Soft magnetic materials have low coercive fields and high permeability. Recently, nanocrystalline alloys obtained using annealing amorphous alloys have attracted much interest since nanocrystalline alloys with small grain sizes of tens of nanometers exhibit low coercive fields comparable to that of amorphous alloys. Since nanocrystalline soft magnetic materials attain remarkable soft magnetic properties by controlling the grain size, the crystal grains' microstructure has a substantial influence on the soft magnetic properties.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: This is the first clinical trial for Japanese to evaluate the dose-response and determine the clinically effective dose of darbepoetin alpha by weekly subcutaneously administration in anemic patients with lung cancer or ovarian cancer receiving chemotherapy.
Methods: Eligible patients were required to have anemia (hemoglobin level of
A 55-year-old Japanese woman presented with metrorrhagia and was diagnosed with endometrial carcinoma. Chest computed tomography (CT), ultrasonography (US) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a left axillary mass. Regarding the diagnosis of the axillary mass, lymph node metastasis from the uterus was first suspected.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: In the treatment of endometrial carcinoma, young patients desire the preservation of the uterus, and therefore hormonal therapy has been administered.
Case Report: The patient was a 39-year-old nullipara diagnosed with stage 1a endometrial carcinoma. The patient desired the preservation of the uterus, and oral administration of MPA was prescribed for 18 weeks, which after the cancer tissue disappeared.
Glassy cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix is a rare tumor, and has a poor prognosis because of its aggressive clinical behavior and resistance to radiotherapy and chemotherapy. We report a case of bulky glassy cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix that effectively responded to paclitaxel and carboplatin in a neoadjuvant setting. The patient was a 30-year-old woman who became aware of vaginal bleeding and was referred to our hospital because of a cancerous tumor of the uterine cervix.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOCT was first synthesized in the late 1980s, and clinical development was started in July 1991 with entry into Phase I. By the time the application for manufacturing approval was submitted, in February 1998, 15 clinical studies had been carried out, including 2 double-blind comparative studies and 5 long-term administration studies. The efficacy and safety of OCT were evaluated on the basis of clinical data obtained from totally 977 participants.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNihon Igaku Hoshasen Gakkai Zasshi
March 2003
A 56-year-old woman with bulky cervical cancer was treated with high-dose-rate interstitial brachytherapy combined with external beam irradiation and chemotherapy. Inverse planning (IP) was used in the treatment planning for brachytherapy. Source dwell positions were selected automatically, once the required information had been input, for example, to prohibit dwelling inside the organs at risk (OARs) and to permit dwelling inside the planning target volume with a 2-mm inner margin.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn vivo efficacy of tosufloxacin (TFLX) for treatment of Chlamydia trachomatis cervical infection in women was evaluated by enzyme immunoassay. The short term (within 31 days of treatment) response rates with a dosage of 150mg orally 3 times daily were 100% (54/54) with 14 days of treatment and 97% (38/39) with 7 days of treatment. Subjective symptoms such as lower abdominal pain, vaginal discharge, or atypical bleeding were observed in 76 (82%) of the 93 patients.
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