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Kazuhiro Nouso
Researcher at Okayama University
Publications - 265
Citations - 8674
Kazuhiro Nouso is an academic researcher from Okayama University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Hepatocellular carcinoma & Internal medicine. The author has an hindex of 42, co-authored 228 publications receiving 5146 citations.
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Albumin-Bilirubin (ALBI) Grade as Part of the Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline for HCC of the Japan Society of Hepatology: A Comparison with the Liver Damage and Child-Pugh Classifications
Atsushi Hiraoka,Takashi Kumada,Masatoshi Kudo,Masashi Hirooka,Kunihiko Tsuji,Ei Itobayashi,Kazuya Kariyama,Toru Ishikawa,Kazuto Tajiri,Hironori Ochi,Toshifumi Tada,Hidenori Toyoda,Kazuhiro Nouso,Kouji Joko,Hideki Kawasaki,Yoichi Hiasa,Kojiro Michitaka +16 more
TL;DR: ALBI grade is a useful and easy classification system for assessment of hepatic function for therapeutic decision making and prognosis based on ALBI grade/ALBI-T score was better than that based on liver damage/modified JIS score and Child-Pugh/JIS score.
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Measurement of Spleen Stiffness by Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Imaging Identifies Cirrhotic Patients With Esophageal Varices
Yoshitaka Takuma,Kazuhiro Nouso,Youichi Morimoto,Junko Tomokuni,Akiko Sahara,Nobuyuki Toshikuni,Hiroyuki Takabatake,Hiroyuki Shimomura,Akira Doi,Ichiro Sakakibara,Kazuhiro Matsueda,Hiroshi Yamamoto +11 more
TL;DR: Measurements of SS can be used to identify patients with cirrhosis with EVs or high-risk EVs and could be used as an initial noninvasive screening test, independent of the etiology of Cirrhosis.
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Detection of K-ras gene mutation by liquid biopsy in patients with pancreatic cancer.
Hideaki Kinugasa,Kazuhiro Nouso,Koji Miyahara,Yuki Morimoto,Chihiro Dohi,Koichiro Tsutsumi,Hironari Kato,Takehiro Matsubara,Hiroyuki Okada,Kazuhide Yamamoto +9 more
TL;DR: The clinical usefulness of genetic analysis for ctDNA by digital polymerase chain reaction in patients with pancreatic cancer is estimated.
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Sensitivity and Specificity of Des-Gamma-Carboxy Prothrombin for Diagnosis of Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinomas Varies According to Tumor Size
Shinichiro Nakamura,Kazuhiro Nouso,Kohsaku Sakaguchi,Yoichi M. Ito,Yasuo Ohashi,Yoshiyuki Kobayashi,Nobuyuki Toshikuni,Hironori Tanaka,Yasuhiro Miyake,Eiji Matsumoto,Yasushi Shiratori +10 more
TL;DR: The utility of DCP for the diagnosis of HCC was lower than that of AFP for small tumors, but higher than that in tumors greater than 5 cm in diameter, compared with AFP for large tumors.
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Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis-associated hepatocellular carcinoma: our case series and literature review.
Yoshitaka Takuma,Kazuhiro Nouso +1 more
TL;DR: Patients with non-cirrhotic NASH may be a high-risk group for HCC, and regular surveillance for H CC is necessary in non-Cirrhosis NASH patients as well as cirrhotic patients.