Impact of perineural tumor spread in head and neck adenoid cystic carcinoma for carbon-ion radiotherapy by Atsushi Musha, Nobuteru Kubo, Hidemasa Kawamura, Naoko Okano, Masahiro Onishi, Takeru Ohtaka, Midori Tamura, Osamu Nikkuni, Yuichi Tomidokoro, Satoshi Yokoo, Kazuaki Chikamatsu, Tatsuya Ohno

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Successful Endoscopic Injection Sclerotherapy of High-Risk Gastroesophageal Varices in a Cirrhotic Patient with Hemophilia A by Kohei Fukumoto, Hideyuki Konishi, Koichi Soga, Ki-ichiro Miyawaki, Hitoshi Okano, Masahito Minami, Naoki Wakabayashi, Shoji Mitsufuji, Norimasa Yoshida, Tomohisa Takagi, Nobuaki Yagi, Yuji Naito, Keisho Kataoka, Toshikazu Yoshikawa

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Exploratory study to examine the neuroendocrinological changes in typically developing adults during a music-related participatory practice using computer software by Yosuke Sugiyama, Sanae Tanaka, Sanae Tanaka, Aiko Komagome, Teruko Yuhi, Kazumi Furuhara, Haruhiro Higashida, Takahiro Tsuji, Takahiro Tsuji, Mitsuru Kikuchi, Mitsuru Kikuchi, Mitsuru Kikuchi, Chiharu Tsuji, Chiharu Tsuji

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Insulin Resistance Associated with Plasma Xanthine Oxidoreductase Activity Independent of Visceral Adiposity and Adiponectin Level: MedCity21 Health Examination Registry by Masafumi Kurajoh, Shinya Fukumoto, Takayo Murase, Takashi Nakamura, Takuma Ishihara, Hirofumi Go, Kouji Yamamoto, Shinya Nakatani, Akihiro Tsuda, Tomoaki Morioka, Katsuhito Mori, Yasuo Imanishi, Masaaki Inaba, Masanori Emoto

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Pediatric Patient and Parental Anxiety and Impressions Related to Initial Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: A Japanese Multicenter Questionnaire Study by Shin-ichiro Hagiwara, Yoshiko Nakayama, Manabu Tagawa, Katsuhiro Arai, Takashi Ishige, Takatsugu Murakoshi, Hiroko Sekine, Daiki Abukawa, Hiroyuki Yamada, Mikihiro Inoue, Takeshi Saito, Takahiro Kudo, Yoshitaka Seki

“…Patients aged <19 years undergoing initial gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy and their parents were invited to complete a self-administered questionnaire related to endoscopy in 13 institutions in Japan. Results. The subjects were 128 children, aged 1 month to 17 years. …”
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Metabolic Alteration in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Mechanism of Lipid Accumulation in Well-Differentiated Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Hideo Suzuki, Motoyuki Kohjima, Masatake Tanaka, Takeshi Goya, Shinji Itoh, Tomoharu Yoshizumi, Masaki Mori, Mariko Tsuda, Motoi Takahashi, Miho Kurokawa, Koji Imoto, Shigeki Tashiro, Akifumi Kuwano, Masaki Kato, Seiji Okada, Makoto Nakamuta, Yoshihiro Ogawa

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Safety of Sofosbuvir and Ribavirin Combination Therapy in a Patient Who Developed Anemia due to Ribavirin by Hirokazu Suii, Itaru Ozeki, Ryoji Tatsumi, Masakatsu Yamaguchi, Mutsuumi Kimura, Tomohiro Arakawa, Tomoaki Nakajima, Yasuaki Kuwata, Takumi Ohmura, Shuhei Hige, Yoshiyasu Karino, Joji Toyota

“…In 2014, sofosbuvir (SOF) was approved for the treatment of chronic HCV genotype 2 in Japan. SOF/RBV therapy is more effective against genotype 2 than IFN/RBV therapy. …”
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Effectiveness of an Impella Versus Intra‐Aortic Balloon Pump in Patients Who Received Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation by Yuji Nishimoto, Hiroyuki Ohbe, Jun Nakata, Toru Takiguchi, Mikio Nakajima, Yusuke Sasabuchi, Toshiaki Isogai, Hiroki Matsui, Yukihito Sato, Tetsuya Watanabe, Takahisa Yamada, Masatake Fukunami, Hideo Yasunaga

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A proposal of visual assessment of serotonergic deficits in parkinsonian syndromes: An 123I-FP-CIT SPECT study by Tomoko Totsune, Toru Baba, Yoko Sugimura, Hideki Oizumi, Hiroyasu Tanaka, Toshiaki Takahashi, Masaru Yoshioka, Ken-ichi Nagamatsu, Atsushi Takeda

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A case of hypophysitis after COVID-19 vaccination with a detection of anti-pituitary antibody, with review of literature by Chika Kyo, Tomoko Kobayashi, Shintaro Iwama, Rieko Kosugi, Fumikazu Sawabe, Ryo Hayafusa, Yuki Sakai, Tatsuo Ogawa, Masato Kotani, Tatsuhide Inoue, Hiroshi Arima, Hiroyuki Ariyasu

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Questionnaire to Survey Cosmetic Outcomes in Laparoscopic Surgery for Colorectal Cancer by Masaaki Miyo, MD, PhD, Ichiro Takemasa, MD, PhD, Koichi Okuya, MD, PhD, Tatsuya Ito, MD, PhD, Emi Akizuki, MD, PhD, Tadashi Ogawa, MD, PhD, Ai Noda, MD, Masayuki Ishii, MD, PhD, Ryo Miura, MD, Momoko Ichihara, MD, Maho Toyota, MD, Akina Kimura, MD, Mitsugu Sekimoto, MD, PhD

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Sequential Docetaxel in ≥7 Cycles Followed by Cabazitaxel Improves Oncological Outcomes in Patients with Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer by Seiichi Kato, Manabu Takai, Koji Iinuma, Shota Fujimoto, Masahiro Nakano, Takashi Ishida, Masahiro Uno, Masayoshi Tamaki, Mitsuhiro Taniguchi, Hisao Komeda, Yoshito Takahashi, Takuya Koie

“…We retrospectively included 46 mCRPC patients who received DOC followed by CBZ at quaternary hospitals in Japan between February 2015 and March 2019. Participants received intravenous DOC (40–75 mg/m2) every 3–4 weeks; CBZ (15–25 mg/m2) was administered every 3–4 weeks. …”
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The Effect of Intravascular Imaging-Guided Percutaneous Coronary Intervention on Coronary Artery Perforation by Yuichi Sawayama, MD, Kenta Sasaki, MD, Narumi Taninobu, MD, Akihiro Ikuta, MD, Kohei Osakada, MD, Shunsuke Kubo, MD, Takeshi Tada, MD, Yasushi Fuku, MD, Hiroyuki Tanaka, MD, Yoshihisa Nakagawa, MD, Kazushige Kadota, MD

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Usefulness of Acoustic Monitoring of Respiratory Rate in Patients Undergoing Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection by Takayoshi Suzuki, Shingo Tsuda, Hirohiko Nakae, Jin Imai, Kana Sawamoto, Maiko Kijima, Yoko Tsukune, Tetsufumi Uchida, Muneki Igarashi, Jun Koike, Masashi Matsushima, Toshiyasu Suzuki, Tetsuya Mine

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Examine the Availability and Safety of Mucosal Cutting Biopsy Technique for Diagnosis of Gastric Submucosal Tumor by Kazuhiro Mizukami, Osamu Matsunari, Ryo Ogawa, Yuka Hirashita, Kazuhisa Okamoto, Kensuke Fukuda, Akira Sonoda, Hidetoshi Akiyama, Sotaro Ozaka, Yoshinari Kawahara, Tadayoshi Okimoto, Masaaki Kodama, Kazunari Murakami

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Early Pathologic Findings of Bronchiolitis Obliterans after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Proposal from a Case by Rie Nakamoto-Matsubara, Hidekazu Nishikii, Kenji Yamada, Masafumi Ito, Yuichi Hasegawa, Naoki Kurita, Naoshi Obara, Yasushi Okoshi, Kazumi Suzukawa, Yasuhisa Yokoyama, Mamiko Sakata-Yanagimoto, Masayuki Noguchi, Shigeru Chiba

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A Principal Component Analysis of Metabolome and Cognitive Decline Among Japanese Older Adults: Cross-sectional Analysis Using Tohoku Medical Megabank Cohort Study Data by Sakura Kiuchi, Kumi Nakaya, Upul Cooray, Kenji Takeuchi, Ikuko N. Motoike, Naoki Nakaya, Yasuyuki Taki, Seizo Koshiba, Shunji Mugikura, Ken Osaka, Atsushi Hozawa

“…Methods: This cross-sectional study used data from a cohort survey of community-dwelling older adults aged ≥60 years living in Miyagi, Japan, conducted by Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization between 2013 and 2016. …”
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Atmospheric Ionizations by Solar X‐Rays, Solar Protons, and Radiation Belt Electrons in September 2017 Space Weather Event by Kiyoka Murase, Ryuho Kataoka, Takanori Nishiyama, Kaoru Sato, Masaki Tsutsumi, Yoshimasa Tanaka, Yasunobu Ogawa, Tatsuhiko Sato

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Transient Antiphospholipid Syndrome Associated with Primary Cytomegalovirus Infection: A Case Report and Literature Review by Tsuyoshi Nakayama, Mitsuteru Akahoshi, Kensuke Irino, Yasutaka Kimoto, Yojiro Arinobu, Hiroaki Niiro, Hiroshi Tsukamoto, Takahiko Horiuchi, Koichi Akashi

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Retained Barium in the Appendix Is Difficult to Distinguish from Surgical Remnants following Laparoscopic Surgery by Masakazu Sato, Minako Koizumi, Takahiro Hino, Yu Takahashi, Natsuki Nagashima, Nao Itaoka, Chiharu Ueshima, Maki Nakata, Yoko Hasumi

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