Publications by authors named "Yoshiki Kurihara"
Background: Acinar cell carcinoma of the pancreas is a rare exocrine malignancy representing less than 1% of all pancreatic neoplasms. It has been reported that it responds to treatment differently from pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma and the treatment algorithm for acinar cell carcinoma usually depends on the stage of the respective tumor and the patient's current status.
Case Presentation: A 60-year-old man presented with upper abdominal pain and anorexia.
Article Synopsis
- Radiotherapy accidents often arise from planning issues, excessive irradiation, or patient movement, mainly due to the inability to monitor radiation exposure directly during treatment.
- The article presents a new real-time radiation exposure dosimetry system utilizing synthetic ruby, which showed a strong correlation between monitor units and photon counts, with a high accuracy under various irradiation conditions.
- While some discrepancies were noted between the synthetic ruby and ion chamber dosimeters, the overall results suggest that the new dosimeter can effectively measure patient irradiation doses in real time, although further assessment is needed for the identified issues.
With the advancement ofchemotherapy against colorectal cancer, clinical complete responses(cCR)are more frequently observed. We report a case oflocally advanced rectal cancer with maintained long-term cCR after chemotherapy alone. Detailed examinations ofa man in his 60s revealed that he had poorly controlled diabetes mellitus, with elevated serum CEA and CA19-9 levels.
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