Clinicopathological characteristics of patients with upper urinary tract urothelial cancer with loss of immunohistochemical expression of the DNA mismatch repair …

S Urakami, N Inoshita, S Oka, Y Miyama… - … Journal of Urology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To assess the detection rate of putative Lynch syndrome‐associated upper
urinary tract urothelial cancer among all upper urinary tract urothelial cancers and to …

Preoperative chronic kidney disease is predictive of oncological outcome of radical cystectomy for bladder cancer

A Matsumoto, T Nakagawa, A Kanatani, M Ikeda… - World Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose To evaluate the impact of preoperative chronic kidney disease (CKD) on
oncological outcomes after radical cystectomy (RC) for bladder cancer. Methods We …

[HTML][HTML] Sunitinib-induced severe toxicities in a Japanese patient with the ABCG2 421 AA genotype

Y Miura, CK Imamura, K Fukunaga, Y Katsuyama… - BMC cancer, 2014 - Springer
Background Sunitinib is a multi-targeted receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor that acts against
receptors for vascular endothelial growth factor and platelet-derived growth factor. Common …

[HTML][HTML] Diffusion weighted imaging in the detection of upper urinary tract urothelial tumors

S Nishizawa, S Imai, T Okaneya, T Nakayama… - International braz j …, 2010 - SciELO Brasil
PURPOSE: Diffusion-weighted (DW) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provides
information about the biophysical properties of tissues such as cell organization and density …

Methylation pattern of urinary DNA as a marker of kidney function decline in diabetes

T Marumo, J Hoshino, W Kawarazaki… - BMJ Open Diabetes …, 2020 - drc.bmj.com
Introduction Renal tubular injury contributes to the decline in kidney function in patients with
diabetes. Cell type-specific DNA methylation patterns have been used to calculate …

Phenotypical change of tumor-associated macrophages in metastatic lesions of clear cell renal cell carcinoma

T Motoshima, Y Miura, N Wakigami, N Kusada… - Medical molecular …, 2018 - Springer
Macrophages are the main immune cells of the tumor microenvironment in clear cell renal
cell carcinoma (ccRCC). A high density of CD163+ or CD204+ tumor-associated …

Nomogram for predicting survival of postcystectomy recurrent urothelial carcinoma of the bladder

T Nakagawa, S Taguchi, Y Uemura, A Kanatani… - … Oncology: Seminars and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Purpose We aimed to identify prognostic clinicopathological factors and to create a
nomogram able to predict overall survival (OS) in recurrent urothelial carcinoma of the …

Effect of lymphadenectomy during radical nephroureterectomy in locally advanced upper tract urothelial carcinoma

M Ikeda, K Matsumoto, K Sakaguchi, D Ishii… - Clinical genitourinary …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background The role of lymph node dissection (LND) for upper tract urothelial carcinoma
(UTUC) patients remains controversial. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of …

Different clinicopathological features between patients who developed early and late recurrence following surgery for renal cell carcinoma

Y Fujii, M Ikeda, K Kurosawa, M Tabata… - International journal of …, 2015 - Springer
Background To evaluate the clinicopathological features and identify predictive factors in
patients with early and late recurrence following initial surgery for localized renal cell …

Oncologic outcome of metastasectomy for urothelial carcinoma: who is the best candidate?

T Nakagawa, S Taguchi, A Kanatani, T Kawai… - Annals of Surgical …, 2017 - Springer
Background Resection of metastatic lesions (metastasectomy) is performed for highly
selected patients with metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC). This study aimed to identify …