Publications by authors named "Yoshie Inao"
Objective: To investigate the relationship between fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake (maximum standardised uptake value [SUVmax]) and immune markers (tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes [TILs] and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio [NLR]) and evaluate the potential prognostic value of any correlations.
Methods: Data from 502 patients with breast cancer, including 346 oestrogen receptor (ER)-positive / human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative, 88 HER2-positive, and 68 triple-negative cases, who had undergone surgery were reviewed. Relationships between the clinicopathological factors, SUVmax, TILs, NLR, recurrence-free survival (RFS), and overall survival of all patients and each subtype were evaluated using a Cox proportional hazards model and log-rank test.
Purpose: To clarify the utility of microballoon catheter in renal arterial ethanol embolization of renal angiomyolipoma (AML).
Material And Methods: A total of 20 patients (15 women, 5 men) with median age of 45 years (39-60 years) underwent embolization to treat 22 AMLs. A mixture of ethanol and iodized oil was injected into the feeding arteries of 13 tumors using balloon occlusion (the balloon embolization group) with a microballoon catheter and 9 tumors without using balloon occlusion (the non-balloon embolization group).
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) of the urinary bladder is a rare soft tissue tumor characterized by spindle cell proliferation with inflammatory cell infiltration. We present a case of bladder IMT occurring in a 6-year-old boy. Pretreatment CT images depicted a polypoid and broad-based mass measuring 18 mm in the superior to the front wall of the bladder, and the mass showed isodensity on precontrast image and ring enhancement of the mass after the intravenous administration of contrast material.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To determine whether results of a standardized uptake value (SUV)-based semi-quantitative analytic method for gallium-67 (Ga)-citrate single photon emission tomography/computed tomography (SPECT/CT) reflects disease activity in patients with interstitial lung disease.
Subjects And Methods: Gallium-67-citrate SPECT/CT was used to evaluate disease activity in 24 patients with interstitial pneumoniaon clinical grounds at a single institution from June 2018 to August 2020. SUV in a given volume of interest over the bilateral pulmonary parenchyma was calculated using a dosimetry software package.