Publications by authors named "Takuro Futsukaichi"
Article Synopsis
- The study focused on identifying risk factors for early recurrence (ER) of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) in patients who underwent surgery with curative intent.
- Researchers analyzed data from 74 PDAC patients, looking at various factors such as age, body mass index, and preoperative tumor markers, including the serum DUPAN-2 level.
- The results indicated that a higher preoperative DUPAN-2 level and the absence of adjuvant chemotherapy were independent risk factors for ER, suggesting that patients with elevated DUPAN-2 levels may benefit from neoadjuvant therapies to help reduce the risk of recurrence.
Background: Early or emergency laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) was recommended in the 2018 Tokyo Guidelines for patients with mild to moderate acute cholecystitis (AC). Although surgical difficulty is frequently encountered during these surgeries, risk factors for predicting surgical difficulties have not been fully investigated, especially based on computed tomography (CT) findings.
Materials And Methods: We investigated 72 patients who underwent emergency LC with mild (n=45) to moderate (n=27) AC.
Background: Intrahepatic lymphatic invasion is an adverse prognostic factor after hepatectomy for colorectal liver metastases (CLMs). However, most patients in previous reports had liver resection before the era of FOLFOX/FIRI-based chemotherapy.
Methods: Forty-six patients who underwent hepatectomy for CLMs from 2004 to 2020 were evaluated.
Background/aim: The diagnostic value of serum DUPAN-2 level has been reported; however, the relationship between preoperative DUPAN-2 level and recurrence pattern has not been fully investigated in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC).
Patients And Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 50 patients with PDAC who underwent pancreatectomy. The relationships between clinicopathologic factors and site-specific disease-free survival (DFS) were analyzed using Cox proportional hazard and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analyses.
Purpose: Molecular markers as indicators for gastric cancer recurrence are urgently required. The aim of this study was to identify lectins that can be used to predict gastric cancer recurrence after gastrectomy.
Methods: We created lectin expression profiles by microarray analysis for 60 patients, who underwent surgery for gastric cancer at the Oita University Hospital between January, 2005 and December, 2007.