We have noticed that functional disorders of the liver characterized by hepatomegaly and an increase in serum gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase develop in patients with prostatic cancer who are placed… (More)
The prognosis of U.S.A. patients with prostate cancer based on reports from the American College of Surgeons and Roswell Park Cancer Institute was compared with that of Japanese in Nagasaki and… (More)
The laparoscopic findings of the livers of 12 patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), including six asymptomatic and six symptomatic cases, were investigated. On the liver surface of… (More)
BACKGROUND
Previous studies indicated that serum beta-carotene levels were low among smokers and drinkers. However these findings may result from the strong relationship between smoking and drinking.… (More)
We report a case of papillary-cystic neoplasm (PCN) of the pancreas in a 42-yr-old woman. Because of complication with multiple hepatic metastases, the patient could not receive radical operation,… (More)
Bone is the most frequent site of metastatic prostate cancer and the prognosis of patients with bone metastasis is poor. The authors have investigated a semiquantitative system to evaluate bone… (More)
Three cases of idiopathic portal hypertension associated with Hashimoto's disease are described. All of the cases were middle-aged Japanese women showing splenomegaly, esophageal varices and… (More)
We analyzed the clinical effects of initial chemoendocrine therapy on 31 prostate cancer patients with bone metastasis. These patients had been newly diagnosed between 1983 and 1991 and had received… (More)
To clarify the influence of transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE) on hepatic function, the maximal removal rate of indocyanine green (ICG-Rmax), which represents the hepatic functional reserve,… (More)
Alteration of the components of the mixed-function oxidase system, including cytochrome P450, cytochrome b5, cytochrome P450 reductase, and cytochrome b5 reductase, was examined in liver microsomes… (More)