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Masao Tanaka

Masao Tanaka

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Medicine
Japan
2023

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Medicine

D-Index
114
Citations
56504
World Ranking
4668
National Ranking
100

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Masao Tanaka is affiliated with Kyushu University in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with a specialization in Rheumatology, Oncology, Surgery, Immunology, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

Their main topics of work include:

  • Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
  • Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research
  • Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research

Tanaka has frequently published in several scientific venues, including:

  • Modern Rheumatology
  • Arthritis Research & Therapy
  • PLoS ONE
  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • Lara D. Veeken

Collaborations play a significant role in Tanaka's research, with regular co-authorship alongside:

  • Kosaku Murakami
  • Motomu Hashimoto
  • Akio Morinobu
  • Koichi Murata
  • Hiromu Ito

Some recent notable publications include:

  • "JNETS clinical practice guidelines for gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms: diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up: a synopsis," 2021, Journal of Gastroenterology
  • "Erlotinib plus bevacizumab vs erlotinib monotherapy as first-line treatment for advanced EGFR mutation-positive non-squamous non-small-cell lung cancer: Survival follow-up results of the randomized JO25567 study," 2020, Lung Cancer
  • "Management of the pancreatic transection plane after left (distal) pancreatectomy: Expert consensus guidelines by the International Study Group of Pancreatic Surgery (ISGPS)," 2020, Surgery
  • "Prevalence and predictive factors of difficult-to-treat rheumatoid arthritis: the KURAMA cohort," 2021, Immunological Medicine
  • "Role of Lysine-Specific Demethylase 1 in Metabolically Integrating Osteoclast Differentiation and Inflammatory Bone Resorption Through Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1α and E2F1," 2022, Arthritis & Rheumatology

Best Publications

  • International consensus guidelines 2012 for the management of IPMN and MCN of the pancreas

    Masao Tanaka;Carlos Fernández-Del Castillo;Volkan Adsay;Suresh Chari

  • International consensus guidelines for management of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms and mucinous cystic neoplasms of the pancreas.

    Masao Tanaka;Suresh Chari;Volkan Adsay;Carlos Fernandez-del Castillo

  • Revisions of international consensus Fukuoka guidelines for the management of IPMN of the pancreas.

    Masao Tanaka;Carlos Fernández-del Castillo;Terumi Kamisawa;Jin Young Jang

  • 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

  • Modulation of Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses by Tofacitinib (CP-690,550)

    Kamran Ghoreschi;Michael I. Jesson;Xiong Li;Jamie L. Lee

  • Epidemiological study of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors in Japan

    Tetsuhide Ito;Hironobu Sasano;Masao Tanaka;R. Yoshiyuki Osamura

  • Radiation to Stromal Fibroblasts Increases Invasiveness of Pancreatic Cancer Cells through Tumor-Stromal Interactions

    Kenoki Ohuchida;Kazuhiro Mizumoto;Mitsuhiko Murakami;Li Wu Qian

  • A randomised phase III trial comparing gemcitabine with surgery-only in patients with resected pancreatic cancer: Japanese Study Group of Adjuvant Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer

    H Ueno;T Kosuge;Y Matsuyama;J Yamamoto

  • Expression profile of class I histone deacetylases in human cancer tissues

    Masamune Nakagawa;Yoshinao Oda;Takashi Eguchi;Shin Ichi Aishima

  • Epidemiological trends of pancreatic and gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors in Japan: a nationwide survey analysis

    Tetsuhide Ito;Hisato Igarashi;Kazuhiko Nakamura;Hironobu Sasano

  • Japan Pancreatic Cancer Registry; 30th year anniversary: Japan Pancreas Society.

    Shinichi Egawa;Hiroki Toma;Hiroaki Ohigashi;Takuji Okusaka

  • MicroRNA-21 modulates biological functions of pancreatic cancer cells including their proliferation, invasion, and chemoresistance.

    Taiki Moriyama;Kenoki Ohuchida;Kazuhiro Mizumoto;Jun Yu

  • Purification, Characterization and Biological Significance of Tumor-derived Exosomes

    Kenichiro Koga;Kotaro Matsumoto;Takashi Akiyoshi;Makoto Kubo

  • Nuclear factor-kappaB p65 (RelA) transcription factor is constitutively activated in human gastric carcinoma tissue.

    Nobuhiko Sasaki;Takashi Morisaki;Kentaro Hashizume;Takashi Yao

  • HGF/NK4 is a specific antagonist for pleiotrophic actions of hepatocyte growth factor.

    Kazuhiko Date;Kunio Matsumoto;Hideo Shimura;Masao Tanaka

  • Clinicopathological features and prognosis of mucinous cystic neoplasm with ovarian-type stroma: a multi-institutional study of the Japan pancreas society.

    Kenji Yamao;Akio Yanagisawa;Kuniyuki Takahashi;Wataru Kimura

  • Intraductal Papillary-Mucinous Tumor of the Pancreas Concomitant with Ductal Carcinoma of the Pancreas

    Koji Yamaguchi;Jiro Ohuchida;Takao Ohtsuka;Kenji Nakano

  • HGF/NK4, a four-kringle antagonist of hepatocyte growth factor, is an angiogenesis inhibitor that suppresses tumor growth and metastasis in mice

    Keiji Kuba;Kunio Matsumoto;Kazuhiko Date;Hideo Shimura

  • Japanese consensus guidelines for management of autoimmune pancreatitis: III. Treatment and prognosis of AIP.

    Terumi Kamisawa;Kazuichi Okazaki;Shigeyuki Kawa;Tooru Shimosegawa

  • Natural history of branch duct intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas: a multicenter study in Japan.

    Hiroyuki Maguchi;Satoshi Tanno;Nobumasa Mizuno;Keiji Hanada

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshinao Oda
Yoshinao Oda Kyushu University
Masazumi Tsuneyoshi
Masazumi Tsuneyoshi Kyushu University
Yoshihiko Maehara
Yoshihiko Maehara Kyushu University
Jun-ichi Yoshida
Jun-ichi Yoshida Kyoto University
Kunio Matsumoto
Kunio Matsumoto Kanazawa University
Toshikazu Nakamura
Toshikazu Nakamura Osaka University
Jun Yu
Jun Yu Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hajime Nawata
Hajime Nawata Kyushu University
Takuji Okusaka
Takuji Okusaka National Cancer Centre
Eiji Tanaka
Eiji Tanaka Shinshu University

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