[A Resected Case of Retroperitoneal Metastasis and Small Bowel Metastasis from HCC].

A 71-year-old man underwent right hemi-hepatectomyfor a hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)measuring 18 cm in diameter. The pathological diagnosis was poorlydifferentiated HCC. Ten months after the surgery, computed tomographyrevealed a nodule 12mm in diameter in the right lung as well as 2 nodules measuring 19 and 11mm in diameter in the retroperitoneum at the cranial aspect of the left kidney.

Enzalutamide versus flutamide for castration-resistant prostate cancer after combined androgen blockade therapy with bicalutamide: the OCUU-CRPC study.

Background: Before the androgen target therapy era, flutamide was widely used for castration-resistant prostate cancer in Japan. Enzalutamide is currently the recommended treatment; however, the efficacy and safety of enzalutamide and flutamide after combined androgen blockade therapy with bicalutamide, has not been compared.

Methods: Patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer who received combined androgen blockade therapy with bicalutamide were randomly assigned to receive either enzalutamide or flutamide.

Use of desflurane during anesthesia for resection of extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma: a case report.

Background: Although various agents are used during anesthesia for surgical resection of pheochromocytoma, application of desflurane has rarely been reported. We report the use of desflurane in a case receiving resection of extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma.

Case Presentation: A 51-year-old female was transferred to our hospital for sustained hypertension.

Efficacy of naftopidil for nocturia in male patients with lower urinary tract symptoms: comparison of morning and evening dosing.

Objectives: To examine the difference in improvement of lower urinary tract symptoms between morning and evening dosing of α1 -blocker naftopidil.

Methods: A total of 177 male patients with nocturia were included in the present study and randomized to morning or evening dosing of naftopidil. The International Prostate Symptom Score, quality of life index and nocturia quality of life index were compared between the two study groups at 12 weeks.

Treatment of bladder tumors and benign prostatic hyperplasia with a new TUR system using physiological saline as perfusate.

This article presents a new transurethral resection (TUR) system for use in endoscopic surgery. By using an electroconductive solution (physiological saline) as the perfusate in lieu of conventional non-electroconductive solution (Uromatic), additional anesthesia (e.g.

Theoretical study of the structure and optical properties of carbon-doped rutile and anatase titanium oxides.

The structure and optical properties of carbon-doped titanium oxides, TiO2, in the rutile and anatase forms have been investigated theoretically from first principles. Two possible doping sites were studied, carbon at an oxygen site (anion doping) and carbon at a titanium site (cation doping). The calculated structures suggest that cation-doped carbon atoms form a carbonate-type structure, whereas anion-doped carbon atoms do not invoke any significant structural change.

Renal cell carcinoma with hemorrhagic cyst formation in a 4-year-old boy.

We report on a case of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) with hemorrhagic cyst formation in a 4-year-old boy. The patient presented with asymptomatic macrohematuria. Abdominal ultrasound, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a left renal complicated cyst, 18 mm in diameter.