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K Suemasu

Publications and source records attributed to K Suemasu.

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PubMed1994

Malignant germ cell tumor of the mediastinum: a multimodality therapeutic approach.

Twenty-five patients with a malignant germ cell tumor of the mediastinum were treated at the National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo. Three patients had pure seminomas while 22 had a nonseminomatous histology. The treatment modalities consisted of surgery alone in 7 patients, surgery with chemotherapy and/or radiation in 14, and chemotherapy and/or radiation without surgery in 4. Cisplatin-based chemotherapy was administered in nine patients, one of whom successfully underwent high-dose chemotherapy with autologous bone marrow transplantation after resection of the tumor. A complete response was achieved in only five patients. The overall survival rate at 5 years was 33.5% and the median survival time was 51 weeks. Eight patients (32%), all of whom underwent surgery either with or without chemotherapy and/or radiation, were free of disease with a mean follow-up period of 439 weeks (72-1,120 weeks). The median survival times for 14 patients undergoing combined modality treatment, 7 patients undergoing surgery alone, and 4 patients undergoing chemotherapy and/or radiation were 83, 16, and 18 weeks, respectively.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1994

Computed tomography-guided coil injection and thoracoscopic pulmonary resection under roentgenographic fluoroscopy.

To remove a small, chest roentgenogram-negative, computed tomogram-positive nodule, we developed a novel technique of thoracoscopic pulmonary resection. This technique consists of the computed tomography-guided coil injection of a metallic coil and subsequent thoracoscopic resection under roentgenographic fluoroscopy. During the thoracoscopic resection, the fluoroscopic image was a valuable aid in determining the location of the nodule and in ensuring that the stapler was applied with a sufficient distance from the coil. Because this technique helps to determine the exact location of the nodule regardless of its depth from the pleural surface, even a minithoracotomy for direct palpation can be avoided.

Adenocarcinoma↗
PubMed1994

Invasive ductal carcinoma with a predominant intraductal component arising in a fibroadenoma of the breast.

A rare case of invasive ductal carcinoma with a predominant intraductal component arising within a fibroadenoma of the breast in a 42 year old Japanese female was investigated by light microscopy. The patient, who had a well-defined, rubbery breast tumor measuring 2.0 x 3.0 cm, had undergone a tumorectomy 21 months after she noticed the tumor. Histologically, the fundamental architecture of the tumor showed an intracanalicular-type of fibroadenoma, but extensive proliferation of atypical cells was noticed in the lumen of the ducts. Tumor cells in the canaliculi had characteristics of ductal carcinoma, such as solid, comedo and cribriform patterns. As most of the ducts were occupied by carcinoma cells with several foci of microinvasion in the stroma of the fibroadenoma, it was diagnosed as invasive ductal carcinoma with a predominant intraductal component arising within a fibroadenoma. This coexistence of in situ proliferation and invasive lesions of carcinoma within a fibroadenoma suggest the origin of the carcinoma to have been in the epithelial component of the fibroadenoma. In addition, this study clarifies the fact that carcinoma cells may proliferate and spread along the lumen of pre-existing ducts of the fibroadenoma and speculates that the duct system of the fibroadenoma has complete continuity.

Adult↗
PubMed1994

Concurrent cisplatin-etoposide chemotherapy plus thoracic radiotherapy for limited-stage small cell lung cancer. Japanese Lung Cancer Chemotherapy Group in Japanese Clinical Oncology Group.

A recent approach in the treatment of limited-stage small cell lung cancer (LDSCLC) has involved a combined modality of chemotherapy and chest irradiation. In using the modality, the study of scheduling methods for combining chemotherapy and radiotherapy should lead to other trials of combined modalities against LDSCLC since it is the most basic issue to be evaluated. We have thus conducted a multicenter phase II trial of concurrent cisplatin-etoposide (PVP) chemotherapy and radiotherapy for LDSCLC to determine the effects of the concurrent administration of a PVP regimen and chest irradiation on response rate, relapse, survival and treatment toxicity. The chemotherapy regimen consisted of a four-week cycle: cisplatin (80 mg/m2, given intravenously on day 1) and etoposide (100 mg/m2, given intravenously on days 1-3). This cycle was given four to six times within six months. Chest irradiation to the primary tumors at both the hili and the mediastinum was administered in standard fractions on days 2-12 in the first cycle of chemotherapy and on days 29-47 in the second cycle, with a total dose of 40-50 Gy. Prophylactic cranial irradiation was performed among complete remission (CR) or good partial remission (PR) patients after completion of the concurrent therapy. A total of 66 patients were entered into the trial and 59 were evaluated. The concurrent therapy induced an overall response rate of 94.9% in 59 patients: 24 patients, 40.7% CR, 32 patients, 54.2% PR. The median response duration was 8.7 months, and the median survival time for all eligible patients was 14.8 months. The percentage of patients with two-year survival periods was 20. A local relapse within the irradiated area was seen in only 22% of relapse patients. Brain metastases occurred in 24% of patients. Four of 32 patients treated with prophylactic cranial irradiation had brain metastases. Toxic effects, chiefly grades 3 and 4 leukopenia, as established by the World Health Organization, were detected in all treated patients. Other toxicities, including radiation-induced esophagitis and pneumonitis, were deemed almost acceptable. We concluded concurrent treatment of a PVP regimen with chest irradiation to be a feasible and beneficial therapy with an efficacy compatible to that of other published reports. The outcome of this protocol warrants further investigation to determine the optimal type of schedule for concurrent chemoradiotherapy against LDSCLC.

Adult↗
PubMed1993

Thoracoscopy for staging of lung cancer.

The recent advancements in diagnosis and treatment of thoracic disease have been made mostly in line with advancements in endoscopic equipment design and refinement of thoracoscopic surgery techniques. Between March 1992 and February 1993, video thoracoscopic procedures were performed in 50 patients. Twelve of the 50 patients were diagnosed with lung cancer. Thoracic staging was performed in 6 patients (clinical diagnosis of suspicious intrapulmonary metastasis, 3 patients; intrapulmonary metastasis and/or lymph node metastasis, 1 patient; interlobar pleural effusion, 1 patient; and pleural dissemination, 1 patient). There were no complications or mortality associated with these procedures. Our initial experience has indicated that thoracoscopic staging for lung cancer is a safe and effective procedure.

Adenocarcinoma↗
PubMed1993

Prognostic significance of pleural lavage cytology immediately after thoracotomy in patients with lung cancer.

Pleural lavage cytology immediately after thoracotomy was performed in 467 patients with lung cancer who had little or no pleural effusion. Forty-two patients (9.0%) had positive results. The positivity of pleural lavage cytology was significantly related to the degree of pleural extension of the tumor, microscopic pleural dissemination, cytologic results of minimal pleural effusion, pathologic stage, presence of lymphatic permeation or vascular invasion, and cell type (adenocarcinoma was predominant). The 3-year survival of the patients having negative and positive results of cytology were 68.7% and 22.9%, respectively. The prognosis of the group with positive results was as poor as that of patients with stage IIIB or IV disease. Pleural lavage cytology is an important prognostic factor that indicates microscopic exfoliation of cancer cells into the pleural cavity, that is, subclinical malignant pleural effusion.

Humans↗
PubMed1993

What are the risk factors for arrhythmias after thoracic operations? A retrospective multivariate analysis of 267 consecutive thoracic operations.

Two hundred sixty-seven operations performed consecutively at the National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, in 1990 were reviewed to define the prevalence, type, clinical course, and, especially, risk factors for arrhythmias after thoracic operations. Arrhythmias were identified in 63 operations (23.6%) and were more prevalent in several subgroups of patients than in others--those with lung cancer, pneumonectomy, mediastinal lymph node dissection, and those older than 70 years of age. Supraventricular tachycardias, of which atrial fibrillation was the most common, comprised 95.3% of the cases; bradyarrhythmia and ventricular ectopic beats were seen in only three and four cases, respectively. Arrhythmias were most likely to develop on the second day after the operation. Eighty percent of the arrhythmias disappeared within 3 days after onset, and sinus rhythm was finally restored with digitalis or other antiarrhythmic drugs in all patients except one, who had a myocardial infarction. Arrhythmias were not the direct cause of any of the seven in-hospital deaths. A multivariate analysis of 16 variables revealed that age and extent of pulmonary resection were significant risk factors. Despite these significant risk factors, arrhythmias after thoracic operations could be managed without special prophylaxis and were not closely related to higher mortality.

Aged↗
PubMed1993

Adjuvant chemotherapy for completely resected stage III non-small-cell lung cancer. Results of a randomized prospective study. The Japan Clinical Oncology Group.

Two hundred nine patients with completely resected stage III non-small-cell lung cancer were randomized to receive postoperative cisplatin and vindesine chemotherapy or no further treatment. Before randomization, patients were stratified by the histologic characteristics of their tumors (squamous versus nonsquamous cell carcinoma). Prognostic variables such as histology, performance status, extent of operation, and tumor and nodal status of the eligible patients in chemotherapy (n = 90) and control groups (n = 91) were equally distributed. There was no statistically significant difference in disease-free and overall survival between the two groups. The 3-year disease-free survivals of the chemotherapy and control groups were 37% and 42%, respectively. The median survival times (5-year survival) were 31 months (35%) in the chemotherapy group and 37 months (41%) in the control group. These was no different pattern in the first site of recurrence (local versus systemic) between the two groups. This study failed to demonstrate the therapeutic benefits of postoperative cisplatin and vindesine chemotherapy.

Adenocarcinoma↗
PubMed1993

Bronchoscopic ultrasonography in the diagnosis of lung cancer.

An ultrasonic bronchoscope has been newly developed for diagnosis and lymph node staging in the hilum and mediastium. The instrument comprises an Echo-camera, SSD-630 (Aloka), and a transbronchial ultrasonic probe similar to the currently used videobronchoscope. The scope is equipped with an ultrasonic transducer in its tip. The maximum diameter of the probe head is 6.3 mm and that of the transducer, 5.0 mm. The frequency employed is 7.5 Megahertz (MHz) and the direction of scanning is parallel to the bronchoscopic axis. The device can easily be introduced into the lobar bronchus under topical anesthesia in a similar procedure to that used for routine videobronchoscopy. The location of the transducer in the airway is confirmed by monitoring endoscopic images on a TV monitor screen. With the device, 25 patients, who had given their consent for the ultrasonographic study beforehand, were examined during the two-month period, January and February, 1992. Vessels such as the thoracic aorta, pulmonary artery and truncus brachiocephalicus were good landmarks for diagnosis. Lung cancer was detected in five patients by biopsy, three malignant lesions in the hilum were diagnosed by videobronchoscopy while two malignant lesions in the periphery were confirmed by bronchoscopic ultrasonography as anterior mediastinal lymph node swellings.

Adult↗
PubMed1993

[Usefulness of contact thermography for the evaluation of chemotherapeutic effectiveness in breast cancer].

We examined temperature differences between a cancerous breast and its counterpart normal one by contact thermography before and after preoperative chemotherapy, and evaluated the relationship between the changes in the thermograms and response to chemotherapy in six patients with breast cancer. We used the following definitions: 1) delta Tmean: temperature differences between a mean temperature of a cancerous breast and that of the contralateral healthy breast; 2) delta Tmax: temperature differences between a cancer-related hyperthermic area in a breast and the mirror area of contralateral breast; 3) and the thermal patterns in thermogram were estimated by the criteria of Tada et al. In responders the thermograms after chemotherapy indicated an improvement in the hyperthermic vascular pattern (HVP) or hyperthermic area and a decrease of delta Tmean and delta Tmax. In contrast, little or no changes were observed in the thermograms of non-responders. Degrees of changes in thermograms reflected the effectiveness of chemotherapy. Our study showed that chemotherapeutic effectiveness may be better evaluated by combining contact thermography with the present method measuring tumor sizes than by only the present one.

Adult↗
PubMed1992

Hematoporphyrin derivative photodynamic therapy in roentgenographically occult carcinoma of the tracheobronchial tree.

From July 1981 to July 1987, hematoporphyrin derivative photodynamic therapy (HpD-PDT) was administered to 36 patients admitted to the National Cancer Center Hospital with roentgenographically occult lung cancer in whom biopsy showed 39 malignant lesions of the trachea and bronchus, although all the lesions could not be localized by the plain chest radiography and computed tomography scanning. The patients received an injection of HpD (2.5 mg/kg body weight) intravenously 72 hours before laser photoirradiation, and all patients underwent at least one session of PDT through a fiberoptic bronchoscope. Among the 39 malignant lesions of the trachea and bronchus, apparent complete responses were obtained in 11 patients with 12 lesions and less than complete responses in 27 lesions. Those with less than complete responses subsequently were treated with surgical or radiation therapy. Of the 36 patients, 16 patients are alive 37 to 109 months after therapy (mean, 65.1 months) with no apparent recurrence or metastasis, and 20 patients have died. Five of the 20 patients died of recurrent lung cancer, and the other 15 died of secondary causes. Regarding treatment complications, only a small amount of excessive airway secretions were observed, and there was no abscess formation in any patient.

Adult↗
PubMed1992

Closure of fenestra in Clagett procedure: use of rectus abdominis musculocutaneous flap.

Empyema developed in a 62-year-old man after right pneumonectomy for lung cancer. According to the Clagett procedure, an open window thoracostomy was made with two ribs removed. After 5 weeks, primary closure of the fenestra was attempted. Because the fenestra was too large to be primarily closed, a rectus abdominis musculocutaneous flap was successfully transposed to cover the chest wall. There was no evidence of recurrence of empyema during 11 months' observation after closure. In patients with a large fenestra and with little tissue left for closure, the rectus abdominis musculocutaneous flap could be of great help in completing the Clagett procedure.

Abdominal Muscles↗
PubMed1992

Bronchopleural fistulas associated with lung cancer operations. Univariate and multivariate analysis of risk factors, management, and outcome.

During a 28-year period, 52 bronchopleural fistulas developed after pulmonary resection of 49 primary and three recurrent lung cancers at the National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo. During the same period there were 2359 pulmonary resections for primary lung cancer; the prevalence of bronchopleural fistula was 2.1%. Multivariate analysis on 15 variables in the most recent 1360 resections revealed significant risk factors for bronchopleural fistula: wider resection such as pneumonectomy, residual carcinomatous tissue at the bronchial stump, preoperative irradiation, and diabetes. Univariate analysis further recognized a risk in preoperative bronchial arterial infusion and the postsurgical stage of lung cancer. Six patients were not treated. Apart from chest tube drainage in seven patients, surgical repair was attempted in 39, direct resuture of the stump in 16, wrapping in 25, thoracoplasty in 31, completion pneumonectomy in 6, and other treatments. Despite various treatments, 37 patients (71.2% mortality) died from fistula-related complications (such as regurgitation of infected pleural fluid through the fistula and airway/intrathoracic bleeding). Even for patients whose fistulas were cured and who were discharged, the average hospital stay was 189 days. Further investigation is necessary to answer whether prevention by flap coverage is of any benefit.

Adult↗