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Masamichi Kojiro
Researcher at Kurume University
Publications - 351
Citations - 21563
Masamichi Kojiro is an academic researcher from Kurume University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Hepatocellular carcinoma & Carcinoma. The author has an hindex of 74, co-authored 351 publications receiving 20418 citations. Previous affiliations of Masamichi Kojiro include Chiba University & Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.
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Angiogenesis in cancer.
TL;DR: There is an urgent need for a new comprehensive treatment strategy combining antiangiogenic agents with conventional cytoreductive treatments in the control of cancer.
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Prospective Cohort Study of Transarterial Chemoembolization for Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma in 8510 Patients
Kenichi Takayasu,Shigeki Arii,Iwao Ikai,Masao Omata,Kiwamu Okita,Takafumi Ichida,Yutaka Matsuyama,Yasuni Nakanuma,Masamichi Kojiro,Masatoshi Makuuchi,Yoshio Yamaoka +10 more
TL;DR: TACE showed safe therapeutic modality with a 5-year survival of 26% for unresectable HCC patients and both the degree of liver damage and the tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) system proposed by the Liver Cancer Study Group of Japan demonstrated good stratification of survivals.
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Pathologic Diagnosis of Early Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Report of the International Consensus Group for Hepatocellular Neoplasia
Masamichi Kojiro,Ian R. Wanless,Venancio Avancini Ferreira Alves,Sunil Badve,Charles Balabaud,Pierre Bedosa,Prithi S. Bhathal,P. Bioulac-Sage,Elizabeth M. Brunt,Alastair D. Burt,John R. Craig,Amar P. Dhillon,Linda D. Ferrell,Stephen A. Geller,Zackary D. Goodman,Annette S.H. Gouw,Maria Guido,Maha Guindi,Prodromos Hytiroglou,Masayoshi Kage,Fukuo Kondo,Masutoshi Kudo,Gregory Y. Lauwers,Masayuki Nakano,Valérie Paradis,Young Nyun Park,Alberto Quaglia,Massimo Roncalli,Tania Roskams,Boris Ruebner,Michiie Sakamoto,Romil Saxena,Neil D. Theise,Swan Thung,Dina Taniakos +34 more
TL;DR: The International Consensus Group for Hepatocellular Neoplasia (ICGHN) was convened in April 2002 in Kurume, Japan and met several times up to July 2007 and this consensus document summarizes the results of the authors' meetings.
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Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Japan: Consensus-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines Proposed by the Japan Society of Hepatology (JSH) 2010 Updated Version
Masatoshi Kudo,Namiki Izumi,Norihiro Kokudo,Osamu Matsui,Michiie Sakamoto,Osamu Nakashima,Masamichi Kojiro,Masatoshi Makuuchi +7 more
TL;DR: The 2010 updated version of the Consensus-Based Clinical Practice Manual, based on both ‘evidence-based’ guidelines and the consensus of an expert panel on HCC, is summarized.
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Results of surgical and nonsurgical treatment for small-sized hepatocellular carcinomas: A retrospective and nationwide survey in Japan
Shigeki Arii,Yoshio Yamaoka,Syunji Futagawa,Kyoichi Inoue,Kenichi Kobayashi,Masamichi Kojiro,Masatoshi Makuuchi,Yasuni Nakamura,Kiwamu Okita,Ryusaku Yamada +9 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reviewed the standard results from each treatment based on an extensive survey and found that percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI), hepatic resection (HX), and transcatheter arterial embolization (TCAE) have all been used in the treatment of patients with small-sized hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs).