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Meinoshin Okumura

Meinoshin Okumura

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Medicine

D-Index
80
Citations
26441
World Ranking
17015
National Ranking
539

Overview

Meinoshin Okumura is affiliated with Osaka University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine, particularly focusing on pulmonary and respiratory medicine, neurology, oncology, surgery, and endocrinology. Their research spans several specialized areas including lung cancer diagnosis and treatment, myasthenia gravis and thymoma, pleural and pulmonary diseases, and disorders related to the pituitary gland.

The scientist has authored numerous papers featured in journals with a focus on thoracic oncology and respiratory medicine. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Thoracic Oncology
  • Surgery Today
  • Mediastinum
  • Cancer Science
  • Lung Cancer

Key recent papers authored by or involving Meinoshin Okumura include:

  • Blockade of EGFR improves responsiveness to PD-1 blockade in EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer, 2020, Science Immunology
  • Highly immunogenic cancer cells require activation of the WNT pathway for immunological escape, 2021, Science Immunology
  • Clinical Impacts of EGFR Mutation Status: Analysis of 5780 Surgically Resected Lung Cancer Cases, 2020, The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
  • IASLC Lung Cancer Staging Project: The New Database to Inform Revisions in the Ninth Edition of the TNM Classification of Lung Cancer, 2023, Journal of Thoracic Oncology
  • Myasthenia gravis-specific aberrant neuromuscular gene expression by medullary thymic epithelial cells in thymoma, 2022, Nature Communications

The scientist's frequent co-authors include:

  • Yasushi Shintani (22 collaborations)
  • Soichiro Funaki (16 collaborations)
  • Hisao Asamura (13 collaborations)
  • Hiroshi Date (8 collaborations)
  • Ichiro Yoshino (8 collaborations)

The main fields of study for Meinoshin Okumura are Medicine, with a strong focus on subfields such as pulmonary and respiratory medicine, neurology, oncology, surgery, and endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism. Their research covers topics including:

  • Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma
  • Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases
  • Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations
  • Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments
  • Lung Cancer Research Studies
  • Meningioma and schwannoma management

Best Publications

  • The IASLC Lung Cancer Staging Project: Proposals for Revision of the TNM Stage Groupings in the Forthcoming (Eighth) Edition of the TNM Classification for Lung Cancer.

    Peter Goldstraw;Kari Chansky;John Crowley;Ramon Rami-Porta

  • Safety and efficacy of eculizumab in anti-acetylcholine receptor antibody-positive refractory generalised myasthenia gravis (REGAIN): a phase 3, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre study

    James F Howard;Kimiaki Utsugisawa;Michael Benatar;Hiroyuki Murai

  • The World Health Organization histologic classification system reflects the oncologic behavior of thymoma: a clinical study of 273 patients.

    Meinoshin Okumura;Mitsunori Ohta;Hisashi Tateyama;Katsuhiro Nakagawa

  • The IASLC Lung Cancer Staging Project: Proposals for Coding T Categories for Subsolid Nodules and Assessment of Tumor Size in Part-Solid Tumors in the Forthcoming Eighth Edition of the TNM Classification of Lung Cancer

    William D. Travis;Hisao Asamura;Alexander A. Bankier;Mary Beth Beasley

  • Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery in Japan during 2014 : Annual report by The Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery.

    Munetaka Masuda;Meinoshin Okumura;Yuichiro Doki

  • The IASLC/ITMIG thymic epithelial tumors staging project : proposal for an evidence-based stage classification system for the forthcoming (8th) edition of the TNM classification of malignant tumors

    Frank C. Detterbeck;Kelly Stratton;Dorothy Giroux;Hisao Asamura

  • Immunohistochemical detection of WT1 protein in a variety of cancer cells

    Shin-ichi Nakatsuka;Yusuke Oji;Tetsuya Horiuchi;Takayoshi Kanda

  • Japanese Lung Cancer Registry Study of 11,663 Surgical Cases in 2004: Demographic and Prognosis Changes Over Decade

    Noriyoshi Sawabata;Etsuo Miyaoka;Hisao Asamura;Yoichi Nakanishi

  • IL-6 Secreted from Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts Mediates Chemoresistance in NSCLC by Increasing Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Signaling.

    Yasushi Shintani;Ayako Fujiwara;Toru Kimura;Tomohiro Kawamura

  • The IASLC Lung Cancer Staging Project: Background Data and Proposed Criteria to Distinguish Separate Primary Lung Cancers from Metastatic Foci in Patients with Two Lung Tumors in the Forthcoming Eighth Edition of the TNM Classification for Lung Cancer

    Frank C. Detterbeck;Wilbur A. Franklin;Andrew G. Nicholson;Nicolas Girard

  • The IASLC Lung Cancer Staging Project: Methodology and Validation Used in the Development of Proposals for Revision of the Stage Classification of NSCLC in the Forthcoming (Eighth) Edition of the TNM Classification of Lung Cancer

    Frank C. Detterbeck;Kari Chansky;Patti Groome;Vanessa Bolejack

  • Long-term outcomes after a variety of video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy approaches for clinical stage IA lung cancer: A multi-institutional study

    Norihisa Shigemura;Akinori Akashi;Soichiro Funaki;Tomoyuki Nakagiri

  • The IASLC Lung Cancer Staging Project: Summary of Proposals for Revisions of the Classification of Lung Cancers with Multiple Pulmonary Sites of Involvement in the Forthcoming Eighth Edition of the TNM Classification

    Frank C. Detterbeck;Andrew G. Nicholson;Wilbur A. Franklin;Edith M. Marom

  • Clinical and functional significance of WHO classification on human thymic epithelial neoplasms: a study of 146 consecutive tumors.

    Meinoshin Okumura;Shinichiro Miyoshi;Yoshitaka Fujii;Yukiyasu Takeuchi

  • Interleukin-6/interleukin-21 signaling axis is critical in the pathogenesis of pulmonary arterial hypertension

    Takahiro Hashimoto-Kataoka;Naoki Hosen;Takashi Sonobe;Yoh Arita

  • Epidermal growth factor receptor gene mutation in non-small cell lung cancer using highly sensitive and fast TaqMan PCR assay

    Katsuhiko Endo;Akimitsu Konishi;Hidefumi Sasaki;Minoru Takada

  • Epithelial to mesenchymal transition is a determinant of sensitivity to chemoradiotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer.

    Yasushi Shintani;Akira Okimura;Katsutoshi Sato;Tomoyuki Nakagiri

  • Using the World Health Organization Classification of thymic epithelial neoplasms to describe CT findings.

    Noriyuki Tomiyama;Takeshi Johkoh;Naoki Mihara;Osamu Honda

  • Hydrogen gas reduces hyperoxic lung injury via the Nrf2 pathway in vivo.

    Tomohiro Kawamura;Nobunao Wakabayashi;Norihisa Shigemura;Chien Sheng Huang

  • Blockade of EGFR improves responsiveness to PD-1 blockade in EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer

    Eri Sugiyama;Yosuke Togashi;Yoshiko Takeuchi;Sayoko Shinya

Frequent Co-Authors

Hikaru Matsuda
Hikaru Matsuda Osaka University
Hisao Asamura
Hisao Asamura Keio University
Yoshiki Sawa
Yoshiki Sawa Osaka University
Yoshitaka Fujii
Yoshitaka Fujii Nagoya City University
Eiichi Morii
Eiichi Morii Osaka University
Masaki Mori
Masaki Mori Kyushu University
Kenji Kangawa
Kenji Kangawa National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
Hiroshi Hosoda
Hiroshi Hosoda Shinshu University
Shinichi Toyooka
Shinichi Toyooka Okayama University
Shin'ichi Takeda
Shin'ichi Takeda National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry

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