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Mitsuru Sasako is affiliated with Hyogo College of Medicine in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with significant contributions in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery, Oncology, Gastroenterology, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
  • Metastasis and carcinoma case studies
  • Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment
  • Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies
  • Esophageal and GI Pathology
  • Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management
  • Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research

Frequent coauthors in Mitsuru Sasako's publications include:

  • Masanori Terashima
  • Takaki Yoshikawa
  • Junki Mizusawa
  • Takeshi Sano
  • Narikazu Boku

Common venues for their publications are:

  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Gastric Cancer
  • European Journal of Surgical Oncology
  • Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery
  • Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Among the recent papers authored or coauthored by Mitsuru Sasako are:

  • Progress in the treatment of gastric cancer in Japan over the last 50 years, 2020, Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery
  • Gastrectomy with or without neoadjuvant S-1 plus cisplatin for type 4 or large type 3 gastric cancer (JCOG0501): an open-label, phase 3, randomized controlled trial, 2020, Gastric Cancer

Their body of work encompasses studies relating to cancer treatments and clinical interventions in gastric cancer, with an emphasis on surgical approaches and chemotherapy regimens. The research profile reflects a multidisciplinary approach, linking oncology, surgery, and gastroenterology to advance understanding and management of gastrointestinal cancers.

Best Publications

  • Incidence of lymph node metastasis from early gastric cancer: estimation with a large number of cases at two large centers

    Takuji Gotoda;Akio Yanagisawa;Mitsuru Sasako;Hiroyuki Ono

  • Surgical treatment of gastric cancer: 15-year follow-up results of the randomised nationwide Dutch D1D2 trial

    Ilfet Songun;Hein Putter;Elma Meershoek-Klein Kranenbarg;Mitsuru Sasako

  • Five-Year Outcomes of a Randomized Phase III Trial Comparing Adjuvant Chemotherapy With S-1 Versus Surgery Alone in Stage II or III Gastric Cancer

    Mitsuru Sasako;Shinichi Sakuramoto;Hitoshi Katai;Taira Kinoshita

  • D2 lymphadenectomy alone or with para-aortic nodal dissection for gastric cancer.

    Mitsuru Sasako;Takeshi Sano;Seiichiro Yamamoto;Yukinori Kurokawa

  • Extended Lymph Node Dissection for Gastric Cancer: Who May Benefit? Final Results of the Randomized Dutch Gastric Cancer Group Trial

    H.H. Hartgrink;C.J.H. van de Velde;H. Putter;J.J. Bonenkamp

  • Benefit of Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Resectable Gastric Cancer A Meta-analysis

    Gastric (Global Advanced);Xavier Paoletti;Koji Oba

  • Gastric Cancer Surgery: Morbidity and Mortality Results From a Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing D2 and Extended Para-Aortic Lymphadenectomy—Japan Clinical Oncology Group Study 9501

    Takeshi Sano;Mitsuru Sasako;Seiichiro Yamamoto;Atsushi Nashimoto

  • Adjuvant therapy after curative resection for gastric cancer: meta-analysis of randomized trials.

    J. Hermans;J. J. Bonenkamp;M. C. Boon;A. M. G. Bunt

  • Extended Clavien-Dindo classification of surgical complications: Japan Clinical Oncology Group postoperative complications criteria

    Hiroshi Katayama;Yukinori Kurokawa;Kenichi Nakamura;Hiroyuki Ito

  • Gastrectomy plus chemotherapy versus chemotherapy alone for advanced gastric cancer with a single non-curable factor (REGATTA): a phase 3, randomised controlled trial

    Kazumasa Fujitani;Han-Kwang Yang;Junki Mizusawa;Young-Woo Kim

  • Left thoracoabdominal approach versus abdominal-transhiatal approach for gastric cancer of the cardia or subcardia: a randomised controlled trial.

    Mitsuru Sasako;Takeshi Sano;Seiichiro Yamamoto;Motonori Sairenji

  • Recurrence of early gastric cancer : follow-up of 1475 patients and review of the Japanese literature

    Takeshi Sano;Mitsuru Sasako;Taira Kinoshita;Keiichi Maruyama

  • Safety and feasibility of laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy with suprapancreatic nodal dissection for clinical stage I gastric cancer: a multicenter phase II trial (JCOG 0703).

    Hitoshi Katai;Mitsuru Sasako;Haruhiko Fukuda;Kenichi Nakamura

  • Risk factors for lymph node metastasis from intramucosal gastric carcinoma.

    Takekazu Yamao;Kuniaki Shirao;Hiroyuki Ono;Hitoshi Kondo

  • Short-term surgical outcomes from a phase III study of laparoscopy-assisted versus open distal gastrectomy with nodal dissection for clinical stage IA/IB gastric cancer: Japan Clinical Oncology Group Study JCOG0912

    Hitoshi Katai;Junki Mizusawa;Hiroshi Katayama;Masakazu Takagi

  • Increased DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) protein expression correlates significantly with poorer tumor differentiation and frequent DNA hypermethylation of multiple CpG islands in gastric cancers.

    Tsuyoshi Etoh;Yae Kanai;Saori Ushijima;Tohru Nakagawa

  • Clinical Significance of Circulating Tumor Cells, Including Cancer Stem-Like Cells, in Peripheral Blood for Recurrence and Prognosis in Patients With Dukes' Stage B and C Colorectal Cancer

    Hisae Iinuma;Toshiaki Watanabe;Koshi Mimori;Miki Adachi

  • Pancreas-preserving total gastrectomy for proximal gastric cancer.

    Keiichi Maruyama;Mitsuru Sasako;Taira Kinoshita;Takeshi Sano

  • Focus on gastric cancer.

    Toshikazu Ushijima;Mitsuru Sasako

  • Neoadjuvant chemotherapy with S‐1 and cisplatin followed by D2 gastrectomy with para‐aortic lymph node dissection for gastric cancer with extensive lymph node metastasis

    A. Tsuburaya;J. Mizusawa;Y. Tanaka;N. Fukushima

Frequent Co-Authors

Hitoshi Katai
Hitoshi Katai Juntendo University
Narikazu Boku
Narikazu Boku St. Marianna University School of Medicine
Koshi Mimori
Koshi Mimori Kyushu University
Masaki Mori
Masaki Mori Kyushu University
Atsushi Ochiai
Atsushi Ochiai University of Tokyo
Seiichiro Yamamoto
Seiichiro Yamamoto National Cancer Research Institute, UK
Kohei Shitara
Kohei Shitara Yahoo (United Kingdom)
Yasuo Ohashi
Yasuo Ohashi Chuo University
Takuji Gotoda
Takuji Gotoda Nihon University
Satoshi Morita
Satoshi Morita Kyoto University

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