Phase II study of bevacizumab, cisplatin, and pemetrexed in advanced non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NS-NSCLC) with EGFR wild-type.

Background: Continuation maintenance therapy with pemetrexed (PEM) and bevacizumab (BEV) following induction therapy with cisplatin (CDDP), PEM, and BEV is beneficial in advanced non-squamous non-small-cell lung cancer (NS-NSCLC), but the survival benefit of addition of BEV to CDDP/PEM as induction therapy is still unclear. The aim of this phase II study was to evaluate the feasibility and safety of a CDDP/PEM/BEV regimen in Japanese patients with EGFR wild-type NS-NSCLC.

Patients And Methods: This study included 25 patients who receive intravenous CDDP, PEM, and BEV (15 mg/kg) from August 2010 to February 2013.

The Superiority of Vonoprazan-based First-line Triple Therapy with Clarithromycin: A Prospective Multi-center Cohort Study on Helicobacter pylori Eradication.

Objective We evaluated the safety and efficacy of vonoprazan-based amoxicillin and clarithromycin 7-day triple therapy (VAC) in comparison to proton pump inhibitor (PPI)-based (PAC) as a first-line treatment and vonoprazan-based amoxicillin and metronidazole 7-day triple therapy (VAM) in comparison to PPI-based (PAM) as a second-line treatment for the eradication of Helicobacter pylori in Japan. Methods We performed a non-randomized, multi-center, parallel-group study to compare first-line VAC to PAC and second-line VAM to PAM. A pre-planned subgroup analysis on CAM resistance was also performed.

Multiplex genomic test of mutation and fusion genes in small biopsy specimen of lung cancer.

We evaluated multiple oncogenic mutations and fusion genes in small specimen obtained by bronchoscopy. Eight patients with lung cancer were recruited, 3 small cell lung cancer, 3 non-small cell lung cancer, 1 adenocarcinoma and 1 squamous cell carcinoma. A median value of extracted RNA and DNA amounts from specimen was 1573 ng (range 367.

Easy method for fixation of the anvil using a one-handed sliding-knot technique after laparoscopic total gastrectomy.

Introduction: When esophagojejunostomy is performed using a circular stapler after laparoscopic total gastrectomy, fixing the anvil to the end of the esophagus is challenging. We describe an easy method for fixation of the anvil using a one-handed sliding-knot technique after the anvil has been inserted into the esophagus.

Materials And Surgical Technique: After removing the stomach, the main operator makes a whip stitch at the end of the esophagus using a long piece of monofilament string.

Multicenter Phase II Study of Nedaplatin and Irinotecan for Patients with Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lung: Thoracic Oncology Research Group 0910.

Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the lung is moderately responsive to anticancer drugs, but no specific chemotherapy regimens have yet been established. We conducted a multicenter phase II study of nedaplatin (NP) and irinotecan (CPT) for SCC of the lung. Fifty patients underwent 4 to 6 cycles of chemotherapy comprising of NP at 100 mg/m(2) on day 1 and CPT at 60 mg/m(2) on days 1 and 8 every 4 weeks.