[Surgical Outcomes and Clinicopathological Analysis of Laparoscopic Distal Pancreatectomy].

Subjects: We first reviewed surgical outcomes and pathological findings of 32 patients(laparoscopic group: LDP n=11, open group: ODP n=21)who underwent distal pancreatectomy for pancreatic cancer from January 2018 to October 2022. Then we reviewed long-term outcomes, and recurrence type for 20 patients(LDP: n=5, ODP: n=15)from January 2018 to February 2021.

Results: LDP group had significantly longer operation time and less blood loss.

[Primary Small-Cell Carcinoma of the Digestive Tract-An Analysis of Six Cases].

Introduction: Primary small-cell carcinomas occur commonly in the lungs but rarely in the other organs. We studied the treatment outcomes in 6 cases of primary small-cell carcinoma of the digestive tract at our hospital.

Patients: Six patients were diagnosed with small-cell carcinoma of the digestive tract histopathologically and treated at our hospital from September 2000 to December 2018.

[A Case of Pancreatic Metastasis from Colon Cancer Successfully Treated with Capecitabine/Oxaliplatin plus Bevacizumab].

A 50-year-old man underwent low anterior resection for rectal cancer. The final diagnosis was rectal cancer of pT3N0M0, fStage Ⅱ. CT performed for examination of obstructive jaundice at 17 months after surgery revealed metastatic lesions of the pancreatic head and right lung.

Specific expression of endoglin (CD105) in endothelial cells of intratumoral blood and lymphatic vessels in pancreatic cancer.

Unlabelled: Endoglin, a component of the transforming growth factor beta receptor expressed in embryonic vascular endothelial cells, is expressed in vascular endothelial cells in several types of cancer tissues and is involved in tumor angiogenesis. The aim of this study was to analyze the expression pattern of endoglin in pancreatic cancer and assess the involvement of this molecule in cancer progression.

Methods: Pancreatic cancer and adjacent normal tissues obtained from 36 patients were subjected to immunostaining with anti-endoglin antibody, and the microvessel density (MVD) was assessed based on the number of endoglin-positive vessels.

Clinical significance of alpha-fetoprotein: involvement in proliferation, angiogenesis, and apoptosis of hepatocellular carcinoma.

Background And Aim: Hepatocellular carcinoma is one of the most common cancers. alpha-Fetoprotein is strongly expressed in most patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, and high levels of alpha-fetoprotein expression have been reported as an independent prognostic factor. However, there have been few reports on the reasons for poor prognosis.