1. Preface In December 1997, the Bank of Japan established the Forum on the Development of Electronic Payment Technologies and Its Implications for Monetary Policy to examine the influence of the development of electronic payment technologies including electronic money on monetary policy. The forum released the Interim Report in May 1999. Subsequently, the forum expanded the scope of its examin...

[1] An international meeting on New Standard Radiation Belt and Space Plasma Models for Spacecraft Engineering, sponsored by NASA’s Living With a Star Program, was held in 2004 to begin rebuilding the infrastructure required to develop new standard radiation belt and plasma environment models. The goal of one standard model will be accomplished in stages, including the formation of interim regi...

Background: Sharing masked interim results by the Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) with non-DSMB members is an important issue that can affect trial integrity. Our survey's objective is to collect evidence to understand how seemingly masked interim results or result extrapolations are interpreted and discuss whether these results should be shared at interim. Methods: Conducted a 6 scenario-q...

BACKGROUND A recent study reviewed phase III trials of first-line advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) conducted from 1981 to 2010, and provided trends in the study outcome. However, such trials have never been analyzed in detail for design and stratification factors. METHODS Phase III studies of systemic treatment for first-line advanced or metastatic NSCLC published in English litera...

BACKGROUND Based on preclinical studies, the vascular endothelial pathway is an important mechanism for estrogen receptor resistance. We conducted a phase II study of fulvestrant and bevacizumab in patients with aromatase inhibitor pretreated metastatic breast cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS A single-stage phase II study was conducted with these objectives: 6-month progression-free survival (PFS...