General Thoracic surgery Breast and endocrinological surgery

Staff

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Prof. YAJIMA

Current Research Project

  • Analysis of exhausted mechanism in CD8+ T cells during tumor immune responses
  • Intraoperative CT Navigation for Thoracoscopic Segmentectomy
  • Constant-rate intravenous infusion of indocyanine green leading to high fluorescence intensity in infrared thoracoscopic segmentectomy
  • Molecular features of tumor spread through air space(STAS) and their impact on prognosis in lung cancer patients

Recent Publications

  • MMP-7 expression is associated with a higher rate of tumor spread
    through air spaces in resected lung adenocarcinomas. Yamada K, et al.Lung Cancer 175:125-130. (2023)
  •  The epithelial-mesenchymal transition phenotype is associated with the frequency of tumor spread through air spaces (STAS) and a High risk of recurrence after resection of lung carcinoma. Ikeda T, et al. Lung Cancer 153: 49-55 (2021)
  • A New Method for the Detection of Air Leaks Using Aerosolized Indocyanine Green.Yokota N, et al. Ann Thorac Surg 111(2): 436-439 (2021)

Contact Information

Tel: 087-898-5111

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