Publications by authors named "Sinchul Jwa"

Background: The Japanese vaccination rate for infants and children is seemingly excellent, except for the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. Regardless of its efficacy, the inoculation rate in Japan has dropped to approximately 1 % since 2013 because of negative information about vaccine side effects. We aimed to demonstrate the factors that lead to low vaccine acceptance rates (e.

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Introduction: Although spontaneous tumor rupture is a serious complication of hepatoblastoma, there is no consensus regarding the treatment strategy in infants. We report a patient with lung metastases who had a ruptured hepatoblastoma prior to the start of the scheduled chemotherapy and was successfully treated with a combined treatment including liver resection, lung resection, and chemotherapy.

Presentation Of Case: A 22-month-old boy with a ruptured hepatoblastoma and lung metastases underwent an emergency laparotomy with complete tumor resection, followed by chemotherapy.

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