Eosinophilic pleural effusion due to lung cancer has a better prognosis than non-eosinophilic malignant pleural effusion.

Objective: Tumor-related eosinophilia may have extended survival benefits for some cancer patients. However, there has been no report on the prognosis difference between eosinophilic pleural effusion (EPE) and non-EPE in lung cancer patients. Our study aimed to investigate the prognosis difference between EPE and non-EPE due to lung cancer.

[A case of a collision tumor comprising mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma and early gastric cancer].

A 60-year-old woman underwent upper gastrointestinal endoscopy for an abnormality identified during routine examination. The lower gastric corpus showed a type 0-I elevated lesion with a faded mucosa and an area of converging mucosal folds in contact with the lesion. Biopsy indicated the former to be a high-grade adenoma and the latter to be a mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma.

Recent trends among dental residents at Tokyo Dental College.

Trends among dental residents at Tokyo Dental College between 2006, at which time clinical residency became mandatory, and 2011 were analyzed and the following results obtained. Almost all the eligible students from our school participated in the orientation seminar on dental residency programs. Although the number varied slightly by year, approximately 70 to 150 students from other schools also participated in these orientation seminars.

Clinical usefulness of "Isolite Plus" for oral environment of Japanese people.

The recent demand for dental devices which are easier to handle and offer higher levels of reliability and safety has led to the development in the US of Isolite Plus, a new oral support device. When placed in the oral cavity, Isolite Plus enables marking of the surgical field, secures the treatment space, ensures a vacuum, protects the cheek and tongue, assists in opening the mouth, prevents accidental ingestion/aspiration, ensures treatment without contamination and enhances comfort and safety during dental treatment. The present study was carried out to verify whether Isolite Plus can fit well in the mouth of Japanese people and to determine whether it performs adequately.

[Comparison of pharmaceutical properties of topical non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug preparations on quality of life].

To compare the effects of different pharmaceutical properties of commercially available topical nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) on the quality of life, we administered a questionnaire to 65 healthy volunteers. We investigated five creams, five gels, and four solutions of topical NSAID preparations in this study. The survey was conducted to clarify the relationship of their answers and pharmaceutical properties of the topical NSAID preparations.