The nature of osteoporotic low back pain without acute vertebral fracture: A prospective multicenter study on the analgesic effect of monthly minodronic acid hydrate.

Background: Patients with osteoporosis but no evidence of fracture can sometimes report low back pain. However, few studies have evaluated the nature of osteoporotic low back pain in a clinical situation. Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine the nature of osteoporotic low back pain without fracture, and the analgesic effect of minodronic acid hydrate on such pain.

Multiple metastatic malignant melanoma presenting intraluminal gallbladder bleeding.

We report a case of malignant melanoma of unknown primary origin presenting metastasis in various organs as well as intraluminal gallbladder bleeding due to gallbladder metastasis. A 58-year-old woman was diagnosed with stage IV metastatic malignant melanoma. Because she exhibited acute cholecystitis and hemobilia due to malignant melanoma of the gallbladder, laparoscopic cholecystectomy was performed to relieve the symptoms.

[A case of triple-negative breast cancer achieved pCR by epirubicin and cyclophosphamide(EC)therapy followed by gemcitabine plus paclitaxel combination preoperative therapy].

A 59-year-old woman was diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer(TNBC)(T2N0M0)and treated with primary systemic therapy. The patient was treated with 4 courses of epirubicin and cyclophosphamide(EC)therapy every 3 weeks, followed by weekly gemcitabine-paclitaxel combination therapy. As she was judged to have achieved a partial response(PR) by ultrasound and CT examination after eight courses, she underwent partial resection of the left breast.

Hemorrhagic cytomegalovirus colitis in a postoperative colon cancer patient.

We report a case of hemorrhagic cytomegalovirus (CMV) colitis, occurring in a postoperative patient due to a weakened immune system. An 85-year-old woman with a medical history, including chronic renal failure treated with oral administration of prednisolone, underwent colectomy due to an ascending colon cancer. While the postoperative course was favorable, she exhibited acute severe abdominal pain and massive bloody discharge after 11 days of surgery.

A case of familial breast cancer with double heterozygosity for BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes.

We report an extremely rare case of familial breast cancer with deleterious germline mutations in both BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, of which, to date, no such case has been reported among Japanese breast/ovarian cancer patients. Genetic testing of the family members indicated that the same double heterozygosity for BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes was transmitted to the paternal cousin, and the same BRCA2 mutation to the younger sister with bilateral breast cancer, younger brother with stomach cancer, and proband's son and daughter without cancer. Immunohistochemical analysis of BRCA protein expression was performed using breast cancer tissues from the proband with double heterozygosity for BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes and from her sibling without BRCA1 mutation but with BRCA2 mutation.

Clinicopathological study of non-palpable familial breast cancer detected by screening mammography and diagnosed as DCIS.

Background: Recent widespread use of screening mammography has led to increased detection rates of non-palpable breast cancer. This study aimed to evaluate the clinicopathological features of non-palpable ductal carcinomas in situ of the breast that were detected by screening mammography of patients with a family history of breast cancer.

Methods: We selected 6 Japanese patients diagnosed with non-palpable breast cancer with self-reported family history of breast cancer.

A case of primary malignant lymphoma of the breast with an unusual ultrasound image.

The patient was a 50-year-old woman with a palpable tumor and pain in the right breast in May of 2008. The tumor was then diagnosed as an atheroma. The tumor enlarged rapidly in June, and the pain and the redness had worsened.

Three cases of kindred with familial breast cancer in which carrier detection by BRCA gene testing was performed on family members.

We performed presymptomatic carrier detection by BRCA gene testing of the family members of three familial breast cancer kindred diagnosed with pathogenetic mutation in BRCA genes. All members were over 20 years of age. We explained familial breast cancer and BRCA gene testing, and obtained autonomic consent before gene testing.

Locally advanced and metastatic breast cancer with cartilaginous and/or osseous metaplasia showing excellent response to chemotherapy.

Breast cancer with cartilaginous and/or osseous metaplasia is considered a rare disease, but several cases have been reported recently. We report a case of breast cancer with cartilaginous and/or osseous metaplasia that was StageIV,(T4bN0M1b (PUL)), on the basis of the Japanese General Rules for Clinical and Pathological Recording of Breast Cancer, which responded well to chemotherapy. A 58-year-old women visited our hospital with a chief complaint of a palpable breast mass that had increased in size in March 2002.

A case of breast cancer metastasizing to cervix after resection of pancreatic metastasis.

A case of breast cancer that metastasized to the cervix 10 years and 8 months after mastectomy is reported. The patient had undergone pancreaticoduodenectomy due to solitary metastasis to the head of the pancreas 4 years previously. The cervical metastasis was associated with abnormal genital bleeding.