Whole body PET for the evaluation of bony metastases in patients with breast cancer: comparison with 99Tcm-MDP bone scintigraphy

M Ohta, Y Tokuda, Y Suzuki, M Kubota… - Nuclear medicine …, 2001 - journals.lww.com
The purpose of this study was to determine the potential role of positron emission tomography
(PET) using 2-[18 F]-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) for the evaluation of bony metastasis …

Necrotizing fasciitis

T Shimizu, Y Tokuda - Internal Medicine, 2010 - jstage.jst.go.jp
… Wolf D, Ben-Yehuda A, Okon E, Naparstek Y. Nodular vasculitis associated with … Wong
C, Wang Y. The diagnosis of necrotizing fasciitis. Curr Opin Infect Dis 18: 101-106, …

Prehospital management of sarin nerve gas terrorism in urban settings: 10 years of progress after the Tokyo subway sarin attack

Y Tokuda, M Kikuchi, O Takahashi, GH Stein - Resuscitation, 2006 - Elsevier
Chemical agents have been used previously in wartime on numerous occasions, from World
War I to the Gulf War. In 1994 and1995, sarin nerve gas was used first in peacetime as a …

[HTML][HTML] Loss of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) expression in metastatic sites of HER2-overexpressing primary breast tumors

…, Y Gong, SL Palla, Y Tokuda… - Journal of Clinical …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose We evaluated whether patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)–positive
primary breast tumors had metastatic tumors that were HER2 positive (…

[HTML][HTML] Revised trauma scoring system to predict in-hospital mortality in the emergency department: Glasgow Coma Scale, Age, and Systolic Blood Pressure score

Y Kondo, T Abe, K Kohshi, Y Tokuda, EF Cook, I Kukita - Critical care, 2011 - Springer
Introduction Our aim in this study was to assess whether the new Glasgow Coma Scale, Age,
and Systolic Blood Pressure (GAP) scoring system, which is a modification of the …

Predictors of residual tricuspid regurgitation after mitral valve surgery

…, M Matsumoto, T Sugita, J Nishizawa, Y Tokuda… - The Annals of thoracic …, 2003 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Whether preoperative tricuspid regurgitation (TR) will regress or progress
late after surgery is unknown. The aim of this study was to evaluate predictors of significant …

[HTML][HTML] Psychometric properties of the 25-item national eye institute visual function questionnaire (NEI VFQ-25), Japanese version

Y Suzukamo, T Oshika, M Yuzawa, Y Tokuda… - Health and quality of life …, 2005 - Springer
Background The importance of evaluating the outcomes of health care from the standpoint
of the patient is now widely recognized. The purpose of this study is to develop and test a …

Health literacy and physical and psychological wellbeing in Japanese adults

Y Tokuda, N Doba, JP Butler… - Patient education and …, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of low health literacy and investigate the relationship
between low health literacy and physical and psychological wellbeing in the Japanese …

[HTML][HTML] Changes in tumor expression of HER2 and hormone receptors status after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in 21 755 patients from the Japanese breast cancer …

…, K Tsugawa, T Kinoshita, S Nakamura, Y Tokuda - Annals of oncology, 2016 - Elsevier
Background We investigate rates of pathologic complete response (pCR) and tumor expression
of ER, PgR, HER2 discordance after neoadjuvant chemotherapy using Japanese breast …

Treatment outcomes and prognostic factors for patients with brain metastases from breast cancer of each subtype: a multicenter retrospective analysis

…, R Oshitanai, H Yasojima, Y Tokuda… - Breast cancer research …, 2014 - Springer
To define prognostic factors for breast cancer patients with brain metastases, compare their
clinical courses and prognoses according to breast cancer subtypes, and analyze the …