Publications by authors named "Shirakawa Kenji"

Background: Metachronous pancreatic and gallbladder cancer is a rare condition and has a dismal prognosis. Herein, we present a patient with triple metachronous primary pancreatic and gallbladder cancer associated with pancreaticobiliary maljunction who achieved long-term survival after undergoing repeat curative surgery.

Case Presentation: A 65-year-old female patient with advanced gallbladder cancer associated with pancreaticobiliary maljunction underwent extended cholecystectomy with extrahepatic bile duct resection.

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A 79-year-old woman visited our hospital complaining of bloating. An abdominal enhanced CT scan revealed pancreatic body cancer with cancerous ascites and multiple liver metastases. We started gemcitabine(GEM)plus nab-paclitaxel chemotherapy.

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The prognosis of unresectable gastric cancer remains poor. Multidisciplinary treatment of unresectable gastric cancer is, therefore, thought to be essential for improving patients' outcomes. Here, we report a successful case of multidisciplinary therapy for unresectable gastric cancer.

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Nivolumab is one of the immune checkpoint inhibitors available for chemotherapy-resistant gastric cancer. There have been few reports of confirmed prominent shrinkage of the primary tumor and some reports of prolonged antitumor effect after discontinuance of the drug, but it is not universal. A 67-year-old male was admitted to our hospital and diagnosed with metastatic gastric cancer that had spread to the bilateral lobe of the liver, distant lymph nodes, and peritoneum.

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We report a case of nephrotic syndrome induced by ramucirumab for metastatic rectal cancer. A 48-year old woman who had received FOLFIRI plus ramucirumab for rectal cancer with liver, lung, and bone metastases presented to our hospital with edema and increased body weight. Laboratory studies showed hypoalbuminemia and severe proteinuria, and the patient was diagnosed with nephrotic syndrome.

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