colorectal neoplasms/edema

A liver tumor metastatic from a sigmoid colon carcinoma was diagnosed in a 70-year-old man. Because hepatectomy was not indicated, the patient was treated with a combination of oxaliplatin, levofolinate, and fluorouracil (5-FU) (modified FOLFOX 6 regimen). After 15 cycles of chemotherapy, this

METHODS A 59-year-old patient with a coexisting primary choroidal melanoma and colorectal cancer was treated with external beam radiation (EBR) of his choroidal melanoma and systemic chemotherapy with leukovorin/5 fluorouracil (FU) for treatment of his metastatic colorectal cancer. Eight months

Posterior reversible leukoencephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a syndrome characterized by headache, hypertension, confusion, visual disturbance, and seizures accompanied by subcortical vasogenic edema, predominantly involving the parietal and occipital lobes. The syndrome is usually described in

OBJECTIVE To explore the correlation between signs of living body in abdominal and pelvic cavities and syndrome typing of Chinese medicine (CM) in colorectal cancer patients. METHODS Totally 112 colorectal cancer patients undergoing open abdominal surgery or laporoscopic surgery were syndrome typed

Metastatic brain tumors from colorectal cancers are relatively rate. In previous reports, the incidence, ranged from 1.9 to 3.5 percent of all metastatic brain tumors. We reported 2 cases of metastatic brain tumors from colorectal cancers. Metastasis to the lung and liver were not found in 2 cases

BACKGROUND Efatutazone, a novel oral highly-selective peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) agonist, has demonstrated some inhibitory effects on disease stabilization in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) enrolled in previous phase I studies. Here, we evaluate the

Objective: To explore the application of endoscopic tattooing with carbon nanoparticles in the treatment of advanced colorectal cancer (ACRC). Methods: A randomized controlled study was used. Inclusion criteria: (1) age more than 18 years old, and colorectal cancer was found for the

Fluorouracil (5-FU; Adrucil®) is a pyrimidine analog antineoplastic chemotherapy agent which works by interfering with DNA and RNA synthesis. It has an uncommon toxicity called hyperammonemic encephalopathy. This neurotoxicity is associated with a high-dose administration of 5-FU (2,600

BACKGROUND With the increasing number of agents active against cancer, advanced cancer patients including metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) patients may continue receiving palliative systemic anticancer therapy (PSAT) near the end-of-life. Validated palliative prognostic models, such as the

Dysregulated hepatocyte growth factor/mesenchymal-epithelial transition (MET) signaling is associated with poor prognosis and resistance to vascular endothelial growth factor inhibition in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). We report outcomes from a double-blind, multicenter phase II trial of the

MEK inhibition is of interest in cancer drug development, but clinical activity in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) has been limited. Preclinical studies demonstrated Wnt pathway overexpression in KRAS-mutant cell lines resistant to the MEK inhibitor, selumetinib. The combination of selumetinib

OBJECTIVE Metastasis of solid tumors to regional lymph nodes is facilitated by tumor lymphangiogenesis, which is primarily mediated by the vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 3 (VEGFR-3). We conducted a phase 1 dose-escalation (part A) study of the VEGFR-3 human immunoglobulin G subclass 1

Advances in cancer chemotherapy have increased the opportunities of treating patients with cancer with renal dysfunction. Here we report the case of a 64-year-old woman with recurrent colorectal cancer who was treated with bevacizumab (BEV) combination chemotherapy. Although proteinuria caused by

A 53-year-old woman who had been treated for rectal cancer was admitted to our hospital with edema, abdominal distension, and general fatigue. Abdominal CT showed multiple liver metastases and paraaortic lymph node metastases. After she was administered irinotecan by hepatic arterial infusion, the

The authors carried out experimental and clinical studies in an attempt to explain the causes leading to anastomotic dehiscences, a major complication of exeresis surgery of the left colon and of the rectum. In this view they have performed in dogs incomplete stenoses at the level of the sigmoid and