Hirokazu Nagawa

TL;DR: Leptin may have a promoting effect on the carcinogenesis and metastasis of breast cancer, possibly in an autocrine manner and functional inhibition of leptin may be effective for the prevention and treatment of Breast cancer.

TL;DR: The findings suggest that the combination therapy with CQ should be a novel therapeutic modality to improve efficacy of 5-FU-based chemotherapy, possibly by inhibiting autophagy-dependent resistance to chemotherapy.

TL;DR: Preoperative steroid use, longer duration of operation, and contamination of the operative field were independent risk factors for developing clinical anastomotic leakage after elective resection for colorectal cancer.

TL;DR: Based on the results, it is believed that in patients with active severe UC, patients who are refractory to conventional drugs, granulocyte and monocyte adsorption apheresis is a useful adjunct to conventional therapy.

TL;DR: Colon and rectal surgeries differ with regard to incidence and risk factors for developing incisional SSI, and SSI surveillance for such surgeries should be performed separately, as this should lead to more efficient identification of risk factors and a reduction in SSI.