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Masatoshi Makuuchi

Masatoshi Makuuchi

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Medicine
Japan
2023

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Medicine

D-Index
144
Citations
99478
World Ranking
1418
National Ranking
26

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Masatoshi Makuuchi is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan and specializes in the field of medicine, with a focus on hepatology, surgery, and oncology. Their research contributions primarily address hepatocellular carcinoma treatment and prognosis, cholangiocarcinoma and gallbladder cancer studies, liver disease diagnosis and treatment, cancer related to lipids and metabolism, colorectal cancer treatments, pancreatic and hepatic oncology research, and renal cell carcinoma treatment.

The scientist has published extensively in several well-known venues, including:

  • Liver Cancer
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Surgery
  • Journal of Surgical Oncology
  • Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Recent research outputs include the following papers:

  • "Surgery versus Radiofrequency Ablation for Small Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Randomized Controlled Trial (SURF Trial)" (2021), published in Liver Cancer
  • "A multicenter randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of surgery versus radiofrequency ablation for small hepatocellular carcinoma (SURF trial): Analysis of overall survival." (2021), published in Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • "Evolutions in the Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma over Last 4 Decades: An Analysis from the 100 Most Influential Articles in the Field" (2021), published in Liver Cancer
  • "A multicenter nonrandomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of surgery versus radiofrequency ablation for small hepatocellular carcinoma (SURF cohort trial)." (2020), published in Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • "Adjuvant chemotherapy can prolong recurrence-free survival but did not influence the type of recurrence or subsequent treatment in patients with colorectal liver metastases" (2021), published in Surgery

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Masatoshi Makuuchi include:

  • Norihiro Kokudo
  • Tadatoshi Takayama
  • Kiyoshi Hasegawa
  • Yutaka Matsuyama
  • Masatoshi Kudo

Their work covers a broad array of subfields, notably:

  • Hepatology
  • Surgery
  • Oncology
  • Epidemiology
  • Cancer Research

Main areas addressed in their research reflect clinical and experimental efforts focused on:

  • Hepatocellular carcinoma treatment and prognosis
  • Cholangiocarcinoma and gallbladder cancer studies
  • Liver disease diagnosis and treatment
  • Cancer, lipids, and metabolism
  • Colorectal cancer treatments and studies
  • Pancreatic and hepatic oncology research
  • Renal cell carcinoma treatment

Best Publications

  • The Clavien-Dindo classification of surgical complications: five-year experience.

    Pierre A. Clavien;Jeffrey Barkun;Michelle L. De Oliveira;Jean Nicolas Vauthey

  • Posthepatectomy liver failure: A definition and grading by the International Study Group of Liver Surgery (ISGLS)

    Nuh N. Rahbari;O. James Garden;Robert Padbury;Mark Brooke-Smith

  • Hematopoietic stem cells differentiate into vascular cells that participate in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis

    Masataka Sata;Akio Saiura;Atsushi Kunisato;Akihiro Tojo

  • Risk factors contributing to early and late phase intrahepatic recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma after hepatectomy

    Hiroshi Imamura;Yutaka Matsuyama;Eiji Tanaka;Takao Ohkubo

  • Bile leakage after hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery: a definition and grading of severity by the International Study Group of Liver Surgery.

    Moritz Koch;O. James Garden;Robert Padbury;Nuh N. Rahbari

  • The Brisbane 2000 terminology of liver anatomy and resections.

    S.M. Strasberg;J. Belghiti;P.-A. Clavien;E. Gadzijev

  • Preoperative portal embolization to increase safety of major hepatectomy for hilar bile duct carcinoma : a preliminary report

    M Makuuchi;B L Thai;K Takayasu;T Takayama

  • Calculation of child and adult standard liver volume for liver transplantation

    Koichi Urata;Seiji Kawasaki;Hidetoshi Matsunami;Yasuhiko Hashikura

  • Adoptive immunotherapy to lower postsurgical recurrence rates of hepatocellular carcinoma: a randomised trial.

    Tadatoshi Takayama;Teruaki Sekine;Masatoshi Makuuchi;Susumu Yamasaki

  • One thousand fifty-six hepatectomies without mortality in 8 years.

    Hiroshi Imamura;Yasuji Seyama;Norihiro Kokudo;Atsushi Maema

  • Measurement of liver volume and hepatic functional reserve as a guide to decision-making in resectional surgery for hepatic tumors

    Keiichi Kubota;Masatoshi Makuuchi;Koji Kusaka;Takashi Kobayashi

  • Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Japan: Consensus-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines Proposed by the Japan Society of Hepatology (JSH) 2010 Updated Version

    Masatoshi Kudo;Namiki Izumi;Norihiro Kokudo;Osamu Matsui

  • Prospective Cohort Study of Transarterial Chemoembolization for Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma in 8510 Patients

    Kenichi Takayasu;Shigeki Arii;Iwao Ikai;Masao Omata

  • Surgery for small liver cancers

    Masatoshi Makuuchi;Tomoo Kosuge;Tadatoshi Takayama;Susumu Yamazaki

  • Adjuvant sorafenib for hepatocellular carcinoma after resection or ablation (STORM): a phase 3, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

    Jordi Bruix;Tadatoshi Takayama;Vincenzo Mazzaferro;Gar Yang Chau

  • Ultrasonically guided subsegmentectomy.

    Makuuchi M;Hasegawa H;Yamazaki S

  • Extension of the frontiers of surgical indications in the treatment of liver metastases from colorectal cancer: long-term results.

    Masami Minagawa;Masatoshi Makuuchi;Guido Torzilli;Tadatoshi Takayama

  • Results of surgical and nonsurgical treatment for small-sized hepatocellular carcinomas: A retrospective and nationwide survey in Japan

    Shigeki Arii;Yoshio Yamaoka;Syunji Futagawa;Kyoichi Inoue

  • Prognostic impact of anatomic resection for hepatocellular carcinoma.

    Kiyoshi Hasegawa;Norihiro Kokudo;Hiroshi Imamura;Yutaka Matsuyama

  • Neither Multiple Tumors Nor Portal Hypertension Are Surgical Contraindications for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

    Takeaki Ishizawa;Kiyoshi Hasegawa;Taku Aoki;Michiro Takahashi

Frequent Co-Authors

Yasuhiko Sugawara
Yasuhiko Sugawara Kumamoto University
Tadatoshi Takayama
Tadatoshi Takayama Nihon University
Norihiro Kokudo
Norihiro Kokudo National Center For Global Health and Medicine
Kiyoshi Hasegawa
Kiyoshi Hasegawa University of Tokyo
Tomoo Kosuge
Tomoo Kosuge National Cancer Center
Masao Omata
Masao Omata University of Tokyo
Masatoshi Kudo
Masatoshi Kudo Kindai University
Michiie Sakamoto
Michiie Sakamoto Keio University
Setsuo Hirohashi
Setsuo Hirohashi National Cancer Research Institute, UK
Namiki Izumi
Namiki Izumi Musashino Red Cross Hospital

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