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Clinical Studies

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  First-line Chemotherapy in Combination With Oral Recombinant Methioninase and a Low-methionine Diet for a Stage IV Inoperable Pancreatic-Cancer Patient Resulted in 40% Tumor Reduction and an 86% CA19-9 Biomarker Decrease

  MOTOKAZU SATO, QINGHONG HAN, CHIHIRO HOZUMI, HIDEO KUJIRAOKA, KOHEI MIZUTA, SEI MORINAGA, BYUNG MO KANG, NORITOSHI KOBAYASHI, YASUSHI ICHIKAWA, ATSUSHI NAKAJIMA and ROBERT M. HOFFMAN

  Anticancer Research September 2024, 44 (9) 3885-3889; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.17215
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  [¹¹C]Methionine PET vs. [¹⁸F]Fluorodeoxyglucose PET Whole-body Imaging to Determine the Extent of Methionine-addiction Compared to Glucose-addiction of Primary and Metastatic Cancer of the Trunk in Patients

  MOTOKAZU SATO, TOSHIHIKO SATO, CHIHIRO HOZUMI, QINGHONG HAN, KOHEI MIZUTA, SEI MORINAGA, BYUNG MO KANG, NORITOSHI KOBAYASHI, YASUSHI ICHIKAWA, ATSUSHI NAKAJIMA and ROBERT M. HOFFMAN

  Anticancer Research September 2024, 44 (9) 3891-3898; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.17216
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  Stromal CD4 (+) T Cell Subsets Mediate Antitumor Cytotoxic Immune Responses in Human Colorectal Carcinoma

  GENTARO FUKUSHIMA, EIICHI SATO, RYUTARO UDO, TOMOYA TAGO, KENTA KASAHARA, JUNICHI MAZAKI, KENICHI IWASAKI, MASANOBU ENOMOTO, TETSUO ISHIZAKI and YUICHI NAGAKAWA

  Anticancer Research September 2024, 44 (9) 3899-3906; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.17217
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  Feasibility of Near-infrared Photoimmunotherapy Combined With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy in Unresectable Head and Neck Cancer

  HITOSHI HIRAKAWA, TARO IKEGAMI, HIDETOSHI KINJYO, YOSHIKAZU HAYASHI, SHINYA AGENA, TERUYUKI HIGA, SHUNSUKE KONDO, MASATOMO TOYAMA, HIROYUKI MAEDA and MIKIO SUZUKI

  Anticancer Research September 2024, 44 (9) 3907-3912; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.17218
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  Change in Liver Function in Durvalumab Plus Tremelimumab Treatment for Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma

  NOBUHARU TAMAKI, NAMI MORI, SHINTARO TAKAKI, KEIJI TSUJI, TOSHIFUMI TADA, SHINICHIRO NAKAMURA, HIRONORI OCHI, TOSHIE MASHIBA, MASAO DOISAKI, HIROYUKI MARUSAWA, HARUHIKO KOBASHI, HIDEKI FUJII, CHIKARA OGAWA, MICHIKO NONOGI, HIROTAKA ARAI, YASUSHI UCHIDA, NAOHITO URAWA, RYOICHI NARITA, TAKEHIRO AKAHANE, MASAHIKO KONDO, YUTAKA YASUI, KAORU TSUCHIYA, NAMIKI IZUMI and MASAYUKI KUROSAKI

  Anticancer Research September 2024, 44 (9) 3913-3918; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.17219
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  Second-line Treatment Strategy in Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma After First-line Atezolizumab Plus Bevacizumab

  KUNIHIDE MOHRI, HIDENARI NAGAI, TAKAHISA MATSUDA, YOSHINORI IGARASHI and KOJI HIGAI

  Anticancer Research September 2024, 44 (9) 3919-3929; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.17220
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  Postoperative Nutritional Assessment of Laparoscopic Versus Open Partial Hepatectomy

  KENEI FURUKAWA, MASASHI TSUNEMATSU, KOICHIRO HARUKI, SHINJI ONDA, TOMOHIKO TANIAI, KYOHEI ABE, YOSHIHIRO SHIRAI, YUTA YAMADA and TORU IKEGAMI

  Anticancer Research September 2024, 44 (9) 3931-3936; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.17221
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  Robot-assisted Surgery for Gastrointestinal Cancer Using Indocyanine Green Conjugated Endoscopic Marking Clip Under Firefly Fluorescence Imaging

  TSUTOMU NAMIKAWA, KEIICHIRO YOKOTA, MASAYA MUNEKAGE, HIROMICHI MAEDA, HIROYUKI KITAGAWA, KEN OKAMOTO, KAZUSHIGE UCHIDA, TAKAYUKI SATO, MICHIYA KOBAYASHI, KAZUHIRO HANAZAKI and SATORU SEO

  Anticancer Research September 2024, 44 (9) 3937-3943; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.17222
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  Simultaneously Detected Liver and Lung Metastases from Colorectal Carcinoma: A Potential Treatment Strategy

  KAZUHISA TAKEDA, YUTARO KIKUCHI, YU SAWADA, TAKAFUMI KUMAMOTO, JUN WATANABE, TETSUKAN WOO, CHIKARA KUNISAKI and ITARU ENDO

  Anticancer Research September 2024, 44 (9) 3945-3954; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.17223
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  The Controlling Nutritional Status (CONUT) Score Predicts Post-operatory Risks and Prognosis in Patients With Surgically Treated Colon Cancer: A Retrospective Study

  FEDERICO COZZANI, MATTEO RICCHIUTO, EDOARDO VIRGILIO, LORENZO VIANI, MATTEO ROSSINI, GIUSEPPE PEDRAZZI and PAOLO DEL RIO

  Anticancer Research September 2024, 44 (9) 3955-3964; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.17224
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  Sequential Moderate Hypofractionated Boost in Breast Cancer Patients: A Monoinstitutional Analysis of Late Side Effects

  ISABELLA PALUMBO, ANNA GIULIA BECCHETTI, ELISABETTA PERRUCCI, LORENZO FALCINELLI, SIMONETTA SALDI, VITTORIO BINI and CYNTHIA ARISTEI

  Anticancer Research September 2024, 44 (9) 3965-3971; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.17225
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  The Predictive Value of Different Glasgow Prognostic Scores and the LabBM Score for Patients With Recurrent Glioblastoma

  DIRK RADES, OKSANA ZEMSKOVA, JAN LEPPERT and NATHAN Y. YU

  Anticancer Research September 2024, 44 (9) 3973-3981; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.17226
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  Real-world Comparison of P53 Immunohistochemistry and TP53 Mutation Analysis Using Next-generation Sequencing

  HYUNWOO LEE, YOON AH CHO, DEOK GEUN KIM, JAE YOUNG SON and EUN YOON CHO

  Anticancer Research September 2024, 44 (9) 3983-3994; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.17227
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  Inflammatory Burden Index Prognostic Impact in Patients With Gastric Cancer After Gastrectomy: A Propensity Score-matched Analysis

  ITARU HASHIMOTO, YUTA NAKAYAMA, MIE TANABE, JYUNYA MORITA, SHINSUKE NAGASAWA, YUKIO MAEZAWA, KYOHEI KANEMATSU, TORU AOYAMA, TAKANOBU YAMADA, NORIO YUKAWA, YASUSHI RINO, AYA SAITO, TAKASHI OGATA and TAKASHI OSHIMA

  Anticancer Research September 2024, 44 (9) 3995-4001; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.17228
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  Effect of Chemoradiotherapy on Locoregional Recurrence After Pancreatectomy for Pancreatic Cancer

  MICHINORI MATSUMOTO, KENEI FURUKAWA, TADASHI UWAGAWA, YOSHIHIRO SHIRAI, MASASHI TSUNEMATSU, SHINJI ONDA, TAKESHI GOCHO, YUTA YAMADA, KOICHIRO HARUKI and TORU IKEGAMI

  Anticancer Research September 2024, 44 (9) 4003-4010; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.17229
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  Postoperative Radiotherapy Using VMAT for RNI Including IMN in Breast Cancer: Report of Short-term Follow-up

  TOMOAKI YANO, YUKA ONO, MICHIO YOSHIMURA, TOMOHIRO ONO, MAKOTO SASAKI, TAKAHIRO FUJIMOTO and TAKASHI MIZOWAKI

  Anticancer Research September 2024, 44 (9) 4011-4018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.17230
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  Risk Factors Associated With Perioperative Skeletal Muscle Loss in Patients With Colorectal Cancer

  HAJIME KAYANO, NANA MAMURO, YUTARO KAMEI, TAKASHI OGIMI, HIROSHI MIYAKITA, YASUHIRO KANATANI, MASAKI MORI, KENICHI OKADA, KAZUO KOYANAGI and SEIICHIRO YAMAMOTO

  Anticancer Research September 2024, 44 (9) 4019-4029; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.17231
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  Clinical Significance of Body Weight Loss During Chemotherapy for Advanced Gastric Cancer Undergoing Conversion Surgery

  TAKAAKI ARIGAMI, DAISUKE MATSUSHITA, MASATAKA SHIMONOSONO, YUKI HIRASE, YUSUKE TSURUDA, KEN SASAKI, KENJI BABA and TAKAO OHTSUKA

  Anticancer Research September 2024, 44 (9) 4031-4037; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.17232
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  Prognostic Impact of Human Lymphocyte Antigen (HLA) Class I Expression in Patients With Breast Cancer

  MOTONOBU UCHIYAMA, HIROAKI SHIMA, GORO KUTOMI, DAISUKE KYUNO, ASAKA WADA, YOKO KUGA, YASUAKI TAMURA, YOSHIHIKO HIROHASHI, TOSHIHIKO TORIGOE and ICHIRO TAKEMASA

  Anticancer Research September 2024, 44 (9) 4039-4047; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.17233
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  Potential of Nutritional Markers as Predictors After Immunotherapy in Advanced Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

  SATOKO MATSUMURA, KYOICHI KAIRA, KIYOMI KUBA, HITOSHI INOUE, MEI HAMADA, TOMOKO YAMAZAKI, MITSUHIKO NAKAHIRA and YASUHIRO EBIHARA

  Anticancer Research September 2024, 44 (9) 4049-4056; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.17234
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  Role of Hematological Markers in Recurrent/Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Treated With Pembrolizumab

  KOHEI HAGIWARA, TAKASHI MATSUKI, TAKURO OKADA, CHIHIRO FUSHIMI, TAKAHITO KONDO, HIDEAKI TAKAHASHI, ISAKU OKAMOTO, KUNIHIKO TOKASHIKI, KENJI HANYU, TAKUMA KISHIDA, TATSUYA ITO, GAI YAMASHITA, KIYOAKI TSUKAHARA, TATSUO MASUBUCHI, YUICHIRO TADA, KAHO MOMIYAMA, RYOHEI YAGUCHI, NOBUHIKO ORIDATE, GO OMURA and TAKU YAMASHITA

  Anticancer Research September 2024, 44 (9) 4057-4072; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.17235
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  Risk Factors of Poor Outcomes After Colorectal Cancer Surgery for Patients With Severe Comorbidities

  TAKUYA SHIRAISHI, ARISA YAMAGUCHI, YUTA SHIBASAKI, KATSUYA OSONE, TAKUHISA OKADA, AKIHIKO SANO, MAKOTO SAKAI, HIROOMI OGAWA, MAKOTO SOHDA, KEN SHIRABE and HIROSHI SAEKI

  Anticancer Research September 2024, 44 (9) 4073-4083; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.17236
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  Effect of Nivolumab on the Quality of Life in Recurrent/Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer

  SHOTA FUJII, ISAKU OKAMOTO, TAKURO OKADA, KUNIHIKO TOKASHIKI, YURI UEDA, HIROKI SATO, TATSUYA ITO and KIYOAKI TSUKAHARA

  Anticancer Research September 2024, 44 (9) 4085-4092; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.17237
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  Efficacy of Respiration-controlled Radiotherapy Among Patients With Locally Advanced-stage Lung Cancer: A Population-based Study

  HUNG-JEN CHEN, WEN-CHIEN CHENG, CHIA-HUNG CHEN, CHIH-YEN TU, TE-CHUN HSIA, JI-AN LIANG, CHIA-CHIN LI and CHUN-RU CHIEN

  Anticancer Research September 2024, 44 (9) 4093-4100; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.17238
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  Impact of BMI and Body Composition on First-line Systemic Treatment for Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma

  TAKAFUMI YAMAMOTO, TAKANORI ITO, KAZUYUKI MIZUNO, SHINYA YOKOYAMA, KENTA YAMAMOTO, NORIHIRO IMAI, YOJI ISHIZU, TAKASHI HONDA and HIROKI KAWASHIMA

  Anticancer Research September 2024, 44 (9) 4101-4111; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.17239
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  Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy for Early-stage Lung Cancer in Patients With Left Ventricular Assist Device: A Case Series

  KAZUHIKO HAYASHI, HIROSHI ISHIKAWA, KEI FUJIWARA, MASATAKA NAKAI, HITOSHI ONO, YASUTOSHI FUMIMOTO, NOBUYUKI TAMAKI, SHOTARO TATEKAWA, TAKERO HIRATA, TORU KIMURA, HARUHIKO HIRATA, KEISUKE TAMARI, YOSHITO TAKEDA, SHINICHI SHIMIZU, YASUSHI SHINTANI and KAZUHIKO OGAWA

  Anticancer Research September 2024, 44 (9) 4113-4117; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.17240
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  Pathological Complete Response to Liver Metastasis With Pembrolizumab in a Previously Treated Patient With Microsatellite Instability-high Colorectal Cancer

  AYUMU HOSOKAWA, HOTAKA TAMURA, AKIKO ICHIHARA, NAOYA IMAMURA, KENGO KAI, TSUYOSHI FUKUSHIMA, ATSUSHI NANASHIMA and YOSHIHIRO KOMOHARA

  Anticancer Research September 2024, 44 (9) 4119-4125; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.17241
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  Stealthy Invader: Clinically Inapparent But Rapidly Progressive Multifocal Metastatic Melanoma Unveiled as Root Cause of Liver Failure

  ALESSIA FRACCAROLI, MICHAELA BARNIKEL, GABRIEL SCHEUBECK, OLIVER BUCHSTAB, WOLFGANG G. KUNZ, LOUISA ADOLPH, CHRISTIANA GRAF, CHRISTIAN M. LANGE, HANS-JOACHIM STEMMLER and STEPHANIE SUSANNE STECHER

  Anticancer Research September 2024, 44 (9) 4127-4132; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.17242