National Hospital Organization Hokkaido Medical Center

Multiancestry genome-wide association and multiomics analyses elucidate spatiocellular features of multiple sclerosis genetics

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system characterized by demyelination disseminated in space and time. Here we performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) using 688 MS cases and 205,199 controls from the Japanese population and...

Firmware-Dependent Changes in Pressurization and Tidal Volume Delivery During Passive Leak Ventilation

Background: Portable home ventilators operating in pressure-targeted passive leak mode are widely prescribed for patients with neuromuscular disease (NMD). In this passive ventilation configuration, delivered tidal volume (V Ti ) is determined not by clinician-set parameters alon...

Long-Term Survival Outcomes of Modified-FOLFOXIRI Plus Cetuximab Versus Bevacizumab in RAS / BRAF Wild-Type Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: Final Analysis of the DEEPER Trial

The randomized phase II DEEPER trial (jRCTs061180022) previously reported superior depth of response with modified 5-fluorouracil, leucovorin, oxaliplatin and irinotecan (m-FOLFOXIRI) plus cetuximab versus bevacizumab in patients with RAS wild-type metastatic colorectal cancer (m...