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Reiko Nishihara is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the field of Medicine, with a focus on Oncology. Their work also spans subfields such as Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Immunology, Cancer Research, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's research covers several key topics including:

  • Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis

Nishihara has contributed to numerous publications, with notable recent papers comprising:

  • "The Prognostic Role of Macrophage Polarization in the Colorectal Cancer Microenvironment" (2020), Cancer Immunology Research
  • "Plasma IL-6 changes correlate to PD-1 inhibitor responses in NSCLC" (2020), Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer
  • "Landscape of somatic single nucleotide variants and indels in colorectal cancer and impact on survival" (2020), Nature Communications
  • "Association of Fusobacterium nucleatum with Specific T-cell Subsets in the Colorectal Carcinoma Microenvironment" (2021), Clinical Cancer Research
  • "Prognostic Significance of Immune Cell Populations Identified by Machine Learning in Colorectal Cancer Using Routine Hematoxylin and Eosin-Stained Sections" (2020), Clinical Cancer Research

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Nishihara include:

  • Shuji Ogino
  • Andrew T. Chan
  • Marios Giannakis
  • Mingyang Song
  • Koichiro Haruki

Key venues for Nishihara's publications are:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer
  • Clinical Cancer Research
  • JNCI Cancer Spectrum
  • Cancer Immunology Research

Best Publications

  • Long-Term Colorectal-Cancer Incidence and Mortality after Lower Endoscopy

    Reiko Nishihara;Kana Wu;Paul Lochhead;Teppei Morikawa

  • Fusobacterium nucleatum in colorectal carcinoma tissue and patient prognosis

    Kosuke Mima;Reiko Nishihara;Zhi Rong Qian;Yin Cao

  • Aspirin use, tumor PIK3CA mutation, and colorectal-cancer survival.

    Xiaoyun Liao;Paul Lochhead;Reiko Nishihara;Teppei Morikawa

  • Genomic Correlates of Immune-Cell Infiltrates in Colorectal Carcinoma

    Marios Giannakis;Marios Giannakis;Marios Giannakis;Xinmeng Jasmine Mu;Xinmeng Jasmine Mu;Xinmeng Jasmine Mu;Sachet A. Shukla;Sachet A. Shukla;Zhi Rong Qian

  • Fusobacterium nucleatum and T Cells in Colorectal Carcinoma.

    Kosuke Mima;Yasutaka Sukawa;Reiko Nishihara;Zhi Rong Qian

  • Assessment of colorectal cancer molecular features along bowel subsites challenges the conception of distinct dichotomy of proximal versus distal colorectum

    Mai Yamauchi;Teppei Morikawa;Aya Kuchiba;Yu Imamura

  • RNF43 is frequently mutated in colorectal and endometrial cancers

    Marios Giannakis;Eran Hodis;Xinmeng Jasmine Mu;Mai Yamauchi

  • Microsatellite Instability and BRAF Mutation Testing in Colorectal Cancer Prognostication

    Paul Lochhead;Aya Kuchiba;Yu Imamura;Xiaoyun Liao

  • Genetic Mechanisms of Immune Evasion in Colorectal Cancer

    Catherine S. Grasso;Marios Giannakis;Marios Giannakis;Daniel K. Wells;Tsuyoshi Hamada

  • Population-wide Impact of Long-term Use of Aspirin and the Risk for Cancer

    Yin Cao;Reiko Nishihara;Kana Wu;Molin Wang

  • Association of Dietary Patterns With Risk of Colorectal Cancer Subtypes Classified by Fusobacterium nucleatum in Tumor Tissue.

    Raaj S. Mehta;Reiko Nishihara;Yin Cao;Mingyang Song

  • Prognostic Role of PIK3CA Mutation in Colorectal Cancer: Cohort Study and Literature Review

    Xiaoyun Liao;Teppei Morikawa;Paul Lochhead;Yu Imamura

  • Specific Mutations in KRAS Codons 12 and 13, and Patient Prognosis in 1075 BRAF Wild-Type Colorectal Cancers

    Yu Imamura;Teppei Morikawa;Xiaoyun Liao;Paul Lochhead

  • Aspirin use and risk of colorectal cancer according to BRAF mutation status.

    Reiko Nishihara;Paul Lochhead;Paul Lochhead;Aya Kuchiba;Seungyoun Jung

  • Fusobacterium nucleatum in Colorectal Carcinoma Tissue According to Tumor Location.

    Kosuke Mima;Yin Cao;Andrew T Chan;Zhi Rong Qian

  • Determining Risk of Colorectal Cancer and Starting Age of Screening Based on Lifestyle, Environmental, and Genetic Factors.

    Jihyoun Jeon;Mengmeng Du;Robert E. Schoen;Michael Hoffmeister

  • Erratum:Genomic Correlates of Immune-Cell Infiltrates in Colorectal Carcinoma (Cell Reports (2016) 15(4) (857–865) (S2211124716303643) (10.1016/j.celrep.2016.03.075))

    Marios Giannakis;Xinmeng Jasmine Mu;Sachet A. Shukla;Zhi Rong Qian

  • Molecular pathological epidemiology of epigenetics: emerging integrative science to analyze environment, host, and disease

    Shuji Ogino;Paul Lochhead;Paul Lochhead;Andrew T Chan;Andrew T Chan;Reiko Nishihara

  • Tumour CD274 (PD-L1) expression and T cells in colorectal cancer

    Yohei Masugi;Reiko Nishihara;Juhong Yang;Juhong Yang;Kosuke Mima

  • Abstract PR03: Genetic mechanisms of immune evasion in colorectal cancer

    Marios Giannakis;Catherine Grasso;Daniel Wells;Tsuyoshi Hamada

Frequent Co-Authors

Shuji Ogino
Shuji Ogino Brigham and Women's Hospital
Andrew T. Chan
Andrew T. Chan Harvard University
Kana Wu
Kana Wu Harvard University
Jeffrey A. Meyerhardt
Jeffrey A. Meyerhardt Harvard University
Mingyang Song
Mingyang Song Harvard University
Katsuhiko Nosho
Katsuhiko Nosho Sapporo Medical University
Wendy S. Garrett
Wendy S. Garrett Harvard University
Levi A. Garraway
Levi A. Garraway Roche (United States)
Curtis Huttenhower
Curtis Huttenhower Harvard University

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