Publications by authors named "Takenori Ichimura"

A 49-year-old female with non-small-cell lung cancer was placed on adjuvant chemotherapy with vinorelbine (25 mg/m: Day 1.8) and cisplatin (80 mg/m: Day 1). The simultaneous intravenous infusion of vinorelbine from the side route and 500 mL of saline from the main route successfully prevented vasculitis and vascular pain.

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Objectives: Many patients with hormone-receptor positive breast cancer undergo prolonged treatment. However, the long-term patient quality of life assessment has not been examined. Using community pharmacists' assistance is one method for assessing long-term quality of life.

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Atezolizumab plus bevacizumab is the recommended first-line treatment for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma, based on guidelines from the Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer prognosis and treatment strategy. However, atezolizumab plus bevacizumab may be used after administration of lenvatinib. Here, we present four patients who developed thyroid dysfunction after second-line treatment with atezolizumab plus bevacizumab, but not after lenvatinib alone.

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Purpose: The immune checkpoint inhibitor nivolumab is commonly used for non-small-cell lung cancer treatment. Immune checkpoint inhibitors cause immune-related adverse events, including interstitial pneumonia. However, there are no studies on the risk factors for interstitial pneumonia exacerbation after immune checkpoint inhibitor administration in patients with a history of different types of interstitial pneumonia.

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There are few reports on the effectiveness of corticosteroids for immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced interstitial pneumonia in patients with a history of interstitial pneumonia. We report on 10 non-small cell lung cancer patients with a history of interstitial pneumonia who experienced immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced interstitial pneumonia. The immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced interstitial pneumonia lasted for a median duration of 41.

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Cisplatin therapy induces kidney injury as a side effect. Thus, replacement fluid must be administered to prevent kidney injury. In our hospital, we use a Gemcitabine and Cisplatin combination chemotherapy (GC) at a total volume of approximately 500 mL for biliary tract cancer.

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