Hyogo Medical University

Management and Outcomes of Cardiac Sarcoidosis: Insights From the Nationwide MYSTICS Registry

BACKGROUND: Cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) may lead to serious outcomes, but large-scale data are lacking because of its rarity, diagnostic uncertainty, and heterogeneous clinical presentations. Actual management and outcomes, including recurrence, are not well understood. This study a...

Prediction and assessment of response to anti-inflammatory therapy in medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw using harmonized quantitative bone SPECT/CT: A multicenter study.

OBJECTIVE: The utility of harmonized quantitative bone single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography (SPECT/CT) parameters for prediction and assessment of treatment response to anti-inflammatory therapy for medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ) was...

Prognostic clinical indicators in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer treated with radium-223 plus enzalutamide: Data from patients in J-RAP-BSI trial.

OBJECTIVE: Ra) and enzalutamide combination therapy. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Ra and enzalutamide at 14 hospitals and had pretreatment bone scintigraphy findings available for analysis. Associations of overall survival (OS) with clinicopathological factors, including Eastern Coopera...

Postoperative Swallowing Function After Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy Assessed by Videofluoroscopic Swallowing Study and Cough Test

Background/Aim: Postoperative dysphagia is a common and clinically important complication after esophagectomy; however, perioperative changes in swallowing function and airway-protective reflexes have not been well characterized. Here, we aimed to evaluate perioperative changes i...

Prognostic Impact of Circumferential Resection Margin in Minimally Invasive Surgery for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: A Multicenter Prospective Study

ABSTRACT Aim Circumferential resection margin (CRM) status is a well‐established prognostic factor in rectal cancer surgery; however, its long‐term oncological relevance has not been prospectively validated in Japan, where upfront surgery has long been widely used. This study ass...