[A Review of Six Cases of Neuro Endocrine Carcinoma of the Stomach].

Gastric endocrine carcinoma is a comparatively rare type of gastric cancer, accounting for 0.6% of all gastric cancers. Six cases of gastric endocrine carcinomas that were identified from November 2011 to March 2017 were reviewed.

Fournier's gangrene caused by penetration of a rectal cancer followed by neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

Background: Fournier's gangrene is a necrotizing fasciitis of the genital and perineal region. It may progress, affecting the groin, the thigh, or even the abdominal wall. Despite adequate treatment (debridement and antibiotics), the mortality rate is very high, reaching 20-35%.

[A Case of Advanced Gastric Cancer Treated with Curative Resection after Preoperative Secondary Chemotherapy with Irinotecan after Primary Chemotherapy with Docetaxel, Cisplatin, and S-1].

A 70-year-old man was diagnosed with advanced gastric cancer based on esophagogastroduodenoscopy(EGD). Abdominal computed tomography(CT)showed swelling of the lymph nodes and invasion to the liver and pancreas. The patient was treated using combined docetaxel, cisplatin, and S-1(DCS)chemotherapy.

Nutritional Recovery after Open and Laparoscopic Distal Gastrectomy for Early Gastric Cancer: A Prospective Multicenter Comparative Trial (CCOG1204).

Background: Little information from prospective clinical trials is available on the influences of surgical approaches on postoperative body compositions and nutritional status. We designed a prospective non-randomized trial to compare postoperative chronological changes in body composition and nutritional status between laparoscopic and open distal gastrectomy for stage I gastric cancer (GC).

Methods: Body compositions and nutritional indicators in blood tests were measured at the baseline and at the 1st, 3rd, 6th, and 12th postoperative months (POM).

Surgical treatment for rectal cancer with abnormally expanded inferior mesenteric vein resulting from pancreatic arteriovenous malformations.

A 52-year-old Japanese man presented for evaluation and treatment of rectal cancer. Screening computed tomography revealed pancreatic arteriovenous malformations (P-AVMs) and abnormally expanded inferior mesenteric vein (IMV) that resulted from P-AVMs. One-stage surgery for rectal cancer was dangerous so we first performed distal pancreatectomy to cure P-AVM and thus normalize the abnormally expanded IMV.

[Effective chemotherapy with bevacizumab/FOLFOX4 for neuroendocrine carcinoma of the ascending colon - a case study].

A 63-year-old woman underwent surgery for Stage IV cancer of the ascending colon with multiple lymph node metastases. The pathological diagnosis was neuroendocrine carcinoma. Following first-line chemotherapy, the patient presented clinically with progressive disease (PD).

[A case report of primary adenocarcinoma of small intestine successfully treated with FOLFOX].

This is an account of a case of primary adenocarcinoma of the small intestine successfully treated with chemotherapy. A 46-year-old man was admitted with a complaint of severe abdominal distension. Abdominal computerized tomography revealed bowel obstruction, and this was found at surgery to be due to a tumor at the jejunum 100 cm distal from the Treitz ligament.

The indicator for surgery in adhesive small bowel obstruction patient managed with long tube.

Background/aims: In treating many cases of postoperative adhesive small bowel obstruction (ASBO), we have found that if a long tube is not effective in conservative treatment, the surgical timing requires careful consideration. The aim of this study was to clarify the limits of conservative treatment, long tube management, and surgical timing.

Methodology: A retrospective chart review was conducted of 234 patients with ASBO from April 1998 to September 2002, and 155 cases were excluded (135 who recovered in conservative treatment within 2 days and 20 who required surgery due to suspended strangulation).

Parameter predicting the recurrence of adhesive small bowel obstruction in patients managed with a long tube.

Introduction: Some of our patients showed a recurrence of adhesive small bowel obstruction (ASBO) with nonoperative management. The aim of this study was to evaluate the parameters predicting the recurrence of ASBO in patients managed with a long tube.

Methods: Of 234 patients with ASBO admitted from April 1998 to September 2002, a total of 91 who recovered with nonoperative management after long tube placement were enrolled in this retrospective clinical study.

[A case of metastatic breast cancer responding to weekly paclitaxel and high-dose toremifene administrated alternately].

A 64-year-old woman underwent muscle-preserving mastectomy for breast cancer in April 1999. She developed multiple lung metastases 3 months later. The metastases partially responded to 10 cycles of CAF (cyclophosphamide, adriamycin, 5-fluorouracil).