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Takata S, Komukai S, Hoshino T, Tabuchi H, Masuhiro K, Yaga M, Shirai Y, Mitsui Y, Abe Y, Kuge T, Fukushima K, Kida H, Kumanogoh A. Identifying phenotypes in interstitial lung disease using group-based trajectory modelling. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2023; 27:332-334. [PMID: 37035968 PMCID: PMC10094054 DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.22.0417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/11/2023] Open
Affiliation(s)
- S Takata
- Departments of 1Respiratory Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Integrated Medicine Biomedical Statistics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Clinical Laboratory, Kakogawa Central City Hospital, Kakogawa, Japan
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- Laboratory for Clinical Investigation, Osaka University Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Departments of 1Respiratory Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Departments of 1Respiratory Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Departments of 1Respiratory Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Departments of 1Respiratory Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Departments of 1Respiratory Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Departments of 1Respiratory Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Departments of 1Respiratory Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Departments of 1Respiratory Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Osaka Toneyama Medical Center, Osaka, Japan
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- Departments of 1Respiratory Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, Department of Immunopathology, World Premier International Research Center Initiative, Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka, Japan, Integrated Frontier Research for Medical Science Division, Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives, Osaka, Japan, Center for Infectious Disease for Education and Research, Osaka, Japan, Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development - Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (AMED-CREST), Osaka, Japan, Center for Advanced Modalities and DDS (CAMaD), Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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Handa M, Takiuchi T, Kawaguchi S, Komukai S, Kitamura T, Miyake T, Ohara Y, Doshida M, Takeuchi T, Matsubayashi H, Ishikawa T, Kimura T. O-130 Reproductive outcomes of normal ovarian reserve patients after progestin-primed ovarian stimulation with chlormadinone acetate vs GnRH antagonist: A retrospective study with inverse-probability-of-treatment weighting. Hum Reprod 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deac105.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Abstract
Study question
To evaluate the effectiveness of chlormadinone acetate (CMA) for preventing premature LH surge in patients with normal ovarian reserve compared to cetrorelix.
Summary answer
In progestin-primed ovarian stimulation (PPOS) than GnRH antagonist (GnRH-ant), the incidence of premature LH surge was significantly lower, without significant difference in oocyte maturation rate.
What is known already
The GnRH-ant protocol is one of the conventional protocols which has some disadvantages including increased premature LH surge rate and cancelation rate. In recent years, the PPOS protocol has attracted attention as a new ovarian stimulation using progestin as an alternative to GnRH analog for suppressing a premature LH surge, however its efficacy is still controversial. In addition, many studies have investigated the reproductive outcomes of PPOS using medroxy-progesterone acetate or dydrogesterone; however, there are few reports of CMA, an oral progestin, which is inexpensive and widely used in Japan.
Study design, size, duration
This retrospective cohort study was performed in a reproduction center between March 2018 and October 2020 which included 977 Japanese patients with normal ovarian reserve undergoing PPOS with CMA (n = 299), or GnRH antagonist (GnRH-ant) with cetrorelix (n = 608) in their first IVF cycle at the reproduction center. In subgroup analysis, pregnancy outcomes after frozen embryo transfers (FET) between PPOS (n = 284) and GnRH-ant (n = 579) were also compared.
Participants/materials, setting, methods
The inclusion criteria were patients aged < 40 years and AMH ≧ 1.1 ng/mL, who underwent autologous oocyte retrieval in their first IVF cycle with freeze-all strategy. The primary outcome was the incidence of premature LH surge, the secondary outcomes was oocyte maturation rate. To reduce the impact of treatment bias and potential confounding factors, we conducted logistic regression models with inverse-probability-of-treatment weighting (IPTW).
Main results and the role of chance
After IPTW, baseline clinical data were well-balanced between the two groups, including age, AMH, BMI, the duration, type, and cause of infertility, antral follicle count, the history of recurrent spontaneous abortion, and previous IVF attempts. The premature LH surge rate was significantly lower with PPOS (3.1%) compared to GnRH-ant (20.1%) (odds ratio, 0.21; 95% confidence interval, 0.11–0.36). No significant differences were found in total gonadotropin dose (2400IU for PPOS vs 2400IU for GnRH-ant, p = 0.136), the number of oocyte retrieval (n = 15 vs n = 15, p = 0.484), oocyte maturation rate (78.8% vs 77.8%, p = 0.275), fertilization rate (73.0% vs 72.0%, p = 0.412), viable embryo rate per oocyte retrieval (40% vs 40%, p = 0.890), and good quality blastocyst rate (72.0% vs 69.6%, p = 0.092). However, the good quality day-3 embryo rate was significantly lower with PPOS (37.2% vs 49.1%, p < 0.05). There were no differences in the incidence of moderate-to-severe OHSS (0.3% vs 0.7%, p = 0.481). In FET cycles, the pregnancy outcomes, such as implantation rate (43.1 % vs 51.9 %, p = 0.013) and clinical pregnancy rate (46.5% vs 54.7%, p = 0.027) were significantly lower with PPOS, however, no significant differences were found in ongoing pregnancy rate (75.6% vs 80.5%, p = 0.325), and live birth rate (72.4% vs 79.5 %, p = 0.142).
Limitations, reasons for caution
This was a retrospective cohort study conducted in a single center. The participants in this study were limited to Japanese ethnicity. The results need to be validated across different centers and other ethnicities.
Wider implications of the findings
This is the first report assessing the reproductive outcomes on PPOS using CMA, widely used in Japan. The PPOS with CMA significantly suppressed the premature LH surge rate compared to GnRH-ant protocol, without decrease in oocyte maturation rate.
Trial registration number
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- M Handa
- Osaka university Graduate School of Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology , Osaka, Japan
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- Osaka university Graduate School of Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology , Osaka, Japan
- Osaka university Graduate School of Medicine, Clinical Genomics , Osaka, Japan
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- Osaka university Graduate School of Medicine, Division of Biomedical Statistics- Integrated Medicine , Osaka, Japan
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- Osaka university Graduate School of Medicine, Division of Biomedical Statistics- Integrated Medicine , Osaka, Japan
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- Osaka university Graduate School of Medicine, Division of Environmental Medicine and Population Services- Social and Environmental Medicine , Osaka, Japan
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- Osaka university Graduate School of Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology , Osaka, Japan
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- Reproduction Clinic Osaka, Reproductive Medicine , Osaka, Japan
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- Reproduction Clinic Tokyo, Reproductive Medicine , Tokyo, Japan
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- Reproduction Clinic Tokyo, Reproductive Medicine , Tokyo, Japan
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- Reproduction Clinic Osaka, Reproductive Medicine , Osaka, Japan
- Reproduction Clinic Tokyo, Reproductive Medicine , Tokyo, Japan
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- Reproduction Clinic Osaka, Reproductive Medicine , Osaka, Japan
- Reproduction Clinic Tokyo, Reproductive Medicine , Tokyo, Japan
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- Osaka university Graduate School of Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology , Osaka, Japan
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Koike K, Yamagishi SI, Hamano T, Komukai S, Okuda S, Fukami K. New Estimation Formulas for Daily Sodium Intake in Hemodialysis Patients by a Duplicate Portion Method. J Ren Nutr 2021; 32:326-333. [PMID: 34294551 DOI: 10.1053/j.jrn.2021.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2020] [Revised: 02/22/2021] [Accepted: 05/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Excess sodium intake is associated with volume overload and increased blood pressure. Therefore, to prevent future cardiovascular events, a sodium-restricted diet is strongly recommended for patients on maintenance hemodialysis (HD). However, only one formula for estimating dietary sodium intake in HD patients is available, and its validity has not been adequately evaluated. This study aimed to measure daily sodium intake using the duplicate portion method and provide a new formula for estimating dietary sodium intake. DESIGN AND METHODS Nineteen Japanese patients undergoing HD were enrolled in this cross-sectional multicenter study. The daily sodium intake of these patients was measured directly using the duplicate portion method. Two formulas for estimating sodium intake were developed by stepwise regression analysis. Their validities were compared with the validity of the previous formula. Furthermore, using these new formulas, we estimated the daily consumption of sodium in a large number of Japanese HD patients. RESULTS The previous formula underestimated true sodium intake using Bland-Altman diagrams. No significant correlation was noted between the measured sodium intake and the estimated intake (r = 0.30, P = .23, Fisher's Z-transformation). The new formulas 1 and 2, which included age, predialysis and postdialysis serum sodium levels, predialysis body weight, and interdialytic body weight gain, accurately estimated sodium consumption. The coefficients of correlation between the estimated values and the true sodium intake were r = 0.858 and r = 0.805, respectively. The simulation model using data from the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy showed that the distribution of the estimated sodium intake using the previous formula shifted left compared with that using the new formulas. CONCLUSIONS The new formulas accurately estimated the daily sodium consumption in HD patients. Further longitudinal studies are required to determine whether the estimated sodium intake level calculated using the new formulas would serve as a potential marker and/or therapeutic target to prevent cardiovascular events in HD patients.
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- Kiyomi Koike
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan; Division of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kariya Toyota General Hospital, Kariya, Japan.
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- Division of Diabetes, Metabolism, and Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
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- Division of Biomedical Statistics, Department of Integrated Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
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Fujii T, Miyabe J, Yoshii T, Suzuki M, Otozai S, Komukai S, Kishikawa T, Takemoto N, Fukusumi T, Tatsumi M, Hatazawa J, Inohara H. Metabolic tumor volume of metastatic lymph nodes and survival after total laryngectomy in laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancer. Oral Oncol 2019; 93:107-113. [PMID: 31109690 DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2019.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2018] [Revised: 04/10/2019] [Accepted: 04/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The prognostic value of metabolic tumor volume (MTV) in locally advanced laryngeal or hypopharyngeal cancer is established in the setting of chemoradiotherapy, while it remains unknown in the setting of upfront total laryngectomy. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively analyzed 88 patients receiving total laryngectomy and neck dissection, using Cox regression models. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION Variables related to metastatic lymph node were associated with overall survival, whereas those related to primary tumor were not. In multivariable models, MTV of metastatic lymph nodes (N-MTV) as a continuous variable (Akaike's information criterion (AIC), 277.5) was equivalent to pathological nodal status (AIC, 278.2; P = 0.40), and superior to pathological nodal classification as an ordinal variable (AIC, 281.4; P < 0.05) in ability of predicting death. The risk of death was increased by 1.2-fold (95% confidence interval (CI), 1.0-1.4; P = 0.03) every 10-ml increment of N-MTV, while patients with pN+ disease were at a higher risk of death by 2.9-fold (95% CI, 1.0-12.2; P < 0.05) compared with patients with pN0 disease. Using recursive partitioning analysis (RPA), we classified the patients as having a low, intermediate, or high risk of death on the basis of N-MTV and extranodal extension (ENE). This RPA classification system exhibited greater concordance with overall survival than the classification considering pathological nodal status and ENE (AIC, 275.8 versus 281.4; P = 0.02). In the setting of upfront total laryngectomy, N-MTV is a critical predictor of mortality. A staging system in which N-MTV is incorporated may better inform adjuvant treatment decisions.
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- T Fujii
- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Integrated Medicine, Division of Biomedical Statistics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Tracer Kinetics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Tracer Kinetics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan.
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Matsuki A, Kosugi S, Kanda T, Komukai S, Ohashi M, Umezu H, Mashima Y, Suzuki T, Hatakeyama K. Schwannoma of the esophagus: a case exhibiting high 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in positron emission tomography imaging. Dis Esophagus 2009; 22:E6-E10. [PMID: 19473209 DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2007.00712.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Esophageal schwannoma is rare and it is difficult preoperatively to confirm a definitive diagnosis, even using current imaging techniques. We present a case of a benign esophageal schwannoma that was surgically excised and confirmed by immunohistochemical staining. Conventional radiological studies, including barium meal, computed tomography and endoscopic examination had shown a solid submucosal tumor of the upper thoracic esophagus but had been unable to confirm the diagnosis. Positron emission tomography was carried out to evaluate the malignant potential and showed a high uptake of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) into the tumor in both the early and delayed phase, suggesting that the tumor was a potentially malignant tumor such as a gastrointestinal stromal tumor. This is the first reported case of esophageal schwannoma that indicated a high FDG uptake. Although consensus has not been reached regarding the precise mechanism of FDG accumulation in schwannomas, we discuss our clinicopathological findings and review other studies of the subject.
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- Division of Digestive and General Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan.
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Komukai S, Nishimaki T, Suzuki T, Kanda T, Kuwabara S, Hatakeyama K. Significance of immunohistochemical nodal micrometastasis as a prognostic indicator in potentially curable oesophageal carcinoma. Br J Surg 2002. [DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.2002.01981.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Background
The number of positive lymph nodes is an important prognostic predictor in patients with oesophageal cancer. However, the significance of nodal micrometastasis in patients with overt nodal metastasis is unknown. The aim of this study was to clarify the clinical implications of nodal micrometastasis in patients undergoing curative oesophagectomy for oesophageal cancer.
Methods
Cervical, mediastinal and abdominal lymph nodes systematically removed from 104 patients with oesophageal cancer were examined immunohistochemically to detect cells that stained positively for cytokeratins with the monoclonal antibody cocktail AE1/AE3. The postoperative course and survival rates were compared among patients with and without micrometastases, after numerical classification of overt metastatic nodes (none, between one and four, five or more).
Results
Univariate analysis showed T stage, nodal micrometastasis and number of overt nodal metastases to be significant prognostic factors after oesophagectomy. Multivariate analysis revealed nodal micrometastasis and number of overt nodal metastases to be independent prognostic factors. The presence of micrometastases had a significant adverse effect on postoperative survival in patients with no overt metastasis and in patients with one to four overt metastatic nodes, but no such impact in patients with five or more overt metastatic nodes.
Conclusion
Assessment of nodal status by both histological examination for overt metastases and immunohistochemical examination for micrometastases is useful in stratifying patients undergoing curative oesophagectomy.
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- S Komukai
- First Department of Surgery, Niigata University School of Medicine, Asahimachi-dori 1–757, Niigata 951–8510, Japan
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- First Department of Surgery, Niigata University School of Medicine, Asahimachi-dori 1–757, Niigata 951–8510, Japan
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- First Department of Surgery, Niigata University School of Medicine, Asahimachi-dori 1–757, Niigata 951–8510, Japan
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- First Department of Surgery, Niigata University School of Medicine, Asahimachi-dori 1–757, Niigata 951–8510, Japan
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- First Department of Surgery, Niigata University School of Medicine, Asahimachi-dori 1–757, Niigata 951–8510, Japan
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- First Department of Surgery, Niigata University School of Medicine, Asahimachi-dori 1–757, Niigata 951–8510, Japan
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Komukai S, Nishimaki T, Suzuki T, Kanda T, Kuwabara S, Hatakeyama K. Significance of immunohistochemical nodal micrometastasis as a prognostic indicator in potentially curable oesophageal carcinoma. Br J Surg 2002; 89:213-9. [PMID: 11856137 DOI: 10.1046/j.0007-1323.2001.01981.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND The number of positive lymph nodes is an important prognostic predictor in patients with oesophageal cancer. However, the significance of nodal micrometastasis in patients with overt nodal metastasis is unknown. The aim of this study was to clarify the clinical implications of nodal micrometastasis in patients undergoing curative oesophagectomy for oesophageal cancer. METHODS Cervical, mediastinal and abdominal lymph nodes systematically removed from 104 patients with oesophageal cancer were examined immunohistochemically to detect cells that stained positively for cytokeratins with the monoclonal antibody cocktail AE1/AE3. The postoperative course and survival rates were compared among patients with and without micrometastases, after numerical classification of overt metastatic nodes (none, between one and four, five or more). RESULTS Univariate analysis showed T stage, nodal micrometastasis and number of overt nodal metastases to be significant prognostic factors after oesophagectomy. Multivariate analysis revealed nodal micrometastasis and number of overt nodal metastases to be independent prognostic factors. The presence of micrometastases had a significant adverse effect on postoperative survival in patients with no overt metastasis and in patients with one to four overt metastatic nodes, but no such impact in patients with five or more overt metastatic nodes. CONCLUSION Assessment of nodal status by both histological examination for overt metastases and immunohistochemical examination for micrometastases is useful in stratifying patients undergoing curative oesophagectomy.
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- S Komukai
- First Department of Surgery, Niigata University School of Medicine, Asahimachi-dori 1-757, Niigata 951-8510, Japan.
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Kuwabara S, Nishimaki T, Komukai S, Kanda T, Suzuki T, Hatakeyama K. Histogenesis and clinicopathological characteristics of superficially spreading carcinoma of the esophagus. Int Surg 2000; 85:281-5. [PMID: 11589592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023] Open
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To explore the possible histogenesis of superficially spreading carcinoma of the esophagus, the clinicopathological features of these tumors (n = 44) were compared with those of ordinary superficial carcinoma (n = 163). Tumors of a heterogeneous histological type and having in situ carcinoma components were significantly more common (P < .05), and the number of residual squamous islands was significantly greater (P < 0.05) in the former group than the latter. Furthermore, the tumor size was not different among in situ, intramucosal, and submucosal carcinomas of the former, whereas the tumors became larger according to the depth of invasion in the latter group. These results indicate that the collision of multiple simultaneously developing superficial tumors is a plausible histogenesis of superficially spreading carcinoma of the esophagus.
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- S Kuwabara
- The First Department of Surgery, Niigata University School of Medicine, Japan.
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Komukai S, Nishimaki T, Watanabe H, Ajioka Y, Suzuki T, Hatakeyama K. Significance of immunohistochemically demonstrated micrometastases to lymph nodes in esophageal cancer with histologically negative nodes. Surgery 2000; 127:40-6. [PMID: 10660757 DOI: 10.1067/msy.2000.102754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND We examined the prevalence, patterns, and clinical significance of nodal micrometastases in patients with esophageal cancer. METHODS Cervical, mediastinal, and abdominal lymph nodes systematically removed from 37 patients without conventional histologic evidence of lymph node metastasis from esophageal squamous cell carcinoma were immunohistochemically examined to detect cells that were stained for cytokeratins by the monoclonal antibody cocktail AE1/AE3. Postoperative care and survival were compared in cases with and without such micrometastases. RESULTS Nodal micrometastases were found in 14 of 37 patients (38%). Among these patients, 9, 7, and 4 had micrometastases to abdominal, mediastinal, and cervical lymph nodes, respectively. Postoperative tumor recurrence was significantly more frequent in patients with micrometastases (50%) than in those without (9%, P = .008). Overall and relapse-free survival in the former group was significantly worse than in the latter group (P = .042 and P = .002, respectively). Nodal micrometastases had an independent prognostic importance for relapse-free survival as determined by multivariate analysis. CONCLUSIONS Metastatic tumor cells are frequently present in lymph nodes, even in patients without histologic evidence of nodal metastasis from esophageal cancer. Nodal micrometastases indicates a poorer prognosis after a curative esophagectomy procedure in histologically node-negative cases.
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- S Komukai
- First Department of Pathology, Niigata University School of Medicine, Japan
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Ohta H, Komukai S, Makita K, Masuzawa T, Nozawa S. Effects of 1-year ipriflavone treatment on lumbar bone mineral density and bone metabolic markers in postmenopausal women with low bone mass. Horm Res 1999; 51:178-83. [PMID: 10474019 DOI: 10.1159/000023354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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In vitro studies have shown that ipriflavone affects both bone formation and bone resorption, but the effect in early-stage postmenopausal women with low bone mass and a high turnover of bone metabolism is unknown. In this prospective study, we randomly assigned 60 patients with postmenopausal osteopenia or osteoporosis to receive either 600 mg/day of ipriflavone or 0.8 g/day calcium lactate, and compared the effects on bone mineral density (BMD) from the 2nd to 4th lumbar vertebrae (L2-4) and bone metabolic markers before and after one year of treatment. In the iprifravone-treated (IP) group, L2-4 BMD was similar before and after treatment (0.78 and 0.77 g/cm(2), respectively), but in the calcium lactate-treated (CL) group, L2-4 BMD decreased significantly from 0.81 to 0.79 g/cm(2) after 1 year of treatment (p < 0.0001). Furthermore, the rate of the decrease in L2-4 BMD was significantly greater in the CL group than in the IP group (p < 0.01). The median deoxypyridinoline (Dpd) level was significantly lower after 1 year of treatment (5.8 mmol/mmol creatinine [Cr]) than the baseline value (10.2 mmol/mmol Cr) in the IP, but not in the CL group, suggesting that IP treatment suppresses bone resorption.
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- H Ohta
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.
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Nishimaki T, Suzuki T, Kanda T, Obinata I, Komukai S, Hatakeyama K. Extended radical esophagectomy for superficially invasive carcinoma of the esophagus. Surgery 1999; 125:142-7. [PMID: 10026746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND The purpose of the study was to determine whether extended radical esophagectomy is both clinically and oncologically indicated for patients with superficially invasive esophageal carcinomas. METHODS We reviewed 51 patients with this disease in whom extended radical esophagectomy was performed. RESULTS Major morbidity developed in 80% of the patients associated with no mortality after the operation. At surgery lymph node metastases were found in 29 patients (57%). Although the number of positive nodes was 3 or less in 93% of those patients, the tumors metastasized not only to the mediastinal nodes but also to the cervical and abdominal nodes, frequently jumping the first echelon of nodes. The overall 5-year survival rate was 68%. The survival curve of the patients with positive nodes was significantly worse (P < .01) than that of patients with negative nodes: the respective 5-year survival rates were 47% and 93%. However, no significant difference was detected between the survival curves of the patients with cervical metastases and those with noncervical metastases. CONCLUSIONS Extended radical esophagectomy is needed for complete tumor clearance and may be effective in improving the rate of cure in patients with superficially invasive esophageal carcinoma. However, patients should be selected carefully for the performance of extended radical esophagectomy because this procedure is potentially associated with high morbidity rates.
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- T Nishimaki
- First Department of Surgery, Niigata University School of Medicine, Japan
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Hirota T, Nishimaki T, Suzuki T, Komukai S, Kuwabara S, Aizawa K, Hatakeyama K. Esophageal intramural metastasis from an adenocarcinoma of the gastric cardia: report of a case. Surg Today 1998; 28:1160-2. [PMID: 9851624 DOI: 10.1007/s005950050304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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We report herein the rare case of a 65-year-old man found to have esophageal intramural metastasis from cancer of the gastric cardia. Endoscopic examination initially revealed an infiltrating ulcerative tumor of the gastric cardia involving the esophagogastric junction, as well as a submucosal tumor of the lower esophagus. A total thoracic esophagogastrectomy with lower mediastinal lymphadenectomy was performed, and the resected specimen demonstrated that both the cardia and esophageal tumors were adenocarcinomas with the same cellular differentiation. As lymphatic invasion and metastases to the paracardial and mediastinal lymph nodes were observed, the esophageal submucosal tumor was considered to be an intramural metastasis from the carcinoma of the gastric cardia resulting from extensive lymphatic spread. The patient died of recurrent disease 9 months after the resection. This case report serves to demonstrate that intramural metastasis may be a local indicator of the systemic spread of disease in patients with gastric carcinoma, as it is in esophageal carcinoma.
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- T Hirota
- First Department of Surgery, Niigata University School of Medicine, Japan
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Kuwabara S, Nishimaki T, Ajioka Y, Komukai S, Suzuki T, Watanabe H, Hatakeyama K. Determination of primary foci of metastatic tumors by p53 mutational analysis in intraesophageal multiple carcinomas. Dig Dis Sci 1998; 43:1675-7. [PMID: 9724150 DOI: 10.1023/a:1018854829837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- S Kuwabara
- First Department of Surgery, Niigata University School of Medicine, Japan
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Ohta H, Komukai S, Sugimoto I, Fuyuki T, Makita K, Takamatsu K, Horiguchi F, Nozawa S. Effect of a HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor combined with hormone replacement therapy on lipid metabolism in Japanese women with hypoestrogenic lipidemia: a multicenter double-blind controlled prospective study. Maturitas 1998; 29:163-71. [PMID: 9651906 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-5122(97)00090-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Menopause is associated with a rise in serum lipid concentrations. We compared a regimen of pravastatin alone with pravastatin and hormone therapy in postmenopausal women with hyperlipidemia. METHODS We performed a double-blind, randomized, multicenter controlled study in postmenopausal women with hyperlipidemia. The women were randomly assigned to receive pravastatin alone (M group; n = 25) or pravastatin and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) (MC group; n = 32) for 12 weeks. Serum lipid and estrogen concentrations were measured at baseline and after 4 weeks and 12 weeks of treatment. RESULTS The two groups were similar with respect to baseline demographic characteristics such as age, height, and body weight. As compared with baseline, the total cholesterol (TC) concentration was 15.0% lower at 4 weeks and 17.7% lower at 12 weeks in the M group and 15.1% lower at 4 weeks and 18.3% lower at 12 weeks in the MC group. The low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) concentration decreased by 25.0% at both 4 weeks and 12 weeks in the M group and by 26.8% at 4 weeks and 30.0% at 12 weeks in the MC group. Serum TC and LDL-C concentrations were significantly lower in the MC group than in the M group after 4 weeks of treatment, but there was no significant difference between the groups in serum lipid concentrations after 12 weeks. Pravastatin combined with HRT was therefore suggested to lower serum lipid concentrations earlier than pravastatin alone. There were no significant differences between the treatment groups in serum high-density-lipoprotein cholesterol concentrations or triglyceride concentrations after the initiation of therapy. In the MC group, there was a significant positive correlation between the percentage change in serum lipid concentrations and that in estrogen concentrations, suggesting that the HRT-induced rise in estrone (E1) as well as that in estradiol (E2) contributed an improved serum lipid profile. TC and E2, and LDL-C and serum E1 had significant negative correlation at 12 weeks and 4 weeks, respectively. Pravastatin had no apparent effect on endogenous estrogen levels and was not associated with any side effects, which confirmed that pravastatin is safe, either alone or in combination with HRT. CONCLUSIONS The combination of pravastatin and HRT in the management of hyperlipidemia in postmenopausal women is very useful therapeutically, because it additionally provides the broad benefits of HRT, without compromising the lipid lowering effects of either treatment.
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- H Ohta
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
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Horiguchi F, Ohta H, Fuyuki T, Sugimoto I, Komukai S, Makita K, Takamatsu K, Nozawa S. P218 Menopausal symptoms and psycho-social influences in family relationship. Maturitas 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/s0378-5122(97)81410-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Ohta H, Sugimoto I, Masuda A, Komukai S, Suda Y, Makita K, Takamatsu K, Horiguchi F, Nozawa S. Decreased bone mineral density associated with early menopause progresses for at least ten years: cross-sectional comparisons between early and normal menopausal women. Bone 1996; 18:227-31. [PMID: 8703577 DOI: 10.1016/8756-3282(95)00480-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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To establish whether early onset of menopause carries an increased risk of osteoporosis, we compared the bone mineral density (BMD) of the second to fourth lumbar vertebrae (L2-4) between 18 women who had menopause before 43 years of age (early menopause group) and 19 women who had menopause after reaching 43 years of age (normal menopause group). Serum levels of calcium, phosphorus, calcitonin, intact parathyroid hormone, luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), estradiol (E2), and alkaline phosphatase activity were measured, and urine samples were analyzed to derive calcium/creatinine, hydroxyproline/creatinine, pyridinoline/creatinine, and deoxypyridinoline/creatinine (D-Pyr/Cr) ratios. Mean BMD was significantly lower in the early menopause group than in the normal menopause group, and individual BMD values in about half of the subjects in the former group were below the fracture threshold for Japanese women. Serum concentrations of LH, FSH, and E2 were slightly, but not significantly, lower in the early menopause group than in the normal menopause group. The D-Pyr/Cr ratio was significantly higher in the early menopause group than in the normal menopause group. There was no correlation between L2-4 BMD and age or the number of years after menopause in the normal menopause group, but both age and the number of years after menopause were negatively correlated with L2-4 BMD in the early menopause group. These results indicate that BMD in women who have early menopause continues to decline for up to 10 years, and that menopause and aging increase the risk of osteoporosis.
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- H Ohta
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
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Ohta H, Masuda A, Komukai S, Nozawa S. [Osteoporosis after menopause and oophorectomy]. Nihon Rinsho 1994; 52:2382-94. [PMID: 7967085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Characteristics of osteoporosis occurring after menopause and oophorectomy are described. Changes in hormone dynamics induced by menopause or oophorectomy lead to high metabolic turnover of bone, characterized by increased bone formation and resorption. The increase in bone resorption surpasses that of bone formation, resulting in decreased bone mineral density (BMD). Even before the onset of menopause, a transient decrease in estrogen concentrations can produce decreases in BMD that are comparable to those occurring after menopause or oophorectomy. Long-term observation of women undergoing premature menopause indicates that BMD progressively continues to decline in association with high bone metabolic turnover. There was no significant difference between BMD, 3 years after menopause, compared with that 3 years after oophorectomy, a time when the effect on BMD are fully evident. These findings indicate that osteoporosis, associated with either menopause or oophorectomy, can be managed in the same manner in a clinical setting.
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- H Ohta
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Keio University
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Itoh K, Yamauchi J, Komukai S, Nishino R, Kitai H, Aoki J, Kaneko Y. [Four cases of pregnancy complicated with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP): complete remission of ITP obtained by preoperative high-dose immunoglobulin therapy and splenectomy performed just after cesarean section]. Nihon Sanka Fujinka Gakkai Zasshi 1992; 44:735-8. [PMID: 1506739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- K Itoh
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Social Insurance Saitama Chuo Hospital
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Komukai S, Ito Y, Sugama M. [Maternal-fetal blood group incompatibility]. Kango 1970; 22:100-1. [PMID: 5198900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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