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Ken Takahashi is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a focus on multiple subfields including pulmonary and respiratory medicine, hepatology, surgery, molecular biology, and oncology. Their research spans 124 publications primarily grounded in medicine.

The scientist's work frequently appears in several notable academic venues. These include Cancers, Journal of Gastroenterology, Scientific Reports, BMC Public Health, and the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Takahashi's publication record reflects a strong engagement with research communities in these journals.

Ken Takahashi's research addresses a range of topics, such as:

  • Occupational and environmental lung diseases
  • Hepatocellular carcinoma treatment and prognosis
  • Air quality and health impacts
  • Prenatal screening and diagnostics
  • Immunotherapy and immune responses
  • Pancreatic and hepatic oncology research
  • Interstitial lung diseases and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Some of the recent published papers include:

  • Recent Advances in Immunotherapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma, 2020, Cancers
  • Pretreatment Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio as a Predictive Marker of Response to Atezolizumab Plus Bevacizumab for Hepatocellular Carcinoma, 2021, Current Oncology
  • Artificial intelligence (AI) models for the ultrasonographic diagnosis of liver tumors and comparison of diagnostic accuracies between AI and human experts, 2022, Journal of Gastroenterology
  • Mongolia health situation: based on the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019, 2022, BMC Public Health
  • Global trends and gaps in research related to latent tuberculosis infection, 2020, BMC Public Health

The scientist has collaborated with multiple coauthors on various research projects. The most frequent collaborators include Hiroshi Seno, Yuji Eso, Atsushi Takai, Haruhiko Takeda, and Masako Mishima. These partnerships represent repeated scholarly cooperation across different studies and areas within medical research.

Best Publications

  • Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Theo Vos;Theo Vos;Theo Vos;Stephen S. Lim;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M. Abbas;Kaja M. Abbas;Kaja M. Abbas

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Gregory A Roth;Gregory A Roth;Degu Abate;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Solomon M Abay

  • Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Christopher J.L. Murray;Christopher J.L. Murray;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Peng Zheng;Peng Zheng;Peng Zheng;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohammad H Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H Ross Anderson;Victoria F Bachman

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Theo Vos;Ryan M. Barber;Brad Bell;Amelia Bertozzi-Villa

  • Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Haidong Wang;Mohsen Naghavi;Christine Allen;Ryan M Barber

  • Global, regional, and national cancer incidence, mortality, years of life lost, years lived with disability, and disability-adjusted life-years for 29 cancer groups, 1990 to 2017

    Christina Fitzmaurice;Degu Abate;Naghmeh Abbasi;Hedayat Abbastabar

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Jeffrey D. Stanaway;Ashkan Afshin;Emmanuela Gakidou;Stephen S. Lim

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex specific mortality for 264 causes of death, 1980–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Mohsen Naghavi;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M Abbas

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013

    Mohammad H. Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H. Ross Anderson;Victoria F. Bachman

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M. Abbas

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990-2013 : quantifying the epidemiological transition

    Christopher J. L. Murray;Ryan M. Barber;Kyle J. Foreman;Ayse Abbasoglu Ozgoren

  • El Niño–Southern Oscillation complexity

    Axel Timmermann;Axel Timmermann;Soon Il An;Jong Seong Kug;Fei Fei Jin

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Daniel Dicker;Grant Nguyen;Degu Abate;Kalkidan Hassen Abate

  • ENSO and greenhouse warming

    Wenju Cai;Wenju Cai;Agus Santoso;Guojian Wang;Sang Wook Yeh

  • Increased frequency of extreme La Niña events under greenhouse warming

    Wenju Cai;Wenju Cai;Guojian Wang;Guojian Wang;Agus Santoso;Michael J. Mcphaden

  • ENSO regimes: Reinterpreting the canonical and Modoki El Niño

    Ken Takahashi;A. Montecinos;Katerina Goubanova;Boris Dewitte

  • Climate impacts of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation on South America

    Wenju Cai;Wenju Cai;Michael J. McPhaden;Alice M. Grimm;Regina R. Rodrigues

  • Record-breaking warming and extreme drought in the Amazon rainforest during the course of El Niño 2015–2016

    Juan C. Jiménez-Muñoz;Cristian Mattar;Jonathan Barichivich;Andrés Santamaría-Artigas

  • Increased variability of eastern Pacific El Niño under greenhouse warming

    Wenju Cai;Guojian Wang;Guojian Wang;Boris Dewitte;Lixin Wu

  • Probing the Fast and Slow Components of Global Warming by Returning Abruptly to Preindustrial Forcing

    Isaac M. Held;Michael Winton;Ken Takahashi;Thomas Delworth

  • Decreased Serum Free Testosterone in Workers Exposed to High Levels of Di-n-butyl Phthalate (DBP) and Di-2-ethylhexyl Phthalate (DEHP): A Cross-Sectional Study in China

    Guowei Pan;Tomoyuki Hanaoka;Mariko Yoshimura;Shujuan Zhang

  • Observing and Predicting the 2015/16 El Niño

    Michelle L. L’Heureux;Ken Takahashi;Andrew B. Watkins;Anthony G. Barnston

  • STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2017

    R. Abernethy;Steven A. Ackerman;R. Adler;Adelina Albanil Encarnación

Frequent Co-Authors

Maziar Moradi-Lakeh
Maziar Moradi-Lakeh Iran University of Medical Sciences
Ted R. Miller
Ted R. Miller Pacific Institute
Theo Vos
Theo Vos Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Christopher J L Murray
Christopher J L Murray University of Washington
Bach Xuan Tran
Bach Xuan Tran Vietnam National University, Hanoi
Boris Dewitte
Boris Dewitte Center for Advanced Studies in Arid Zones (CEAZA)
Ali H. Mokdad
Ali H. Mokdad University of Washington
Alan D. Lopez
Alan D. Lopez University of Melbourne
Francesco S. Violante
Francesco S. Violante University of Bologna
Foad Abd-Allah
Foad Abd-Allah Cairo University

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