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Hiroto Kuwabara is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine with a focus on Surgery, Oncology, Hepatology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Epidemiology. The work of Hiroto Kuwabara includes significant contributions to the understanding and treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma, pancreatic and hepatic oncology, as well as cancer metabolism and inflammatory biomarkers in disease prognosis.

The scientist has published extensively on topics including:

  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis
  • Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
  • Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
  • Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
  • Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis

Kuwabara has authored research articles in several prominent venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • International Journal of Clinical Oncology (3 publications)
  • Surgical Case Reports (3 publications)
  • The Japanese Journal of Gastroenterological Surgery (3 publications)
  • Hepatology Research (2 publications)
  • The American Surgeon (1 publication)

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Kuwabara are:

  • "The hemoglobin, albumin, lymphocyte, and platelet score is a prognostic factor for Child-Pugh A patients undergoing curative hepatic resection for single and small hepatocellular carcinoma," 2023, Hepatology Research
  • "Efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with high-risk resectable colorectal liver metastases," 2021, International Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • "Risk Factors for and Outcomes of Intraoperative Blood Loss in Liver Resection for Hepatocellular Tumors," 2020, The American Surgeon
  • "Prognostic significance for recurrence of fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma patients undergoing curative hepatic resection," 2022, Hepatology Research
  • "Treatment strategy for hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence in the transplant era: Focusing on the Japan criteria," 2023, Surgery Today

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, Kuwabara's common co-authors include Noboru Harada, Tomoharu Yoshizumi, Shinji Itoh, Mizuki Ninomiya, and Shohei Yoshiya.

Best Publications

  • Elevated dopa decarboxylase activity in living brain of patients with psychosis

    J. Reith;C. Benkelfat;A. Sherwin;Y. Yasuhara

  • Sex differences in striatal dopamine release in healthy adults

    Cynthia A. Munro;Mary E. McCaul;Dean F. Wong;Lynn M. Oswald

  • Increased occupancy of dopamine receptors in human striatum during cue-elicited cocaine craving.

    Dean F. Wong;Dean F. Wong;Hiroto Kuwabara;David J. Schretlen;Katherine R. Bonson;Katherine R. Bonson

  • Relationships among ventral striatal dopamine release, cortisol secretion, and subjective responses to amphetamine.

    Lynn M Oswald;Dean F Wong;Mary McCaul;Yun Zhou

  • Mechanisms of Dopaminergic and Serotonergic Neurotransmission in Tourette Syndrome : Clues from an In Vivo Neurochemistry Study with PET

    Dean F. Wong;James R. Brašić;Harvey S. Singer;David J. Schretlen

  • Persistent cognitive and dopamine transporter deficits in abstinent methamphetamine users.

    Una D. McCann;Hiroto Kuwabara;Anil Kumar;Michael Palermo

  • Quantification of cerebral cannabinoid receptors subtype 1 (CB1) in healthy subjects and schizophrenia by the novel PET radioligand [11C]OMAR.

    Dean F. Wong;Hiroto Kuwabara;Andrew G. Horti;Vanessa Raymont

  • Dopa decarboxylase activity of the living human brain.

    Albert Gjedde;Jakob Reith;Suzan Dyve;Gabriel Leger

  • The effect of nimodipine on the evolution of human cerebral infarction studied by PET

    A. M. Hakim;A. C. Evans;L. Berger;H. Kuwabara

  • Adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer: Effects on cerebral white matter seen in diffusion tensor imaging

    Jame Abraham;Jame Abraham;Marc W. Haut;Maria T. Moran;Shannon Filburn

  • Association of Amphetamine-Induced Striatal Dopamine Release and Cortisol Responses to Psychological Stress

    Gary S Wand;Lynn M Oswald;Lynn M Oswald;Mary E McCaul;Dean F Wong

  • Selective hyposmia and nigrostriatal dopaminergic denervation in Parkinson's disease.

    Nicolaas I. Bohnen;Nicolaas I. Bohnen;Satyanarayana Gedela;Hiroto Kuwabara;Gregory M. Constantine

  • The dopamine transporter is decreased in the striatum of subjects with restless legs syndrome.

    Christopher J. Earley;Hiroto Kuwabara;Dean F. Wong;Charlene Gamaldo

  • Human striatal L-DOPA decarboxylase activity estimated in vivo using 6-[18F]fluoro-DOPA and positron emission tomography : error analysis and application to normal subjects

    Hiroto Kuwabara;Paul Cumming;Jakob Reith;Gabriel Léger

  • VMAT2 and dopamine neuron loss in a primate model of Parkinson’s disease

    Ming Kai Chen;Hiroto Kuwabara;Yun Zhou;Robert J. Adams

  • Michaelis-Menten constraints improved cerebral glucose metabolism and regional lumped constant measurements with [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose

    Hiroto Kuwabara;Alan C. Evans;Albert Gjedde

  • The Role of Dopamine in Value-Based Attentional Orienting

    Brian A. Anderson;Hiroto Kuwabara;Dean F. Wong;Emily G. Gean

  • Impulsivity and chronic stress are associated with amphetamine-induced striatal dopamine release.

    Lynn M. Oswald;Dean F. Wong;Yun Zhou;Anil Kumar

  • History of childhood adversity is positively associated with ventral striatal dopamine responses to amphetamine

    Lynn M. Oswald;Lynn M. Oswald;Gary S. Wand;Hiroto Kuwabara;Dean F. Wong

  • 11C-JHU75528: A Radiotracer for PET Imaging of CB1 Cannabinoid Receptors

    Andrew Horti;Hong Fan;Hiroto Kuwabara;John Hilton

Frequent Co-Authors

Albert Gjedde
Albert Gjedde University of Copenhagen
James R. Brasic
James R. Brasic New York University
Paul Cumming
Paul Cumming Queensland University of Technology
Alan C. Evans
Alan C. Evans McGill University
Harvey S. Singer
Harvey S. Singer Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Martijn L.T.M. Müller
Martijn L.T.M. Müller University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Nicolaas I. Bohnen
Nicolaas I. Bohnen University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Anthony A. Grace
Anthony A. Grace University of Pittsburgh
David J. Schretlen
David J. Schretlen Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Ernst Meyer
Ernst Meyer University of Basel

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