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Yosuke Uchitomi is primarily affiliated with the National Cancer Research Institute, UK in the United Kingdom. Their academic work is situated within the field of Medicine, with a focus on Oncology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, as well as Sociology and Political Science.

Their research topics cover a range of subjects including:

  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
  • Cancer survivorship and care
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
  • Family Support in Illness
  • Frailty in Older Adults
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life

Yosuke Uchitomi has contributed to several recent publications such as:

  • Barriers and facilitative factors in the implementation of workplace health promotion activities in small and medium-sized enterprises: a qualitative study, 2022, Implementation Science Communications
  • Smartphone Psychotherapy Reduces Fear of Cancer Recurrence Among Breast Cancer Survivors: A Fully Decentralized Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial (J-SUPPORT 1703 Study), 2022, Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Unmet supportive care needs and associated factors among young adult cancer patients in Japan, 2021, BMC Cancer
  • Follow-Up Care for Breast and Colorectal Cancer Across the Globe: Survey Findings From 27 Countries, 2020, JCO Global Oncology
  • Epidemiology of skin cancer based on Japan's National Cancer Registry 2016-2017, 2023, Cancer Science

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Uchitomi include:

  • Maiko Fujimori (61 publications)
  • Taichi Shimazu (27 publications)
  • Tempei Miyaji (24 publications)
  • Takuhiro Yamaguchi (20 publications)
  • Tatsuo Akechi (19 publications)

Uchitomi's research is commonly published in the following venues:

  • Journal of Clinical Oncology (10 publications)
  • Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology (9 publications)
  • BMJ Open (8 publications)
  • Cancer Medicine (5 publications)
  • Palliative & Supportive Care (5 publications)

Best Publications

  • Screening for psychological distress in Japanese cancer patients

    Akira Kugaya;Tatsuo Akechi;Toru Okuyama;Hitoshi Okamura

  • Prevalence, predictive factors, and screening for psychologic distress in patients with newly diagnosed head and neck cancer.

    Akira Kugaya M.D.;Tatsuo Akechi M.D.;Toru Okuyama M.D.;Tomohito Nakano

  • Major Depression, Adjustment Disorders, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Terminally Ill Cancer Patients: Associated and Predictive Factors

    Tatsuo Akechi;Toru Okuyama;Yuriko Sugawara;Tomohito Nakano

  • Development and validation of the cancer fatigue scale: a brief, three-dimensional, self-rating scale for assessment of fatigue in cancer patients.

    Toru Okuyama;Tatsuo Akechi;Akira Kugaya;Hitoshi Okamura

  • Smaller regional volumes of brain gray and white matter demonstrated in breast cancer survivors exposed to adjuvant chemotherapy.

    Masatoshi Inagaki;Eisho Yoshikawa;Yutaka Matsuoka;Yuriko Sugawara

  • Good death in cancer care: a nationwide quantitative study

    M Miyashita;M Sanjo;T Morita;K Hirai

  • Psychiatric morbidity in terminally III cancer patients: A prospective study

    Hideaki Minagawa;Yosuke Uchitomi M.D.;Shigeto Yamawaki M.D.;Kunihiko Ishitani M.D.

  • Good Death Inventory: A Measure for Evaluating Good Death from the Bereaved Family Member's Perspective

    Mitsunori Miyashita;Tatsuya Morita;Kazuki Sato;Kei Hirai

  • Late Referrals to Specialized Palliative Care Service in Japan

    Tatsuya Morita;Tatsuo Akechi;Masayuki Ikenaga;Yoshiyuki Kizawa

  • Factors correlated with fatigue in disease-free breast cancer patients: application of the Cancer Fatigue Scale.

    T. Okuyama;T. Akechi;A. Kugaya;H. Okamura

  • Good death in Japanese cancer care: a qualitative study.

    Kei Hirai;Mitsunori Miyashita;Tatsuya Morita;Makiko Sanjo

  • Development of a brief screening interview for adjustment disorders and major depression in patients with cancer.

    Nobuya Akizuki;Tatsuo Akechi;Tatsuro Nakanishi;Eisho Yoshikawa

  • Ethical validity of palliative sedation therapy: a multicenter, prospective, observational study conducted on specialized palliative care units in Japan.

    Tatsuya Morita;Yoshikazu Chinone;Masayuki Ikenaga;Makoto Miyoshi

  • Development of an Impact Thermometer for use in combination with the Distress Thermometer as a brief screening tool for adjustment disorders and/or major depression in cancer patients

    Nobuya Akizuki;Shigeto Yamawaki;Tatsuo Akechi;Tomohito Nakano

  • Impact of dyspnea, pain, and fatigue on daily life activities in ambulatory patients with advanced lung cancer.

    Keiko Tanaka;Tatsuo Akechi;Toru Okuyama;Yutaka Nishiwaki

  • Burnout and psychiatric morbidity among physicians engaged in end-of-life care for cancer patients: a cross-sectional nationwide survey in Japan.

    Mariko Asai;Tatsuya Morita;Tatsuo Akechi;Yuriko Sugawara

  • Development of a Clinical Guideline for Palliative Sedation Therapy Using the Delphi Method

    Tatsuya Morita;Seiji Bito;Yukie Kurihara;Yosuke Uchitomi

  • Psychological distress following first recurrence of disease in patients with breast cancer : prevalence and risk factors

    Hitoshi Okamura;Toru Watanabe;Masaru Narabayashi;Noriyuki Katsumata

  • Fatigue in Ambulatory Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer: Prevalence, Correlated Factors, and Screening

    Toru Okuyama;Keiko Tanaka;Tatsuo Akechi;Akira Kugaya

  • Preferences of cancer patients regarding the disclosure of bad news

    Maiko Fujimori;Tatsuo Akechi;Tatsuya Morita;Masatoshi Inagaki

Frequent Co-Authors

Tatsuo Akechi
Tatsuo Akechi Nagoya City University
Hitoshi Okamura
Hitoshi Okamura Hiroshima University
Tatsuya Morita
Tatsuya Morita Seirei Mikatabara General Hospital
Shigeto Yamawaki
Shigeto Yamawaki Hiroshima University
Yutaka Matsuoka
Yutaka Matsuoka Hiroshima University
Yutaka Nishiwaki
Yutaka Nishiwaki Tokyo Medical University
Shoichiro Tsugane
Shoichiro Tsugane International University of Health and Welfare
Kanji Nagai
Kanji Nagai Kitasato University
Christoffer Johansen
Christoffer Johansen Copenhagen University Hospital
Toshiaki A. Furukawa
Toshiaki A. Furukawa Kyoto University

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