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Kohei Akazawa
Researcher at Niigata University
Publications - 213
Citations - 7068
Kohei Akazawa is an academic researcher from Niigata University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cancer & Survival rate. The author has an hindex of 42, co-authored 201 publications receiving 5995 citations. Previous affiliations of Kohei Akazawa include Osaka University & College of Healthcare Management.
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Gastric cancer treated in 2002 in Japan: 2009 annual report of the JGCA nationwide registry
Atsushi Nashimoto,Kohei Akazawa,Yoh Isobe,Isao Miyashiro,Hitoshi Katai,Yasuhiro Kodera,Shunichi Tsujitani,Yasuyuki Seto,Hiroshi Furukawa,Ichiro Oda,Hiroyuki Ono,Satoshi Tanabe,Michio Kaminishi +12 more
TL;DR: Postoperative outcome of the patients with primary gastric carcinoma in Japan have apparently improved in advanced cases and among the aged population when compared with the archival data.
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Five-year survival analysis of surgically resected gastric cancer cases in Japan: a retrospective analysis of more than 100,000 patients from the nationwide registry of the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association (2001–2007)
Hitoshi Katai,Takashi Ishikawa,Kohei Akazawa,Yoh Isobe,Isao Miyashiro,Ichiro Oda,Shunichi Tsujitani,Hiroyuki Ono,Satoshi Tanabe,Takeo Fukagawa,Souya Nunobe,Yoshihiro Kakeji,Atsushi Nashimoto +12 more
TL;DR: Detailed analyses of the data from more than 100,000 patients show the recent trends of the outcomes of gastric cancer treatment in Japan and provide baseline information for use by medical communities around world.
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Etiology and prognostic significance of severe uremic pruritus in chronic hemodialysis patients.
Ichiei Narita,Bassam Alchi,Kentaro Omori,Fuminori Sato,Junya Ajiro,Daisuke Saga,D. Kondo,M. Skatsume,S. Maruyama,J. J. Kazama,Kohei Akazawa,Fumitake Gejyo +11 more
TL;DR: Male gender, high levels of blood urea nitrogen, beta2-microglobulin (beta2MG), hypercalcemia, and hyperphosphatemia were identified as independent risk factors for the development of severe pruritus, whereas a low level of calcium and intact-parathyroid hormone were associated with reduced risk.
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The impact of preoperative serum C‐reactive protein on the prognosis of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma
Koji Hashimoto,Yasuharu Ikeda,Daisuke Korenaga,Kazuo Tanoue M.D.,Motoharu Hamatake M.D.,Katsumi Kawasaki,Terutoshi Yamaoka,Yasue Iwatani,Kohei Akazawa,Kenji Takenaka +9 more
TL;DR: The authors evaluated the significance of the preoperative serum C‐reactive protein (CRP) level as a prognostic indicator in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and found it to be an important indicator of disease prognosis.
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Quality of life after laparoscopy-assisted Billroth I gastrectomy.
Yosuke Adachi,Toshihiro Suematsu,Norio Shiraishi,Takeshi Katsuta,Akio Morimoto,Seigo Kitano,Kohei Akazawa +6 more
TL;DR: Quality of life after Billroth I gastrectomy was significantly better in patients in whom a laparoscopic technique was used than in those who underwent a conventional method, and is the procedure of choice for the treatment of early gastric cancer.