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Masakazu Yamamoto

Masakazu Yamamoto

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Medicine

D-Index
80
Citations
30053
World Ranking
16943
National Ranking
535

Overview

Masakazu Yamamoto is affiliated with Tohoku University in Japan and has made significant contributions to the medical field, particularly in surgery, oncology, and hepatology. Their research portfolio comprises 391 publications within the broad discipline of medicine, with a strong focus on surgery (118 publications), oncology (90), pulmonary and respiratory medicine (54), hepatology (47), and epidemiology (29).

The scientist's main research topics include pancreatic and hepatic oncology research (102 publications), cholangiocarcinoma and gallbladder cancer studies (90), hepatocellular carcinoma treatment and prognosis (78), gallbladder and bile duct disorders (54), pancreatitis pathology and treatment (30), neuroendocrine tumor research advances (28), and gastric cancer management and outcomes (26).

Yamamoto's work has been disseminated extensively through journals, with a strong presence in the following venues:

  • Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences (38 publications)
  • Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery (7)
  • Annals of Surgery (6)
  • Pancreatology (6)
  • Surgical Case Reports (5)

Among the notable recent papers featuring Yamamoto's work are:

  • "Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma - Novel Benchmark Values for Surgical and Oncological Outcomes From 24 Expert Centers," 2021, Annals of Surgery
  • "The Tokyo 2020 terminology of liver anatomy and resections: Updates of the Brisbane 2000 system," 2021, Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences
  • "Laparoscopic and open liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma with Child-Pugh B cirrhosis: multicentre propensity score-matched study," 2021, British Journal of Surgery
  • "Liver Cancer Study Group of Japan Clinical Practice Guidelines for Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma," 2022, Liver Cancer
  • "Expert Consensus Guidelines: How to safely perform minimally invasive anatomic liver resection," 2021, Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences

Yamamoto collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Ryota Higuchi (40 joint publications)
  • Hiroki Yamaue (31)
  • Wataru Izumo (28)
  • Takehisa Yazawa (27)
  • Toru Furukawa (26)

This body of work reflects a sustained focus on surgical and oncological issues related to liver and biliary diseases, emphasizing clinical outcomes and treatment strategies. The research contributions aid in defining terminology and consensus guidelines, illustrating active engagement with evolving medical standards and practices within hepatobiliary surgery and oncology.

Best Publications

  • Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes

    Peter J. Campbell;Gad Getz;Jan O. Korbel;Joshua M. Stuart

  • Recommendations for laparoscopic liver resection: a report from the second international consensus conference held in Morioka

    Go Wakabayashi;Daniel Cherqui;David A. Geller;Joseph E. Buell

  • Tokyo Guidelines 2018: diagnostic criteria and severity grading of acute cholecystitis (with videos).

    Masamichi Yokoe;Jiro Hata;Tadahiro Takada;Steven M. Strasberg

  • Whole-genome sequencing of liver cancers identifies etiological influences on mutation patterns and recurrent mutations in chromatin regulators

    Akihiro Fujimoto;Yasushi Totoki;Tetsuo Abe;Keith A. Boroevich

  • Tokyo Guidelines 2018: flowchart for the management of acute cholecystitis.

    Kohji Okamoto;Kenji Suzuki;Tadahiro Takada;Steven M. Strasberg

  • Whole-genome mutational landscape and characterization of noncoding and structural mutations in liver cancer

    Akihiro Fujimoto;Mayuko Furuta;Yasushi Totoki;Tatsuhiko Tsunoda

  • Prevention of Esophageal Stricture After Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection Using Tissue-Engineered Cell Sheets

    Takeshi Ohki;Masayuki Yamato;Masaho Ota;Ryo Takagi

  • Whole-exome sequencing uncovers frequent GNAS mutations in intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas

    Toru Furukawa;Yuko Kuboki;Etsuko Tanji;Shoko Yoshida

  • Tokyo Guidelines 2018 surgical management of acute cholecystitis: safe steps in laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis (with videos)

    Go Wakabayashi;Yukio Iwashita;Taizo Hibi;Tadahiro Takada

  • Non-coding MicroRNAs hsa-let-7g and hsa-miR-181b are Associated with Chemoresponse to S-1 in Colon Cancer.

    Go Nakajima;Kazuhiko Hayashi;Yaguang Xi;Kenji Kudo

  • Tokyo Guidelines 2018: antimicrobial therapy for acute cholangitis and cholecystitis.

    Harumi Gomi;Joseph S. Solomkin;David Schlossberg;Kohji Okamoto

  • Prognostic relevance of morphological types of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas

    Toru Furukawa;Takashi Hatori;Izumi Fujita;Masakazu Yamamoto

  • Tokyo Guidelines 2018: initial management of acute biliary infection and flowchart for acute cholangitis

    Fumihiko Miura;Kohji Okamoto;Tadahiro Takada;Steven M. Strasberg

  • Genomic characterization of biliary tract cancers identifies driver genes and predisposing mutations.

    Christopher P. Wardell;Masashi Fujita;Toru Yamada;Michele Simbolo

  • Tokyo Guidelines 2018: management strategies for gallbladder drainage in patients with acute cholecystitis (with videos).

    Yasuhisa Mori;Takao Itoi;Todd H. Baron;Tadahiro Takada

  • Guidelines for the management of biliary tract and ampullary carcinomas: surgical treatment

    Satoshi Kondo;Tadahiro Takada;Masaru Miyazaki;Shuichi Miyakawa

  • Predictive risk factors for clinically relevant pancreatic fistula analyzed in 1,239 patients with pancreaticoduodenectomy: multicenter data collection as a project study of pancreatic surgery by the Japanese Society of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery

    Manabu Kawai;Satoshi Kondo;Hiroki Yamaue;Keita Wada

  • Tokyo Guidelines 2018 management bundles for acute cholangitis and cholecystitis

    Toshihiko Mayumi;Kohji Okamoto;Tadahiro Takada;Steven M. Strasberg

  • Whole-genome mutational landscape of liver cancers displaying biliary phenotype reveals hepatitis impact and molecular diversity

    Akihiro Fujimoto;Mayuko Furuta;Yuichi Shiraishi;Kunihito Gotoh

  • A nomogram predicting disease-free survival in patients with colorectal liver metastases treated with hepatic resection: multicenter data collection as a Project Study for Hepatic Surgery of the Japanese Society of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery

    Toru Beppu;Yoshihiro Sakamoto;Kiyoshi Hasegawa;Goro Honda

Frequent Co-Authors

Hiroki Yamaue
Hiroki Yamaue Wakayama Medical University
Itaru Endo
Itaru Endo Yokohama City University
Hiroto Egawa
Hiroto Egawa Kyoto University
Masaru Miyazaki
Masaru Miyazaki International University of Health and Welfare
Norihiro Kokudo
Norihiro Kokudo National Center For Global Health and Medicine
Michiaki Unno
Michiaki Unno Tohoku University
Masayuki Yamato
Masayuki Yamato Tokyo Women's Medical University
Yasuni Nakanuma
Yasuni Nakanuma Kanazawa University
Kiyoshi Hasegawa
Kiyoshi Hasegawa University of Tokyo
Shinji Uemoto
Shinji Uemoto Kyoto University

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