Wetting state and mechanical property alteration for the FeSi films using rapid thermal annealing under various temperatures.

The current research demonstrates the modification of the wetting behavior and mechanical features as well as structure and morphology of FeSi films created via facing target sputtering by the rapid thermal annealing (RTA) with the set RTA temperatures () of 200, 400, 600, and 800 °C. Following the RTA process, the crystallinity of FeSi developed under 400 °C or below. At the 600 °C and 800 °C , new crystal orientations emerged for FeSi and then -FeSi, respectively.

[A Case of Jejunal Ectopic Pancreatic Cancer with Intestinal Perforation].

This patient was a 96-year-old woman. She was referred to our hospital with abdominal pain and vomiting. The levels of the tumor markers CEA and CA19-9 were elevated, at 39.

[A case of lethal interstitial pneumonia after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for advanced gastric cancer].

We report a case of lethal interstitial pneumonia that occurred after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for advanced gastric cancer. A 76-year-old man with no history of interstitial pneumonia received 2 courses of S-1 (100 mg/body) following 1 course of S-1 plus cisplatin( CDDP) from June 2012. He complained of dyspnea on exertion 6 days after completion of the treatment.

[Risk factors for tumor recurrence after curative resection in patients with Stage IIIa colon and rectosigmoid cancer].

Purpose: The aim of this study was to elucidate the risk factors for recurrence of Stage IIIa colon and rectosigmoid cancer.

Patients And Methods: The subjects were 93 patients with Stage IIIa colon and rectosigmoid cancer who underwent radical colectomy in this department between 2001 and 2011. Various risk factors for recurrence were examined.

[Radiofrequency (RF) ablation for liver metastases of colorectal cancer].

Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for liver metastases of colorectal cancer.

Methods: RFA was used to treat 31 tumors (median diameter 1.5 cm, range 0.

The protective effect of interleukin-11 on the cell death induced by X-ray irradiation in cultured intestinal epithelial cell.

Interleukin-11 (IL-11) is a well known anti-inflammatory cytokine that is associated with cell growth, and also participates in limiting X-ray irradiation induced intestinal mucosal injury. The aim of this study was to evaluate the protective effect of IL-11 on the cell injury induced by X-ray irradiation in rat intestinal epithelial IEC-18 cells. Recombinant human IL-11 (rhIL-11) treated cells were irradiated and then examined for cell viability.

Expression of p-STAT3 in human gastric carcinoma: significant correlation in tumour invasion and prognosis.

Signal transducers and activators of transcription (STATs) belong to a family of transcription factors activated in response to cytokines and growth factors. Constitutive activation of STAT3 has been observed in a growing number of tumour-derived cell lines, as well as in tumor specimens from human cancers. Our aim was to determine the relationship between the expression of phosphorylated STAT3 (p-STAT3) and clinicopathological factors in human gastric adenocarcinoma.

Activation of STAT3 is a marker of poor prognosis in human colorectal cancer.

It is known that the signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) is a key signaling molecule implicated in the regulation of growth and malignant transformation. Constitutive activation of STAT3 has been observed in a number of tumour-derived cell lines, as well as in a wide variety of human malignancies. The present study was conducted to examine p-STAT3 (activated form of STAT3) expression and its association with clinicopathological factors and prognosis in human colorectal adenocarcinomas.

Expression of interleukin-11 and interleukin-11 receptor alpha in human colorectal adenocarcinoma; immunohistochemical analyses and correlation with clinicopathological factors.

Aim: There is strong evidence that interleukin-11 (IL-11) is involved in the regulation of tumor progression, cellular growth and differentiation. Recently, interleukin-11 receptor (IL-11R) has been detected on some cancer cells. In this study, we investigated the expression of IL-11 and IL-11R in colorectal adenocarcinoma.