The patient is survive 17 months after Lap-TPE.
  Preoperative chemoradiotherapy(CRT)followed by total mesorectal excision(TME)is used for locally advanced rectal cancer, but it can induce postoperative anorectal function. The primary objective of this study is to confirm the efficacy and safety of preoperative CRT and TME without irradiation to the internal and external sphincter muscles.
 
  Patients were eligible for this study if they met the following inclusion criteria histologically proven rectal cancer, clinical T3T4N0-2 disease, and a distance between anal margin of tumor and the rental line is more than 2 cm. Twelve patients who underwent preoperative CRT and TME between 2013 and 2017 were enrolled. The primary endpoint was completion rate of sphincter-preserving surgery.
 
  All patients completed preoperative CRT without Grade 3 or higher adverse effect. Sphincter-preserving surgery was performed in all cases. The 5-year disease-free survival rate was 46.7%, and the local recurrence-free survival rate was 75%, and the overall survival rate was 90.9%.
 
  It is suggested that preoperative CRT and TME without irradiation to the internal and external sphincter muscles is effective and safe therapy for locally advanced rectal cancer.
 It is suggested that preoperative CRT and TME without irradiation to the internal and external sphincter muscles is effective and safe therapy for locally advanced rectal cancer.Familial adenomatous polyposis(FAP)is an autosomal dominantly inherited disorder, and the result of a germ line variant in the adenomatous poplyposis coli(APC)gene. FAP can be associated with various extracolonic lesions including thyroid cancer, which frequently occurs in women. We report the case of a 15-year-old woman diagnosed as FAP with multiple thyroid papillary carcinomas. Her mother had been treated for FAP with colorectal cancer and thyroid cancer in our department. Multiple tumors with a maximum diameter of 17 mm were detected in the right lobe of the thyroid gland during the preoperative examination. Papillary carcinoma was suspected based on fine-needle aspiration cytology. She was diagnosed with FAP because of multiple polyps on colonoscopy. We performed a subtotal thyroidectomy. Pathological findings revealed a cribriform-morular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma. We report a rare case of papillary carcinoma of thyroid associated with FAP in a younger woman.We report a case of unresectable gastric cancer with para-aortic lymph node metastasis, and multiple liver, lung, and bone metastases leading to conversion therapy. A 70s-year-old man visited previous doctor with epigastralgia. He was diagnosed as stage Ⅳ gastric cancer with para-aortic lymph node metastasis, and multiple liver, lung, and bone metastases by upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, contrast enhanced computer tomography(CT), and positron emission tomography(PET). After a regimen consisting of 6 courses of capecitabine plus cisplatin plus trastuzumab, para-aortic lymph node metastasis and liver, lung, and bone metastases were absent in CT and PET images. So, he visited our department for surgery treatment. We judged curative resection could be achieved for gastric cancer. Total gastrectomy, D2 and paraaortic lymphadenectomy, and cholecystectomy were performed. The histopathological examination of the resected specimen revealed the efficacy of chemotherapy was Grade 2b. The patient was discharge 14 days after the operation, and capecitabine plus trastuzumab was started as adjuvant chemotherapy, and the patient remains alive without recurrence 11 months after surgical treatment.The patient was a 66-year-old woman. She underwent central venous port insertion as part of postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy for sigmoid colon cancer. At the beginning of the 2 cycle, she experienced discomfort in the neck, and computed tomography was performed. As a result, catheter deviation and a thrombus in the internal jugular vein were observed. It was considered that breast displacement due to gravity caused the catheter deviation and that the position of the tip of the catheter deviating to immediately above the venous valve caused thrombus formation. We examined the factors that may cause catheter deviation.Although the effectiveness of trifluridine/tipiracil(TFTD)with bevacizumab for unresectable colorectal cancer that was refractory to previous standard chemotherapy was reported, its effectiveness as a first-line treatment, especially for elderly frail patients, is unclear. An 85-year-old woman complaining of anorexia was diagnosed with unresectable sigmoid colon cancer with multiple metastases. Her general status was very poor, and her performance status(PS)was 4. We first performed laparoscopic transverse colostomy. As her general status gradually improved, we administered TFTD with bevacizumab as a first-line treatment based on the patient's strong request for chemotherapy. The patient underwent this regimen in the outpatient clinic for 9 months(9 courses).  https://www.selleckchem.com/products/SB939.html  Although the size of the liver metastases increased, lung metastases and abdominal disseminations were under control and her PS became 0. She has been taking mFOLFOX6 with bevacizumab (80%)as a second-line treatment. TFTD with bevacizumab treatment was safe and efficacious as a first-line treatment for a frail elderly patient with unresectable colorectal cancer.Spontaneous spinal epidural hematomas(SSEH)are rare. The causes of SSEH include hematologic disorders, anticoagulation and antiplatelet therapy, vascular malformations, neoplasms, trauma, or medical interventions, such as epidural catheterization or spinal surgery. However, the cause is usually unclear in most cases. We report a case of SSEH during chemotherapy with paclitaxel and ramucirumab for advanced gastric cancer. A 68-year-old woman was referred to our hospital with a diagnosis of advanced gastric cancer. After 4 courses of neoadjuvant chemotherapy containing S-1 plus oxaliplatin, distal gastrectomy with D2 lymphadenectomy was performed. Postoperative chemotherapy with paclitaxel and ramucirumab was initiated, with a diagnosis of ypStage Ⅲc(T4aN3bM0). She was later transported by ambulance to our hospital with symptoms of sudden onset posterior neck pain and weakness of the extremities. Magnetic resonance imaging(MRI)of her cervical spine showed an epidural hematoma from C2 to C5. The symptoms improved gradually after admission, and the epidural hematoma decreased in size on MRI.