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  • Condition: Transverse Colon Cancer
  • Journal: Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
  • Treatment Used: Laparoscopic Right Hemicolectomy after Distal Gastrectomy with Billroth II Reconstruction
  • Number of Patients: 1
  • Published —
This study reports a case of a 79 year old man diagnosed with transverse colon cancer who was treated with laparoscopic right hemicolectomy after undergoing distal gastrectomy with Billroth II reconstruction.
  • Condition: Gastric Cancer
  • Journal: Anticancer research
  • Treatment Used: Oxaliplatin and Capecitabine
  • Number of Patients: 151
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The study researched the outcomes of oxaliplatin and capecitabine for treating gastric cancer.
  • Condition: Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
  • Journal: Medicine
  • Treatment Used: Chemoradiotherapy
  • Number of Patients: 202
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This study investigated excessive splenic volume as a prognostic factor for clinical outcomes in patients undergoing chemoradiotherapy for their non-small cell lung cancer.
  • Condition: Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma (MPeM)
  • Journal: BMJ case reports
  • Treatment Used: Nivolumab
  • Number of Patients: 1
  • Published —
This article reviewed the case of a patient with malignant peritoneal mesothelioma (cancer that develops in the lining of the abdomen; MPeM) treated with nivolumab.
  • Condition: Transverse Colon Cancer
  • Journal: Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
  • Treatment Used: Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy with Modified FOLFOXIRI plus Bevacizumab
  • Number of Patients: 1
  • Published —
In this study, researchers evaluated the outcomes of using neoadjuvant chemotherapy with modified FOLFOXIRI plus bevacizumab for a patient with transverse colon cancer with local invasion.
  • Condition: Colon Cancer of the Splenic Flexure
  • Journal: Diseases of the colon and rectum
  • Treatment Used: Segmental Colonic Resection
  • Number of Patients: 1304
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This study tested the safety and efficacy of using segmental colonic resection to treat patients with colon cancer of the splenic flexure.
  • Condition: Inflammatory Pseudotumor of Gallbladder
  • Journal: BMC gastroenterology
  • Treatment Used: Cholecystecomy
  • Number of Patients: 1
  • Published —
This case report describes a 60-year-old woman diagnosed with an inflammatory pseudotumor of the gallbladder treated with cholecystectomy (gallbladder removal).
  • Condition: Chronic Radiation Proctopathy
  • Journal: Zhonghua wei chang wai ke za zhi = Chinese journal of gastrointestinal surgery
  • Treatment Used: Laparoscopic Parks Procedure
  • Number of Patients: 19
  • Published —
The study researched the safety and effectiveness of laparoscopic Parks procedure for patients with chronic radiation proctopathy.
  • Condition: Ruptured Spleen
  • Journal: Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
  • Treatment Used: Transcatheter Arterial Embolization
  • Number of Patients: 1
  • Published —
In this study, researchers evaluated the outcomes of undergoing a transcatheter arterial embolization for the treatment of ruptured spleen in a patient with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma.
  • Condition: Transverse Colon Cancer with Peritoneal Metastasis
  • Journal: Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
  • Treatment Used: mFOLFOX6 Plus Bevacizumab
  • Number of Patients: 1
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This article reviewed the case of a patient with transverse (longest and most movable part of the colon) colon cancer with peritoneal metastasis (cancer that has spread to the peritoneum) treated with mFOLFOX6 plus bevacizumab.
  • Condition: Left-Sided Portal Hypertension
  • Journal: Surgery
  • Treatment Used: Pancreatoduodenectomy with Resection of the Portal/Superior Mesenteric Vein Confluence
  • Number of Patients: 829
  • Published —
This study evaluated the incidence of left-sided portal hypertension (increase in the pressure within the portal vein) after pancreatoduodenectomy (surgery to remove the head of the pancreas, the duodenum, the end of the bile duct, and the gallbladder) with resection (surgical removal) of the portal (blood vessel that carries blood from the gastrointestinal tract, gallbladder, pancreas and spleen to the liver)/superior mesenteric vein (blood vessel that drains blood from the small intestine) confluence (coming together at one point).
  • Condition: Pancreatic Fistula with Advanced Ovarian Cancer
  • Journal: International journal of gynecological cancer : official journal of the International Gynecological Cancer Society
  • Treatment Used: Splenectomy with or without Distal Pancreatectomy at Cytoreductive Surgery
  • Number of Patients: 804
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This study investigated the incidence of pancreatic fistula in patients undergoing splenectomy with or without distal pancreatectomy at cytoreductive surgery for their advanced ovarian cancer.
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