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2023

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  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Hideo Baba is affiliated with Kumamoto University in Japan, specializing in medical research with a focus on oncology and surgery.

Their research contributions span multiple fields and subfields, including:

  • Medicine
  • Oncology
  • Surgery
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Cancer Research
  • Molecular Biology

Hideo Baba's work concentrates on key topics in cancer research and treatment, such as:

  • Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
  • Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
  • Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies
  • Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies
  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis

Frequent publication venues for Hideo Baba include:

  • Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery
  • Annals of Surgical Oncology
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Cancer Science
  • British Journal of Cancer

Their notable recent papers include:

  • "Tumor immune microenvironment and immune checkpoint inhibitors in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma," 2020, Cancer Science
  • "Randomized phase III study of gemcitabine, cisplatin plus S-1 versus gemcitabine, cisplatin for advanced biliary tract cancer (KHBO1401-MITSUBA)," 2022, Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences
  • "Extracellular Vesicles from Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts Containing Annexin A6 Induces FAK-YAP Activation by Stabilizing β1 Integrin, Enhancing Drug Resistance," 2020, Cancer Research
  • "Inflammation-driven senescence-associated secretory phenotype in cancer-associated fibroblasts enhances peritoneal dissemination," 2021, Cell Reports
  • "International Retrospective Cohort Study of Conversion Therapy for Stage IV Gastric Cancer 1 (CONVO-GC-1)," 2021, Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery

Hideo Baba has collaborated extensively with other researchers in the field, including frequent co-authors:

  • Yuji Miyamoto
  • Masaaki Iwatsuki
  • Naoya Yoshida
  • Yoshifumi Baba
  • Shiro Iwagami

Best Publications

  • Pembrolizumab versus paclitaxel for previously treated, advanced gastric or gastro-oesophageal junction cancer (KEYNOTE-061): a randomised, open-label, controlled, phase 3 trial

    Kohei Shitara;Mustafa Özgüroğlu;Yung-Jue Bang;Maria Di Bartolomeo

  • CD44 Variant Regulates Redox Status in Cancer Cells by Stabilizing the xCT Subunit of System xc− and Thereby Promotes Tumor Growth

    Takatsugu Ishimoto;Osamu Nagano;Toshifumi Yae;Mayumi Tamada

  • CXCL9, CXCL10, CXCL11/CXCR3 axis for immune activation - A target for novel cancer therapy.

    Ryuma Tokunaga;Wu Zhang;Madiha Naseem;Alberto Puccini

  • Fusobacterium nucleatum in colorectal carcinoma tissue and patient prognosis

    Kosuke Mima;Reiko Nishihara;Zhi Rong Qian;Yin Cao

  • Epithelial–mesenchymal transition in cancer development and its clinical significance

    Masaaki Iwatsuki;Koshi Mimori;Takehiko Yokobori;Hideshi Ishi

  • HDL induces NO-dependent vasorelaxation via the lysophospholipid receptor S1P3

    Jerzy Roch Nofer;Markus Van Der Giet;Markus Tölle;Iza Wolinska

  • Randomized Phase III Study of Gemcitabine Plus S-1, S-1 Alone, or Gemcitabine Alone in Patients With Locally Advanced and Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer in Japan and Taiwan: GEST Study

    Hideki Ueno;Tatsuya Ioka;Masafumi Ikeda;Shinichi Ohkawa

  • A risk model for esophagectomy using data of 5354 patients included in a Japanese nationwide web-based database.

    Hiroya Takeuchi;Hiroaki Miyata;Mitsukazu Gotoh;Yuko Kitagawa

  • High expression of vascular endothelial growth factor is associated with liver metastasis and a poor prognosis for patients with ductal pancreatic adenocarcinoma

    Yousuke Seo;Hideo Baba M.D.;Toshiro Fukuda M.D.;Masaki Takashima M.D.

  • Clinical impact of serum exosomal microRNA-21 as a clinical biomarker in human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

    Youhei Tanaka;Hidenobu Kamohara;Kouichi Kinoshita;Junji Kurashige

  • Age- and Training-Dependent Development of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy in Heterozygous Plakoglobin-Deficient Mice

    Paulus Kirchhof;Larissa Fabritz;Melanie Zwiener;Henning Witt

  • A pancreaticoduodenectomy risk model derived from 8575 cases from a national single-race population (Japanese) using a web-based data entry system: the 30-day and in-hospital mortality rates for pancreaticoduodenectomy.

    Wataru Kimura;Hiroaki Miyata;Mitsukazu Gotoh;Ichiro Hirai

  • Eculizumab for atypical hemolytic-uremic syndrome.

    Jens Nürnberger;Thomas Philipp;Oliver Witzke;Anabelle Opazo Saez

  • Pressure-independent cardiac hypertrophy in mice with cardiomyocyte-restricted inactivation of the atrial natriuretic peptide receptor guanylyl cyclase-A

    Rita Holtwick;Martin van Eickels;Boris V. Skryabin;Hideo A. Baba

  • TAS-102 monotherapy for pretreated metastatic colorectal cancer: a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled phase 2 trial

    Takayuki Yoshino;Nobuyuki Mizunuma;Kentaro Yamazaki;Tomohiro Nishina

  • Activation of the ERK and AKT signalling pathway predicts poor prognosis in hepatocellular carcinoma and ERK activation in cancer tissue is associated with hepatitis C virus infection

    Klaus Juergen Schmitz;Jeremias Wohlschlaeger;Hauke Lang;Georgios Charalambos Sotiropoulos

  • MicroRNA-21 regulates the proliferation and invasion in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

    Yukiharu Hiyoshi;Hidenobu Kamohara;Ryuichi Karashima;Nobutaka Sato

  • Sarcopenia Is a Negative Prognostic Factor After Curative Resection of Colorectal Cancer

    Yuji Miyamoto;Yoshifumi Baba;Yasuo Sakamoto;Mayuko Ohuchi

  • Human Microbiome Fusobacterium Nucleatum in Esophageal Cancer Tissue Is Associated with Prognosis

    Kensuke Yamamura;Yoshifumi Baba;Shigeki Nakagawa;Kosuke Mima

  • Clinical significance of occult micrometastasis in lymph nodes from patients with early gastric cancer who died of recurrence

    Yoshihiko Maehara;Tatsuo Oshiro;Kazuya Endo;Hideo Baba

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshihiko Maehara
Yoshihiko Maehara Kyushu University
Keizo Sugimachi
Keizo Sugimachi Kyushu University
Masaki Mori
Masaki Mori Kyushu University
Yasuyuki Yamashita
Yasuyuki Yamashita Kumamoto University
Ajay Goel
Ajay Goel City Of Hope National Medical Center
Kei Muro
Kei Muro National Cancer Research Institute, UK
Kenichi Sugihara
Kenichi Sugihara Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Shoji Natsugoe
Shoji Natsugoe Kagoshima University
René Adam
René Adam University of Paris-Saclay
Yoshihiro Komohara
Yoshihiro Komohara Kumamoto University

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