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Background Conventional neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT) is suboptimal for systemic control in locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC). To improve systemic control, we developed an alternative approach in which an intensified oxaliplatin and capecitabine (XELOX) chemotherapy regimen was administered concomitantly with radiation and extended to the resting period (consolidation chemotherapy) for high-risk...
In recent years there has been an ever increasing amount of research and development of technologies and methods to improve the quality and the performance of advanced surgery. In several fields, such as laparoscopy, various training methods and metrics have been proposed, both to improve the surgeon's abilities and also to assess her/his skills. For neurosurgery, however, the extremely small movements...
Previous studies have demonstrated that high frequency and low energy gastric electrical stimulation (GES) reduced nausea and vomiting in gastroparetic patients without improving gastric emptying. The mechanisms of action for this have not been clarified. The aim of our study was to investigate the effects of GES on autonomic function, gastric distention and tone, and central control mechanism in...
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