Endoscopic mucosal resection for early gastric cancer

…, Y Kise, H Shimada, O Chino… - Seminars in surgical …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Progress in the detection of early gastric cancer has made endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR)
possible for the treatment of gastric cancer instead of only conventional surgical …

Endoscopic mucosal resection in early esophageal cancer

…, H Shimada, K Mizutani, O Chino… - Nihon Kikan …, 1996 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Rececntly, the number of early and superficial carcinomas of the esophagus have markedly
increased in Japan. The treatment strategy for early cancers of the esophagus has changed, …

The present status and future of Barrett's esophageal adenocarcinoma in Japan

T Nishi, H Makuuchi, S Ozawa, H Shimada, O Chino - Digestion, 1963 - karger.com
Background: The incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma in Europe and the United
States rapidly increased from the latter half of the 1970s and exceeded that of esophageal …

Thoracoscopic esophagectomy while in a prone position for esophageal cancer: a preceding anterior approach method

S Ozawa, E Ito, A Kazuno, O Chino, M Nakui… - Surgical …, 2013 - Springer
Background In 2009, the rate of thoracoscopic esophagectomy for esophageal cancer was
about 20 % in Japan. This low rate may be due to the difficulty in maintaining a good surgical …

Clinicopathological studies of esophageal carcinoma in achalasia: analyses of carcinogenesis using histological and immunohistochemical procedures.

O Chino, H Kijima, H Shimada, T Nishi… - Anticancer …, 2000 - europepmc.org
Achalasia of the esophagus is a benign disease caused by dyskinesia of the lower esophagus
and cardia and is presumed to be a premalignant lesion leading to an increased risk of …

Sentinel lymph node detection with Tc-99m tin colloids in patients with esophagogastric cancer

S Yasuda, H Shimada, O Chino… - Japanese journal of …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Background: The aim of this study was to determine by radioisotope use whether the sentinel
lymph node concept is applicable to esophagogastric cancers. In addition, we examined …

New invasive patterns as a prognostic factor for superficial esophageal cancer

…, S Ozawa, H Kijima, A Kazuno, T Nishi, O Chino… - Journal of …, 2012 - Springer
Background Prognostic factors for superficial esophageal cancer cannot be limited to such
factors as lymph node metastasis (N factor), depth of tumor invasion (T factor), and genetic …

Clinical analysis of reflux esophagitis following esophagectomy with gastric tube reconstruction

S Yamamoto, H Makuuchi, H Shimada, O Chino… - Journal of …, 2007 - Springer
Background Recently, the rate of postoperative long-term survival has increased in cases of
esophageal cancer. We report on our analysis of postoperative reflux esophagitis (RE) at …

A Long Surviving Case of Multiple Early Stage Primary Malignant Melanoma of the Esophagus and a Review of the Literature.

…, N Kumaki, S Ozawa, H Shimada, O Chino… - The Tokai Journal of …, 2015 - europepmc.org
We report a 75 year old man in whom primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus (PMME)
was detected on an upper gastrointestinal radiographic contrast study and upper …

Endoscopic criteria for invasive depth of superficial esophageal cancer

…, H SHIMADA, K MIZUTANI, O CHINO… - Digestive …, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
The therapeutic strategy for superficial esophageal cancer should be determined by the
depth of invasion. Therefore, we endeavored to develop reliable criteria for endoscopic …