Direct comparison of a covalently-linked dyad and a 1:1 mixture of tetrabenzoporphyrin and fullerene as organic photovoltaic materials.

A p-i-n organic photovoltaic cell with tetrabenzoporphyrin (BP), a BP-C₆₀ dyad and PCBM for the p-, i- and n-layers, respectively, gave a better fill factor and power conversion efficiency than the corresponding p-i-n cell having a 1:1 blend film of BP and PCBM as the i-layer.

[Pancreatic and gastric metastases occurring a decade after nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma].

We report the case of a 64-year-old man who underwent resection on two occasions for recurrent renal cell carcinoma. He first underwent right nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma, and 10 years later, he underwent pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic metastasis. Microscopic extracapsular invasion without lymph node metastasis was observed at that time.

[A case of a huge recurrent mesenteric desmoid tumor].

A 64-year-old man underwent resection of a mesenteric desmoid tumor in May 2006. He presented with a chief complaint of loss of appetite at a local hospital in July 2011. A huge abdominal tumor was detected on computed tomography, and he was referred to our hospital.

Automated assessment of myocardial viability after acute myocardial infarction by global longitudinal peak strain on low-dose dobutamine stress echocardiography.

Background: Low-dose dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) assesses myocardial viability at the early stage of acute myocardial infarction (AMI), but its assessment is subjective and variable. Automated function image (AFI) determines global longitudinal peak strain (GLPS) based on tissue tracking technique. The ability of GLPS obtained by AFI during dobutamine stress to assess myocardial viability after AMI was investigated.

Nicorandil treatment in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a meta-analysis.

Background: It is controversial as to whether nicorandil would have cardioprotective effects in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) who are undergoing reperfusion therapy. A meta-analysis was performed to study the impacts of nicorandil on functional outcomes after AMI.

Methods And Results: Randomized prospective cohort or retrospective cohort publications were identified up to October 2007 by means of a computer search of MEDLINE and Google Scholar databases.

[Case of gastric cancer with recurrence of carcinomatous lymphangiosis of the lung 7.6 years after surgery and successfully treated with S-1/low-dose CDDP/Lentinan combination therapy].

A 78-year-old woman underwent gastrectomy for type 3 gastric cancer with pyloric stenosis, which was detected in November 1997. Thoracic and abdominal CT and other diagnostic procedures were conducted regularly for 5 years after surgery. The patient was recurrence-free and her clinical course was satisfactory.

Clinical interpretation of the histological typing of gastric cancer using endoscopic forceps biopsy.

Background/aims: Histological typing of gastric cancer is important for determining the treatment strategy and predicting the prognosis. We compared the histological types obtained by endoscopic forceps biopsy with the finally determined histological types of surgically resected specimens to investigate the reliability of histologically typing gastric cancer by biopsy.

Methodology: Agreement between the biopsy typing and the final histological typing based on the predominant histology of the resected tumor was studied in 115 consecutive gastric cancers.