preoperative risk score(PRS)also increased with age; however, the surgical stress score(SSS)did not.

[Three Cases of Advanced Gastric Cancer with Peritoneal Dissemination Successfully Treated with S-1 and Docetaxel Combination Chemotherapy].

Case 1: A 74-year-old man underwent total gastrectomy for gastric cancer, but peritoneal dissemination(P1c)was con- firmed intraoperatively in July 2011. Postoperatively, S-1/docetaxel(DTX)combination chemotherapy was administered; after 32 courses of treatment, S-1 was continued as monotherapy. However, in November 2013, CT scan showed a portal vein tumor.

Novel function of ascorbic acid as an angiostatic factor.

Endothelial permeability is increased by vascular endothelial cell growth factor and decreased by antioxidants. Whether or not l-ascorbic acid (Asc), which decreases endothelial permeability by stimulating the endothelial barrier function, is anti-angiogenic (angiostatic) remains unknown. We examined the role of Asc on angiogenesis using two assay systems.