The Effect of the Postural Control Strategy on the Recognition Error of Center-of-Pressure Sway.

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of postural control strategies on the recognition error (RE) of center-of-pressure (COP) sway forward based on perceived exertion. Participants were 43 middle-aged or elderly people. We measured the maximum COP sway forward (100% center-of-pressure distance(COP-D)), 60% and 30% COP-D of 100% COP-D based on perceived exertion, and participants were classified into the good balance group and bad balance group by RE.

[Relationship between exercise adherence and personality characteristics in persons experienced in the Medical Fitness program].

Objective　We examined effective exercise adherence support methods for persons experienced in the Medical Fitness (MF) program to clarify the relation of personality traits with exercise adherence and the factors that improve exercise adherence.Methods　Subjects were 283 adults who had registered as members in the MF program at an affiliate of Hospital A. We implemented an anonymous self-administered questionnaire by postal mail.

Low body mass index is associated with impaired quality of life in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Aim: To investigate the relationship between quality of life (QOL) and rheumatoid chachesia, malnutrition in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Methods: EuroQol Group 5-Dimension Self-Report Questionnaire (EQ5D) and Japanese Health Assessment Questionnaire (JHAQ) scores, body mass index (BMI), arm muscle area (AMA) and clinical indicators were measured in 385 RA patients. One-way analysis of variance for obtained data was conducted among three groups: 131 with low BMI (< 20), 163 with moderate (20-25) and 91 with high BMI (≥25).

Intramural and mesorectal distal spread detected by whole-mount sections in the determination of optimal distal resection margin in patients undergoing surgery for rectosigmoid or rectal cancer without preoperative therapy.

Background: The current Japanese general rules for clinical and pathologic studies on cancer of the colon, rectum, and anus state that a 3-cm distal resection margin is needed in resecting rectosigmoid cancer and rectal cancer with a distal edge above the peritoneal reflection, and 2 cm is needed for rectal cancer with a distal edge below the peritoneal reflection. The appropriateness of these rules has not been proved.

Objective: Our aim was to evaluate the appropriateness of the Japanese rules.

[A case of advanced colon cancer treated with preoperative chemotherapy (IRIS) leading to clinical complete response].

The patient was a 68-year-old male who had advanced rectal cancer with aortic bifurcation lymph node metastasis, who was given neo-adjuvant chemotherapy by IRIS, a combination of S-1 80 mg/m(2)/day (2-week administration and 1-week rest) and CPT-11 100 mg/day (day 1, 15). After 2 courses of this neo-adjuvant chemotherapy, a complete response (CR) was noted by CT scan and endoscopy. We were able to conduct a super low anterior resection of the colon and rectum.

A new histological classification for intra-operative histological examination of the ductal resection margin in cholangiocarcinoma.

The purpose of this study was to establish a standard histological classification for intra-operative histological examination of ductal resection margins in cholangiocarcinoma to distinguish between epithelial and intramural lesions and to clarify correlations between the new classification and clinical outcomes. Intra-operative diagnosis of ductal margins was performed for 357 stumps from 216 patients undergoing surgical resection of cholangiocarcinoma at the National Cancer Center, Japan. Three expert pathologists reviewed the materials and established a histological classification defined by grade of atypia.

[A case of advanced gastric cancer responding to neoadjuvant S-1/CDDP therapy].

A 77-year-old male had complaints of epigastralgia. Gastrointestinal endoscopic examination revealed type 2 advanced gastric cancer. Computed tomography revealed metastatic Bulkey group 2 lymph nodes.

[Advanced gastric cancer responding to pathological CR after neoadjuvant TS-1 combined with CDDP therapy--report of a case].

A 54-year-old woman with advanced gastric cancer was referred to our hospital. Because it was the yearend, we selected neoadjuvant TS-1 combined with CDDP therapy. TS-1 (60 mg bid) was administered orally for 21 consecutive days, and CDDP (60 mg/m(2)) was infused intravenously on day 8.

[GVHD gastro-duodenitis].

Graft-versus-host disease(GVHD) colitis after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation or peripheral blood stem cell transplantation was often accompanied with upper gastro-intestinal symptoms such as upper abdominal pain. We investigated 7 cases of gastro-duodenal lesions with GVHD colitis. Endoscopic features of gastric lesions with GVHD were turbidity(100%), erythema(100%), erosions(85.

[A case of advanced gastric cancer responding to neoadjuvant TS-1/CDDP therapy].

A 62-year-old advanced gastric cancer patient with bulky N2 lymph node metastases was treated by neoadjuvant chemotherapy with TS-1 and CDDP. TS-1 (100 mg/body/day) was orally administered for 3 weeks followed by a drug-free 2-week period as 1 course, and 75 mg/body/day of CDDP was administered by intravenous drip on day 8. After the first course, the primary lesion and the regional lymph node metastases showed partial response in terms of size.