Rare Cancer Center

(NCCH) Akira Kawai, Yoshitaka Narita, Shigenobu Suzuki, Seiichi Yoshimoto, Kan Yonemori, Mayu Yunokawa, Makoto Kodaira, Tatsunori Shimoi, Yasushi Goto, Yoshitaka Honma, Chigusa Morizane, Motokiyo Komiyama, Tomoyasu Kato, Hirokazu Chuuman, Yoshikazu Tanzawa, Eisuke Kobayashi, Makoto Endo, Naoya Yamazaki, Arata Tsutsumida, Akira Takahashi, Kenjiro Namikawa, Wataru Munakata, Chitose Ogawa, Ayumu Arakawa, Miyuki Sone, Shunsuke Sugawara, Hiroshi Igaki, Kana Takahashi, Akihiko Yoshida, Noboru Yamamoto, Shunsuke Kondo, Koichi Ichimura, Tadashi Kondo, Takahiro Higashi, Takuro Sakurai, Makiko Murase, Yoko Katoh, Natumi Takeuchi,
(NCCHE) Naoto Gotohda, Tetsuo Akimoto, Fumihiko Nakatani, Ako Hosono, Toshihiko Doi, Yoichi Naito, Junya Ueno

Introduction

The Rare Cancer Center was launched in December 2013 and officially opened in June 2014 as a multidisciplinary team to take measures against the innate problems associated with rare cancers. Based on discussions, rare cancers are defined as those with an incidence < 6/100,000/year. Although each rare cancer is rare in itself, when the number of each rare cancer is combined, it corresponds to up to 15% of all new cancer diagnoses. Information on rare cancers is scarce. Rare cancers are often inadequately diagnosed and treated in relation both to lack of knowledge and clinical expertise. Patients with rare cancers face great difficulty in having their diseases treated adequately.

Activities

The Rare Cancer Center plays a central role in the treating and managing of rare cancers in the National Cancer Center (NCC).

The mission statements of the Rare Cancer Center are as follows:

1. Establishing a vital network of diagnosis and treatment for rare cancers in the NCC Hospital and Hospital East.
2. Reviewing the problems associated with rare cancers in Japan and making proposals and taking up the issues as medical professionals.

To enable the Center to play its role, a total of 45 doctors, nurses and researchers dealing with rare cancers have joined as members of the Center. Each staff member of the Rare Cancer Center provides specialized, high-quality medical care to patients with rare cancers in cooperation with his/her Department staff.

The Rare Cancer Center provides consultation to the patients and relatives with rare cancers on the telephone (Rare Cancer Hotline). The number of telephone call was 3,006 cases in 2015. (Figure 1) The Center also provides comprehensive, scientif ically based, up-to-date unbiased information about rare cancers to all patients, families and health professionals fighting against rare cancers via its website (Rare Cancer Center Homepage). The Rare Cancer Center organized the 1st International Cancer Research Symposium "Rare Cancers: Seeking Ideal Medical Care" on February 12 to 13, 2015. Also, staff of the Rare Cancer Center served as members of the committee on rare cancers (March to August 2015) set up by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

Figure 1. The Number of telephone calls to the Rare Cancer Hotline in 2015

List of papers published in 2015

Journal

1. Tahara M, Kiyota N, Mizusawa J, Nakamura K, Hayashi R, Akimoto T, Hasegawa Y, Iwae S, Monden N, Matsuura K, Fujii H, Onozawa Y, Homma A, Kubota A, Fukuda H, Fujii M. Phase II trial of chemoradiotherapy with S-1 plus cisplatin for unresectable locally advanced head and neck cancer (JCOG0706). Cancer Sci, 106:726-733, 2015
2. Kato T, Takashima A, Kasamatsu T, Nakamura K, Mizusawa J, Nakanishi T, Takeshima N, Kamiura S, Onda T, Sumi T, Takano M, Nakai H, Saito T, Fujiwara K, Yokoyama M, Itamochi H, Takehara K, Yokota H, Mizunoe T, Takeda S, Sonoda K, Shiozawa T, Kawabata T, Honma S, Fukuda H, Yaegashi N, Yoshikawa H, Konishi I, Kamura T, Gynecologic Oncology Study Group of the Japan Clinical Oncology Group. Clinical tumor diameter and prognosis of patients with FIGO stage IB1 cervical cancer (JCOG0806-A). Gynecol Oncol, 137:34-39, 2015
3. Hayashi N, Niikura N, Masuda N, Takashima S, Nakamura R, Watanabe K, Kanbayashi C, Ishida M, Hozumi Y, Tsuneizumi M, Kondo N, Naito Y, Honda Y, Matsui A, Fujisawa T, Oshitanai R, Yasojima H, Yamauchi H, Saji S, Iwata H. Prognostic factors of HER2-positive breast cancer patients who develop brain metastasis: a multicenter retrospective analysis. Breast Cancer Res Treat, 149:277-284, 2015
4. Mukai H, Saeki T, Shimada K, Naito Y, Matsubara N, Nakanishi T, Obaishi H, Namiki M, Sasaki Y. Phase 1 combination study of eribulin mesylate with trastuzumab for advanced or recurrent human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 positive breast cancer. Invest New Drugs, 33:119-127, 2015
5. Yamazaki N, Kiyohara Y, Sugaya N, Uhara H. Phase I/II study of vemurafenib in patients with unresectable or recurrent melanoma with BRAF(V) (600) mutations. J Dermatol, 42:661-666, 2015
6. Yamazaki N, Tanaka R, Tsutsumida A, Namikawa K, Eguchi H, Omata W, Oashi K, Ogawa T, Hayashi A, Nakamura N, Tsuta K. BRAF V600 mutations and pathological features in Japanese melanoma patients. Melanoma Res, 25:9-14, 2015
7. Yamazaki N, Kiyohara Y, Uhara H, Fukushima S, Uchi H, Shibagaki N, Tsutsumida A, Yoshikawa S, Okuyama R, Ito Y, Tokudome T. Phase II study of ipilimumab monotherapy in Japanese patients with advanced melanoma. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol, 76:997-1004, 2015
8. Yamazaki N, Uhara H, Fukushima S, Uchi H, Shibagaki N, Kiyohara Y, Tsutsumida A, Namikawa K, Okuyama R, Otsuka Y, Tokudome T. Phase II study of the immune-checkpoint inhibitor ipilimumab plus dacarbazine in Japanese patients with previously untreated, unresectable or metastatic melanoma. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol, 76:969-975, 2015
9. Sakaizawa K, Ashida A, Uchiyama A, Ito T, Fujisawa Y, Ogata D, Matsushita S, Fujii K, Fukushima S, Shibayama Y, Hatta N, Takenouchi T, Uehara J, Okuyama R, Yamazaki N, Uhara H. Clinical characteristics associated with BRAF, NRAS and KIT mutations in Japanese melanoma patients. J Dermatol Sci, 80:33-37, 2015
10. Nakamura Y, Ohara K, Kishi A, Teramoto Y, Sato S, Fujisawa Y, Fujimoto M, Otsuka F, Hayashi N, Yamazaki N, Yamamoto A. Effects of non-amputative wide local excision on the local control and prognosis of in situ and invasive subungual melanoma melanoma. J Dermatol, 42:861-866, 2015
11. Sato S, Nakamura Y, Shimizu M, Yamada K, Teramoto Y, Yamazaki N, Yamamoto A. Giant pedunculated pilomatrix carcinoma on the upper limb: A rare clinical appearance. Eur J Dermatol, 25:91-92, 2015
12. Arita H, Narita Y, Matsushita Y, Fukushima S, Yoshida A, Takami H, Miyakita Y, Ohno M, Shibui S, Ichimura K. Development of a robust and sensitive pyrosequencing assay for the detection of IDH1/2 mutations in gliomas. Brain Tumor Pathol, 32:22-30, 2015
13. Takami H, Yoshida A, Fukushima S, Arita H, Matsushita Y, Nakamura T, Ohno M, Miyakita Y, Shibui S, Narita Y, Ichimura K. Revisiting TP53 Mutations and Immunohistochemistry-A Comparative Study in 157 Diffuse Gliomas. Brain Pathol, 25:256-265, 2015
14. Fukushima S, Yoshida A, Narita Y, Arita H, Ohno M, Miyakita Y, Ichimura K, Shibui S. Multinodular and vacuolating neuronal tumor of the cerebrum. Brain Tumor Pathol, 32:131-136, 2015
15. Murakami N, Yoshimoto S, Matsumoto F, Ueno T, Ito Y, Watanabe S, Kobayashi K, Harada K, Kitaguchi M, Sekii S, Takahashi K, Yoshio K, Inaba K, Morota M, Sumi M, Saito Y, Itami J. Severe gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma treated by concurrent radiotherapy and Cetuximab. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol, 141:177-184, 2015
16. Ono M, Tsuda H, Yunokawa M, Yonemori K, Shimizu C, Tamura K, Kinoshita T, Fujiwara Y. Prognostic impact of Ki-67 labeling indices with 3 different cutoff values, histological grade, and nuclear grade in hormone-receptor-positive, HER2-negative, node-negative invasive breast cancers. Breast Cancer, 22:141-152, 2015
17. Yamamoto H, Ando M, Aogi K, Iwata H, Tamura K, Yonemori K, Shimizu C, Hara F, Takabatake D, Hattori M, Asakawa T, Fujiwara Y. Phase I and pharmacokinetic study of trastuzumab emtansine in Japanese patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer. Jpn J Clin Oncol, 45:12-18, 2015
18. Kinjo Y, Nonaka S, Oda I, Abe S, Suzuki H, Yoshinaga S, Maki D, Yoshimoto S, Taniguchi H, Saito Y. The short-term and long-term outcomes of the endoscopic resection for the superficial pharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. Endosc Int Open, 3:E266-E273, 2015
19. Sone M, Nakajima Y, Woodhams R, Shioyama Y, Tsurusaki M, Hiraki T, Yoshimatsu M, Hyodoh H, Kubo T, Takeda S, Minakami H. Interventional radiology for critical hemorrhage in obstetrics: Japanese Society of Interventional Radiology (JSIR) procedural guidelines. Jpn J Radiol, 33:233-240, 2015
20. Asano N, Yoshida A, Ogura K, Kobayashi E, Susa M, Morioka H, Iwata S, Ishii T, Hiruma T, Chuman H, Kawai A. Prognostic Value of Relevant Clinicopathologic Variables in Epithelioid Sarcoma: A Multi-Institutional Retrospective Study of 44 Patients. Ann Surg Oncol, 22:2624-2632, 2015
21. Suzuki M, Shiraishi K, Yoshida A, Shimada Y, Suzuki K, Asamura H, Furuta K, Kohno T, Tsuta K. HER2 gene mutations in non-small cell lung carcinomas: concurrence with Her2 gene amplification and her2 protein expression and phosphorylation. Lung Cancer, 87:14-22, 2015
22. Miyamoto S, Fukunaga Y, Fujiki M, Nakatni F, Tanzawa Y, Sakuraba M. Accompanying artery of sciatic nerve as recipient vessel for free-flap transfer: a computed tomographic angiography study and case reports. Microsurgery, 35:284-289, 2015
23. Kikuta K, Kubota D, Yoshida A, Morioka H, Toyama Y, Chuuman H, Kawai A. An analysis of factors related to the tail-like pattern of myxofibrosarcoma seen on MRI. Skeletal Radiol, 44:55-62, 2015
24. Yagishita S, Horinouchi H, Katsui Taniyama T, Nakamichi S, Kitazono S, Mizugaki H, Kanda S, Fujiwara Y, Nokihara H, Yamamoto N, Sumi M, Shiraishi K, Kohno T, Furuta K, Tsuta K, Tamura T. Epidermal growth factor receptor mutation is associated with longer local control after definitive chemoradiotherapy in patients with stage III nonsquamous non-small-cell lung cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 91:140-148, 2015
25. Yoshida A, Asano N, Kawai A, Kawamoto H, Nakazawa A, Kishimoto H, Kushima R. Differential SALL4 immunoexpression in malignant rhabdoid tumours and epithelioid sarcomas. Histopathology, 66:252-261, 2015
26. Ogura K, Uehara K, Akiyama T, Iwata S, Shinoda Y, Kobayashi E, Saita K, Yonemoto T, Kawano H, Chuman H, Davis AM, Kawai A. Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Japanese version of the Toronto Extremity Salvage Score (TESS) for patients with malignant musculoskeletal tumors in the lower extremities. J Orthop Sci, 20:1098-1105, 2015
27. Ogura K, Fujiwara T, Yasunaga H, Matsui H, Jeon DG, Cho WH, Hiraga H, Ishii T, Yonemoto T, Kamoda H, Ozaki T, Kozawa E, Nishida Y, Morioka H, Hiruma T, Kakunaga S, Ueda T, Tsuda Y, Kawano H, Kawai A. Development and external validation of nomograms predicting distant metastases and overall survival after neoadjuvant chemotherapy and surgery for patients with nonmetastatic osteosarcoma: A multi-institutional study. Cancer, 121:3844-3852, 2015
28. Kimura H, Yamamoto N, Shirai T, Nishida H, Hayashi K, Tanzawa Y, Takeuchi A, Igarashi K, Inatani H, Shimozaki S, Kato T, Aoki Y, Higuchi T, Tsuchiya H. Efficacy of triplet regimen antiemetic therapy for chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) in bone and soft tissue sarcoma patients receiving highly emetogenic chemotherapy, and an efficacy comparison of single-shot palonosetron and consecutive-day granisetron for CINV in a randomized, single-blinded crossover study. Cancer Med, 4:333-341, 2015
29. Ogura K, Miyamoto S, Sakuraba M, Fujiwara T, Chuman H, Kawai A. Intercalary reconstruction after wide resection of malignant bone tumors of the lower extremity using a composite graft with a devitalized autograft and a vascularized fibula. Sarcoma, 2015:861575, 2015
30. Joo MW, Shin SH, Kang YK, Kawai A, Kim HS, Asavamongkolkul A, Jeon DG, Kim JD, Niu X, Tsuchiya H, Puri A, Wang EH, Chung SH, Chung YG. Osteosarcoma in Asian Populations Over the Age of 40 Years: A Multicenter Study. Ann Surg Oncol, 22:3557-3564, 2015
31. Ogura K, Sakuraba M, Miyamoto S, Fujiwara T, Chuman H, Kawai A. Pelvic ring reconstruction with a double-barreled free vascularized fibula graft after resection of malignant pelvic bone tumor. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg, 135:619-625, 2015
32. Zhang L, Lyer AK, Yang X, Kobayashi E, Guo Y, Mankin H, Hornicek FJ, Amiji MM, Duan Z. Polymeric nanoparticle-based delivery of microRNA-199a-3p inhibits proliferation and growth of osteosarcoma cells. Int J Nanomedicine, 10:2913-2924, 2015
33. Kawai A, Araki N, Sugiura H, Ueda T, Yonemoto T, Takahashi M, Morioka H, Hiraga H, Hiruma T, Kunisada T, Matsumine A, Tanase T, Hasegawa T, Takahashi S. Trabectedin monotherapy after standard chemotherapy versus best supportive care in patients with advanced, translocation-related sarcoma: a randomised, open-label, phase 2 study. Lancet Oncol, 16:406-416, 2015
34. Takai E, Totoki Y, Nakamura H, Morizane C, Nara S, Hama N, Suzuki M, Furukawa E, Kato M, Hayashi H, Kohno T, Ueno H, Shimada K, Okusaka T, Nakagama H, Shibata T, Yachida S. Clinical utility of circulating tumor DNA for molecular assessment in pancreatic cancer. Sci Rep, 5:18425, 2015
35. Kataoka K, Nagata Y, Kitanaka A, Shiraishi Y, Shimamura T, Yasunaga J, Totoki Y, Chiba K, Sato-Otsubo A, Nagae G, Ishii R, Muto S, Kotani S, Watatani Y, Takeda J, Sanada M, Tanaka H, Suzuki H, Sato Y, Shiozawa Y, Yoshizato T, Yoshida K, Makishima H, Iwanaga M, Ma G, Nosaka K, Hishizawa M, Itonaga H, Imaizumi Y, Munakata W, Ogasawara H, Sato T, Sasai K, Muramoto K, Penova M, Kawaguchi T, Nakamura H, Hama N, Shide K, Kubuki Y, Hidaka T, Kameda T, Nakamaki T, Ishiyama K, Miyawaki S, Yoon SS, Tobinai K, Miyazaki Y, Takaori-Kondo A, Matsuda F, Takeuchi K, Nureki O, Aburatani H, Watanabe T, Shibata T, Matsuoka M, Miyano S, Shimoda K, Ogawa S. Integrated molecular analysis of adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma. Nat Genet, 47:1304-1315, 2015
36. Narita Y, Shibui S, Committee of Brain Tumor Registry of Japan Supported by the Japan Neurosurgical Society. Trends and outcomes in the treatment of gliomas based on data during 2001-2004 from the Brain Tumor Registry of Japan. Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo), 55:286-295, 2015
37. Narita Y. Bevacizumab for glioblastoma. Ther Clin Risk Manag, 11:1759-1765, 2015
38. Okita Y, Narita Y, Miyahara R, Miyakita Y, Ohno M, Shibui S. Health-related quality of life in long-term survivors with Grade II gliomas: the contribution of disease recurrence and Karnofsky Performance Status. Jpn J Clin Oncol, 45:906-913, 2015
39. Yoshida A, Kamata T, Iwasa T, Watanabe S, Tsuta K. Myocardial Sleeve Tissues in Surgical Lung Specimens. Am J Surg Pathol, 39:1427-1432, 2015
40. Katsuya Y, Yoshida A, Watanabe S, Tsuta K. Tumour-to-tumour metastasis from papillary thyroid carcinoma with BRAF mutation to lung adenocarcinoma with EGFR mutation: the utility of mutation-specific antibodies. Histopathology, 67:262-266, 2015
41. Kamata T, Yoshida A, Kosuge T, Watanabe S, Asamura H, Tsuta K. Ciliated muconodular papillary tumors of the lung: a clinicopathologic analysis of 10 cases. Am J Surg Pathol, 39:753-760, 2015
42. Hattori Y, Yoshida A, Yoshida M, Takahashi M, Tsuta K. Evaluation of androgen receptor and GATA binding protein 3 as immunohistochemical markers in the diagnosis of metastatic breast carcinoma to the lung. Pathol Int, 65:286-292, 2015
43. Komatsu Y, Doi T, Sawaki A, Kanda T, Yamada Y, Kuss I, Demetri GD, Nishida T. Regorafenib for advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumors following imatinib and sunitinib treatment: a subgroup analysis evaluating Japanese patients in the phase III GRID trial. Int J Clin Oncol, 20:905-912, 2015
44. Takami H, Yoshida A, Fukushima S, Arita H, Matsushita Y, Nakamura T, Ohno M, Miyakita Y, Shibui S, Narita Y, Ichimura K. Revisiting TP53 Mutations and Immunohistochemistry--A Comparative Study in 157 Diffuse Gliomas. Brain Pathol, 25:256-265, 2015
45. Tajima T, Kito F, Ohta T, Kawai A, Kondo T. Interactome analysis reveals molecular mechanisms underlying the association between selenium binding protein 1 expression and the malignant features of tumor cells. J Electrophoresis, 59:1-6, 2015
46. Uemura N, Kondo T. Current advances in esophageal cancer proteomics. Biochim Biophys Acta, 1854:687-695, 2015
47. Watanabe S, Hirano S, Mine S, Yoshida A, Motoi T, Ishii S, Naka G, Takeda Y, Igari T, Sugiyama H, Kobayashi N. A case of endobronchial NUT midline carcinoma with intraluminal growth. Anticancer Res, 35:1607-1612, 2015
48. Watanabe Y, Shiraishi K, Takahashi F, Yoshida A, Suzuki K, Asamura H, Takeuchi M, Furuta K, Tsuta K. Biomarker expression and druggable gene alterations for development of an appropriate therapeutic protocol for pulmonary adenosquamous carcinoma. Histopathology, 66:939-948, 2015
49. Inoue I, Higashi T, Iwamoto M, Heiney SP, Tamaki T, Osawa K, Inoue M, Shiraishi K, Kojima R, Matoba M. A national profile of the impact of parental cancer on their children in Japan. Cancer Epidemiol, 39:838-841, 2015
50. Iwamoto M, Higashi T, Miura H, Kawaguchi T, Tanaka S, Yamashita I, Yoshimoto T, Yoshida S, Matoba M. Accuracy of using Diagnosis Procedure Combination administrative claims data for estimating the amount of opioid consumption among cancer patients in Japan. Jpn J Clin Oncol, 45:1036-1041, 2015
51. Tsukada Y, Nakamura F, Iwamoto M, Nishimoto H, Emori Y, Terahara A, Higashi T. Are hospitals in Japan with larger patient volume treating younger and earlier-stage cancer patients? An analysis of hospital-based cancer registry data in Japan. Jpn J Clin Oncol, 45:719-726, 2015
52. Ikeda S, Ishikawa M, Kato T. Spontaneous ureteral rupture during concurrent chemoradiotherapy in a woman with uterine cervical cancer. Gynecol Oncol Rep, 13:18-19, 2015
53. Togami S, Sasajima Y, Kasamatsu T, Oda-Otomo R, Okada S, Ishikawa M, Ikeda S, Kato T, Tsuda H. Immunophenotype and human papillomavirus status of serous adenocarcinoma of the uterine cervix. Pathol Oncol Res, 21:487-494, 2015
54. Yoshida A, Yoshida H, Yoshida M, Mori T, Kobayashi E, Tanzawa Y, Yasugi T, Kawana K, Ishikawa M, Sugiura H, Maeda D, Fukayama M, Kawai A, Hiraoka N, Motoi T. Myoepithelioma-like Tumors of the Vulvar Region: A Distinctive Group of SMARCB1-deficient Neoplasms. Am J Surg Pathol, 39:1102-1113, 2015
55. Wakisaka N, Hasegawa Y, Yoshimoto S, Miura K, Shiotani A, Yokoyama J, Sugasawa M, Moriyama-Kita M, Endo K, Yoshizaki T. Primary Tumor-Secreted Lymphangiogenic Factors Induce Pre-Metastatic Lymphvascular Niche Formation at Sentinel Lymph Nodes in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma. PLoS One, 10:e0144056, 2015
56. Utsumi H, Honma Y, Nagashima K, Iwasa S, Takashima A, Kato K, Hamaguchi T, Yamada Y, Shimada Y, Kishi Y, Nara S, Esaki M, Shimada K. Bevacizumab and postoperative wound complications in patients with liver metastases of colorectal cancer. Anticancer Res, 35:2255-2261, 2015
57. AJCC Ophthalmic Oncology Task Force. International Validation of the American Joint Committee on Cancer's 7th Edition Classification of Uveal Melanoma. JAMA Ophthalmol, 133:376-383, 2015
58. Suzuki S, Aihara Y, Fujiwara M, Sano S, Kaneko A. Intravitreal injection of melphalan for intraocular retinoblastoma. Jpn J Ophthalmol, 59:164-172, 2015
59. Fujiwara T, Fujiwara M, Numoto K, Ogura K, Yoshida A, Yonemoto T, Suzuki S, Kawai A. Second primary osteosarcomas in patients with retinoblastoma. Jpn J Clin Oncol, 45:1139-1145, 2015
60. Nakamichi S, Nokihara H, Yamamoto N, Yamada Y, Fujiwara Y, Tamura Y, Wakui H, Honda K, Mizugaki H, Kitazono S, Tanabe Y, Asahina H, Yamazaki N, Suzuki S, Matsuoka M, Ogita Y, Tamura T. Phase I and pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics study of the MEK inhibitor RO4987655 in Japanese patients with advanced solid tumors. Invest New Drugs, 33:641-651, 2015
61. Mizowaki T, Aoki M, Nakamura K, Yorozu A, Kokubo M, Karasawa K, Kozuka T, Nakajima N, Sasai K, Akimoto T. Current status and outcomes of patients developing PSA recurrence after prostatectomy who were treated with salvage radiotherapy: a JROSG surveillance study. J Radiat Res, 56:750-756, 2015
62. Hashimoto Y, Akimoto T, Iizuka J, Tanabe K, Mitsuhashi N. Correlation between the changes in the EPIC QOL scores and the dose-volume histogram parameters in high-doserate brachytherapy combined with hypofractionated external beam radiation therapy for prostate cancer. Jpn J Clin Oncol, 45:81-87, 2015
63. Motegi A, Kawashima M, Arahira S, Zenda S, Toshima M, Onozawa M, Hayashi R, Akimoto T. Accelerated radiotherapy for T1 to T2 glottic cancer. Head Neck, 37:579-584, 2015
64. Doi T, Tamura K, Tanabe Y, Yonemori K, Yoshino T, Fuse N, Kodaira M, Bando H, Noguchi K, Shimamoto T, Ohtsu A. Phase 1 pharmacokinetic study of the oral pan-AKT inhibitor MK-2206 in Japanese patients with advanced solid tumors. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol, 76:409-416, 2015
65. Zenda S, Ishi S, Akimoto T, Arahira S, Motegi A, Tahara M, Hayashi R, Asanuma C. DeCoP, a Dermatitis Control Program using a moderately absorbent surgical pad for head and neck cancer patients receiving radiotherapy: a retrospective analysis. Jpn J Clin Oncol, 45:433-438, 2015
66. Asao T, Nokihara H, Yoh K, Niho S, Goto K, Ohmatsu H, Kubota K, Yamamoto N, Sekine I, Kunitoh H, Fujiwara Y, Ohe Y. Phase II study of amrubicin at a dose of 45 mg/m2 in patients with previously treated small-cell lung cancer. Jpn J Clin Oncol, 45:941-946, 2015
67. Doi T, Yoshino T, Shitara K, Matsubara N, Fuse N, Naito Y, Uenaka K, Nakamura T, Hynes SM, Lin AB. Phase I study of LY2603618, a CHK1 inhibitor, in combination with gemcitabine in Japanese patients with solid tumors. Anticancer Drugs, 26:1043-1053, 2015
68. Kawazoe A, Shitara K, Fukuoka S, Kuboki Y, Bando H, Okamoto W, Kojima T, Fuse N, Yamanaka T, Doi T, Ohtsu A, Yoshino T. A retrospective observational study of clinicopathological features of KRAS, NRAS, BRAF and PIK3CA mutations in Japanese patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. BMC Cancer, 15:258, 2015
69. Davies BR, Guan N, Logie A, Crafter C, Hanson L, Jacobs V, James N, Dudley P, Jacques K, Ladd B, D'Cruz CM, Zinda M, Lindemann J, Kodaira M, Tamura K, Jenkins EL. Tumors with AKT1E17K Mutations Are Rational Targets for Single Agent or Combination Therapy with AKT Inhibitors. Mol Cancer Ther, 14:2441-2451, 2015
70. Kawazoe A, Shitara K, Fukuoka S, Noguchi M, Kuboki Y, Bando H, Okamoto W, Kojima T, Fuse N, Yoshino T, Ohtsu A, Doi T. Clinical outcomes in 66 patients with advanced gastric cancer treated in phase I trials: the NCCHE experience. Invest New Drugs, 33:664-670, 2015
71. Fujiwara Y, Nokihara H, Yamada Y, Yamamoto N, Sunami K, Utsumi H, Asou H, TakahashI O, Ogasawara K, Gueorguieva I, Tamura T. Phase 1 study of galunisertib, a TGF-beta receptor I kinase inhibitor, in Japanese patients with advanced solid tumors. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol, 76:1143-1152, 2015
72. Oh DY, Doi T, Shirao K, Lee KW, Park SR, Chen Y, Yang L, Valota O, Bang YJ. Phase I Study of Axitinib in Combination with Cisplatin and Capecitabine in Patients with Previously Untreated Advanced Gastric Cancer. Cancer Res Treat, 47:687-696, 2015
73. Horinouchi H, Yamamoto N, Fujiwara Y, Sekine I, Nokihara H, Kubota K, Kanda S, Yagishita S, Wakui H, Kitazono S, Mizugaki H, Tokudome T, Tamura T. Phase I study of ipilimumab in phased combination with paclitaxel and carboplatin in Japanese patients with non-small-cell lung cancer. Invest New Drugs, 33:881-889, 2015
74. Ikeda M, Okuyama H, Takahashi H, Ohno I, Shimizu S, Mitsunaga S, Kondo S, Morizane C, Ueno H, Okusaka T. Chemotherapy for advanced poorly differentiated pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinoma. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci, 22:623-627, 2015
75. Murakami N, Kobayashi K, Nakamura S, Wakita A, Okamoto H, Tsuchida K, Kashihara T, Harada K, Yamada M, Sekii S, Takahashi K, Umezawa R, Inaba K, Ito Y, Igaki H, Itami J. A total EQD2 greater than 85 Gy for trachea and main bronchus D2cc being associated with severe late complications after definitive endobronchial brachytherapy. J Contemp Brachytherapy, 7:363-368, 2015
76. Watanabe T, Ueno H, Watabe Y, Hiraoka N, Morizane C, Itami J, Okusaka T, Miura N, Kakizaki T, Kakuya T, Kamita M, Tsuchida A, Nagakawa Y, Wilber H, Yamada T, Honda K. ACTN4 copy number increase as a predictive biomarker for chemoradiotherapy of locally advanced pancreatic cancer. Br J Cancer, 112:704-713, 2015
77. Takahashi H, Kaniwa N, Saito Y, Sai K, Hamaguchi T, Shirao K, Shimada Y, Matsumura Y, Ohtsu A, Yoshino T, Doi T, Takahashi A, Odaka Y, Okuyama M, Sawada J, Sakamoto H, Yoshida T. Construction of possible integrated predictive index based on EGFR and ANXA3 polymorphisms for chemotherapy response in fluoropyrimidine-treated Japanese gastric cancer patients using a bioinformatic method. BMC Cancer, 15:718, 2015
78. Kobayashi K, Murakami N, Wakita A, Nakamura S, Okamoto H, Umezawa R, Takahashi K, Inaba K, Igaki H, Ito Y, Shigematsu N, Itami J. Dosimetric variations due to interfraction organ deformation in cervical cancer brachytherapy. Radiother Oncol, 117:555-558, 2015
79. Yasui N, Yoshida A, Kawamoto H, Yonemori K, Hosono A, Kawai A. Clinicopathologic analysis of spindle cell/sclerosing rhabdomyosarcoma. Pediatr Blood Cancer, 62:1011-1016, 2015
80. Kikuta K, Morioka H, Kawai A, Kondo T. Global protein-expression profiling for reclassification of malignant fibrous histiocytoma. Biochim Biophys Acta, 1854:696-701, 2015
81. Kanda S, Horinouchi H, Fujiwara Y, Nokihara H, Yamamoto N, Sekine I, Kunitoh H, Kubota K, Tamura T, Ohe Y. Cytotoxic chemotherapy may overcome the development of acquired resistance to epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors (EGFR-TKIs) therapy. Lung Cancer, 89:287-293, 2015
82. Ueda S, Satoh T, Gotoh M, Gao L, Doi T. A phase ib study of safety and pharmacokinetics of ramucirumab in combination with paclitaxel in patients with advanced gastric adenocarcinomas. Oncologist, 20:493-494, 2015
83. Yonemoto T, Hosono A, Iwata S, Kamoda H, Hagiwara Y, Fujiwara T, Kawai A, Ishii T. The prognosis of osteosarcoma occurring as second malignancy of childhood cancers may be favorable: experience of two cancer centers in Japan. Int J Clin Oncol, 20:613-616, 2015
84. Katsuya Y, Fujiwara Y, Sunami K, Utsumi H, Goto Y, Kanda S, Horinouchi H, Nokihara H, Yamamoto N, Takashima Y, Osawa S, Ohe Y, Tamura T, Hamada A. Comparison of the pharmacokinetics of erlotinib administered in complete fasting and 2 h after a meal in patients with lung cancer. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol, 76:125-132, 2015
85. Kurose K, Ohue Y, Wada H, Iida S, Ishida T, Kojima T, Doi T, Suzuki S, Isobe M, Funakoshi T, Kakimi K, Nishikawa H, Udono H, Oka M, Ueda R, Nakayama E. Phase Ia Study of FoxP3+ CD4 Treg Depletion by Infusion of a Humanized Anti-CCR4 Antibody, KW-0761, in Cancer Patients. Clin Cancer Res, 21:4327-4336, 2015
86. Ichikawa H, Yoshida A, Kanda T, Kosugi S, Ishikawa T, Hanyu T, Taguchi T, Sakumoto M, Katai H, Kawai A, Wakai T, Kondo T. Prognostic significance of promyelocytic leukemia expression in gastrointestinal stromal tumor; integrated proteomic and transcriptomic analysis. Cancer Sci, 106:115-124, 2015
87. Kitazono S, Fujiwara Y, Nakamichi S, Mizugaki H, Nokihara H, Yamamoto N, Yamada Y, Inukai E, Nakamura O, Tamura T. A phase I study of resminostat in Japanese patients with advanced solid tumors. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol, 75:1155-1161, 2015
88. Arita H, Narita Y, Yoshida A, Hashimoto N, Yoshimine T, Ichimura K. IDH1/2 mutation detection in gliomas. Brain Tumor Pathol, 32:79-89, 2015
89. Kitazono S, Fujiwara Y, Tsuta K, Utsumi H, Kanda S, Horinouchi H, Nokihara H, Yamamoto N, Sasada S, Watanabe S, Asamura H, Tamura T, Ohe Y. Reliability of Small Biopsy Samples Compared With Resected Specimens for the Determination of Programmed Death-Ligand 1 Expression in Non--Small-Cell Lung Cancer. Clin Lung Cancer, 16:385-390, 2015
90. Kurihara H, Hamada A, Yoshida M, Shimma S, Hashimoto J, Yonemori K, Tani H, Miyakita Y, Kanayama Y, Wada Y, Kodaira M, Yunokawa M, Yamamoto H, Shimizu C, Takahashi K, Watanabe Y, Fujiwara Y, Tamura K. ⁶⁴Cu-DOTA-trastuzumab PET imaging and HER2 specificity of brain metastases in HER2-positive breast cancer patients. EJNMMI Res, 5:8, 2015
91. Hattori Y, Yoshida A, Sasaki N, Shibuki Y, Tamura K, Tsuta K. Desmoplastic small round cell tumor with sphere-like clusters mimicking adenocarcinoma. Diagn Cytopathol, 43:214-217, 2015
92. Fujita H, Yoshida A, Taniguchi H, Katai H, Sekine S. Adult-onset inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour of the stomach with a TFG-ROS1 fusion. Histopathology, 66:610-612, 2015
93. Mizugaki H, Yamamoto N, Fujiwara Y, Nokihara H, Yamada Y, Tamura T. Current Status of Single-Agent Phase I Trials in Japan: Toward Globalization. J Clin Oncol, 33:2051-2061, 2015
94. Mizugaki H, Yamamoto N, Nokihara H, Fujiwara Y, Horinouchi H, Kanda S, Kitazono S, Yagishita S, Xiong H, Qian J, Hashiba H, Shepherd SP, Giranda V, Tamura T. A phase 1 study evaluating the pharmacokinetics and preliminary efficacy of veliparib (ABT-888) in combination with carboplatin/ paclitaxel in Japanese subjects with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Cancer Chemother Pharmacol, 76:1063-1072, 2015
95. Kobayashi E, Setsu N. Osteosclerosis induced by denosumab. Lancet, 385:539, 2015
96. Motonaga M, Yamamoto N, Makino Y, Ando-Makihara R, Ohe Y, Takano M, Hayashi Y. Phase I dose-finding and pharmacokinetic study of docetaxel and gefitinib in patients with advanced or metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer: evaluation of drug-drug interaction. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol, 76:713-721, 2015
97. Nakamichi S, Nokihara H, Yamamoto N, Yamada Y, Honda K, Tamura Y, Wakui H, Sasaki T, Yusa W, Fujino K, Tamura T. A phase 1 study of lenvatinib, multiple receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor, in Japanese patients with advanced solid tumors. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol, 76:1153-1161, 2015
98. Nishio M, Horiike A, Murakami H, Yamamoto N, Kaneda H, Nakagawa K, Horinouchi H, Nagashima M, Sekiguchi M, Tamura T. Phase I study of the HER3-targeted antibody patritumab (U3-1287) combined with erlotinib in Japanese patients with non-small cell lung cancer. Lung Cancer, 88:275-281, 2015
99. Nishio M, Horiike A, Nokihara H, Horinouchi H, Nakamichi S, Wakui H, Ohyanagi F, Kudo K, Yanagitani N, Takahashi S, Kuboki Y, Yamamoto N, Yamada Y, Abe M, Tahata T, Tamura T. Phase I study of the anti-MET antibody onartuzumab in patients with solid tumors and MET-positive lung cancer. Invest New Drugs, 33:632-640, 2015
100.  Yamaga K, Kobayashi E, Kubota D, Setsu N, Tanaka Y, Minami Y, Tanzawa Y, Nakatani F, Kawai A, Chuman H. Pediatric myositis ossificans mimicking osteosarcoma. Pediatr Int, 57:996-999, 2015
101. Guo J, Yonemori K, Le Marchand L, Turesky RJ. Method to Biomonitor the Cooked Meat Carcinogen 2-Amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo[4,5-b]pyridine in Dyed Hair by Ultra-Performance Liquid Chromatography-Orbitrap High Resolution Multistage Mass Spectrometry. Anal Chem, 87:5872-5877, 2015
102. Okusaka T, Ueno H, Morizane C, Kondo S, Sakamoto Y, Takahashi H, Ohno I, Shimizu S, Mitsunaga S, Ikeda M. Cytotoxic chemotherapy for pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci, 22:628-633, 2015
103. Fujiwara T, Ogura K, Kobayashi E, Tanzawa Y, Nakatani F, Chuman H, Kawai A. Clinical Outcomes of Surgical Treatments for Primary Malignant Bone Tumors Arising in the Acetabulum. Sarcoma, 2015:430576, 2015
104. Hara M, Nakashima T, Harashima H, Ryushima Y, Shimizu C, Kodaira M, Yunokawa M, Yamamoto H, Hashimoto J, Tanabe Y, Bun S, Makino Y, Iwase H, Fujiwara Y, Tamura K, Hayashi Y. Efficacy and safety of aprepitant and dexamethasone in the prevention of nausea and vomiting from neoadjuvant or adjuvant anthracyclines and cyclophosphamide combination therapy in patients with breast cancer. J Pharm Health Care Sci, 41:603-611, 2015
105. Fujiki M, Miyamoto S, Nakatani F, Kawai A, Sakuraba M. Rotationplasty with vascular reconstruction for prosthetic knee joint infection. Case Rep Orthop, 2015:241405, 2015
106. Miyamoto S, Fujiki M, Nakatani F, Sakisaka M, Sakuraba M. Free flow-through anterolateral thigh flap for complex knee defect including the popliteal artery. Microsurgery, 35:485-488, 2015
107. Blake EA, Kodama M, Yunokawa M, Ross MS, Ueda Y, Grubbs BH, Matsuo K. Feto-maternal outcomes of pregnancy complicated by epithelial ovarian cancer: a systematic review of literature. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol, 186:97-105, 2015
108. Shoji H, Yamada Y, Okita N, Takashima A, Honma Y, Iwasa S, Kato K, Hamaguchi T, Shimada Y. Amplification of FGFR2 Gene in Patients with Advanced Gastric Cancer Receiving Chemotherapy: Prevalence and Prognostic Significance. Anticancer Res, 35:5055-5061, 2015
109. Igaki H, Magome T, Sakuramachi M, Nomoto A, Sakumi A, Kitaguchi M, Haga A, Itami J, Nakagawa K. Patterns of recurrence in malignant glioma patients: association with subventricular zone and radiotherapy dose. Jacobs J Radiat Oncol, 2:020, 2015
110. Hanakita S, Koga T, Shin M, Igaki H, Saito N. The long-term outcomes of radiosurgery for arteriovenous malformations in pediatric and adolescent populations. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 16:222-231, 2015
111. Takahashi N, Yamada Y, Furuta K, Nagashima K, Kubo A, Sasaki Y, Shoji H, Honma Y, Iwasa S, Okita N, Takashima A, Kato K, Hamaguchi T, Shimada Y. Association between serum ligands and the skin toxicity of anti-epidermal growth factor receptor antibody in metastatic colorectal cancer. Cancer Sci, 106:604-610, 2015
112. Kokudo N, Hasegawa K, Akahane M, Igaki H, Izumi N, Ichida T, Uemoto S, Kaneko S, Kawasaki S, Ku Y, Kudo M, Kubo S, Takayama T, Tateishi R, Fukuda T, Matsui O, Matsuyama Y, Murakami T, Arii S, Okazaki M, Makuuchi M. Evidence-based Clinical Practice Guidelines for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: The Japan Society of Hepatology 2013 update (3rd JSH-HCC Guidelines). Hepatol Res, 45:2015
113. Eba J, Shimokawa T, Nakamura K, Shibata T, Misumi Y, Okamoto H, Yamamoto N, Ohe Y, Lung Cancer Study Group of the Japan Clinical Oncology Group. A Phase II/III study comparing carboplatin and irinotecan with carboplatin and etoposide for the treatment of elderly patients with extensive-disease small-cell lung cancer (JCOG1201). Jpn J Clin Oncol, 45:115-118, 2015
114. Tamura Y, Fujiwara Y, Yamamoto N, Nokihara H, Horinouchi H, Kanda S, Goto Y, Kubo E, Kitahara S, Tsuruoka K, Tsuta K, Ohe Y. Retrospective analysis of the efficacy of chemotherapy and molecular targeted therapy for advanced pulmonary pleomorphic carcinoma. BMC Res Notes, 8:800, 2015
115. Miyashita M, Kawakami S, Kato D, Yamashita H, Igaki H, Nakano K, Kuroda Y, Nakagawa K. The importance of good death components among cancer patients, the general population, oncologists, and oncology nurses in Japan: patients prefer "fighting against cancer". Support Care Cancer, 23:103-110, 2015
116. Matsumoto K, Katsumata N, Shibata T, Satoh T, Saitou M, Yunokawa M, Takano T, Nakamura K, Kamura T, Konishi I. Phase II trial of oral etoposide plus intravenous irinotecan in patients with platinum-resistant and taxane-pretreated ovarian cancer (JCOG0503). Gynecol Oncol, 136:218-223, 2015
117. Yagishita S, Horinouchi H, Sunami KS, Kanda S, Fujiwara Y, Nokihara H, Yamamoto N, Sumi M, Shiraishi K, Kohno T, Furuta K, Tsuta K, Tamura T, Ohe Y. Impact of KRAS mutation on response and outcome of patients with stage III non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer. Cancer Sci, 106:1402-1407, 2015
118. Yunokawa M, Tsuta K, Tanaka T, Nara E, Koizumi F, Ito J, Sekine S, Fujiwara Y, Tamura K. Back with a vengeance: microvascular tumor embolism. Am J Med, 128:834-836, 2015
119. Takami H, Fukushima S, Fukuoka K, Suzuki T, Yanagisawa T, Matsushita Y, Nakamura T, Arita H, Mukasa A, Saito N, Kanamori M, Kumabe T, Tominaga T, Kobayashi K, Nagane M, Iuchi T, Tamura K, Maehara T, Sugiyama K, Nakada M, Kanemura Y, Nonaka M, Yokogami K, Takeshima H, Narita Y, Shibui S, Nakazato Y, Nishikawa R, Ichimura K, Matsutani M. Human chorionic gonadotropin is expressed virtually in all intracranial germ cell tumors. J Neurooncol, 124:23-32, 2015
120. Ichimura K, Narita Y, Hawkins CE. Diffusely infiltrating astrocytomas: pathology, molecular mechanisms and markers. Acta Neuropathol, 129:789-808, 2015
121. Mimori T, Kobayashi S, Tanaka A, Sasada S, Yoshida A, Izumo T, Sasaki N, Tsuchida T, Tsuta K. Novel use for an EGFR mutation-specific antibody in discriminating lung adenocarcinoma from reactive pneumocyte hyperplasia. Histopathology, 66:816-823, 2015
122. Geisenberger C, Mock A, Warta R, Rapp C, Schwager C, Korshunov A, Nied AK, Capper D, Brors B, Jungk C, Jones D, Collins VP, Ichimura K, Backlund LM, Schnabel E, Mittelbron M, Lahrmann B, Zheng S, Verhaak RG, Grabe N, Pfister SM, Hartmann C, von Deimling A, Debus J, Unterberg A, Abdollahi A, Herold-Mende C. Molecular profiling of long-term survivors identifies a subgroup of glioblastoma characterized by chromosome 19/20 co-gain. Acta Neuropathol, 130:419-434, 2015
123. Takahashi RU, Miyazaki H, Takeshita F, Yamamoto Y, Minoura K, Ono M, Kodaira M, Tamura K, Mori M, Ochiya T. Loss of microRNA-27b contributes to breast cancer stem cell generation by activating ENPP1. Nat Commun, 6:7318, 2015
124. Watanabe Y, Kusumoto M, Yoshida A, Suzuki K, Asamura H, Tsuta K. Surgically resected solitary cavitary lung adenocarcinoma: association between clinical, pathologic, and radiologic findings and prognosis. Ann Thorac Surg, 99:968-974, 2015
125. Ono R, Hasegawa D, Hirabayashi S, Kamiya T, Yoshida K, Yonekawa S, Ogawa C, Hosoya R, Toki T, Terui K, Ito E, Manabe A. Acute megakaryoblastic leukemia with acquired trisomy 21 and GATA1 mutations in phenotypically normal children. Eur J Pediatr, 174:525-531, 2015
126. Iwakawa R, Kohno T, Totoki Y, Shibata T, Tsuchihara K, Mimaki S, Tsuta K, Narita Y, Nishikawa R, Noguchi M, Harris CC, Robles AI, Yamaguchi R, Imoto S, Miyano S, Totsuka H, Yoshida T, Yokota J. Expression and clinical significance of genes frequently mutated in small cell lung cancers defined by whole exome/RNA sequencing. Carcinogenesis, 36:616-621, 2015
127. Kato M, Manabe A, Saito AM, Koh K, Inukai T, Ogawa C, Goto H, Tsuchida M, Ohara A. Outcome of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia with very late relapse: a retrospective analysis by the Tokyo Children's Cancer Study Group (TCCSG). Int J Hematol, 101:52-57, 2015
128. Yasui N, Kawamoto H, Fujiwara M, Aihara Y, Ogawa C, Hosono A, Suzuki S. High-dose chemotherapy for high-risk retinoblastoma: clinical course and outcome of 14 cases in the National Cancer Center, Japan. Bone Marrow Transplant, 50:221-224, 2015
129. Nagatsuma AK, Aizawa M, Kuwata T, Doi T, Ohtsu A, Fujii H, Ochiai A. Expression profiles of HER2, EGFR, MET and FGFR2 in a large cohort of patients with gastric adenocarcinoma. Gastric Cancer, 18:227-238, 2015
130. Sasaki T, Fuse N, Kuwata T, Nomura S, Kaneko K, Doi T, Yoshino T, Asano H, Ochiai A, Komatsu Y, Sakamoto N, Ohtsu A. Serum HER2 levels and HER2 status in tumor cells in advanced gastric cancer patients. Jpn J Clin Oncol, 45:43-48, 2015
131. Fujiwara Y, Yonemori K, Shibata T, Okita N, Ushirozawa N. Japanese universal health care faces a crisis in cancer treatment. Lancet Oncol, 16:251-252, 2015
132. Ohmoto A, Maeshima AM, Taniguchi H, Tanioka K, Makita S, Kitahara H, Fukuhara S, Munakata W, Suzuki T, Maruyama D, Kobayashi Y, Tobinai K. Histopathological analysis of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas without light chain restriction by using flow cytometry. Leuk Lymphoma, 56:3301-3305, 2015
133. Maeshima AM, Taniguchi H, Nomoto J, Makita S, Kitahara H, Fukuhara S, Munakata W, Suzuki T, Maruyama D, Kobayashi Y, Tobinai K. Clinicopathological features of classical Hodgkin lymphoma in patients ≥ 40 years old, with special reference to composite cases. Jpn J Clin Oncol, 45:921-928, 2015
134. Miyagi Maeshima A, Taniguchi H, Makita S, Kitahara H, Miyamoto K, Fukuhara S, Munakata W, Suzuki T, Maruyama D, Kobayashi Y, Tobinai K. Histopathological Characteristics of Lymphomas in the Upper Aerodigestive Tract. A Single-Institute Study in Japan. J Clin Exp Hematop, 55:7-11, 2015
135. Ogura M, Uchida T, Terui Y, Hayakawa F, Kobayashi Y, Taniwaki M, Takamatsu Y, Naoe T, Tobinai K, Munakata W, Yamauchi T, Kageyama A, Yuasa M, Motoyama M, Tsunoda T, Hatake K. Phase I study of OPB-51602, an oral inhibitor of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3, in patients with relapsed/refractory hematological malignancies. Cancer Sci, 106:896-901, 2015
136. Aoki T, Kokudo N, Komoto I, Takaori K, Kimura W, Sano K, Takamoto T, Hashimoto T, Okusaka T, Morizane C, Ito T, Imamura M. Streptozocin chemotherapy for advanced/metastatic well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors: an analysis of a multi-center survey in Japan. J Gastroenterol, 50:769-775, 2015
137. Doi T, Yoshino T, Fuse N, Boku N, Yamazaki K, Koizumi W, Shimada K, Takinishi Y, Ohtsu A. Phase I study of TAS-102 and irinotecan combination therapy in Japanese patients with advanced colorectal cancer. Invest New Drugs, 33:1068-1077, 2015
138. Tanaka Y, Kobayashi Y, Maeshima AM, Oh SY, Nomoto J, Fukuhara S, Kitahara H, Munakata W, Suzuki T, Maruyama D, Tobinai K. Intravascular large B-cell lymphoma secondary to lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma: a case report and review of literature with clonality analysis. Int J Clin Exp Pathol, 8:3339-3343, 2015
139. Ito J, Yoshida A, Maeshima AM, Nakagawa K, Watanabe S, Kobayashi Y, Fukuhara S, Tsuta K. Concurrent thymoma, thymic carcinoma, and T lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma in an anterior mediastinal mass. Pathol Res Pract, 211:693-696, 2015

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