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Yoshihisa Ishiura,
Hiroki Yamamoto,
Yasushi Terasaki,
Youichi Ishida, Wataru Fukushima,
Hisashi Hirosawa,
Ryouhei Izumi,
Fumiko Tanikawa,
Hideko Hayase,
Kazumi Maruyama,
Chiemi Obata,
Mika Ishikawa,
Kazuo Kasahara,
Masaki Fujimura
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ABSTRACT: An increasing number of patients with lung cancer are undergoing outpatient chemotherapy as an alternative to inpatient therapy. To investigate the factors influencing the quality of life (QOL) for these patients, we administered a QOL questionnaire, The QOL Questionnaire for Cancer Patients Treated with Anticancer Drugs (QOL-ACD) to 8 older adult patients with non-small cell lung cancer. The medical factors related to the overall QOL scores and other categories indicating activity, physical condition, psychological condition, social relationship, psychological condition and face scale were analyzed. No significant decrease in each factor was observed in this study.
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy 12/2009; 36(13):2565-9.
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Yoshihisa Ishiura,
Hiroki Yamamoto,
Yasushi Terasaki,
Youichi Ishida,
Shigeru Yokawa, Wataru Fukushima,
Hisashi Hirosawa,
Ryouhei Izumi,
Kouichi Kodama,
Isamu Motoi,
Fumiko Tanikawa,
Keiko Ichihashi,
Kazumi Maruyama,
Mika Miyazu,
Kayo Yoneda,
Katsuhiko Saito,
Kazuo Kasahara,
Masaki Fujimura
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ABSTRACT: A 77-year-old man was admitted to our hospital complaining of general malaise, loss of appetite and hemoptysis. Chest X-ray film and computed tomography (CT) scan showed right-sided pleural effusion with lung tumor. Succeeding upper gastro-intestinal fiberscopy and cystoscopy revealed poorly-differentiated adenocarcinoma of the stomach and urothelial carcinoma of the bladder. Repeated treatment with 100 mg/body of S-1 on day 1 followed by 60 mg/m(2) of cisplatin on day 8 was effective in this patient.
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy 09/2008; 35(8):1395-7.
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ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of breast tumors and breast cancers with noncontrast spiral chest computed tomography (CT).
A clinical study was conducted to evaluate findings in the mammary region of 1008 consecutive patients with no mammary symptoms or signs who underwent noncontrast spiral CT of the chest from April 2003 to March 2006.
Six cases of breast abnormality were detected among the 1008 women. Three were primary breast cancers, one was metastatic breast cancer, and two were benign tumors. All four breast cancer patients were over 70 years old. The characteristics of the tumor margins on CT scans corresponded to the mammography and ultrasonography findings. The mammographic background density ranged from inhomogeneous high-density breast to fatty breast. The detection rate of primary breast cancer by noncontrast spiral CT was 0.30%.
Noncontrast spiral chest CT occasionally detects nonsymptomatic breast cancers, especially in elderly patients.
Radiation Medicine 08/2008; 26(6):362-7.
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Yoshihisa Ishiura,
Yasushi Terasaki,
Hiroki Yamamoto,
Shigeru Yokawa, Wataru Fukushima,
Hisashi Hirosawa,
Ryouhei Izumi,
Fumiko Tanikawa,
Kazumi Maruyama,
Keiko Ichihashi,
Mika Miyazu,
Kayo Yoneda,
Kazuo Kasahara,
Masaki Fujimura
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ABSTRACT: An increasing number of patients with lung cancer are undergoing outpatient chemotherapy as an alternative inpatient therapy. To investigate the factors influencing the quality of life (QOL) for these patients,we used a QOL questionnaire, "The QOL Questionnaire for Cancer Patients Treated with Anticancer Drugs" (QOL-ACD) for 8 patients with non-small cell lung cancer. The medical factors related to the overall QOL scores and other categories indicating "activity," "physical condition," "psychological condition," "social relationship" and "face scale" were analyzed. Significant improvements in the factors indicating "psychological condition" were observed in this study.
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy 10/2007; 34(9):1401-4.
