BACKGROUND: Extended radical esophagectomy with three-field lymphadenectomy for
patients with thoracic esophageal cancer has been shown to be effective. But even if this …

Background More accurate preoperative staging is necessary to determine the treatment
strategy for locally advanced gastric cancer. Laparoscopy has been suggested as an …

Walking speed is a key input for various traffic engineering applications. This paper presents
the results of research conducted over 18 months to understand the difference between the …

Serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), carbohydrate antigen (CA) 19‐9, and squamous
cell carcinoma (SCC) antigen levels were assessed to determine if their levels are useful for …

Background & Aims Surgery is the standard of care for T1bN0M0 esophageal squamous
cell carcinoma (ESCC), whereas chemoradiotherapy (CRT) is a treatment option. This trial …

Objective: To evaluate the sites and frequencies of overall and initial lymph node (LN) metastases
(LNMs) of clinical T1N0 esophageal cancer. Background: The sites and frequencies of …

Results Of the 70 patients, 64 completed the trial (30 receiving probiotics and 34 controls).
The probiotics used in the study contained Enterococcus faecalis T-110, Clostridium …

It is widely acknowledged that research ethics is a controversial notion in cross-linguistic,
crosscultural research. We suggest that most ethical issues in research arise from four major …

Background Intertumoral heterogeneity represents a significant hurdle to identifying optimized
targeted therapies in gastric cancer (GC). To realize precision medicine for GC patients, …

BACKGROUND: The relationship between ascites, as detected by preoperative computed
tomography (CT), and peritoneal metastasis of gastric cancer requires clarification because of …