Table of Contents1. Noguchi M, Motomura K, Imoto S, Miyauchi M, Sato K, Iwata H, Ohta M, Kurosumi M, Tsugawa K. A multicenter validation study of sentinel lymph node biopsy by the Japanese Breast Cancer Society. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2000;63:31-40.
2. Noguchi M, Kurosumi M, Iwata H, Miyauchi M, Ohta M, Imoto S, Motomura K, Sato K, Tsugawa K. Clinical and pathologic factors predicting axillary lymph node involvement in breast cancer. Breast Cancer 2000;7:114-123.
3. Fukui S, Kugaya A, Okamura H, Kamiya M, Koike M, Nakanishi T, Imoto S, Kanagawa K, Uchitomi Y. A psychosocial group intervention for Japanese women with primary breast carcinoma. Cancer 2000;89:1026-1036.
4. Hasebe T, Sasaki S, Imoto S, Ochiai A. Proliferative activity of intratumoral fibroblasts is closely correlated with lymph node and distant organ metastases of invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast. Am J Pathol 2000;156:1701-1710.
5. Okuyama T, Akechi T, Kugaya A, Okamura H, Imoto S, Nakano T, Mikami I, Hosaka T, Uchitomi Y. Factors correlated with fatigue in disease-free breast cancer patients: application of the Cancer Fatigue Scale. Support Care Cancer 2000;8:215-222.
6. Fukui S, Kamiya M, Koike M, Kugaya A, Okamura H, Nakanishi T, Imoto S, Kanagawa K, Uchitomi Y. Applicability of a Western-developed psychosocial group intervention for Japanese patients with primary breast cancer. Psychooncology 2000;9:169-177.
7. Imoto S, Fukukita H, Murakami K, Ikeda H, Moriyama N. Pilot study on sentinel node biopsy in breast cancer. J Surg Oncol 2000;73:130-133.
1. Takiguchi N, Nakajima N, Saito N, Fujimoto S, Nakazato H. A phase III randomized study comparing oral doxifluridine and oral 5-fluorouracil after curative resection of gastric cancer. Int J Oncol 2000;16:1021-1027.
2. Yasutomi J, Koda K, Saito N, Nakajima N, Nasoff M, McKnight M, Mukerjee S, Gaskins C, Chau PC, Glassy MC. Identification of the immuno-reactive peptide sequence for AgSK1, an adenocarcinoma-restricted antigen. Tissue Antigens 2000;55:157-161.
3. Hasebe T, Morihiro M, Sasaki S, Shimoda T, Sugitoh M, Moriya Y, Ono M, Arai T, Ochiai A. Tumor thickness is a histopathologic predictive parameter of tumor metastasis and prognosis in patients with Dukes stage C ulcerative-type colorectal carcinoma. Cancer 2000;89:35-45.
4. Ito M, Shichijo S, Miyagi Y, Kobayashi T, Tsuda N, Yamada A, Saito N, Itoh K. Identification of SART3-derived peptides capable of inducing HLA-A2-restricted and tumor-specific CTLs in cancer patients with different HLA-A2 subtypes. Int J Cancer 2000;88:633-639.
5. Toyosawa T, Koda Km Oda K, Takiuchi N, Saito N, Sarachina H, Nakajima N. The clinical significance of sialoglycoprotein antigens in colorectal cancer. GI Cancer 2000;3:289-294.
6. Ito M, Shichijo S, Tsuda N, Harashima H, Itoh K. Molecular basis of T cell-mediated recognition of pancreatic cancer cells. Cancer Res (in press)
1. Iinuma G, Ushio K, Ishikawa T, Nawano S, Sekiguchi R, Satake M. Diagnosis of gastric cancers: Comparison of conventional radiography and digital radiography with a 4 million-pixel charge-coupled device. Radiology 2000;214:497-502.
2. Ichikawa T, Peterson MS, Federle MF, Baron RL, Haradome H, Kawamori Y, Nawano S, Araki T. Islet cell tumor of the pancreas: Biphasic CT versus MR Imaging in tumor detection. Radiology 2000;216:163-171.
3. Nagase M, Ryu M, Kinoshita T, Konishi M, Inoue K, Tiku V, Nawano S. Epitheloid hemangioendothelioma of the liver. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg 2000;7:443-447.
4. Furuse J, Ogino T, Ryu M, Kinoshita T, Konishi M, Kawano N, Ishikura S, Shimizu W, Sekiguchi R, Moriyama N, Iwasaki M, Yoshino M. Intraoperative and conformal external-beam radiation therapy in patients with locally advanced pancreatic carcinoma; Results from a feasibility phase II study. Hepatogastroenterol 2000;47:1142-1146.
5. Furuse J, Maru Y, Yoshino M, Mera K, Sumi H, Sekiguchi R, Satake M, Hasebe T, Ochiai A. Assessment of arterial tumor vascularity in small hepatocellular carcinoma. Comparison between color Doppler ultrasonography and radiographic imaging with contrast medium: dynamic CT, angiography, and CT hepatic arteriography. Eur J Radiol 2000;36:20-27.
6. Imoto S, Fukukita H, Murakami K, Ikeda H, Moriyama N. Pilot study on sentinel node biopsy in breast cancer. J Surg Oncol 2000;73:130-133.
1. Ohtsu A, Baba H, Sakata Y, Mitachi Y, Horikoshi N, Sugimachi K, Taguchi T. the S-1 Cooperative Colorectal Carcinoma Study Group. Phase II study of S-1, a novel oral fluoropyrimidine derivative, in patients with metastatic colorectal carcinoma. Br J Cancer 2000;83:141-145.
2. Rembacken BJ, Fujii T, Cairns A, Dixon MF, Yoshida S, Chalmers DM, Axon ATR. Flat and depressed colonic neoplasms: a prospective study of 1000 colonoscopies in UK. Lancet 2000;355: 1211-1214.
3. Muto M, Hitomi Y, Ohtsu A, Ebihara S, Yoshida S, Esumi H. Association of aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 gene polymorphism with multiple oesophageal dysplasia in head and neck cancer patients. Gut 2000;47:256-261.
4. Muto M, Hitomi Y, Ohtsu A, Shimada H, Kashiwase Y, Yoshida S, Ohtsu A. Acetoaldehyde production by non-pathogenic Neisseria in human oral microfloara: implications for carcinogenesis in upper aerodigestive tract. Int J Cancer 2000;88:342-350.
5. Muto M, Saito Y, Koike T, Miki K. A case of gastric cancer with high pepsinogen II levels in both serum and ascites. Dig Endosc 2000;12:42-45.
6. Boku N, Ohtsu A, Yoshida S. A model of chemosensitivity test by examining apoptosis in small specimens of gastric cancer. Gastric Cancer 2000;3:39-44.
7. Nomura T, Boku N, Ohtsu A, Muto M, Matsumoto S, Tajiri H, Yoshida S. Recurrence after endoscopic mucosal resection for superficial esophageal cancer. Endoscopy 2000;32:277-280.
8. Hironaka S, Boku N, Ohtsu A, Nagashima F, Sano Y, Muto M, Fujii T, Tajiri H, Yoshida S. Sequential methotrexate and 5-fluorouracil therapy for gastric cancer patients with bone metastasis. Gastric Cancer 2000;3:19-23.
9. Tajiri H, Muto M, Boku N, Ohtsu A, Yoshida S, Kawahara H. Verrucous Carcinoma of the esophagus completely resected by endoscopy. Am J Gastroenterol 2000;95:1076-1077.
10. Saitoh H, Boku N, Ohtsu A, Hironaka S, Miyamoto S, Hamamoto Y, Ohkuwa M, Yoshida S. Five-year survivor with liver metastasis from gastric cancer successfully treated with systemic chemotherapy. Gastric Cancer 2000;3:106-109.
11. Miyamoto S, Boku N, Ohtsu A. Yoshida S, Ochiai A, Okabe H, Fukushima M. Study group of S-1 for gastric cancer. Clinical implications of immunoreactivity of thymidylate synthase and dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase in gastric cancer treated with oral fluoropyrimidine (S-1). Int J Oncol 2000;17: 653-658.
12. Sumi H, Ohtsu A, Boku N, Muto M, Nagashima F, Hosokawa K, Yoshida S, Satake M, Ishikura S, Ogino T. A case of inoperable esophageal carcinoma with hepatic and nodal metastasis which showed a long-term survival after chemoradiotherapy including nedaplatin. Jpn J Clin Oncol 2000;30:406-409.
13. Yoshida S, Miyata Y, Ohtsu A, Boku N, Shirao K, Shimada Y. Significance of and problems in adopting response evaluation criteria in solid tumor RECIST for assessing anticancer effects of advanced gastric cancer. Gastric Cancer 2000;3:128-133.
14. Ohkuwa M, Ohtsu A, Boku N, Yoshida S, Miyata Y, Shirao K, Shimada Y, Kurihara M. Long-term results for patients with unresectable gastric cancer who received chemotherapy in the Japan Clinical Oncology Group (JCOG) trials. Gastric Cancer 2000;3:145-150.
15. Abe S, Izuishi K, Tajiri H, Kinoshita T, Matsumoto T. Correlation of in vitro autofluorescence endoscopy images with hitopathologic findings in stomach cancer. Endoscopy 2000;32:281-286.
16. Takagi S, Kinouchi Y, Hiwatashi N, Nagashima F, Chida M, Takahashi S, Negoro K, Shimosegawa T, Toyota T. Relationship between microsatellite instability and telomere shortening. Dis Colon Rectum 2000;43 suppl: 12-17.
17. Kusaka T, Fukui H, Sano Y, Ueda Y, Fujimori T. Analysis of K-ras codon 12 mutations and p53 overexpression in colorectal nodule-aggregating tumors. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2000;15:1151-1157.
18. Nara K, Nagashima F, Yasui A. Highly elevated UV-induced mutation frequency in isolated chinese hamster cell lines defective in nucleotide excision repair and mismatch repair proteins. Cancer Res (in press)
19. Miyamoto S, Boku N, Fujii T, Ohtsu A, Matsumoto S, Tajiri H, Yoshida S, Arai T, Ono M, Hasebe T, Ochiai A. Macroscopic typing with wall stricture sign may reflect tumor behaviors of advanced colorectal cancers. J Gastroenterol (in press)
20. Miyamoto S, Ochiai A, Boku N, Ohtsu A, Tahara M, Yoshida S, Okabe H, Takechi T, Fukushima M. Discrepancies between the gene expression, protein expression, and enzyme activity of thymidylate synthase and dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase in human gastrointestinal cancers and adjancent normal mucosa. Int J Oncol (in press)
21. Miyamoto S, Furuse J, Maru Y. Muto M. Duodenal tuberculosis with a choledocho-duodenal fistula. J Gastroenterol Hepatol (in press)
22. Arao J, Sano Y, Fujii T, Kato S, Fu KI, Yoshino T, Ochiai A, Fujimori T, Yoshida S. Cyclooxygenase-2 is overexpressed in serrated adenoma of the colorectum. Dis Colon Rectum (in press)
23. Kato S, Fujii T, Koba I, Sano Y, Fu KI, Para-Blanco A, Tajiri H, Yoshida S, Rembacken B. Blind assessment of colorectal lesions using magnifying colonoscopy and mucosal dye spraying: can significant lesions be distinguished? Endoscopy (in press)
24. Ohkuwa M, Hosokawa K, Boku N, Ohtsu A, Tajiri H, Yoshida S. New endoscopic treatment technique for intramural gastric tumor using an insulating-tipped diathermic knife. Endoscopy (in press)
1. Abe S, Izuishi K, Tajiri H, Kinoshita T, Matuoka T. Correlation of in vitro autofluorescence endoscopy images with histopathologic findings in stomach cancer. Endoscopy 2000;32:281-286.
1. Kimata Y, Uchiyama K, Ebihara S, Saikawa M, Hayashi R, Haneda T, Ohyama W, Kishimoto S, Asai M, Nakatsuka T, Harii K. Postoperative complications and functional results after total glossectomy with microvascular reconstruction. Plast Reconstr Surg 2000;106:1028-1035.
2. Kimata Y, Uchiyama K, Ebihara S, Sakuraba M, Iida H, Nakatsuka T, Harii K. Anterolateral thigh flap donor-site complications and morbidity. Plast Reconstr Surg 2000;106:584-589.
3. Kimata Y, Uchiyama K, Sakuraba M, Ebihara S, Nakatsuka T, Harii K. Simple reconstruction of large pharyngeal defects with free jejunal transfer. Laryngoscope 2000;110:1230-1233.
4. Kimata Y, Uchiyama K, Sakuraba M, Ebihara S, Hayashi R, Asakage T, Nakatsuka T, Harii K. Deep circumflex iliac perforator flap with iliac crest for mandibular reconstruction. Brit J Plast Reconstr Surg (in press)
1. Furuse J, Ogino T, Ryu M, Kinoshita T, Konishi M, Kawano N, Ishikura S, Shimizu W, Sekiguchi R, Moriyama N, Iwasaki M, Yoshino M. Intraoperative and conformal external beam radiation therapy in patients with locally advanced pancreatic carcinoma; results from a feasibility phase II study. Hepato-Gastroenterol 2000;47:1142-1146.
2. Furuse J, Maru Y, Yoshino M, Mera K, Sumi H, Sekiguchi R, Satake M, Hasebe T, Ochiai A. Assessment of arterial tumor vascularity in small hepatocellular carcinoma: Comparison between color Doppler ultrasonography and radiographic imagings with contrast medium: dynamic CT, angiography, and CT during hepatic arteriography. Eur J Radiol 2000;36:20-27.
3. Furuse J, Maru Y, Yoshino M, Mera K, Sumi H, Tajiri H, Satake M, Onaya H, Ishikura S, Ogino T, Kawashima M, Ikeda H. Hepatic Arterial Infusion of 5-Fluorouracil for Liver Metastases from Pancreatic Carcinoma: Results from a Pilot Study. Hepatogastroenterol (in press)
4. Furuse J, Maru Y, Mera K, Sumi H, Yoshino M, Yokoyama Y, Hashimoto H, Ejiri A. Visualization of blood flow in hepatic vessels and hepatocellular carcinoma using B-Flow sonography. J Clin Ultrasound (in press)
5. Tanizaki H, Furuse J, Yoshino M, Ogino T, Ishikura S, Satake M, Hasebe T. Combination radiotherapy for hepatocelluiar carcinoma with intraductal tumor thrombus: A case report. Eur J Radiol (in press)
6. Miyamoto S, Furuse J, Maru Y, Muto M, Tajiri H, Yoshino M. Duodenal tuberculosis with a choledocho-duodenal fistula. J Gastroenterol Hepatol (in press)
7. Konishi M, Kinoshita T, Nakagori T, Inoue K, Oda T, Kimata T, Kikuchi H, Ryu M. Distal pancreatectomy with resection of the celiac axis and reconstruction of the hepatic artery for carcinoma of the body and tail of the pancreas. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg 2000;7:183-187.
8. Nagase M, Ryu M, Kinoshita T, Konishi M, Inoue K, Tiku V, Nawano S. Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the liver. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg 2000;7:443-447.
9. Sugita M, Ryu M, Satake M, Kinoshita T, Konishi M, Inoue K, Shimada H. Intrahepatic inflow areas of the drainage vein of the gallbladder: Analysis by angio-CT. Surgery 2000;128:417-421.
10. Izuishi K, Ryu M, Hasebe T, Kinoshita T, Konishi M, Inoue K. Spontaneous total necrosis of hepatocellular carcinoma: Report of a case. Hepatogastroenterol 2000;47:1122-1124.
11. Inoue K, Makuuchi M, Takayama T, Torzilli G, Yamamoto J, Shimada K, Kosuge T, Yamasaki S, Konishi M, Kinoshita T, Miyagawa S, Kawasaki S. Long-term survival and prognostic factors in the surgical treatment of mass-forming type cholangiocarcinoma. Surgery 2000;127:498-505.
12. Nakagohri T, Konishi M, Inoue K, Oda T, Kinoshita T. Extended right hepatic lobectomy with resection of inferior and portal vein for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg 2000;7:599-602.
13. Kawahira H, Kobayashi S, Kaneko K, Asano T, Ochiai T. p53 Protein Expression in intraductal papillary mucinous tumors (IPMT) of the pancreas as an indicator of tumor malignancy. Hepatogastroenterol 2000;47:973-977.
14. Nakagohri T, Kenmochi T, Kainuma O, Tokoro Y, Kobayashi S, Asano T. (Brief Report) Inferior head resection of the pancreas for intraductal papillary mucinous tumors. The Amer J of Surg 2000;179:482-484.
15. Inoue K, Sugawara Y, Kubota K, Takayama T, Makuuchi M. Induction of type 1 plasminogen activator inhibitor in human liver ischemia and reperfusion. Journal of Hepatology 2000;33:407-414.
1. Itoh K, Ohtsu T, Sasaki Y, Ogura M, Morishima Y, Kasai M, Chou T, Yoshida K, Ohno T, Mizorogi F, Uike N, Sai T, Taniwaki M, Ikeda S, Tobinai K. Randomized comparison of mobilization kinetics of circulating CD34+ cells between biweekly CHOP and dose-escalated CHOP with the prophylactic use of lenograstim (glycosylated rHuG-CSF) in aggressive non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Leukemia Lymphoma 2000;38:521-532.
2. Itoh K, Ohtsu T, Wakita H, Igarashi T, Ishizawa K, Onozawa Y, Fujii H, Minami H, Sasaki Y. Dose-escalation study of CHOP with or without prophylactic G-CSF in aggressive non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Ann Oncol 2000;11:1241-1247.
3. Itoh K, Sasaki Y, Fujii H, Minami H, Ohtsu T, Wakita H, Igarashi T, Watanabe Y, Onozawa Y, Kashimura M, Ohashi Y. Study of dose escalation and sequence switching of administration of the combination of docetaxel and doxorubicin in advanced breast cancer. Clin Cancer Res 2000;6: 4082-4090.
4. Kobayashi K, Fujii H, Minami H, Sasaki Y, Shimada N, Chiba K. Role of human cytochrome P450 3A4 in metabolism of medroxyprogesterone acetate. Clin Cancer Res 6:3297-3303.
5. Kurata T, Tamura T, Sasaki Y, Fujii H, Negoro S, Fukuoka M, Saijo N. Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic analysis of bis-acetato-ammine-dichloro-cyclohexymine-platinum (IV) (JM216) administered once a day for five consecutive days: A phase I study. Jpn J Clin Oncol 2000;30,377-84.
6. Minami H, Ohtsu T, Fujii H, Igarashi T, Itoh K, Uchiyama-Kokubu N, Aizawa T, Watanabe T, Uda Y, Tanigawara Y, Sasaki Y. Phase I study of intravenous PSC-833 and doxorubicin: Reversal of multidrug resistance. Jpn J Cancer Res (in press)
7. Minami H, Sasaki Y, Watanabe T, Ogawa M: Pharmacodynamic modelling of the entire time course of leukopenia after 3-hour infusion of paclitaxel. Jpn J Cancer Res (in press)
1. Okuyama T, Akechi T, Kugaya A, Okamura H, Shima Y, Maruguchi M, Hosaka T, Uchitomi Y. Development and validation of the cancer fatigue scale: A brief, three-dimensional, self-rating scale for assessment of fatigue in cancer patients. J Pain Syptom Manage 2000;19:5-14.
2. Tanaka K, Shima Y, Kakinuma R, Kubota K, Ohe Y, Hojo F, Matumoto T, Ohmatsu H, Goto K, Nagai K, Nisiwaki Y. Effect of nebulized morphine in cancer patients with dyspnea: A pilot study. Jpn J Clin Oncol 2000;29:600-603.
3. Uchitomi Y, Mikami I, Kugaya A, Akizuki N, Nagai K, Nishiwaki Y, Akechi T, Okamura H. Depression after Successful Treatment for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A 3-month follow-up study. Cancer 2000;89:1172-1179.
4. Akechi T, Fukue-Saeki M, Kugaya A, Okamura H, Nishiwaki Y, Yamawaki S, Uchitomi Y. Psychometric properties of the Japanese version of the Mental Adjustment to Cancer (MAC) Scale. Psycho-Oncol 2000;9:395-401.
5. Akechi T, Okamura H, Kugaya A, Nakano T, Nakanishi T, Akizuki N, Yamawaki S, Uchitomi Y. Suicidal ideation in cancer patients with major depression. Jpn J Clin Oncol 2000;30:221-224.
6. Akechi T, Okuyama T, Nakano T, Kitano S, Akizuki N, Okamura H, Uchitomi Y. Suicidal ideation in unresectable lung cancer patients. Proceedings of the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine, 47th Annual meeting.2000:1.
7. Okuyama T, Akechi T, Kugaya A, Okamura H, Imoto S, Nakano T, Mikami I, Hosaka T, Uchitomi Y. Factors correlated with fatigue in disease-free breast cancer patients: Application of the cancer fatigue scale. Support Care Cancer 2000;8:215-222.
8. Tanaka K, Akechi T, Okuyama T, Nishiwaki Y, Uchitomi Y. Development and validation of the cancer dyspnoea scale: a multidimensional, brief, self-rating scale. Br J Cancer 2000;82:800-805.
9. Kugaya A, Akechi T, Okuyama T, Nakano N, Mikami I, Okamura H, Uchitomi Y. Prevalence, predictive factors, and screening of psychological distress in patients with newly diagnosed head and neck cancer. Cancer 2000;88:2817-2823.
10. Fukui S, Kamiya M, Koike M, Kugaya A, Okamura H, Nakanishi T, Imoto S, Kanagawa K, Uchitomi Y. Applicability of a Western-developed psychosocial group intervention for Japanese patients with primary breast cancer. Psycho-Oncol 2000;9:169-177.
11. Fukui S, Kugaya A, Okamura H, Kamiya M, Koike M, Nakanishi T, Imoto S, Kanagawa K, Uchitomi Y. A psychosocial group intervention for Japanese women with primary breast carcinoma: A randomized controlled trial. Cancer 2000;89:1026-1036.
12. Uchitomi Y, Kugaya A, Akechi T, Nakano T, Wenner M, Okamura H, Three sets of diagnostic criteria for major depression and correlations with serotonin-induced platelet calcium mobilization in cancer patients. Psychopharmacology (in press)
13. Akechi T, Okuyama T, Imoto S, Yamawaki S, Uchitomi Y. Biomedical and psychosocial determinants of psychiatric morbidity among postoperative ambulatory breast cancer patients. Br Cancer Res Treat (in press)
14. Akechi T, Okamura H, Yamawaki S, Uchitomi Y. Why do some cancer patients with depression desire an early death and others do not? Psychosomatics (in press)
15. Akechi T, Nakano T, Okamura H, Ueda S, Akizuki N, Nakanishi T, Yoshikawa E, Matsuki H, Hirabayashi E, Uchitomi Y. Psychiatric disorders in cancer patients -Descriptive analysis of 1721 psychiatric referrals at two Japanese cancer center hospitals. Jpn J Clin Oncol (in press)
16. Okuyama T, Tanaka K, Akechi T, Okamura H, Nishiwaki Y, Hosaka T, Uchitomi Y. Fatigue in ambularoty patients with lung cancer -prevalence, correlated factors, and screening-. J Pain Symptom Manage (in press)
1. Kimata Y, Uchiyama K, Ebihara S, Saikawa M, Hayashi R, Haneda T, Ohyama W, Kishimoto S, Asai M, Nakatsuka T, Harii K. Postoperative complications and functional results after total glossectomy with microvascular reconstruction. Plast Reconstr Surg 2000;106: 1028-1035.
2. Kimata Y, Uchiyama K, Ebihara S, Sakuraba M, Iida H, Nakatsuka T, Harii K. Anterolateral thigh flap donor-site complications and morbidity. Plast Reconstr Surg 2000;106:584-589.
3. Kimata Y, Uchiyama K, Sakuraba M, Ebihara S, Nakatsuka T, Harii K. Simple reconstruction of large pharyngeal defects with free jejunal transfer. Laryngoscope 2000;110:1230-1233.
4. Kimata Y, Uchiyama K, Sakuraba M, Ebihara S, Hayashi R, Asakage T, Nakatsuka T, Harii K. Deep circumflex iliac perforator flap with iliac crest for mandibular reconstruction. Brit J Plast Reconstr Surg (in press)
1. Tanisada K, Teshima T, Ikeda H, Abe M, Owen JB, Hanks GE, Yamashita T, Nishi M, Yamada S, Sakai K, Hiraoka M, Hirokawa Y, Oguchi M, Inoue T. A preliminary outcome analysis of the Patterns of Care Study in Japan for esophageal cancer patients with special reference to age: non surgery group. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2000;46:1223-1233.
2. Nakayama H, Tokuuye K, Kagami Y, Sumi M, Murayama S, Kawashima M, Imai A, Ikeda H, Tobinai K. Brain involvement in Hodgkin’s disease: case reports and review of the literature. Radiat Med 2000; 18:205-208.
3. Oguchi M, Ikeda H, Isobe K, Hirota S, Hasegawa M, Nakamura K, Sasai K, Hayabuchi N. Tumor bulk as a prognostic factor for the management of localized aggressive non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma: a survey of the Japan Lymphoma Radiation Therapy Group. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2000;48:161-168.
4. Sumi, M, Ikeda, H, Tokuuye, K, Tobisu, K, Kakizoe, T, Kagami, Y, Murayama, S. The external radiotherapy with 3-dimensional conformal boost after the neoadjuvant androgen suppression for patients with locally advanced prostatic carcinoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2000;48:519-528.
5. Imoto S, Fukukita H, Murakami K, Ikeda H, Moriyama N. Pilot study on sentinel node biopsy in breast cancer. J Surg Oncol 2000; 73:130-133.
6. Sumi M, Ikeda H, Uno T, Teshima T, Tanisada K, Inoue T, Japanese PCS Working Subgroup of Lung Cancer, Japan. Patterns of Care Study of radiation therapy for lung cancer in Japan: The influence of the stratification of institution on the process. Lung Cancer 2000;29;S1-167.
7. Ikushima H, Tokuuye K, Sumi M, Kagami Y, Murayama S, Ikeda H, Tanaka M, Oyama H, Shibui S, Nomura K. Fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy of brain metastases from renal cell carcinoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2000;48:1389-1393.
8. Furuse J, Ogino T, Ryu M, Kinoshita T, Konishi M, Kawano N, Ishikura S, Shimizu W, Sekiguchi R, Moriyama N, Iwasaki M, Yoshino M. Intraoperative and conformal external-beam radiation therapy in patients with locally advanced pancreatic carcinoma; results from a feasibility phase II study. Hepatogastroenterol 2000;47:1142-1146.
9. Ogino T, Murayama S, Itou Y, Nihei K, Kawashima M, Ishikura S, Ikeda H. Three-dimensional positioning verification by image subtraction method using digital radiography. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2000;48 (3, Supple):195.
10. Ikeda H. Structure of Radiotherapy in Japan [Editorial]. Jpn J Clin Oncol (in press)
11. Kawashima M, Ogino T, Hayashi R, Ishikura S, Nihei K, Ito Y, Ikeda H, Ebihara S, Itai Y. Influence of postsurgical residual tumor volume on local control in radiotherapy for maxillary sinus cancer. Jpn J Clin Oncol (in press)
1. Tanaka K, Akechi T, Okuyama T, Nishiwaki Y, Uchitomi Y. Development and validation of the Cancer Dyspnea Scale: a multidimensional, brief, self-rating scale. Br J Cancer 2000;82:806-811.
2. Niho S, Nishiwaki Y, Goto K, Ohmatsu H, Matsumoto T, Hojo F, Ohe Y, Kakinuma, R, Kodama T. Significance of serum pro-gastrin-releasing peptide as a predictor of relapse of small cell lung cancer: comparative evaluation with neuron-specific enolase and carcinoembryonic antigen. Lung cancer 2000;27:159-167.
3. Suzuki K, Yokose T, Yoshida J, Nishimura M, Takahashi K, Nagai K, Nishiwaki Y. Prognostic significance of the size of central fibrosis in peripheral adenocarcinoma of the Lung. ATS 2000;69:893-897.
4. Yoshida J, Nagai K, Nishimura M, Takahashi K, Nishiwaki Y, Yokose T. Secretion of hCG/b-hCG by squamous cell carcinoma of the lung in a 31-year-old female smoker. Jpn J Clin Oncol 2000;30:163-166.
5. Takamochi K, Nagai K, Yoshida J, Suzuki K, Ohde Y, Nishimura M, Takahashi K, Nishiwaki Y. The role of computed tomographic scanning in diagnosing mediastinal node involvement in non-small cell lung cancer. JTCS 2000;199:1135-1140.
6. Kubota K, Tamura T, Fukuoka M, Furuse K, Ikegami H, Ariyoshi Y, Kurita Y, Saijo N. Phase II study of concurrent chemotherapy and radiotherapy for unresectable stage III non-small-cell lung cancer: Long-term follow-up results. Japan Clinical Oncology Group Protocol 8902. Ann Oncol 2000;11:445-450.
7. Uchitomi Y, Minami I, Kugaya A, Akizuki N, Nagai K, Nishiwaki Y, Akechi T, Okamura H. Depression after successful treatment for nonsmall cell lung carcinoma: A 3-month follow-up Study. Cancer 2000;89:1172-1179.
8. Yokose T, Suzuki K, Nagai K, Nishiwaki Y, Sasaki S, Ochiai A. Favorable and unfavorable morphological prognostic factors in peripheral adenocarcinoma of the lung 3 cm or less in diameter. Lung Cancer 2000,29:179-188.
9. Akechi T, Fukue-saeki M, Kugaya A, Okamura H, Nishiwaki Y, Yamawaki S Uchitomi Y. Psychometric Properties of the Japanese Version of the Mental Adjustment to Cancer (MAC) Scale. Psycho-Oncology 2000,9:395-401.
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