Shinji Maebeya

Analysis of the early postoperative serum carcinoembryonic antigen time-course as a prognostic tool for bronchogenic carcinoma.

The serum kinetics of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) after resection of lung carcinoma are not well characterized. Its prognostic implications remain unclear. This study was designed to clarify the correlation between postoperative CEA time‐course and patient prognosis.

Malignant schwannoma of the intrathoracic vagus nerve: Report of a case

We report herein the case of a 48-year-old man with malignant schwannoma of the intrathoracic vagus nerve associated with von Recklinghausens disease. Malignant intrathoracic vagal tumors are extremely rare and to our knowledge, only four other cases have been documented in the literature, none of which were associated with von Recklinghausens disease.

Five Years of a Lung Cancer Registry in Wakayama Prefecture.

和歌山肺癌研究会は, 1987年に設立され, 1989年より毎年の肺癌患者登録を行ってきた.1989年から1993年の5年間に1599人の新規肺癌患者が登録された.男女比は, 3.4: 1で, 平均年齢は, 男性67.5歳, 女性66.8歳であった.受診動機は自覚症状51.9%と最も多く, 病期は0期0.4%, 1期20.4%, II期6.6%, IIIA期19.9%, IIIB期21.8%, IV期27.9%であった.治療は, 化学療法43.3%, 放射線療法29.5%で, 手術は29.8%になされ切除率は28.9%であった.検診発見は9.2%で, 0期・I期が45.9%と早期が多く, 切除率も58.8%と高率であった.