Takashi Shigeno, Mayuko Otomo, Daisuke Kajiyama, Kazuma Sato, Naoto Fujiwara, Yusuke Kinugasa, Hiroyuki Daiko, Takeo Fujita: Assessing the outcomes of posterior thoracic para-aortic lymph node dissection after induction chemotherapy in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma Diseases of the esophagus. 2024.08; Online ahead of print ( DOI )

Masaki Mori, Satoshi Hirano, Kenichi Hakamada, Eiji Oki, Shigeo Urushidani, Ichiro Uyama, Masatoshi Eto, Yuma Ebihara, Kenji Kawashima, Takahiro Kanno, Masaru Kitsuregawa, Yusuke Kinugasa, Junjiro Kobayashi, Hiroshige Nakamura, Hirokazu Noshiro, Masaki Mandai, Hajime Morohashi: Clinical practice guidelines for telesurgery 2022 : Committee for the promotion of remote surgery implementation, Japan Surgical Society Surgery today. 2024.08; 54 (8): 817-818. ( DOI )

Y Yatabe, T Tanioka, Y Waseda, K Yamaguchi, T Ogo, H Fujiwar, K Okuno, K Kawada, S Haruki, M Tokunaga, Y Fujii, Y Kinugasa: Inguinal hernia repair in patients with artificial urinary sphincter after radical prostatectomy Hernia. 2024.08; 28 (4): 1331-1336. ( DOI )

Kazuhiro Tamura,Yoshinobu Tomita,Takumi Kanazawa,Hajime Shinohara,Masayoshi Sakano,Sachiko Ishibashi,Masumi Ikeda,Mayumi Kinoshita,Junko Minami,Kurara Yamamoto,Yuki Kato,Asuka Furukawa,Shigeo Haruki,Masanori Tokunaga,Yusuke Kinugasa,Morito Kurata,Masanobu Kitagawa,Kenichi Ohashi and Kouhei Yamamoto: Lipid Peroxidation Regulators GPX4 and FSP1 as Prognostic Markers and Therapeutic Targets in Advanced Gastric Cancer INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES. 2024.08; 25 (17): 9203. ( DOI )

Marie Hanaoka, Yusuke Kinugasa, Kenta Yao, Ayumi Takaoka, Megumi Sasaki, Shinichi Yamauchi, Masanori Tokunaga: Transanal minimally invasive proctectomy for ulcerative colitis is beneficial in terms of short-term outcomes and defecation function Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery. 2024.07; Online ahead of print ( DOI )

Keisuke Okuno, Shuichi Watanabe, Hoon Hur, Jeeyun Lee, Joon Oh Park, Masanori Tokunaga, Minoru Tanabe, Yusuke Kinugasa, Ajay Goel: An exosome-based liquid biopsy signature for therapeutic response prediction in metastatic gastric cancer Clinical and translational medicine. 2024.07; 14 (7): e1629. ( DOI )

Sono Ito, Shunsuke Tsukamoto, Hiroyasu Kagawa, Yukihide Kanemitsu, Junichiro Hiro, Kazushige Kawai, Hiroaki Nozawa, Yasumasa Takii, Tomohiro Yamaguchi, Yoshito Akagi, Takeshi Suto, Yasumitsu Hirano, Heita Ozawa, Koji Komori, Masayuki Ohue, Yuji Toiyama, Seiichi Shinji, Kazuhito Minami, Tomoharu Shimizu, Kazuhiro Sakamoto, Kay Uehara, Kenichi Sugihara, Yusuke Kinugasa, Yoichi Ajioka: Short- and long-term outcomes of surgical treatment for inguinal lymph node metastasis in rectal and anal canal adenocarcinoma Colorectal disease. 2024.07; 26 (7): 1378-1387. ( DOI )

S Kasai, H Kagawa, A Shiomi, H Hino, S Manabe, Y Yamaoka, C Maeda, Y Tanaka, Y Kinugasa: Incidence and risk factors for perineal hernia after robotic abdominoperineal resection: a single-center, retrospective cohort study Techniques in coloproctology. 2024.07; 28 (1): 79. ( DOI )

Shunsuke Kasai, Akio Shiomi, Hideyuki Shimizu, Monami Aoba, Yusuke Kinugasa, Takuya Miura, Kay Uehara, Jun Watanabe, Kazushige Kawai, Yoichi Ajioka: Risk factors and development of machine learning diagnostic models for lateral lymph node metastasis in rectal cancer: multicentre study. BJS Open. 2024.07; 8 (4): ( PubMed , DOI )

Yatabe Y, Hanaoka M, Hanazawa R, Hirakawa A, Mukai T, Kimura K, Yamanoi K, Kono J, Yokota M, Takahashi H, Kobayashi A, Kobayashi K, Ichikawa N, Yasui M, Nakane K, Yamamoto M, Takenaka A, Nakamura Y, Takemasa I, Yabusaki N, Akamoto S, Tatarano S, Murata K, Manabe T, Fujimura T, Kawamura M, Egi H, Yamaguchi S, Terai Y, Inoue S, Ito A, Kinugasa Y: Robotic versus open and laparoscopic pelvic exenterations for pelvic cancer: a multicenter propensity-matched analysis in Japan. Surgical endoscopy. 2024.06; 38 (8): 4390-4401. ( PubMed , DOI )

Arai, S; Hanaoka, M; Yamauchi, S; Baba, H; Hanazawa, R; Sato, H; Hirakawa, A; Tokunaga, M; Kinugasa, Y: Modified oral antibiotics and mechanical bowel preparation (OAMBP) versus conventional OAMBP for sigmoid colon and rectal surgery: A multicenter randomized non-inferiority trial ANNALS OF GASTROENTEROLOGICAL SURGERY. 2024.06; ( DOI )

Atsushi Hamabe, Ichiro Takemasa, Masanori Kotake, Daisuke Nakano, Suguru Hasegawa, Akio Shiomi, Masakatsu Numata, Kazuhiro Sakamoto, Kei Kimura, Tsunekazu Hanai, Takeshi Naitoh, Yosuke Fukunaga, Yusuke Kinugasa, Jun Watanabe, Junichiro Kawamura, Mayumi Ozawa, Koji Okabayashi, Shuichiro Matoba, Yoshinao Takano, Mamoru Uemura, Yukihide Kanemitsu, Yoshiharu Sakai, Masahiko Watanabe: Feasibility of robotic-assisted surgery in advanced rectal cancer: a multicentre prospective phase II study (VITRUVIANO trial) BJS open. 2024.06; 8 (3): zrae048. ( DOI )

Motoi Uchino, Hiroki Ikeuchi, Tatsuki Noguchi, Koji Okabayashi, Kitaro Futami, Shinji Tanaka, Hiroki Ohge, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Michio Itabashi, Kinya Okamoto, Yoshiki Okita, Tsunekazu Mizushima, Yusuke Mizuuchi, Kazutaka Yamada, Yoshifumi Shimada, Yu Sato, Hideaki Kimura, Kenichi Takahashi, Koya Hida, Yusuke Kinugasa, Junji Okuda, Koji Daito, Fumikazu Koyama, Hideki Ueno, Takayuki Yamamoto, Tsunekazu Hanai, Toru Kono, Hirotoshi Kobayashi, Yoichi Ajioka, Kenichi Sugihara, Soichiro Ishihara, Study Group for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Associated Intestinal Cancers of the Japanese Society for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum: Histological differentiation between sporadic and colitis-associated intestinal cancer in a nationwide study: A propensity-score-matched analysis Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology. 2024.05; 39 (5): 893-901. ( DOI )

Suenaga M, Yamauchi S, Morikawa R, Noji R, Kano Y, Tokunaga M, Kinugasa Y: Chemotherapy and COVID-19 Vaccination in Patients With Gastrointestinal Cancer. In vivo (Athens, Greece). 2024.05; 38 (3): 1278-1284. ( PubMed , DOI )

Ken Yamashita, Shiro Oka, Takeshi Yamada, Keigo Mitsui, Hironori Yamamoto, Keiichi Takahashi, Akio Shiomi, Kinichi Hotta, Yoji Takeuchi, Toshio Kuwai, Fumio Ishida, Shin-Ei Kudo, Shoichi Saito, Masashi Ueno, Eiji Sunami, Tomoki Yamano, Michio Itabashi, Kazuo Ohtsuka, Yusuke Kinugasa, Takayuki Matsumoto, Tamotsu Sugai, Toshio Uraoka, Koichi Kurahara, Shigeki Yamaguchi, Tomohiro Kato, Masazumi Okajima, Hiroshi Kashida, Yoshito Akagi, Hiroaki Ikematsu, Masaaki Ito, Motohiro Esaki, Masaya Kawai, Takashi Yao, Madoka Hamada, Takahiro Horimatsu, Keiji Koda, Yasumori Fukai, Koji Komori, Yusuke Saitoh, Yukihide Kanemitsu, Hiroyuki Takamaru, Kazutaka Yamada, Hiroaki Nozawa, Tetsuji Takayama, Kazutomo Togashi, Eiji Shinto, Takehiro Torisu, Akira Toyoshima, Naoki Ohmiya, Takeshi Kato, Eigo Otsuji, Shinji Nagata, Yojiro Hashiguchi, Kenichi Sugihara, Yoichi Ajioka, Shinji Tanaka: Clinicopathological features and prognosis of primary small bowel adenocarcinoma: a large multicenter analysis of the JSCCR database in Japan. J Gastroenterol. 2024.05; 59 (5): 376-388. ( PubMed , DOI )

Takashi Shigeno, Daisuke Kajiyama, Kazuma Sato, Naoto Fujiwara, Yusuke Kinugasa, Hiroyuki Daiko, Takeo Fujita: Efficiency of conversion surgery for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma with solitary abdominal para-aortic lymph node metastasis Surgery today. 2024.05;  Online ahead of print ( DOI )

Hirotoshi Kobayashi, Kenjiro Kotake, Kotaro Maeda, Takeshi Suto, Masayasu Kawasaki, Hideki Ueno, Koji Komori, Heita Ozawa, Keiji Koda, Masayuki Ohue, Kimihiko Funahashi, Ichiro Takemasa, Hideyuki Ishida, Shinsuke Kazama, Yoshifumi Shimada, Hajime Morohashi, Yusuke Kinugasa, Yukihide Kanemitsu, Hiroki Ochiai, Soichiro Ishihara, Michio Itabashi, Kenichi Sugihara, Yoichi Ajioka: Peritoneal lavage cytology in patients with curative resection for stage II and III colorectal cancer: A multi-institutional prospective study Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery. 2024.05; Online ahead of print ( DOI )

Sohei Akuta, Yasumitsu Hirano, Yasuhiro Ishiyama, Misuzu Yamato, Yusuke Kinugasa : Single-incision robot-assisted surgery for colon cancer dissection with the da Vinci Xi system - a video vignette Colorectal disease. 2024.05; 26 (5): 1078-1079. ( DOI )

Megumi Sasaki, Yasumitsu Hirano, Kojun Okamoto, Isamu Koyama & Yusuke Kinugasa: Outcomes of Colorectal Cancer Surgery in Nonagenarian Patients Indian Journal of Surgery. 2024.04; 86 (2): 289-293. ( DOI )

Hiroyasu Kagawa, Yusuke Kinugasa, Tomohiro Yamaguchi, Masayuki Ohue, Kazushige Kawai, Junichiro Hiro, Seiichi Shinji, Hiroaki Nozawa, Yasumitsu Hirano, Koji Komori, Yasumasa Takii, Takeshi Suto, Shunsuke Tsukamoto, Yoshito Akagi, Heita Ozawa, Yuji Toiyama, Kazuhito Minami, Tomoharu Shimizu, Kay Uehara, Kazuhiro Sakamoto, Keita Mori, Kenichi Sugihara, Yoichi Ajioka: Impact of resection for ovarian metastases from colorectal cancer and clinicopathologic analysis: A multicenter retrospective study in Japan Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery. 2024.03; 14;8 (2): 273-283. ( DOI )

Yusuke Tanaka, Hitoshi Hino, Akio Shiomi, Kay Uehara Jun Watanabe, Takeshi Nishikawa, Hideki Ueno, Yusuke Kinugasa, Kazushige Kawai, Yoichi Ajioka: Efficacy of lateral lymph node dissection for local control of rectal cancer: A multicenter study Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery. 2024.03; 8 (4): 631-638.

Marie Hanaoka, Ayumi Takaoka, Noriko Iwata, Shinichi Yamauchi, Yusuke Kinugasa: Tips for Robotic-Assisted Lateral Lymph Node Dissection With Internal Iliac Artery Resection After Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy Diseases of the colon and rectum. 2024.03; 67 (3): e199.

Yoshimi Yamasaki, Masanori Tokunaga, Yoshihiro Sakai, Hiroki Kayasuga, Teruyuki Nishihara, Kotaro Tadano, Kenji Kawashima, Shigeo Haruki, Yusuke Kinugasa: Effects of a force feedback function in a surgical robot on the suturing procedure Surgical endoscopy. 2024.03; 38 (3): 1222-1229. ( DOI )

Yoshitaka Nishikawa, Takahiro Horimatsu, Shiro Oka, Takeshi Yamada, Keigo Mitsui, Hironori Yamamoto, Keiichi Takahashi, Akio Shiomi, Kinichi Hotta, Yoji Takeuchi, Toshio Kuwai, Fumio Ishida, Shin-Ei Kudo, Shoichi Saito, Masashi Ueno, Eiji Sunami, Tomoki Yamano, Michio Itabashi, Kazuo Ohtsuka, Yusuke Kinugasa, Takayuki Matsumoto, Tamotsu Sugai, Toshio Uraoka, Koichi Kurahara, Shigeki Yamaguchi, Tomohiro Kato, Masazumi Okajima, Hiroshi Kashida, Fumihiko Fujita, Hiroaki Ikematsu, Masaaki Ito, Motohiro Esaki, Masaya Kawai, Takashi Yao, Madoka Hamada, Keiji Koda, Yasumori Fukai, Koji Komori, Yusuke Saitoh, Yukihide Kanemitsu, Hiroyuki Takamaru, Kazutaka Yamada, Hiroaki Nozawa, Tetsuji Takayama, Kazutomo Togashi, Eiji Shinto, Takehiro Torisu, Akira Toyoshima, Naoki Ohmiya, Takeshi Kato, Eigo Otsuji, Shinji Nagata, Yojiro Hashiguchi, Kenichi Sugihara, Yoichi Ajioka, Shinji Tanaka: Outcomes of Metastatic and Unresectable Small Bowel Adenocarcinoma in Japan According to the Treatment Strategy: A Nationwide Observational Study JCO global oncology. 2024.02; 10:e2300392 ( DOI )

Ichiro Takemasa, Atsushi Hamabe, Atsushi Takenaka, Hiroaki Kobayashi, Masaki Mandai, Yusuke Kinugasa, Takashi Saika, Masaki Shimbo, Shuichi Morizane, Kentaro Sekiyam, Shinichi Togami, Marie Hanaoka, Sena Inoue, Kanna Nagaishi, Yoshiharu Sakai, Masahiko Watanabe: Standardization of robot-assisted pelvic lymph node dissection-Development of a common understanding of regional anatomy and surgical technique based on cross-disciplinary discussion among colorectal surgery, urology, and gynecology Asian journal of endoscopic surgery. 2024.01; 17 (1): e13274. ( DOI )

Kyoko Ryu, Daichi Kitaguchi, Kei Nakajima, Yuto Ishikawa, Yuriko Harai, Atsushi Yamada, Younae Lee, Kazuyuki Hayashi, Norihito Kosugi, Hiro Hasegawa, Nobuyoshi Takeshita, Yusuke Kinugasa, Masaaki Ito: Deep learning-based vessel automatic recognition for laparoscopic right hemicolectomy Surgical endoscopy. 2024.01; 38 (1): 171-178. ( DOI )

Shunsuke Kasai, Hitoshi Hino, Keiichi Hatakeyama, Akio Shiomi, Hiroyasu Kagawa, Shoichi Manabe, Yusuke Yamaoka, Takeshi Nagashima, Keiichi Ohshima, Kenichi Urakami, Yasuto Akiyama, Akifumi Notsu, Yusuke Kinugasa, Ken Yamaguchi: Risk factors for lateral lymph node metastasis based on the molecular profiling of rectal cancer Colorectal disease. 2024.01; 26 (1): 45-53. ( DOI )

S Arai, Y Yamaoka, A Shiomi, H Kagawa, H Hino, S Manabe, K Chen, K Nanishi, C Maeda, A Notsu, Y Kinugasa: Efficacy of laparoscopic surgery for loop colostomy: a propensity-score-matched analysis Techniques in coloproctology. 2023.12; 27 (12): 1319-1326. ( DOI )

Yuriko Matsumiya, Mitsukuni Suenaga, Toshiaki Ishikawa, Toshifumi Kudo, Tsuyoshi Nakagawa, Kentaro Okamoto, Masanori Tokunaga, Claudia Hurtado, Yuki Yamada, Kentaro Oka, Motomichi Takahashi, Luis Francisco Lopez Kostner, Miguel Luis O'Ryan Gallardo, Hiroyuki Uetake, Yusuke Kinugasa: Clinical significance of Bacteroides fragilis as a potential prognostic factor in colorectal cancer Anaerobe. 2023.12; 84:102784 ( DOI )

Marie Hanaoka, Yusuke Kinugasa, Yoshihiro Sakai, Masanori Tokunaga: World's first report of sigmoidectomy for sigmoid cancer using the Saroa surgical system with tactile feedback Updates in surgery. 2023.12; 75 (8): 2395-2401. ( DOI )

Takashi Shigeno, Daisuke Kajiyama, Kazuma Sato, Naoto Fujiwara, Yusuke Kinugasa, Tomonori Yano, Hiroyuki Daiko, Takeo Fujita: The feasibility of post-photodynamic therapy salvage esophagectomy in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma treated with definitive chemoradiotherapy Esophagus. 2023.10; 20 (4): 643-650. ( DOI )

Rie Makuuchi, Masanori Terashima, Mitsumi Terada, Junki Mizusawa, Ryosuke Kita, Masanori Tokunaga, Takeshi Omori, Toshiyasu Ojima, Kazuhisa Ehara, Masaya Watanabe, Yoshitomo Yanagimoto, Souya Nunobe, Takahiro Kinoshita, Seiji Ito, Yasunori Nishida, Jun Hihara, Narikazu Boku, Yukinori Kurokawa, Takaki Yoshikawa; Stomach Cancer Study Group of Japan Clinical Oncology Group: Randomized controlled phase III trial to investigate superiority of robot-assisted gastrectomy over laparoscopic gastrectomy for clinical stage T1-4aN0-3 gastric cancer patients (JCOG1907, MONA LISA study): a study protocol BMC cancer. 2023.10; 23 (1): 987. ( DOI )

Guglielmo Niccolò Piozzi, Krunal Khobragade, Vusal Aliyev, Oktar Asoglu, Paolo Pietro Bianchi, Vlad-Olimpiu Butiurca, William Tzu-Liang Chen, Ju Yong Cheong, Gyu-Seog Choi, Andrea Coratti, Quentin Denost, Yosuke Fukunaga, Emre Gorgun, Francesco Guerra, Masaaki Ito, Jim S Khan, Hye Jin Kim, Jin Cheon Kim, Yusuke Kinugasa, Tsuyoshi Konishi, Li-Jen Kuo, Mehmet Ayhan Kuzu, Jeremie H Lefevre, Jin-Tung Liang, John Marks, Călin Molnar, Yves Panis, Philippe Rouanet, Eric Rullier, Avanish Saklani, Antonino Spinelli, Petr Tsarkov, Shunsuke Tsukamoto, Martin Weiser, Seon Hahn Kim: International standardization and optimization group for intersphincteric resection (ISOG-ISR): modified Delphi consensus on anatomy, definition, indication, surgical technique, specimen description and functional outcome Colorectal disease. 2023.09; 25 (9): 1896-1909. ( DOI )

Shunsuke Kasai, Hiroyasu Kagawa, Akio Shiomi, Hitoshi Hino, Shoichi Manabe, Yusuke Yamaoka, Kai Chen, Kenji Nanishi, Chikara Maeda, Yusuke Kinugasa: Long-term outcomes of upfront robotic rectal cancer surgery: a single-center, retrospective cohort study in Japan Surgery today. 2023.09; 53 (9): 1028-1037. ( DOI )

Seiji Ito, Takeshi Sano, Junki Mizusawa, Masanori Tokunaga, Tadayoshi Hashimoto, Hiroshi Imamura, Shin Teshima, Koei Nihei, Makoto Yamada, Yasuhiro Choda, Kazuhiro Imamura, Shinji Hato, Masanori Terashima, Mitsuru Sasako: Identifying Risk Factors of Complications following Total Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer: Comparison between Splenectomy and Spleen-Preserving Surgery - A Supplementary Analysis of JCOG0110 Digestive surgery. 2023.09; 40 (3-4): 114-120. ( DOI )

Keisuke Okuno, Muhammad Yogi Pratama, Jiang Li, Masanori Tokunaga, Xin Wang, Yusuke Kinugasa, Ajay Goel: Ginseng mediates its anti-cancer activity by inhibiting the expression of DNMTs and reactivating methylation-silenced genes in colorectal cancer Carcinogenesis. 2023.08; 10;44 (5): 394-403. ( PubMed , DOI )

Takahiro Igaki, Daichi Kitaguchi, Hiroki Matsuzaki, Kei Nakajima, Shigehiro Kojima, Hiro Hasegawa, Nobuyoshi Takeshita, Yusuke Kinugasa, Masaaki Ito: Automatic Surgical Skill Assessment System Based on Concordance of Standardized Surgical Field Development Using Artificial Intelligence JAMA surgery　（Journal of the American Medical Association surgery）. 2023.08; 1;158 (8): e231131. ( DOI )

Ryo Seishima, Koji Okabayashi, Hiroki Ikeuchi, Motoi Uchino, Kitaro Futami, Tatsuki Noguchi, Hiroki Ohge, Yasuhito Iseki, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Michio Itabashi, Kinya Okamoto, Yuji Toiyama, Takayuki Ogino, Masafumi Nakamura, Kazutaka Yamada, Toshifumi Wakai, Yu Sato, Hideaki Kimura, Kenichi Takahashi, Koya Hida, Yusuke Kinugasa, Fumio Ishida, Junji Okuda, Koji Daito, Fumikazu Koyama, Hideki Ueno, Takayuki Yamamoto, Seiichiro Yamamoto, Tsunekazu Hanai, Atsuo Maemoto, Junya Arakaki, Koji Komori, Yoshito Akagi, Dai Shida, Shigeki Yamaguchi, Keiji Matsuda, Kiyoshi Maeda, Toshihiro Noake, Riichiro Nezu, Shin Sasaki, Junichi Hasegawa, Eiji Sunami, Yukihide Kanemitsu, Kenji Katsumata, Kei Uehara, Tomomichi Kiyomatsu, Takeshi Suto, Shinsuke Kazama, Takeshi Yamada, Takenori Goi, Soichiro Ishihara, Yoichi Ajioka, Kenichi Sugihara: Effect of Biologics on the Risk of Advanced-Stage Inflammatory Bowel Disease-Associated Intestinal Cancer: A Nationwide Study The American journal of gastroenterology. 2023.07; 1;118 (7): 1248-1255. ( DOI )

Toshiro Tanioka, Yusuke Yatabe, Toshifumi Saito, Kazuya Yamaguchi, Hisashi Fujiwara, Yuya Sato, Kenro Kawada, Shigeo Haruki, Masanori Tokunaga, Yusuke Kinugasa: Optimal placement of self-fixating mesh in the rectus abdominis muscle for ventral hernia repair when using the enhanced-view totally extraperitoneal Rives-Stoppa technique Asian journal of endoscopic surgery. 2023.07; 16 (3): 653-657. ( DOI )

Masanori Tokunaga, Yukinori Kurokawa, Takeo Fukagawa, Kei Muro, Kohei Shitara, Yasuhiro Kodera, Masanori Terashima: Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for locally advanced gastric cancer in Japan: Consensus meeting at the 77th general meeting of the Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery Annals of gastroenterological surgery. 2023.07; 7 (6): 856-862. ( DOI )

Toshifumi Saito, Satoru Muro, Hisashi Fujiwara, Yuya Umebayashi, Yuya Sato, Masanori Tokunaga, Keiichi Akita, Yusuke Kinugasa: Histological study of the structural layers around the esophagus in the lower mediastinum World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 2023.07; 15 (7): 1331-1339. ( DOI )

Yutaka Tokairin, Yudai Kawamura, Satoru Muro, Kagami Nagai, Kenro Kawada, Takuya Okada, Suthasinee Tharnmanularp, Areeya Jiamjunyasiri, Keiichi Akita, Yusuke Kinugasa: Histological study of the thin membranous dense connective tissues around the curving portion of the bilateral recurrent laryngeal nerves Esophagus. 2023.07; 20 (3): 410-419. ( DOI )

Tetsuo Sugishita, Masanori Tokunaga, Kenjiro Kami, Kozue Terai, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Hajime Shinohara, Yusuke Kinugasa: Determination of the Minimum Sample Amount for Capillary Electrophoresis-Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry (CE-FTMS)-Based Metabolomics of Colorectal Cancer Biopsies Biomedicines. 2023.06; 13;11 (6): 1706. ( DOI )

Yudai Yamamoto, Shu Shimada, Yoshimitsu Akiyama, Shu Tsukihara, Raizo Sugimoto, Ayano Kabashima, Masanori Tokunaga, Yusuke Kinugasa, Yutaka Kawakami, Shinji Tanaka: RTP4 silencing provokes tumor-intrinsic resistance to immune checkpoint blockade in colorectal cancer Journal of gastroenterology. 2023.06; 58 (6): 540-553. ( DOI )

Shinichi Yamauchi, Akio Shiomi, Chu Matsuda, Ichiro Takemasa, Tsunekazu Hanai, Mamoru Uemura, Yusuke Kinugasa: Robotic-assisted colectomy for right-sided colon cancer: Short-term surgical outcomes of a multi-institutional prospective cohort study in Japan Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery. 2023.05; 7 (6): 932-939. ( DOI )

Marie Hanaoka, Hiroyasu Kagawa, Akio Shiomi, Hitoshi Hino, Shoichi Manabe, Yusuke Yamaoka, Yusuke Kinugasa: Risk factors for and longitudinal course of male sexual dysfunction after robotic rectal cancer surgery Colorectal disease. 2023.05; 25 (5): 932-942. ( DOI )

Tsuyoshi Etoh, Tetsuji Ohyama, Shinichi Sakuramoto, Toshikatsu Tsuji, Sang-Woong Lee, Kazuhiro Yoshida, Keisuke Koeda, Naoki Hiki, Chikara Kunisaki, Masanori Tokunaga, Dai Otsubo, Akinori Takagane, Kazunari Misawa, Takahiro Kinoshita, Haruhiko Cho, Yuichiro Doki, Souya Nunobe, Norio Shiraishi, Seigo Kitano; Japanese Laparoscopic Surgery Study Group (JLSSG): Five-Year Survival Outcomes of Laparoscopy-Assisted vs Open Distal Gastrectomy for Advanced Gastric Cancer: The JLSSG0901 Randomized Clinical Trial JAMA surgery. 2023.05; 158 (5): 445-454. ( DOI )

Masako Mizoguchi, Masashi Kizuki, Noriko Iwata, Masanori Tokunaga, Kiyohide Fushimi, Yusuke Kinugasa, Takeo Fujiwara: Comparison of short-term outcomes between robot-assisted and laparoscopic rectal surgery for rectal cancer: A propensity score-matched analysis using the Japanese Nationwide diagnosis procedure combination database Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery. 2023.05; 2023 (00): 1-13. ( DOI )

Yuya Umebayashi, Satoru Muro, Masanori Tokunaga, Toshifumi Saito, Yuuya Sato, Toshiro Tanioka, Yusuke Kinugasa, Keiichi Akita: Distribution of splenic artery lymph nodes and splenic hilar lymph nodes World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 2023.05; 15 (5): 812-824. ( DOI )

Takashi Shigeno, Masashi Kizuki, Masanori Tokunaga, Kiyohide Fushimi, Yusuke Kinugasa, Takeo Fujiwara: A comparison of the short-term outcomes between laparoscopic and robotic distal gastrectomy: A retrospective study using a nationwide inpatient database. Surgery. 2023.05; 173 (5): 1169-1175. ( PubMed , DOI )

Hirotoshi Kobayashi, Kenjiro Kotake, Masayasu Kawasaki, Yukihide Kanemitsu, Yusuke Kinugasa, Hideki Ueno, Kotaro Maeda, Takeshi Suto, Michio Itabashi, Kimihiko Funahashi, Heita Ozawa, Fumikazu Koyama, Shingo Noura, Hideyuki Ishida, Masayuki Ohue, Tomomichi Kiyomatsu, Soichiro Ishihara, Keiji Koda, Hideo Baba, Kenji Kawada, Yojiro Hashiguchi, Takanori Goi, Yuji Toiyama, Naohiro Tomita, Eiji Sunami, Yoshito Akagi, Jun Watanabe, Kenichi Hakamada, Goro Nakayama, Kenichi Sugihara, Yoichi Ajioka: A proposed new Japanese classification of synchronous peritoneal metastases from colorectal cancer: A multi-institutional, prospective, observational study conducted by the Japanese Society for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery. 2023.04; 7 (5): 765-771. ( DOI )

Shunsuke Kasai, Shinichi Yamauchi, Miyako Tazawa, Ayumi Takaoka, Marie Hanaoka, Noriko Iwata, Taiki Masuda, Masanori Tokunaga, Yusuke Kinugasa: Advantages of preoperative counseling with video for robotic rectal cancer surgery compared with conventional counseling: A randomized controlled trial Asian journal of endoscopic surgery. 2023.04; 16 (2): 248-254. ( DOI )

Ryosuke Fukuyo, Masanori Tokunaga, Yuya Umebayashi, Toshifumi Saito, Keisuke Okuno, Yuya Sato, Katsumasa Saito, Naoto Fujiwara, Yusuke Kinugasa: Deep learning-based diagnostic model for predicting complications after gastrectomy Asian journal of endoscopic surgery. 2023.04; 16 (2): 210-217. ( DOI )

Keisuke Okuno, Shuichi Watanabe, Souvick Roy, Mitsuro Kanda, Masanori Tokunaga, Yasuhiro Kodera, Yusuke Kinugasa, Ajay Goel: A liquid biopsy signature for predicting early recurrence in patients with gastric cancer. Br J Cancer. 2023.04; 128 (6): 1105-1116. ( DOI )

Keisuke Okuno, Masanori Tokunaga, Daniel Von Hoff, Yusuke Kinugasa, Ajay Goel; The PDAC Biomarker Working Group: Intratumoral Malassezia globosa Levels Predict Survival and Therapeutic Response to Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Patients With Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Gastroenterology. 2023.04; Online ahead of print ( PubMed , DOI )

Shunsuke Kasai, Ryo Ashida, Teiichi Sugiura, Katsuhisa Ohgi, Mihoko Yamada, Shimpei Otsuka, Hiroyasu Kagawa, Akio Shiomi, Yusuke Kinugasa, Katsuhiko Uesaka: Long-term outcomes of staged liver resection for synchronous liver metastases from colorectal cancer and the clinical impact of early recurrence: A single-center retrospective cohort study Annals of gastroenterological surgery. 2023.03; 7 (2): 318-325. ( DOI )

Takahiro Igaki, Shin Takenaka, Yusuke Watanabe, Shigehiro Kojima, Kei Nakajima, Yuya Takabe, Daichi Kitaguchi, Nobuyoshi Takeshita, Masafumi Inomata, Hiroya Kuroyanagi, Yusuke Kinugasa, Masaaki Ito: Universal meta-competencies of operative performances: a literature review and qualitative synthesis Surgical endoscopy. 2023.02; 37 (2): 835-845. ( DOI )

Mitsuro Kanda, Masanori Terashima, Takahiro Kinoshita, Hiroshi Yabusaki, Masanori Tokunaga, Yasuhiro Kodera: A multi-institutional study to evaluate the feasibility of next-generation sequencing and genomic analysis using formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded biopsies of gastric cancer Gastric Cancer. 2023.01; 26 (1): 108-115. ( DOI )

Keisuke Okuno, Raju Kandimalla, Marta Mendiola, Francesc Balaguer, Luis Bujanda, Carlos Fernandez-Martos, Jorge Aparicio, Jaime Feliu, Masanori Tokunaga, Yusuke Kinugasa, Joan Maurel, Ajay Goel: A microRNA signature for risk-stratification and response prediction to FOLFOX-based adjuvant therapy in stage II and III colorectal cancer. Mol Cancer. 2023.01; 22 (1): 13. ( DOI )

Keisuke Okuno, Caiming Xu, Silvia Pascual-Sabater, Masanori Tokunaga, Tetsuji Takayama, Haiyong Han, Cristina Fillat, Yusuke Kinugasa, Ajay Goel: Andrographis Reverses Gemcitabine Resistance through Regulation of ERBB3 and Calcium Signaling Pathway in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. Biomedicines. 2023.01; 11 (1): ( DOI )

Kazushige Kawai, Akio Shiomi, Takuya Miura, Kay Uehara, Jun Watanabe, Shinsuke Kazama, Hideki Ueno, Kazuhiro Sakamoto, Yusuke Kinugasa, Keiichi Takahashi, Koya Hida, Madoka Hamada, Soichiro Ishihara, Kenichi Sugihara: Optimal diagnostic criteria for lateral lymph node dissection using magnetic resonance imaging: a multicenter prospective study. ANZ J Surg. 2023.01; 93 (1-2): 206-213. ( DOI )

Harunobu Sato, Kotaro Maeda, Yusuke Kinugasa, Hiroyasu Kagawa, Shunsuke Tsukamoto, Keiichi Takahashi, Hiroaki Nozawa, Yasumasa Takii, Tsuyoshi Konishi, Yoshito Akagi, Takeshi Suto, Shigeki Yamaguchi, Heita Ozawa, Koji Komori, Masayuki Ohue, Junichiro Hiro, Seiichi Shinji, Kazuhito Minami, Tomoharu Shimizu, Kazuhiro Sakamoto, Kay Uehara, Hiroshi Takahashi, Kenichi Sugihara: Management of inguinal lymph node metastases from rectal and anal canal adenocarcinoma Colorectal disease. 2022.10; 24 (10): 1150-1163. ( DOI )

Akitoshi Nankaku, Masanori Tokunaga, Hiroki Yonezawa, Takahiro Kanno, Kenji Kawashima, Kenichi Hakamada, Satoshi Hirano, Eiji Oki, Masaki Mori, Yusuke Kinugasa : Maximum acceptable communication delay for the realization of telesurgery PLOS ONE. 2022.10; 17 (10): e0274328. ( DOI )

Keisuke Okuno, Caiming Xu, Silvia Pascual-Sabater, Masanori Tokunaga, Haiyong Han, Cristina Fillat, Yusuke Kinugasa, Ajay Goel: Berberine Overcomes Gemcitabine-Associated Chemoresistance through Regulation of Rap1/PI3K-Akt Signaling in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. Pharmaceuticals (Basel). 2022.09; 15 (10): ( DOI )

Masanori Terashima, Takeshi Sano, Junki Mizusawa, Kohei Umemura, Masanori Tokunaga, Takeshi Omori, Haruhiko Cho, Yasuhiro Hasegawa, Yuji Akiyama, Hironori Tsujimoto, Yoshiyuki Kawashima, Yasuyuki Kawachi, Sang Woong Lee, Kazuki Kano, Hiroko Hasegawa, Narikazu Boku, Takaki Yoshikawa, Mitsuru Sasako: Prediction of the peritoneal recurrence via the macroscopic diagnosis of the serosal invasion in patients with gastric cancer: Supplementary analysis of JCOG0110 European journal of surgical oncology. 2022.08; 48 (8): 1753-1759. ( DOI )

Tetsuo Sugishita, Shunsuke Tsukamoto, Jun Imaizumi, Yasuyuki Takamizawa, Manabu Inoue, Konosuke Moritani, Yusuke Kinugasa, Yukihide Kanemitsu: Evaluation of the learning curve for robot-assisted rectal surgery using the cumulative sum method Surgical endoscopy. 2022.08; 36 (8): 5947-5955. ( DOI )

Kazutaka Yamada, Yasumitsu Saiki, Koji Komori, Akio Shiomi, Masashi Ueno, Masaaki Ito, Koya Hida, Seiichiro Yamamoto, Manabu Shiozawa, Soichiro Ishihara, Yukihide Kanemitsu, Hideki Ueno, Tatsuya Kinjo, Kotaro Maeda, Junichiro Kawamura, Fumihiko Fujita, Keiichi Takahashi, Tsunekazu Mizushima, Yasuhiro Shimada, Shin Sasaki, Eiji Sunami, Fumio Ishida, Keiji Hirata, Shinobu Ohnuma, Kimihiko Funahashi, Jun Watanabe, Yusuke Kinugasa, Shigeki Yamaguchi, Yojiro Hashiguchi, Masataka Ikeda, Takeshi Sudo, Yoshito Komatsu, Keiji Koda, Kazuhiro Sakamoto, Masazumi Okajima, Hideyuki Ishida, Yuichi Hisamatsu, Taiki Masuda, Shinichiro Mori, Kazuhito Minami, Seiji Hasegawa, Shungo Endo, Akinori Iwashita, Madoka Hamada, Yoichi Ajioka, Koichiro Usuku, Tokunori Ikeda, Kenichi Sugihara: Characteristics of anal canal cancer in Japan Cancer medicine. 2022.07; 11 (14): 2735-2743. ( DOI )

Keisuke Okuno, Masanori Tokunaga, Yusuke Kinugasa, Hideo Baba, Yasuhiro Kodera, Ajay Goel: A Transcriptomic Liquid Biopsy Assay for Predicting Resistance to Neoadjuvant Therapy in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Annals of surgery. 2022.07; 276 (1): 101-110. ( DOI )

Marie Hanaoka, Hitoshi Hino, Akio Shiomi, Hiroyasu Kagawa, Shoichi Manabe, Yusuke Yamaoka, Shunichiro Kato, Shinichi Yamauchi, Yusuke Kinugasa, Kenichi Sugihara: The Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status as a prognostic factor of stage I-III colorectal cancer surgery for elderly patients: a multi-institutional retrospective analysis Surgery today. 2022.07; 52(7):p1081-1089 (7): 1081-1089. ( DOI )

Jun Watanabe, Shigeki Yamaguchi, Ichiro Takemasa, Masayoshi Yasui, Yasumitsu Hirano, Daisuke Nakano, Akio Shiomi, Shinya Munakata, Masanori Naito, Shunsuke Tsukamoto, Atsushi Ishibe, Yoshiaki Kuriu, Yasutake Uchima, Shinichiro Mori, Hideki Kanazawa, Go Wakabayashi, Takeshi Yamada, Muneaki Ezu, Masahiko Watanabe, Yusuke Kinugasa: Safety, efficacy, and operability of a newly developed absorbable adhesion barrier (GM142) in patients with primary rectal cancer scheduled for diverting ileostomy during laparoscopic surgery: Randomized controlled trial Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery. 2022.07; 6 (4): 515-522. ( DOI )

Takahiro Igaki, Daichi Kitaguchi, Shigehiro Kojima, Hiro Hasegawa, Nobuyoshi Takeshita, Kensaku Mori, Yusuke Kinugasa, Masaaki Ito: Artificial Intelligence-Based Total Mesorectal Excision Plane Navigation in Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery Diseases of the colon and rectum. 2022.05; 65(5):e329-e333 (5): e329-e333. ( DOI )

Yuya Sato, Jun Sese, Takatoshi Matsuyama, Masaki Onuki, Shogo Mase, Keisuke Okuno, Katsumasa Saito, Naoto Fujiwara, Akihiro Hoshino, Kenro Kawada, Masanori Tokunaga, Yusuke Kinugasa: Preliminary study for developing a navigation system for gastric cancer surgery using artificial intelligence Surgery today. 2022.05; Online ahead of print ( DOI )

Keisuke Okuno, Rachana Garg, Yate-Ching Yuan, Masanori Tokunaga, Yusuke Kinugasa, Ajay Goel: Berberine and Oligomeric Proanthocyanidins Exhibit Synergistic Efficacy Through Regulation of PI3K-Akt Signaling Pathway in Colorectal Cancer Frontiers in oncology. 2022.05; 12:855860（eCollection 2022） ( DOI )

Takashi Shigeno, Akihiro Hoshino, Shiho Matsunaga, Rumi Shimano, Naoya Ishibashi, Hajime Shinohara, Hiroyuki Shiobara, Chiharu Tomii, Katsumasa Saito, Naoto Fujiwara, Yuya Sato, Kenro Kawada, Masanori Tokunaga, Yusuke Kinugasa: The impact of lymphadenectomy on lymph node recurrence after performing various treatments for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma BMC surgery. 2022.05; 22 (1): 171. ( DOI )

Shinichi Yamauchi, Marie Hanaoka, Noriko Iwata, Taiki Masuda, Masanori Tokunaga, Yusuke Kinugasa: Robotic-assisted Surgery: Expanding Indication to Colon Cancer in Japan Journal of the anus, rectum and colon. 2022.04; 6 (2): 77-82. ( DOI )

Sono Ito, Naoto Fujiwara, Yuichiro Kume, Fumio Tsukamoto, Katsumasa Saito, Akihiro Hoshino, Kenro Kawada, Takuya Okada, Keisuke Okuno, Yuya Sato, Takatoshi Matsuyama, Masanori Tokunaga, Yusuke Kinugasa : Mucosal Congestion on the First Day Following Endoscopy Predicts Anastomotic Stricture After Esophagectomy World journal of surgery. 2022.03; 46 (3): 631-638. ( DOI )

Kei Nakajima, Masanori Tokunaga, Keisuke Okuno, Katsumasa Saito, Naoto Fujiwara, Yuya Sato, Akihiro Hoshino, Takatoshi Matsuyama, Yusuke Kinugasa: Prognostic Value of Intraoperative Blood Transfusion in Patients with Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagogastric Junction Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) . 2022.03; 58 (4): 474. ( DOI )

Kazunari Misawa, Yukinori Kurokawa, Junki Mizusawa, Shuji Takiguchi, Yuichiro Doki, Shigeto Makino, Yasuhiro Choda, Atsushi Takeno, Masanori Tokunaga, Takeshi Sano, Mitsuru Sasako, Takaki Yoshikawa, Masanori Terashima; Stomach Cancer Study Group of the Japan Clinical Oncology Group: Negative impact of intraoperative blood loss on long-term outcome after curative gastrectomy for advanced gastric cancer: exploratory analysis of the JCOG1001 phase III trial Gastric Cancer. 2022.03; 25 (2): 459-467. ( DOI )

Masanori Tokunaga, Takaki Yoshikawa, Narikazu Boku, Yasunori Nishida, Toshiyuki Tanahashi, Takanobu Yamada, Shusuke Haruta, Tsuyoshi Etoh, Noriyuki Hirahara, Yasuyuki Kawachi, Kunihiro Tsuji, Takahiro Kinoshita, Takashi Kanazawa, Noriaki Tokumoto, Junya Fujita, Masanori Terashima: Impact of COVID-19 on gastric cancer treatment in Japanese high-volume centers: a JCOG stomach cancer study group survey Surgery today. 2022.02; 52 (2): 231-238. ( DOI )

Toshitaka Sugawara, Fuyuki Miya, Toshiaki Ishikawa, Artem Lysenko, Jo Nishino, Takashi Kamatani, Akira Takemoto, Keith A Boroevich, Kazuhiro Kakimi, Yusuke Kinugasa, Minoru Tanabe, Tatsuhiko Tsunoda: Immune subtypes and neoantigen-related immune evasion in advanced colorectal cancer iScience. 2022.01; 25 (2): 103-740. ( DOI )

Alexander Harris, James Butterworth, Piers R Boshier, Hugh MacKenzie, Masanori Tokunaga, Hideki Sunagawa, Stella Mavroveli, Melody Ni, Sameh Mikhail, Chi-Chuan Yeh, Natalie S Blencowe, Kerry N L Avery, Richard Hardwick, Arnulf Hoelscher, Manuel Pera, Giovanni Zaninotto, Simon Law, Donald E Low, Jan J B van Lanschot, Richard Berrisford, Christopher Paul Barham, Jane M Blazeby, George B Hanna: Development of a Reliable Surgical Quality Assurance System for 2-stage Esophagectomy in Randomized Controlled Trials Annals of surgery. 2022.01; 275 (1): 121-130. ( DOI )

Yutaka Tokairin, Kagami Nagai, Kenro Kawada, Yusuke Kinugasa: Mediastinoscopic esophagectomy for esophageal cancer: will this procedure achieve radical esophagectomy?—a narrative review Digestive Medicine Research. 2021.12; 2021 (4): 73. ( DOI )

Imai Kenichiro, Hotta Kinichi, Ito Sayo, Yamaguchi Yuichiro, Kishida Yoshihiro, Yamaoka Yusuke, Manabe Shoichi, Hino Hitoshi, Kagawa Hiroyasu, Yamaguchi Tomohiro, Shiomi Akio, Kinugasa Yusuke, Mori Keita, Ono Hiroyuki: Small-Dose Endoscopic Tattooing Using a Novel Needle for Localization Prior to Laparoscopic Surgery of Colorectal Cancer DIGESTIVE DISEASES AND SCIENCES. 2021.12; 66 (12): 4448-4456. ( DOI )

Yukihide Kanemitsu, Yasuhiro Shimizu, Junki Mizusawa, Yoshitaka Inaba, Tetsuya Hamaguchi, Dai Shida, Masayuki Ohue, Koji Komori, Akio Shiomi, Manabu Shiozawa, Jun Watanabe, Takeshi Suto, Yusuke Kinugasa, Yasumasa Takii, Hiroyuki Bando, Takaya Kobatake, Masafumi Inomata, Yasuhiro Shimada, Hiroshi Katayama, Haruhiko Fukuda, JCOG Colorectal Cancer Study Group: Hepatectomy Followed by mFOLFOX6 Versus Hepatectomy Alone for Liver-Only Metastatic Colorectal Cancer (JCOG0603): A Phase II or III Randomized Controlled Trial Journal of clinical oncology. 2021.12; 39 (34): 3789-3799. ( DOI )

Okuno Keisuke, Tokunaga Masanori, Yamashita Yamato, Umebayashi Yuya, Saito Toshifumi, Fukuyo Ryosuke, Sato Yuya, Saito Katsumasa, Fujiwara Naoto, Hoshino Akihiro, Kawada Kenro, Matsuyama Takatoshi, Kinugasa Yusuke: Preoperative lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio is the most predictive inflammatory response marker of survival in gastric cancer LANGENBECKS ARCHIVES OF SURGERY. 2021.11; 406 (7): 2287-2294. ( DOI )

Shunsuke Kasai, Hitoshi Hino, Akio Shiomi, Hiroyasu Kagawa, Shoichi Manabe, Yusuke Yamaoka, Shunichiro Kato, Marie Hanaoka, Yusuke Kinugasa: Robotic-assisted surgery for rectal cancer with situs inversus totalis: A case report Asian journal of endoscopic surgery. 2021.10; 14 (4): 803-806.

Fukuichiro Orita, Toshiaki Ishikawa, Megumi Ishiguro, Satoshi Okazaki, Akifumi Kikuchi, Shinichi Yamauchi, Takatoshi Matsuyama, Masanori Tokunaga, Hiroyuki Uetake, Yusuke Kinugasa: PHLDA1 expression in ulcerative colitis: A potential role in the management of dysplasia Molecular and clinical oncology. 2021.09; 15 (3): 192. ( DOI )

Okuno Keisuke, Tokunaga Masanori, Yamashita Yamato, Umebayashi Yuya, Saito Toshifumi, Fukuyo Ryosuke, Sato Yuya, Saito Katsumasa, Fujiwara Naoto, Hoshino Akihiro, Kawada Kenro, Matsuyama Takatoshi, Kinugasa Yusuke: Impact of Preoperative Time Interval on Survival in Patients With Gastric Cancer WORLD JOURNAL OF SURGERY. 2021.09; 45 (9): 2860-2867. ( DOI )

T Matsuyama, H Endo, H Yamamoto, I Takemasa, K Uehara, T Hanai, H Miyata, T Kimura, H Hasegawa, Y Kakeji, M Inomata, Y Kitagawa, Y Kinugasa: Outcomes of robot-assisted versus conventional laparoscopic low anterior resection in patients with rectal cancer: propensity-matched analysis of the National Clinical Database in Japan BJS open. 2021.09; 5 (5): zrab083. ( DOI )

Shunsuke Kasai, Akio Shimoi, Hiroyasu Kagawa, Hitoshi Hino, Shoichi Manabe, Yusuke Yamaoka, Kai Chen, Kenji Nanishi, Yusuke Kinugasa: The effectiveness of machine learning in predicting lateral lymph node metastasis from lower rectal cancer: A single center development and validation study Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery. 2021.09; 6 (1): 92-100. ( DOI )

Makoto Hikage, Masanori Tokunaga, Kenichiro Furukawa, Keiichi Fujiya, Satoshi Kamiya, Yutaka Tanizawa, Etsuro Bando, Masanori Terashima: Long-term outcomes of robotic gastrectomy for clinical stage I gastric cancer: a single-center prospective phase II study Surgical endoscopy. 2021.08; 35 (8): 4160-4166. ( DOI )

Shuji Saito, Tomonori Akagi, Hiroshi Katayama, Masashi Wakabayashi, Masafumi Inomata, Seiichiro Yamamoto, Masaaki Ito, Yusuke Kinugasa, Hiroyuki Egi, Yasuhiro Munakata, Yukihito, Kokuba, Hiroyuki Bando, Masayoshi Yasui, Masataka Ikeda, Kentaro Nakajima, Dai Shida, Yukihide Kanemitsu, Seigo Kitano, the Colorectal Cancer Study Group of Japan Clinical Oncology Group: Identification of patient subgroups with unfavorable long-term outcomes associated with laparoscopic surgery in a randomized controlled trial comparing open and laparoscopic surgery for colon cancer (Japan Clinical Oncology Group Study JCOG0404) Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery. 2021.08; 5 (6): 804-812. ( DOI )

Yudai Kawamura, Kenro Kawada, Takashi Ito, Katsumasa Saito, Naoto Fujiwara, Takuya Okada, Akihiro Hoshino, Yutaka Tokairin, Yasuaki Nakajima, Tatsuyuki Kawano, Masanori Tokunaga, Yusuke Kinugasa: Histological changes in the human esophagus following triamcinolone injection to prevent esophageal stricture after endoscopic submucosal dissection Esophagus. 2021.07; 18 (3): 594-603. ( DOI )

Yudai Kawamura, Kenro Kawada, Takashi Ito, Katsumasa Saito, Naoto Fujiwara, Takuya Okada, Akihiro Hoshino, Yutaka Tokairin, Yasuaki Nakajima, Tatsuyuki Kawano, Masanori Tokunaga, Yusuke Kinugasa: Histological changes in the human esophagus following triamcinolone injection to prevent esophageal stricture after endoscopic submucosal dissection. Esophagus. 2021.07; 18 (3): 594-603. ( PubMed , DOI )

Katayama Hiroshi, Inomata Masafumi, Mizusawa Junki, Nakamura Kenichi, Watanabe Masahiko, Akagi Tomonori, Yamamoto Seiichiro, Ito Masaaki, Kinugasa Yusuke, Okajima Masazumi, Takemasa Ichiro, Okuda Junji, Shida Dai, Kanemitsu Yukihide, Kitano Seigo: Institutional variation in survival and morbidity in laparoscopic surgery for colon cancer: From the data of a randomized controlled trial comparing open and laparoscopic surgery (JCOG0404) ANNALS OF GASTROENTEROLOGICAL SURGERY. 2021.07; 5 (6): 823-831. ( DOI )

Yamaguchi Kazuya, Kumagai Youichi, Saito Katsumasa, Hoshino Akihiro, Tokairin Yutaka, Kawada Kenro, Nakajima Yasuaki, Yamazaki Shigeru, Ishida Hideyuki, Kinugasa Yusuke: The evaluation of the gastric tube blood flow by indocyanine green fluorescence angiography during esophagectomy: a multicenter prospective study GENERAL THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY. 2021.07; 69 (7): 1118-1124. ( DOI )

Akihiro Hoshino, Masanori Tokunaga, Yusuke Kinugasa: Totally Laparoscopic Transhiatal Middle and Lower Mediastinal Lymphadenectomy for Esophageal Cancer Surgical laparoscopy, endoscopy & percutaneous techniques. 2021.06; 31 (6): 808-811. ( DOI )

Takatoshi Matsuyama, Shinichi Yamauchi, Taiki Masuda, Akifumi Kikuchi, Masanori Tokunaga, Kenichi Sugihara, Yusuke Kinugasa, Japanese Study Group for Postoperative Follow-up of Colorectal Cancer: Treatment and subsequent prognosis in locally recurrent rectal cancer: a multicenter retrospective study of 498 patients International journal of colorectal disease. 2021.06; 36 (6): 1243-1250.

Yutaka Tokairin, Kagami Nagai, Yudai Kawamura, Yasuaki Nakajima, Kenro Kawada, Akihiro Hoshino, Takuya Okada, Satoru Muro, Keiichi Akita, Yusuke Kinugasa: Histological study of the thin membranous dense connective tissue around the middle and lower thoracic esophagus, caudal to the bifurcation of the trachea General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. 2021.06; 69 (6): 983-992.

Tokairin Yutaka, Nagai Kagami, Kawamura Yudai, Nakajima Yasuaki, Kawada Kenro, Hoshino Akihiro, Okada Takuya, Muro Satoru, Akita Keiichi, Kinugasa Yusuke: Histological study of the thin membranous dense connective tissue around the middle and lower thoracic esophagus, caudal to the bifurcation of the trachea GENERAL THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY. 2021.06; 69 (6): 983-992. ( DOI )

Hanaoka Marie, Hino Hitoshi, Shiomi Akio, Kagawa Hiroyasu, Manabe Shoichi, Yamaoka Yusuke, Kato Shunichiro, Kinugasa Yusuke: Minimally invasive surgery for colorectal cancer with persistent descending mesocolon: radiological findings and short-term outcomes SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES. 2021.06; 35 (6): 2797-2804. ( DOI )

Sasaki Megumi, Ishikawa Toshiaki, Ishiguro Megumi, Okazaki Satoshi, Yamauchi Shinichi, Kikuchi Akifumi, Matsuyama Takatoshi, Kawada Kenro, Tokunaga Masanori, Uetake Hiroyuki, Kinugasa Yusuke: The effectiveness of plasma miR-33a-5p as a predictive biomarker for the efficacy of colorectal cancer chemotherapy ONCOLOGY LETTERS. 2021.06; 21 (6): ( DOI )

Matsuyama Takatoshi, Yamauchi Shinichi, Masuda Taiki, Kikuchi Akifumi, Tokunaga Masanori, Sugihara Kenichi, Kinugasa Yusuke: Treatment and subsequent prognosis in locally recurrent rectal cancer: a multicenter retrospective study of 498 patients INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COLORECTAL DISEASE. 2021.06; 36 (6): 1243-1250. ( DOI )

Tokairin Yutaka, Nagai Kagami, Kawamura Yudai, Nakajima Yasuaki, Kawada Kenro, Hoshino Akihiro, Okada Takuya, Muro Satoru, Akita Keiichi, Kinugasa Yusuke: Histological study of the thin membranous dense connective tissue around the middle and lower thoracic esophagus, caudal to the bifurcation of the trachea (Mar, 10.1007/s11748-021-01615-3, 2021) GENERAL THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY. 2021.05; 69 (5): 910. ( DOI )

Yuichiro Miki, Masanori Tokunaga, Keita Mori, Norimasa Fukushima, Kazunari Misawa, Kazuhiro Nishikawa, Kazumasa Fujitani, Masaichi Ohira, Yutaka Tanizawa, Etsuro Bando, Masanori Terashima: A Randomized Phase II Study to Evaluate Prolonged Prophylactic Antibacterial Drug Treatment for Patients with Elevated Drain Amylase Concentration After Gastrectomy with D2 Lymph Node Dissection (REDUCED2) World journal of surgery. 2021.04; 45 (4): 1135-1143. ( DOI )

Kinowaki Y, Abe S, Abe S, Tomii S, Yukimori A, Akashi T, Tokunaga M, Kitagawa M: Synovial sarcoma of the stomach: a case report and a systematic review of literature. Clinical journal of gastroenterology. 2021.04; ( PubMed , DOI )

Shin-Ei Kudo, Katsuro Ichimasa, Benjamin Villard, Yuichi Mori, Masashi Misawa, Shoichi Saito, Kinichi Hotta, Yutaka Saito, Takahisa Matsuda, Kazutaka Yamada, Toshifumi Mitani, Kazuo Ohtsuka, Akiko Chino, Daisuke Ide, Kenichiro Imai, Yoshihiro Kishida, Keiko Nakamura, Yasumitsu Saiki, Masafumi Tanaka, Shu Hoteya, Satoshi Yamashita, Yusuke Kinugasa, Masayoshi Fukuda, Toyoki Kudo, Hideyuki Miyachi, Fumio Ishida, Hayato Itoh, Masahiro Oda, Kensaku Mori: Artificial Intelligence System to Determine Risk of T1 Colorectal Cancer Metastasis to Lymph Node Gastroenterology. 2021.03; 160 (4): 1075-1084.

Yamaoka Yusuke, Kagawa Hiroyasu, Shiomi Akio, Yamakawa Yushi, Hino Hitoshi, Manabe Shoichi, Kinugasa Yusuke: Robotic-assisted surgery may be a useful approach to protect urinary function in the modern era of diverse surgical approaches for rectal cancer SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES. 2021.03; 35 (3): 1317-1323. ( DOI )

Kawada Kenro, Matsui Toshihiro, Yamaguchi Kazuya, Shinohara Gen, Hoshino Akihiro, Tokairin Yutaka, Ohno Kazuchika, Kawabe Hiroaki, Sugimoto Taro, Tokunaga Masanori, Nakajima Yasuaki, Kinugasa Yuusuke, Asakage Takahiro: ELPS combined with ESD for treating superficial neoplasm of the pharyngoesophageal junction(和訳中) 日本内視鏡外科学会雑誌. 2021.03; 25 (7): DP70-6. ( ichushi )

Ayumi Takaoka, Toshiaki Ishikawa, Satoshi Okazaki, Shuichi Watanabe, Fuyuki Miya, Tatsuhiko Tsunoda, Akifumi Kikuchi, Shinichi Yamauchi, Takatoshi Matsuyama, Masanori Tokunaga, Hiroyuki Uetake, Yusuke Kinugasa: Ayumi Takaoka, Toshiaki Ishikawa, Satoshi Okazaki, Shuichi Watanabe, Fuyuki Miya, Tatsuhiko Tsunoda, Akifumi Kikuchi, Shinichi Yamauchi, Takatoshi Matsuyama, Masanori Tokunaga, Hiroyuki Uetake, Yusuke Kinugasa In vivo. 2021.02; 35 (1): 191-201.

Takaoka Ayumi, Ishikawa Toshiaki, Okazaki Satoshi, Watanabe Shuichi, Miya Fuyuki, Tsunoda Tatsuhiko, Kikuchi Akifumi, Yamauchi Shinichi, Matsuyama Takatoshi, Tokunaga Masanori, Uetake Hiroyuki, Kinugasa Yusuke: ELF3 Overexpression as Prognostic Biomarker for Recurrence of Stage II Colorectal Cancer IN VIVO. 2021.02; 35 (1): 191-201. ( DOI )

Masanori Tokunaga, Yukinori Kurokawa, Ryunosuke Machida, Yuya Sato, Shuji Takiguchi, Yuichiro Doki, Hiroshi Yabusaki, Masaya Watanabe, Shinji Hato, Mikihito Nakamori, Seiji Ito, Takaki Yoshikawa, Masanori Terashima : Impact of postoperative complications on survival outcomes in patients with gastric cancer: exploratory analysis of a randomized controlled JCOG1001 trial Gastric Cancer. 2021.01; 24 (1): 214-223.

Shizuki Sugita, Takahiro Kinoshita, Takeshi Kuwata, Masanori Tokunaga, Akio Kaito, Masahiro Watanabe, Akiko Tonouchi, Reo Sato, Masato Nagino : Long-term oncological outcomes of laparoscopic versus open transhiatal resection for patients with Siewert type II adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction Surgical endoscopy. 2021.01; 35 (1): 340-348.

Shinichi Yamauchi, Takatoshi Matsuyama, Masanori Tokunaga, Yusuke Kinugasa : Minimally Invasive Surgery for Colorectal Cancer Japan Medical Association journal. 2021.01; 4 (1): 17-23. ( DOI )

Shunsuke Kasai, Hiroyasu Kagawa, Akio Shiomi, Hitoshi Hino, Shoichi Manabe, Yusuke Yamaoka, Shunichiro Kato, Marie Hanaoka, Yusuke Kinugasa : Advantages of robotic abdominoperineal resection compared with laparoscopic surgery: a single-center retrospective study Surgery today. 2021; 52 (4): 643-651. ( DOI )

Shinsaku Honda, Kenichiro Furukawa, Rie Makuuchi, Tomoyuki Irino, Masanori Tokunaga, Yutaka Tanizawa, Etsuro Bando, Taiichi Kawamura, Kaori Shinsato, Teruaki Matsumoto, Masanori Terashima : A phase II study of ramelteon for the prevention of postoperative delirium in elderly patients undergoing gastrectomy Surgery today. 2020.12; 50 (12): 1681-1686.

Matsuyama Takatoshi, Kandimalla Raju, Ishikawa Toshiaki, Takahashi Naoki, Yamada Yasuhide, Yasuno Masamichi, Kinugasa Yusuke, Hansen Torben Frostrup, Fakih Marwan, Uetake Hiroyuki, Gyorffy Balazs, Goel Ajay: A novel mesenchymal-associated transcriptomic signature for risk-stratification and therapeutic response prediction in colorectal cancer INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2020.12; 147 (11): 3250-3261. ( DOI )

Yamada Ichiro, Yamauchi Shinichi, Uetake Hiroyuki, Yasuno Masamichi, Kinugasa Yusuke, Saida Yukihisa, Tateishi Ukihide, Kobayashi Daisuke: Diffusion tensor imaging of rectal carcinoma: Clinical evaluation and its correlation with histopathological findings. Clin Imaging. 2020.11; 67 177-188. ( PubMed , DOI )

Hoshino Akihiro, Nakajima Yasuaki, Kawada Kenro, Tokairin Yutaka, Okada Takuya, Matsui Toshihiro, Yamaguchi Kazuya, Kawano Tatsuyuki, Kinugasa Yusuke: The Impact of Hybrid Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy with Neck-Abdominal First Approach on the Short- and Long-Term Outcomes for Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma WORLD JOURNAL OF SURGERY. 2020.11; 44 (11): 3829-3836. ( DOI )

Yuya Sato, Takanobu Yamada, Takaki Yoshikawa, Ryunosuke Machida, Junki Mizusawa, Hiroshi Katayama, Masanori Tokunaga, Narikazu Boku, Masanori Terashima, Stomach Cancer Study Group/Japan Clinical Oncology Group: Randomized controlled Phase III trial to evaluate omentum preserving gastrectomy for patients with advanced gastric cancer (JCOG1711, ROAD-GC) Japanese journal of clinical oncology. 2020.10; 50 (11): 1321-1324.

Shizuki Sugita, Takeshi Kuwata, Masanori Tokunaga, Akio Kaito, Masahiro Watanabe, Akiko Tonouchi, Takahiro Kinoshita, Masato Nagino: Clinical significance of lymphatic invasion in the esophageal region in patients with adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction Journal of surgical oncology. 2020.09; 122 (3): 433-441.

Sanae Kaji, Tomoyuki Irino, Masatoshi Kusuhara, Rie Makuuchi, Yushi Yamakawa, Masanori Tokunaga, Yutaka Tanizawa, Etsuro Bando, Taiichi Kawamura, Kenjiro Kami, Yoshiaki Ohashi, Shun Zhang, Hajime Orita, Hyeon-Cheol Lee-Okada, Tetsu Fukunaga, Masanori Terashima: Metabolomic profiling of gastric cancer tissues identified potential biomarkers for predicting peritoneal recurrence Gastric Cancer. 2020.09; 23 (5): 874-883.

Shin-Ei Kudo, Katsuro Ichimasa, Benjamin Villard, Yuichi Mori, Masashi Misawa, Shoichi Saito, Kinichi Hotta, Yutaka Saito, Takahisa Matsuda, Kazutaka Yamada, Toshifumi Mitani, Kazuo Ohtsuka, Akiko Chino, Daisuke Ide, Kenichiro Imai, Yoshihiro Kishida, Keiko Nakamura, Yasumitsu Saiki, Masafumi Tanaka, Shu Hoteya, Satoshi Yamashita, Yusuke Kinugasa, Masayoshi Fukuda, Toyoki Kudo, Hideyuki Miyachi, Fumio Ishida, Hayato Itoh, Masahiro Oda, Kensaku Mori: Artificial intelligence system to determine risk of T1 colorectal cancer metastasis to lymph node. Gastroenterology. 2020.09; 160 (4): 1075-Online ahead of print.. ( PubMed , DOI )

Ichiro Yamada, Shinichi Yamauchi, Hiroyuki Uetake, Masamichi Yasuno, Yusuke Kinugasa, Yukihisa Saida, Ukihide Tateishi, Daisuke Kobayashi : Diffusion tensor imaging of rectal carcinoma: Clinical evaluation and its correlation with histopathological findings Clinical imaging. 2020.08; 13 (67): 177-188.

Yamaguchi Kazuya, Nakajima Yasuaki, Matsui Toshihiro, Okuda Masafumi, Okada Takuya, Hoshino Akihiro, Tokairin Yutaka, Kawada Kenro, Kawano Tatsuyuki, Kinugasa Yusuke: The evaluation of the hemodynamics of a gastric tube in esophagectomy using a new noninvasive blood flow evaluation device utilizing near-infrared spectroscopy GENERAL THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY. 2020.08; 68 (8): 841-847. ( DOI )

Takatoshi Matsuyama, Raju Kandimalla, Toshiaki Ishikawa, Naoki Takahashi, Yasuhide Yamada, Masamichi Yasuno, Yusuke Kinugasa, Torben Frøstrup Hansen, Marwan Fakih, Hiroyuki Uetake, Balázs Győrffy, Ajay Goel : A novel mesenchymal-associated transcriptomic signature for risk-stratification and therapeutic response prediction in colorectal cancer International journal of cancer. 2020.07; Online ahead of print

Akihiro Hoshino, Yasuaki Nakajima, Kenro Kawada, Yutaka Tokairin, Takuya Okada, Toshihiro Matsui, Kazuya Yamaguchi, Tatsuyuki Kawano, Yusuke Kinugasa: The Impact of Hybrid Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy with Neck-Abdominal First Approach on the Short- and Long-Term Outcomes for Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma World journal of surgery. 2020.06; Online ahead of print

Nozomu Nakai, Tomohiro Yamaguchi, Yusuke Kinugasa, Akio Shiomi, Hiroyasu Kagawa, Yushi Yamakawa, Masakatsu Numata, Akinobu Furutani, Yusuke Yamaoka, Shoichi Manabe, Akihiro Sawada: Diagnostic value of computed tomography (CT) and positron emission tomography (PET) for paraaortic lymph node metastasis from left-sided colon and rectal cancer Asian Journal of Surgery. 2020.06; 43 (6): 676-682. ( PubMed , DOI )

Yuya Sato, Junki Mizusawa, Hiroshi Katayama, Kenichi Nakamura, Takeo Fukagawa, Hitoshi Katai, Shusuke Haruta, Makoto Yamada, Masakazu Takagi, Shigeyuki Tamura, Tsunehiro Yoshimura, Masanori Tokunaga, Takaki Yoshikawa, Narikazu Boku, Takeshi Sano, Mitsuru Sasako, Masanori Terashima : Diagnosis of invasion depth in resectable advanced gastric cancer for neoadjuvant chemotherapy: An exploratory analysis of Japan clinical oncology group study: JCOG1302A European journal of surgical oncology. 2020.06; 46 (6): 1074-1079.

Yutaka Tokairin, Yasuaki Nakajima, Kagami Nagai, Kumiko Yamaguchi, Keiichi Akita&Yusuke Kinugasa: Aortic inflation with agar injection is a useful method of cadaveric preparation which creates a mediastinal anatomy that better mimics the living body for surgical training. General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2020.06; 68 (6): 652-654. ( PubMed , DOI )

Shizuki Sugita, Takahiro Kinoshita, Takeshi Kuwata, Masanori Tokunaga, Akio Kaito, Masahiro Watanabe, Akiko Tonouchi, Reo Sato, Masato Nagino: Intramucosal-lymphatic invasion has a slight impact on lymph node metastasis in patients with early gastric cancer Surgery today. 2020.05; 50 (5): 484-489.

Yutaka Tokairin, Yasuaki Nakajima, Kenro Kawad, Akihiro Hoshino, Takuya Okada, Toshihiro, Matsui, Kazuya Yamaguchi, Kagami Nagai, Yusuke Kinugasa: Mediastinoscopic esophagectomy with lymph node dissection using a bilateral transcervical and transhiatal pneumomediastinal approach Mini-invasive Surgery. 2020.05; 4 (32):

Masanori Terashima, Takaki Yoshikawa, Narikazu Boku, Seiji Ito, Akira Tsuburaya, Yoshiaki Iwasaki, Takeo Fukagawa, Masanori Tokunaga, Takeshi Sano, Mitsuru Sasako, Stomach Cancer Study Group, Japan Clinical Oncology Group: Current status of perioperative chemotherapy for locally advanced gastric cancer and JCOG perspectives Japanese journal of clinical oncology. 2020.05; 50 (5): 528-534.

Kanemitsu Yukihide, Shimizu Yasuhiro, Mizusawa Junki, Inaba Yoshitaka, Hamaguchi Tetsuya, Shida Dai, Ohue Masayuki, Komori Koji, Shiomi Akio, Shiozawa Manabu, Watanabe Jun, Suto Takeshi, Kinugasa Yusuke, Takii Yasumasa, Bando Hiroyuki, Kobatake Takaya, Kato Tomoyuki, Shimada Yasuhiro, Katayama Hiroshi, Fukuda Haruhiko: A randomized phase II/III trial comparing hepatectomy followed by mFOLFOX6 with hepatectomy alone for liver metastasis from colorectal cancer: JCOG0603 study. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY. 2020.05; 38 (15):

Yusuke Yamaoka, Hiroyasu Kagawa, Akio Shiomi, Yushi Yamakawa, Hitoshi Hino, Shoichi Manabe, Yusuke Kinugasa: Robotic-assisted surgery may be a useful approach to protect urinary function in the modern era of diverse surgical approaches for rectal cancer Surgical endoscopy. 2020.03; Online ahead of print

Tomonori Akagi, Masafumi Inomata, Takao Hara, Junki Mizusawa, Hiroshi Katayama, Dai Shida, Masayuki Ohue, Masaaki Ito, Yusuke Kinugasa, Yoshihisa Saida, Tadahiko Masaki, Seiichiro Yamamoto, Tsunekazu Hanai, Shigeki Yamaguchi, Masahiko Watanabe, Kenichi Sugihara, Haruhiko Fukuda, Yukihide Kanemitsu, Seigo Kitano: Clinical impact of D3 lymph node dissection with left colic artery (LCA) preservation compared to D3 without LCA preservation: Exploratory subgroup analysis of data from JCOG0404. Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery. 2020.03; 4 (2): 163-169. ( PubMed , DOI )

Nakagawa Masatoshi, Tokunaga Masanori, Aburatani Tomoki, Sato Yuya, Matsuyama Takatoshi, Nakajima Yasuaki, Kinugasa Yusuke: Feasibility and Safety of Early Oral Intake and Discharge After Total or Proximal Gastrectomy: An Analysis of Consecutive Cases Without Exclusion Criteria ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY. 2020.03; 27 (3): 812-821. ( DOI )

Xiang J., Matsuyama T., Kinugasa Y.: Tumour Deposits as an Independent Prognostic Factor for Colorectal Cancer JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY. 2020.03; 250 16.

Tomiyuki Miura, Megumi Ishiguro, Toshiaki Ishikawa, Satoshi Okazaki, Hironobu Baba, Akifumi Kikuchi, Shinichi Yamauchi, Takatoshi Matsuyama, Hiroyuki Uetake, Yusuke Kinugasa: Methylation of bone morphogenetic protein 2 is associated with poor prognosis in colorectal cancer Oncology letters. 2020.01; 19 (1): 229-238.

Kazuya Takahashi, Takaki Yoshikawa, Shinji Morita, Takahiro Kinoshita, Masahiro Yura, Sho Otsuki, Masanori Tokunaga, Yukinori Yamagata, Akio Kaito, Hitoshi Katai: Different risks of nodal metastasis by tumor location in remnant gastric cancer after curative gastrectomy for gastric cancer Gastric Cancer. 2020.01; 23 (1): 195-201. ( PubMed , DOI )

Masanori Tokunaga, Yuya Sato, Masatoshi Nakagawa, Tomoki Aburatani, Takatoshi Matsuyama, Yasuaki Nakajima, Yusuke Kinugasa: Perioperative chemotherapy for locally advanced gastric cancer in Japan: current and future perspectives Surgery Today. 2020.01; 50 (1): 30-37. ( DOI )

Miura Tomiyuki, Ishiguro Megumi, Ishikawa Toshiaki, Okazaki Satoshi, Baba Hironobu, Kikuchi Akifumi, Yamauchi Shinichi, Matsuyama Takatoshi, Uetake Hiroyuki, Kinugasa Yusuke: Methylation of bone morphogenetic protein 2 is associated with poor prognosis in colorectal cancer ONCOLOGY LETTERS. 2020.01; 19 (1): 229-238. ( DOI )

Yojiro Hashiguchi, Kei Muro, Yutaka Saito, Yoshinori Ito, Yoichi Ajioka, Tetsuya Hamaguchi, Kiyoshi Hasegawa, Kinichi Hotta, Hideyuki Ishida, Megumi Ishiguro, Soichiro Ishihara, Yukihide Kanemitsu, Yusuke Kinugasa, Keiko Murofushi, Takako Eguchi Nakajima, Shiro Oka, Toshiaki Tanaka, Hiroya Taniguchi, Akihito Tsuji, Keisuke Uehara, Hideki Ueno, Takeharu Yamanaka, Kentaro Yamazaki, Masahiro Yoshida, Takayuki Yoshino, Michio Itabashi, Kentaro Sakamaki, Keiji Sano, Yasuhiro Shimada, Shinji Tanaka, Hiroyuki Uetake, Shigeki Yamaguchi, Naohiko Yamaguchi, Hirotoshi Kobayashi, Keiji Matsuda, Kenjiro Kotake, Kenichi Sugihara, Japanese Society for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum: Japanese Society for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum (JSCCR) guidelines 2019 for the treatment of colorectal cancer International Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2020.01; 25 (1): 1-42. ( DOI )

Yusuke Yamaoka, Kenichiro Imai, Akio shiomi, Hiroyasu Kagawa, Hitoshi Hino, Yushi Yamakawa, Tomohiro Yamaguchi, Yusuke Kinugasa, Yoshihiro Kishida, Sayo Ito, Kinichi Hotta, Toru Imai: Endoscopic resection of T1 colorectal cancer prior to surgery does not affect surgical adverse events and recurrence. Surgical Endoscopy. 2019.12; Online ahead of print ( PubMed , DOI )

Akiko Tonouchi, Masato Sugano, Masanori Tokunaga, Shizuki Sugita, Masahiro Watanabe, Reo Sato, Akio Kaito, Tetsuo Akimoto, Atsushi Ochiai, Takahiro Kinoshita, Takeshi Kuwata: Extra-perigastric Extranodal Metastasis is a Significant Prognostic Factor in Node-Positive Gastric Cancer World Journal of Surgery. 2019.10; 43 (10): 2499-2505. ( DOI )

絹笠 祐介, 松山 貴俊, 菊池 章史, 山内 慎一, 馬場 裕信, 高岡 亜弓, 松宮 由利子, 青柳 康子, 山本 雄大, 茂原 富美, 笠井 俊介, 田澤 美也子, 山下 大和, 塩原 寛之, 徳永 正則: ロボット手術の現状と未来　下部消化管領域のロボット手術 日本癌治療学会学術集会抄録集. 2019.10; 57回 SSY13-4. ( ichushi )

中島 康晃, 川田 研郎, 東海林 裕, 星野 明弘, 岡田 卓也, 松井 俊大, 山口 和哉, 松山 貴俊, 徳永 正則, 絹笠 祐介: R2手術となった局所進行食道癌に対する根治的化学放射線療法の治療成績 日本癌治療学会学術集会抄録集. 2019.10; 57回 P10-2. ( ichushi )

Tanioka Toshiro, Hoshino Akihiro, Matsuyama Takatoshi, Kinugasa Yusuke: Usefulness of Self-Made Instruction Manual for Laparoscopic Surgery JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. 2019.10; 229 (4): E194-E195.

Yutaka Tokairin, Yasuaki Nakajima, Kenro Kawada, Akihiro Hoshino, Takuya Okada, Tairo Ryotokuji, Toshihiro Matsui, Kagami Nagai, Tatsuyuki Kawano, Yusuke Kinugasa: The usefulness of a bilateral trans-cervical pneumomediastinal approach for mediastinoscopic radical esophagectomy: a right transcervical approach is an available option General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2019.10; 67 (10): 884-890. ( DOI )

Masahiro Watanabe, Takahiro Kinoshita, Shinji Morita, Masahiro Yura, Masanori Tokunaga, Sho Otsuki, Yukinori Yamagata, Akio Kaito, Takaki Yoshikawa, Hitoshi Katai: Clinical impact of splenic hilar dissection with splenectomy for gastric stump cancer European Journal of Surgical Oncology. 2019.08; 45 (8): 1505-1510. ( DOI )

Akio Kaito, Takeshi Kuwata, Masanori Tokunaga, Kohei Shitara, Reo Sato, Tetsuo Akimoto, Takahiro Kinoshita: HER2 heterogeneity is a poor prognosticator for HER2-positive gastric cancer World Journal of Clinical Cases. 2019.08; 7 (15): 1964-1977. ( DOI )

Hitoshi Hino, Akio Shiomi, Masatoshi Kusuhara, Hiroyasu Kagawa, Yushi Yamakawa, Keiichi Hatakeyama, Takanori Kawabata, Takuma Oishi, Kenichi Urakami, Takeshi Nagashima, Yusuke Kinugasa, Ken Yamaguchi: Clinicopathological and mutational analyses of colorectal cancer with mutations in the POLE gene Cancer Medicine. 2019.08; 8 (10): 4587-4597. ( DOI )

Hino Hitoshi, Shiomi Akio, Kusuhara Masatoshi, Kagawa Hiroyasu, Yamakawa Yushi, Hatakeyama Keiichi, Kawabata Takanori, Oishi Takuma, Urakami Kenichi, Nagashima Takeshi, Kinugasa Yusuke, Yamaguchi Ken: Clinicopathological and mutational analyses of colorectal cancer with mutations in the POLE gene CANCER MEDICINE. 2019.08; 8 (10): 4587-4597. ( DOI )

Yamamura Kensuke, Zhu Lina, Kandimalla Raju, Matsuyama Takatoshi, Kinugasa Yusuke, Balaguer Francesc, Baba Hideo, Wang Xin, Goel Ajay: Genomewide expression profiling identifies a novel gene-expression signature for recurrence prediction in patients with early-onset colorectal cancer (EOCRC) CANCER RESEARCH. 2019.07; 79 (13): ( DOI )

Wakabayashi Taiga, Abe Yuta, Kanazawa Akishige, Oshima Go, Kodai Shintaro, Ehara Kazuhisa, Kinugasa Yusuke, Kinoshita Takahiro, Nomura Akinari, Kawakubo Hirofumi, Kitagawa Yuko: Feasibility Study of a Newly Developed Hybrid Energy Device Used During Laparoscopic Liver Resection in a Porcine Model SURGICAL INNOVATION. 2019.06; 26 (3): 350-358. ( DOI )

Tomohiro Yamaguchi, Yusuke Kinugasa, Keita Mori: Oncological outcomes of robotic-assisted laparoscopic lateral lymph node dissection for rectal cancer Annals of Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgery. 2019.06; 4 56. ( DOI )

Anna Dorothea Wagner, Heike I. Grabsch, Murielle Mauer, Sandrine Marreaud, Carmela Caballero, Peter Thuss-Patience, Lothar Mueller, Annelie Elme, Markus Hermann Moehler, Uwe Martens, Yoon-Koo Kang, Sun Young Rha, Annemieke Cats, Masanori Tokunaga, Florian Lordick: EORTC-1203-GITCG - the “INNOVATION”-trial: Effect of chemotherapy alone versus chemotherapy plus trastuzumab, versus chemotherapy plus trastuzumab plus pertuzumab, in the perioperative treatment of HER2 positive, gastric and gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma on pathologic response rate: a randomized phase II-intergroup trial of the EORTC-Gastrointestinal Tract Cancer Group, Korean Cancer Study Group and Dutch Upper GI-Cancer group BMC Cancer. 2019.05; 19 (1): 494. ( DOI )

Masatoshi Takeuchi, Hirofumi Kawakubo, Yuta Abe, Akishige Kanazawa, Kazuhisa Ehara, Yusuke Kinugasa, Takahiro Kinoshita, Akinari Nomura, Yuko Kitagawa: Assessment of the Safety of the New Hybrid Pencil Type Energy (NP) Device Used Close to the Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve in a Porcine Model: Comparison With a Conventional Electrosurgical Knife. Surgical Innovation (SRI). 2019.04; 26 (2): 219-226. ( PubMed , DOI )

井ノ口 幹人, 中川 正敏, 谷岡 利朗, 小林 建太, 金本 栄美, 梅林 佑弥, 齋藤 稔史, 福与 涼介, 中島 康晃, 絹笠 祐介, 小嶋 一幸: 進行胃癌に対する腹腔鏡下手術　D2リンパ節郭清術を伴う腹腔鏡下胃切除術における手術補助者のコツ(Knacks of the assistant operator in laparoscopic gastrectomy with D2 lymphadenectomy) 日本外科学会定期学術集会抄録集. 2019.04; 119回 SY-13. ( ichushi )

Tokairin Y, Nakajima Y, Kawada K, Hoshino A, Okada T, Ryotokuji T, Ogo T, Okuda M, Kume Y, Kawamura Y, Yamaguchi K, Nagai K, Kawano T, Kinugasa Y.: A feasibility study of mediastinoscopic radical esophagectomy for thoracic esophageal cancer from the viewpoint of the dissected mediastinal lymph nodes validated with thoracoscopic procedure: a prospective clinical trial Esophagus. 2019.04; 16 (2): 214-219. ( PubMed , DOI )

Takeuchi Masashi, Kawakubo Hirofumi, Abe Yuta, Kanazawa Akishige, Ehara Kazuhisa, Kinugasa Yusuke, Kinoshita Takahiro, Nomura Akinari, Kitagawa Yuko: Assessment of the Safety of the New Hybrid Pencil Type Energy (NP) Device Used Close to the Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve in a Porcine Model: Comparison With a Conventional Electrosurgical Knife SURGICAL INNOVATION. 2019.04; 26 (2): 219-226. ( DOI )

Koji Komori, Shin Fujita, Junki Mizusawa, Yukihide Kanemitsu, MasaakiIto, Akio Shiomi, Masayuki Ohue, Mitsuyoshi Ota, Yoshihiro Akazai, Manabu Shiozawa, Takashi Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki Bandou, Kenji Katsumata, Yusuke Kinugasa, Yasumasa Takii, Takayuki Akasu, Yoshihiro Moriya, Colorectal Cancer Study Group of Japan Clinical Oncology Group: Predictive factors of pathological lateral pelvic lymph node metastasis in patients without clinical lateral pelvic lymph node metastasis (clinical stage II/III): The analysis of data from the clinical trial (JCOG0212) European journal of surgical oncology. 2019.03; 45 (3): 336-340. ( DOI )

Shoichi Fujii, Tomonori Akagi, Masafumi Inomata, Hiroshi Katayama, Junki Mizusawa, Mitsuyoshi Ota, Shuji Saito, Yusuke Kinugasa, Shigeki Yamaguchi, Takeo Sato, Seigo Kitano, The Japan Clinical Oncology Group: Transitional impact of short‐ and long‐term outcomes of a randomized controlled trial to evaluate laparoscopic versus open surgery for colorectal cancer from Japan Clinical Oncology Group Study JCOG0404 Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery. 2019.03; 3 (3): 301-309. ( DOI )

Tomonori Akagi, Takao Hara, Masafumi Inomata, Junki Mizusawa, Hiroshi Katayama, Dai Shida, Masayuki Ohue, Tetsuya Hamaguchi, Masaaki Ito, Yusuke Kinugasa, Yoshihisa Saida, Tadahiko Masaki, Takeo Sato, Seiichiro Yamamoto, Tsunekazu Hanai, Koki Otsuka, Masahiko Watanabe, Haruhiko Fukuda, Yukihide Kanemitsu, Seigo Kitano: Clinical impact of D3 lymph node dissection preserving left colic artery (LCA) compared to D3 without preserving LCA: Exploratory subgroup analysis of data from randomized controlled trial of laparoscopic versus open surgery for colon cancer from Japan Clinical Oncology Group study JCOG0404. Journal of Oncology. 2019.02; 37 (4): 653. ( DOI )

Yamaoka Yusuke, Yamaguchi Tomohiro, Kinugasa Yusuke, Shiomi Akio, Kagawa Hiroyasu, Yamakawa Yushi, Furutani Akinobu, Manabe Shoichi, Torii Kakeru, Koido Kohei, Mori Keita: Mesorectal fat area as a useful predictor of the difficulty of robotic-assisted laparoscopic total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES. 2019.02; 33 (2): 557-566. ( DOI )

Yamauchi S., Aoyagi Y., Yamamoto Y., Takaoka A., Baba H., Kikuchi A., Okazaki S., Matsuyama T., Ishikawa T., Nakajima Y., Kojima K., Uetake H., Kinugasa Y., Sugihara K.: Clinical Significance of Extended Lateral Lymph Node Dissection for Patients with Lower Rectal Cancer: A Propensity Score Analysis in a Multicenter Retrospective Study ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY. 2019.02; 26 S125-S126.

Tomohiro Yamaguchi, Yusuke Kinugasa, Akio Shiomi, Hiroyasu Kagawa, Yushi Yamakawa, Akinobu Furuatni, Shoichi Manabe, Yusuke Yamaoka, Hitoshi Hino: Short- and long-term outcomes of robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery for rectal cancer: results of a single high-volume center in Japan International Journal of Colorectal Disease. 2018.12; 33 (12): 1755-1762. ( PubMed , DOI )

Yamaguchi Tomohiro, Kinugasa Yusuke, Shiomi Akio, Kagawa Hiroyasu, Yamakawa Yushi, Furuatni Akinobu, Manabe Shoichi, Yamaoka Yusuke, Hino Hitoshi: Short- and long-term outcomes of robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery for rectal cancer: results of a single high-volume center in Japan INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COLORECTAL DISEASE. 2018.12; 33 (12): 1755-1762. ( DOI )

谷岡 利朗, 小嶋 一幸, 梅林 佑弥, 齋藤 稔史, 福与 涼介, 金本 栄美, 五木田 憲太朗, 小林 建太, 中川 正敏, 松山 貴俊, 井ノ口 幹人, 中島 康晃, 絹笠 祐介: 胃癌に対するS-1の補助化学療法で生じた出血性びらんに対して回腸切除術を施行した1例 日本癌治療学会学術集会抄録集. 2018.10; 56回 P79-2. ( ichushi )

Tokairin Yutaka, Nakajima Yasuaki, Kawada Kenro, Hoshino Akihiro, Okada Takuya, Ryotokuji Tairo, Okuda Masafumi, Kume Yuichiro, Kawamura Yudai, Yamaguchi Kazuya, Nagai Kagami, Akita Keiichi, Kinugasa Yusuke: Histological study of the thin membranous structure made of dense connective tissue around the esophagus in the upper mediastinum ESOPHAGUS. 2018.10; 15 (4): 272-280. ( DOI )

井ノ口 幹人, 中川 正敏, 谷岡 利朗, 五木田 憲太朗, 金本 栄美, 中島 康晃, 絹笠 祐介, 小嶋 一幸: S1補助療法後の再発胃癌に対する化学療法 日本癌治療学会学術集会抄録集. 2018.10; 56回 O27-2. ( ichushi )

Matsuyama T, Kinugasa Y, Nakajima Y, Kojima K: Robotic-assisted surgery for rectal cancer: Current state and future perspective. Annals of gastroenterological surgery. 2018.09; 2 (6): 406-412. ( PubMed , DOI )

Yohei Yabuuchi,Kenichiro Imai,Kinichi Hotta,Sayo Ito,Yoshihiro Kishida,Tomohiro Yamaguchi,Akio Shiomi,Yusuke Kinugasa,Masao Yoshida,Masaki Tanaka,Noboru Kawata,Naomi Kakushima,Kohei Takizawa,Hirotoshi Ishiwatari,Hiroyuki Matsubayashi,Hiroyuki Ono: Higher incidence of metachronous advanced neoplasia in patients with synchronous advanced neoplasia and left-sided colorectal resection for colorectal cancer Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 2018.08; 88 (2): 348-359. ( PubMed , DOI )

Yabuuchi Yohei, Imai Kenichiro, Hotta Kinichi, Ito Sayo, Kishida Yoshihiro, Yamaguchi Tomohiro, Shiomi Akio, Kinugasa Yusuke, Yoshida Masao, Tanaka Masaki, Kawata Noboru, Kakushima Naomi, Takizawa Kohei, Ishiwatari Hirotoshi, Matsubayashi Hiroyuki, Ono Hiroyuki: Higher incidence of metachronous advanced neoplasia in patients with synchronous advanced neoplasia and left-sided colorectal resection for colorectal cancer GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY. 2018.08; 88 (2): 348-+. ( DOI )

Kochi Masatoshi, Hinoi Takao, Niitsu Hiroaki, Ohdan Hideki, Konishi Fumio, Kinugasa Yusuke, Kobatake Takaya, Ito Masaaki, Inomata Masafumi, Yatsuoka Toshimasa, Ueki Takashi, Tashiro Jo, Yamaguchi Shigeki, Watanabe Masahiko: Risk factors for postoperative pneumonia in elderly patients with colorectal cancer: a sub-analysis of a large, multicenter, case-control study in Japan SURGERY TODAY. 2018.08; 48 (8): 756-764. ( DOI )

Yusuke Yamaoka,Tomohiro Yamaguchi,Yusuke Kinugasa,Akio Shiomi,Hiroyasu Kagawa, Yushi Yamakawa, Akinobu Furutani, Shoichi Manabe, Kakeru Torii, Kohei Koido, Keita Mori: Mesorectal fat area as a useful predictor of the difficulty of robotic-assisted laparoscopic total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer Surgical Endoscopy. 2018.07; published　online ( PubMed , DOI )

Yutaka Tokairin, Yasuaki Nakajima, Kenro Kawada, Akihiro Hoshino, Takuya Okada, Tairo Ryotokuji, Masafumi Okuda, Yuichiro Kume, Yudai Kawamura, Kazuya Yamaguchi, Kagami Nagai, Keiichi Akita, Yusuke Kinugasa: Histological study of the thin membranous structure made of dense connective tissue around the esophagus in the upper mediastinum Esophagus. 2018.06; 15 (4): 272-280.

Chu Matsuda,Megumi Ishiguro,Satoshi Teramukai,Yoshiki Kajiwara,Shoichi Fujiie,Yusuke Kinugasa,Yoshihiko Nakamoto,Masanori Kotake,Yoshiyuki Sakamoto,Kiyotaka Kurachi,Atsuyuki Maeda,Koji Komori,Naohiro Tomita,Yasuhiro Shimada Keiichi Takahashi,Kenjiro Kotake,Masahiko Watanabe,Hidetaka Mochizuki,Yoko Nakagawa,Kenichi Sugihara on behalf of the SAKURA Study Group: A randomised-controlled trial of 1-year adjuvant chemotherapy with oral tegafur-uracil versus surgery alone in stage II colon cancer: SACURA trial Eur J Cancer. 2018.06; 96 54-63. ( PubMed , DOI )

Matsuda Chu, Ishiguro Megumi, Teramukai Satoshi, Kajiwara Yoshiki, Fujii Shoichi, Kinugasa Yusuke, Nakamoto Yoshihiko, Kotake Masanori, Sakamoto Yoshiyuki, Kurachi Kiyotaka, Maeda Atsuyuki, Komori Koji, Tomita Naohiro, Shimada Yasuhiro, Takahashi Keiichi, Kotake Kenjiro, Watanabe Masahiko, Mochizuki Hidetaka, Nakagawa Yoko, Sugihara Kenichi: A randomised-controlled trial of 1-year adjuvant chemotherapy with oral tegafur-uracil versus surgery alone in stage II colon cancer: SACURA trial EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2018.06; 96 54-63. ( DOI )

Tomohiro Yamaguchi,Yusuke Kinugasa,Akio Shiomi,Hiroyasu Kagawa,Yushi Yamakawa,Akinobu Furutani,Shoichi Manabe,Yusuke Yamaoka,Hitoshi Hino: Oncological outcomes of robotic-assisted laparoscopic versus open lateral lymph node dissection for locally advanced low rectal cancer Surgical Endoscopy. 2018.05; published　online ( PubMed , DOI )

Yuichiro Kume, Kenro Kawada, Takuya Okada, Akihiro Hoshino, Yutaka Tokairin, Yasuaki Nakajima, Takashi Ito, Yusuke Kinugasa, Tatsuyuki Kawano : The macroscopic and histological effects of argon plasma coagulation followed by subepithelial ablation on early esophageal squamous cell carcinoma using magnifying endoscopy with blue laser imaging Journal of Medical and Dental Sciences. 2018.04; 65 (1): 1-8. ( DOI )

Yuichiro Kume, Yasuaki Nakajima, Takuya Okada, Akihiro Hoshino, Yutaka Tokairin, Kenro Kawada, Yusuke Kinugasa : A comparative analysis between pegfilgrastim and lenograstim administered to patients receiving cytotoxic chemotherapy for squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus. Journal of Medical and Dental Sciences. 2018.04; 65 (1): 19-26. ( DOI )

Kenro Kawada, Taro Sugimoto, Ryuhei Okada,Kazuya Yamaguchi, Yudai Kawamura,Masafumi Okuda, Yuuichiro Kume,Andres Mora,Tairo Ryotokuji,Takuta Okada,Akihiro Hoshino,Yutaka Tokairin,Yausaki Nakajima,Yusuke kiyokawa,Fuminori Nomura,Yosuke Ariizumi, Shohei Tomii, Takashi Ito, Takahiro Asakage, Yusuke Kinugasa, Tatsuyuki Kawano: A case of simultaneous triple primary cancers of the hypopharynx, esophagus and stomach which were dissected by endoscopic laryngo-pharyngeal surgery combined with endoscopic submucosal dissection Open Journal of Gastroenterilogy. 2018.03; 8 (3): 94-102. ( DOI )

Ling Chang, Akihiro Hoshino, Yasuaki Nakajima, Kenro Kawada, Yutaka Tokairin, Takuya Okada, Tatsuyuki Kawano, Yusuke Kinugasa: Flexible spectral imaging color enhancement markedly reduces the iodine concentration required for the endoscopic diagnosis of superficial esophageal cancer Journal of Medical and Dental Sciences. 2018.03; 65 (1): 27-33. ( DOI )

Yamauchi S., Takaoka A., Seki R., Matsumiya Y., Orita F., Sasaki M., Miura T., Kikuchi A., Matsuyama T., Ishiguro M., Ishikawa T., Uetake H., Yasuno M., Kinugasa Y., Sugihara K.: Indication of Extended Lateral Lymph Node Dissection for Patients with Lower Rectal Cancer ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY. 2018.02; 25 S164.

Watanabe Toshiaki, Muro Kei, Ajioka Yoichi, Hashiguchi Yojiro, Ito Yoshinori, Saito Yutaka, Hamaguchi Tetsuya, Ishida Hideyuki, Ishiguro Megumi, Ishihara Soichiro, Kanemitsu Yukihide, Kawano Hiroshi, Kinugasa Yusuke, Kokudo Norihiro, Murofushi Keiko, Nakajima Takako, Oka Shiro, Sakai Yoshiharu, Tsuji Akihito, Uehara Keisuke, Ueno Hideki, Yamazaki Kentaro, Yoshida Masahiro, Yoshino Takayuki, Boku Narikazu, Fujimori Takahiro, Itabashi Michio, Koinuma Nobuo, Morita Takayuki, Nishimura Genichi, Sakata Yuh, Shimada Yasuhiro, Takahashi Keiichi, Tanaka Shinji, Tsuruta Osamu, Yamaguchi Toshiharu, Yamaguchi Naohiko, Tanaka Toshiaki, Kotake Kenjiro, Sugihara Kenichi: Japanese Society for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum (JSCCR) guidelines 2016 for the treatment of colorectal cancer INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY. 2018.02; 23 (1): 1-34. ( DOI )

Tomohiro Yamaguchi, Yusuke Kinugasa: Safety and feasibility of robotic-assisted laparoscopic lateral lymph node dissection Annals of Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgery. 2018.01; 3 (5): ( DOI )

Hamaguchi T, Shimada Y, Mizusawa J, Kinugasa Y, Kanemitsu Y, Ohue M, Fujii S, Takiguchi N, Yatsuoka T, Takii Y, Ojima H, Masuko H, Kubo Y, Mishima H, Yamaguchi T, Bando H, Sato T, Kato T, Nakamura K, Fukuda H,Moriya Y: Capecitabine versus S-1 as adjuvant chemotherapy for patients with stage III colorectal cancer (JCOG0910): an open-label, non-inferiority, randomised, phase 3, multicentre trial. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2018.01; 3 (1): 47-56. ( PubMed , DOI )

Numata M, Yamaguchi T, Kinugasa Y, Shiomi A, Kagawa H, Yamakawa Y, Furuatni A, Manabe S, Yamaoka Y, Torii K, Kato S: Safety and feasibility of laparoscopic reoperation for treatment of anastomotic leakage after laparoscopic colorectal cancer surgery. Asian J Endosc Surg.. 2018.01; [Epub ahead of print]. ( PubMed , DOI )

Yamaoka Y, Kinugasa Y, Shiomi A, Yamaguchi T, Kagawa H, Yamakawa Y, Furutani A, Manabe S: The distribution of lymph node metastases and their size in colon cancer. Langenbecks Arch Surg.. 2017.12; 402 (8): 1213-1221. ( PubMed , DOI )

Hino H, Yamaguchi T, Kinugasa Y, Shiomi A, Kagawa H, Yamakawa Y, Numata M, Furutani A, Yamaoka Y, Manabe S, Suzuki T, Kato S: Robotic-assisted multivisceral resection for rectal cancer: short-term outcomes at a single center. Tech Coloproctol. 2017.11; 21 (11): 879-886. ( PubMed , DOI )

Satoshi Okazaki, Hironobu Baba, Noriko Iwata, Shinichi Yamauchi, Kenichi Sugihara: Carcinoembryonic antigen testing after curative liver resection for synchronous liver metastasis of colorectal cancer: a Japanese multicenter analysis. Surg. Today. 2017.10; 47 (10): 1223-1229. ( PubMed , DOI )

尾嶋 仁, 岸 庸二, 女屋 博昭, 吉田 和弘, 滝口 伸浩, 絹笠 祐介, 滝井 康公, 池田 聡, 大植 雅之, 宮倉 安幸, 植竹 宏之, 片岡 幸三, 須藤 剛, 塩澤 学, Evrard Serge: EORTC1527/JCOG1609INT　手術計画を改善するための拡散強調核磁気共鳴イメージング(DW-MRI)による肝転移評価(DREAM)(EORTC1527/JCOG1609INT: Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging(DW-MRI) Assessment of Liver Metastasis to Improve Surgical Planning(DREAM)) 日本癌治療学会学術集会抄録集. 2017.10; 55回 IS7-4. ( ichushi )

Ozawa T, Matsuyama T, Toiyama Y, Takahashi N, Ishikawa T, Uetake H, Yamada Y, Kusunoki M, Calin G, Goel A.: CCAT1 and CCAT2 long noncoding RNAs, located within the 8q.24.21 'gene desert', serve as important prognostic biomarkers in colorectal cancer. Ann Oncol.. 2017.08; 28 (8): 1882-1888.

Tomoki Yamano, Shinichi Yamauchi, Kei Kimura, Akihito Babaya, Michiko Hamanaka, Masayoshi Kobayashi, Miki Fukumoto, Kiyoshi Tsukamoto, Masafumi Noda, Naohiro Tomita, Kenichi Sugihara, : Influence of age and comorbidity on prognosis and application of adjuvant chemotherapy in elderly Japanese patients with colorectal cancer: A retrospective multicentre study. Eur. J. Cancer. 2017.08; 81 90-101. ( PubMed , DOI )

Berger MD, Yamauchi S, Cao S, Hanna DL, Sunakawa Y, Schirripa M, Matsusaka S, Yang D, Groshen S, Zhang W, Ning Y, Okazaki S, Miyamoto Y, Suenaga M, Lonardi S, Cremolini C, Falcone A, Heinemann V, Loupakis F, Stintzing S, Lenz HJ.: Autophagy-related polymorphisms predict hypertension in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer treated with FOLFIRI and bevacizumab: Results from TRIBE and FIRE-3 trials. Eur J Cancer. 2017.05; 77 13-20.

Matsusaka S, Wu AH, Cao S, Hanna DL, Chin K, Yang D, Zhang W, Ning Y, Stintzing S, Sebio A, Sunakawa Y, Stremitzer S, Yamauchi S, Okazaki S, Berger MD, Parekh A, Miyamoto Y, Mizunuma N, Lenz HJ.: Prognostic impact of FOXF1 polymorphisms in gastric cancer patients. Pharmacogenomics J. 2017.04; [Epub ahead of print]

日景 允, 徳永 正則, 幕内 梨恵, 入野 誠之, 谷澤 豊, 坂東 悦郎, 川村 泰一, 絹笠 祐介, 杉浦 禎一, 上坂 克彦, 寺島 雅典: ロボット支援下胃切除術の安全性と有用性(Comparison of the surgical outcomes of robotic and laparoscopic gastrectomy) 日本胃癌学会総会記事. 2017.03; 89回 331. ( ichushi )

藤谷 啓一, 川村 泰一, 大前 勝弘, 加治 早苗, 日景 允, 磯辺 太郎, 幕内 梨恵, 入野 誠之, 徳永 正則, 谷澤 豊, 坂東 悦郎, 杉浦 禎一, 絹笠 祐介, 上坂 克彦, 寺島 雅典: 胃切除術後補助化学療法による低栄養と生存転帰(Post-gastrectomy malnutrition during adjuvant chemotherapy and survival) 日本胃癌学会総会記事. 2017.03; 89回 248. ( ichushi )

谷澤 豊, 坂東 悦郎, 徳永 正則, 幕内 梨恵, 川村 泰一, 入野 誠之, 日景 允, 加治 早苗, 絹笠 祐介, 上坂 克彦, 寺島 雅典: 高度進行胃癌に対するConversion Surgery(Conversion Surgery in Patients with Initially Unresectable Gastric Cancer) 日本胃癌学会総会記事. 2017.03; 89回 309. ( ichushi )

古川 健一朗, 幕内 梨恵, 藤谷 啓一, 大森 隼人, 高木 航, 加治 早苗, 日景 允, 徳永 正則, 谷澤 豊, 坂東 悦郎, 川村 泰一, 絹笠 祐介, 杉浦 禎一, 上坂 克彦, 寺島 雅典: 術前待期期間が胃癌の生存転帰に与える影響(The impact of the preoperative waiting period on the survival in patients with gastric cancer) 日本胃癌学会総会記事. 2017.03; 89回 393. ( ichushi )

Stremitzer S, Berghoff AS, Volz NB, Zhang W, Yang D, Stintzing S, Ning Y, Sunakawa Y, Yamauchi S, Seboi A, Matsusaka S, Okazaki S, Hanna D, Parekh A, Mendez A, Berger MD, El-Khoueiry R, Birner P, Preusser M, Lenz HJ.: Genetic variants associated with colorectal brain metastases susceptibility and survival. Pharmacogenomics J. 2017.01; 17 (1): 29-35.

Hisashi Fujiwara, Yasuaki Nakajima, Kenro Kawada, Yutaka Tokairin, Yutaka Miyawaki, Takuya Okada, Kagami Nagai & Tatsuyuki Kawano: Endoscopic assessment 1 day after esophagectomy for predicting cervical esophagogastric anastomosis-relating complications. Surg Endosc (Epub ahead of print). 2015.07;