Publications by authors named "Takanobu Asakura"
Article Synopsis
- - An 81-year-old woman was diagnosed with advanced gastric cancer, solitary liver metastasis, and suspected lung cancer during a health check and was transferred to the hospital.
- - She initially received chemotherapy with oxaliplatin and S-1, but after tumor enlargement, she switched to a second-line treatment involving paclitaxel and ramucirumab, which successfully reduced the tumor size.
- - After undergoing surgeries including gastrectomy and partial hepatectomy, she survived for over 5 years without further chemotherapy, demonstrating that treatment options can be effective for older patients with good overall health.
Objectives: The goal of the study was to examine the relationships among micrometastasis, pathological degree of differentiation and survival in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC).
Design: A single-center retrospective study of patients diagnosed with thoracic esophageal SCC.
Methods: Immunostaining using CK13 was carried out for all lymph nodes resected by radical esophagectomy with three-field lymphadenectomy.