1.Study on introducing and the efficacy of horticulture therapy for palliative care of patients
Naoko Oka ; Natsuko Nozaki-Taguchi ; Masatoshi Komiyama ; Yutaka Iwasaki
Palliative Care Research 2013;8(1):501-506
Purpose: As integrated medicine has been receiving more attention, therapeutic effect of plants has become more evident in recent years. However, many hospitals in Japan have not taken advantage of horticultural therapy in their palliative care unit yet. In the present study, we examined the role and the experience of horticulture as an individual therapy for patients in palliative care unit. Results and Discussion: More smiles were observed on the patients as evident from their Face scale score changes on days horticultural therapy was conducted. Coming into contact with the vital force of plants, through germination, flowering, and seed setting seemed to act as an effective care for the patients. Comparison of the nurses' daily journal and horticultural therapists' logbook showed difference in the nature of conversations recorded, indicating a specific role of horticultural therapists in palliative care. Conclusion: The study suggested a potential for individual therapy of patients with horticulture in palliative care as a part of integrated medicine that requires involvement of multiple medical disciplines.
2.Clinical utility of CA-125 in the management of uterine carcinosarcoma.
Koji MATSUO ; Malcolm S ROSS ; Mayu YUNOKAWA ; Marian S JOHNSON ; Hiroko MACHIDA ; Kohei OMATSU ; Merieme M KLOBOCISTA ; Dwight D IM ; Shinya SATOH ; Tsukasa BABA ; Yuji IKEDA ; Stephen H BUSH ; Kosei HASEGAWA ; Erin A BLAKE ; Munetaka TAKEKUMA ; Masako SHIDA ; Masato NISHIMURA ; Sosuke ADACHI ; Tanja PEJOVIC ; Satoshi TAKEUCHI ; Takuhei YOKOYAMA ; Yutaka UEDA ; Keita IWASAKI ; Takahito M MIYAKE ; Shiori YANAI ; Tadayoshi NAGANO ; Tadao TAKANO ; Mian MK SHAHZAD ; Frederick R UELAND ; Joseph L KELLEY ; Lynda D ROMAN
Journal of Gynecologic Oncology 2018;29(6):e88-
No abstract available.
Carcinosarcoma*