Prognosis of anal canal adenocarcinoma versus lower rectal adenocarcinoma in Japan: a propensity score matching study.

Purpose: Anal canal adenocarcinoma (AC) is rare and its surgical outcomes and prognostic factors (PFs) are not well understood. The aim of this retrospective study was to identify the characteristics and PFs of AC, using population-based data in Japan.

Methods: Patients with AC (n = 390) or lower rectal adenocarcinoma (LR) (n = 12,477) diagnosed between1991 and 2006 were enrolled in this study.

Jejunal schwannoma detected by video capsule endoscopy.

We present a rare case of a 60-year-old woman with jejunal schwannoma. This is the first case of intestinal schwannomas detected by video capsule endoscopy. Characteristic endoscopic and immunohistochemical pictures are presented with a brief literature review.

Propiverine Hydrochloride as a Treatment for Fecal Incontinence.

Purpose: Propiverine hydrochloride (PH) is widely used for the treatment of urinary incontinence (UI) due to bladder overactivity. Moreover, the comorbidity of UI with fecal incontinence (FI) is known to be due to the relationship of both to nervous system disorders and dysfunction or weakening of the pelvic floor muscles. The aim of this single-arm prospective study was to evaluate the therapeutic value of PH for FI.

[An 84-year-old man with highly advanced gastric cancer showing good response after chemotherapy with docetaxel, cisplatin and S-1 combination therapy].

An 84-year-old man had the wall thickness of his stomach accidentally detected by CT scan, and was diagnosed as type 2 advanced gastric cancer with liver and lung metastasis. Chemotherapy with docetaxel, cisplatin and S-1 combination therapy was adopted. Grade 4 neutropenia was revealed, but the treatment could be continued by G-CSF or by down dosing the anticancer agents.