Furuta, Koh, Yokozawa, Karin, Takada, Takako, Kato, Hoichi
We established the Bio-repository at the National Cancer Center Hospital in October 2002. The main purpose of this article is to show the importance and usefulness of a bio-repository of...
Kato, Hoichi, Sato, Akihiro, Fukuda, Haruhiko, Kagami, Yoshikazu, Udagawa, Harushi, Togo, Akihiko, ...
Objective The study objective was to evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of chemoradiotherapy with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) plus cisplatin in patients with Stage I esophageal squamous cell carcinoma...
Asakage, Takahiro, Yokoyama, Akira, Haneda, Tatsumasa, Yamazaki, Mitsuo, Muto, Manabu, Yokoyama, Tetsuji, ...
The genetic polymorphisms of aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 (ALDH2), alcohol dehydrogenase-1B (ADH1B, previously called ADH2), and ADH1C (previously called ADH3) affect the metabolism of alcohol. The...
Asakage, Takahiro, Yokoyama, Akira, Haneda, Tatsumasa, Yamazaki, Mitsuo, Muto, Manabu, Yokoyama, Tetsuji, ...
The genetic polymorphisms of aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 (ALDH2), alcohol dehydrogenase-1B (ADH1B, previously called ADH2), and ADH1C (previously called ADH3) affect the metabolism of alcohol. The...
Gotoh, Miki, Nakatani, Tomohiro, Masuda, Taizo, Mizuguchi, Yasunori, Sakamoto, Michiie, Tsuchiya, Ryosuke, ...
Background: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the world’s major malignancies, especially in Asian countries. To improve the prognosis of HCC, it is essential to predict its invasive behavior...
Yokoyama, Akira, Kato, Hoichi, Yokoyama, Tetsuji, Tsujinaka, Toshimasa, Muto, Manabu, Omori, Tai, ...
The genetic polymorphisms of aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 (ALDH2), alcohol dehydrogenase-2 (ADH2), ADH3, and glutathione S-transferase M1 (GSTM1) influence the metabolism of alcohol and other...
Fang, Wentao, Kato, Hoichi, Chen, Wenhu, Tachimori, Yuji, Igaki, Hiroyasu, Sato, Hiroshi
Background: Comparison was made between two referral centers, the National Cancer Center Hospital (NCCH) in Japan and Shanghai Chest Hospital (SCH) in China. The aim was to detect the possible...
Primary Malignant Melanoma of the Esophagus: Report of Four Cases (1991)
Kato, Hoichi, Watanabe, Hidejirou, Tachimori, Yuji, Watanabe, Hiroshi, Iizuka, Toshifumi, Yamaguchi, Hajime, ...
We report four cases of malignant melanoma of the esophagus treated at the National Cancer Center Hospital in Tokyo over a period of 28 years. There were three men and one woman. One patient had been...
Triple Carcinomas in Cronkhite-Canada Syndrome (1991)
Kaneko, Yukihiro, Kato, Hoichi, Tachimori, Yuhi, Watanabe, Hiroshi, Ushio, Kyousuke, Yamaguchi, Hajime, ...
The present report describes a 69-year-old man displaying the clinical features of the Cronkhite-Canada syndrome. After taking medicine for the common cold, he suffered hypogeusia and watery...
Carcinosarcoma of the Esophagus: a Twenty-case Study (1990)
Iyomasa, Shinsuke, Kato, Hoichi, Tachimori, Yuji, Watanabe, Hiroshi, Yamaguchi, Hajime, Itabashi, Masayuki
The present report reviews results from 20 carcinosarcoma patients, and compares them with 773 cases of squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus treated surgically at the National Cancer Center...
Tachimori, Yuji, Watanabe, Hiroshi, Kato, Hoichi
A case of squamous cell carcinoma of the mid-thoracic esophagus invading the left main bronchus, and synchronous gastric cancer was successfully treated with subtotal esophagectomy, left...
Tachimori, Yuji, Kato, Hoichi, Watanabe, Hiroshi, Lizuka, Toshifumi, Minato, Keisuke, Yamaguchi, Hajime, ...
A 64-year-old man presented with medlastinal and bilateral hilar adenopatl and a biopsy of a scalene node revealed non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. One week after a cycle of combination chemotherapy, he...
Kato, Hoichi, Watanabe, Hiroshi, Iizuka, Toshihumi, Ebihara, Satoshi, Ono, Isamu, Terui, Shoji, ...
Sixty-six patients with carcinoma of the hypopharynx or cervical esophagus received esophageal extraction and primary reconstruction. The methods of reconstruction were free forearm skin tube...
Reconstruction of the Esophagus by Microvascular Surgery (1984)
KATO, HOICHI, IIZUKA, TOSHIFUMI, WATANABE, HIROSHI, TERUI, SHOJI, ONO, ISAMU, EBIHARA, SATOSHI, ...
After esophagectomy, free jejunal autografts were used for reconstruction in 11 patients and pedunculated colons in two patients. A microvascular technique was applied immediately after the...
IIZUKA, TOSHIFUMI, KATO, HOICHI, WATANABE, HIROSHI, ITABASHI, MASAYUKI, HIROTA, TERUYUKI
A case of superficial spreading squamous cell carcinoma located just over a leiomyoma is presented. The patient complained of slight dysphagia and an esophagogram showed an elevated tumor in the...
Pull-Through Esophagectomy Without Thoracotomy (1983)
KATO, HOICHI, IIZUKA, TOSHIFUMI, WATANABE, HIROSHI, HIRATA, KATSUJI, ONO, ISAMU, EBIHARA, SATOSHI, ...
Twenty patients with carcinoma of the hypopharynx, esophagus and thyroid underwent pull-through esophagectomy. Seventeen of them received combined resection of the larynx and trachea. Dissection of...
Double Adenocarcinoma in Barrett's Esophagus: A Case Report (1981)
KATO, HOICHI, IIZUKA, TOSHIFUMI, WATANABE, HIROSHI, HIRATA, KATSUJI, HIRASHIMA, TOSHIO, MATSUE, HIROTO, ...
At the National Cancer Center Hospital in Tokyo, a patient with Barrett's esophagus developed double adenocarcinoma of the esophagus. One carcinoma was located in the midesophagus and the other just...
A Case of Esophageal Carcinoma and Collision Tumor of the Stomach (1981)
SAITO, TAKAO, IIZUKA, TOSHIFUMI, HIRATA, KATSUJI, WATANABE, HIROSHI, KATO, HOICHI
A case of double primary cancer of the esophagus and stomach with metastasis of the esophageal cancer to the stomach is reported. The entire stomach and the lower part of the esophagus were...
Esophageal Cancer Associated with Gastric Cancer (1981)
KATO, HOICHI, IIZUKA, TOSHIFUMI, WATANABE, HIROSHI, HIRATA, KATSUJI, SAITO, TAKAO, HIRASHIMA, TOSHIO, ...
Among a total of 1,137 patients with esophageal cancer, there were 44 cases of esophageal cancer associated with gastric cancer, an incidence of 3.9%. The majority of the patients were between...
IIZUKA, TOSHIFUMI, WATANABE, HIROSHI, HIRATA, KATSUJI, KATO, HOICHI, MATSUSHIMA, SHINJI, HIROTA, TERUYUKI, ...
A case of concomitant association of early esophageal carcinoma, cancer of the early gastric carcinoma and malignant lymphoma of the stomach was reported. The intrathoracic esophagus was resected...
Primary Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagus Report of Six Cases (1980)
KATO, HOICHI, IIZUKA, TOSHIFUMI, WATANABE, HIROSHI, HIRATA, KATSUJI, SAITO, TAKAO, HIRASHIMA, TOSHIO, ...
Six primary adenocarcinomas were found among 1,346 cases of esophageal carcinoma, an incidence of 0.45%. Three of the adenocarcinomas were the “type ordinaire” of Lortat-Jacob, two were...
Igaki, Hiroyasu, Tachimori, Yuji, Kato, Hoichi
The efficacy of extensive lymph node dissection, including the upper mediastinum, for carcinoma of the lower thoracic esophagus remains controversial. We advocate 3-field lymph node dissection for...
Igaki, Hiroyasu, Tachimori, Yuji, Kato, Hoichi
The efficacy of extensive lymph node dissection, including the upper mediastinum, for carcinoma of the lower thoracic esophagus remains controversial. We advocate 3-field lymph node dissection for...