Shingo Sakashita MD, PhD

Pathology is based on morphology. I hope to get something new idea from morphological observation, however, it tend to be opposite. That is, something new idea change the morphological appearance. I hope to discover something to change not only appearance on slide glass but also how to see society.

Official Title

• Division Head in pathology

Speciality

• Head and neck pathology
• Esophagus pathology

Keywords

• Pathology
• Artificial intelligence
• Early cancer

Current main research theme

• Artificial intelligence
• Early esophageal cancer

Collaborative research themes

• A.I.

Email

ssakashi●east.ncc.go.jp (● replace to @)

Brief History

• University of Tsukuba on medicine (2005)
• University of Tsukuba, Graduate School of Comprehensive human sciences (2011)
• Research fellow, Princess Margaret hospital, university of Toronto, Toronto, CANADA (2012)
• University of Tsukuba, Faculty of Medicine, Division of Surgical Pathology, Associater Professor (2015)
• Current position (2020)

Major affiliated societies

• Japanese association of pathology
• Japanese cytology association
• Japanese cancer association
• The Japan Lung Cancer Society
• International Association of the Study of Lung Cancer

Major Publications

1. Sakashita M, Sakashita S, Murata Y, Shiba-Ishii A, Kim Y, Matsuoka R, Nakano N, Sato Y, Noguchi M. High expression of ovarian cancer immunoreactive antigen domain containing 2 (OCIAD2) is associated with poor prognosis in lung adenocarcinoma. Pathol Int. 2018 Nov;68(11):596-604.
2. Sakashita S, Shiba-Ishii A, Murata Y, Sekimoto R, Minami Y, Sato Y, NoguchiM. Case report of three EGFR TKI naïve lung adenocarcinoma containing doubleEGFR mutations (L858R/T790M or Exon 19 Deletion/T790M); Comparing genetic information and histology. Pathol Res Pract. 2018 Aug;214(8):1224-1230.
3. Nakano N, Sakashita S, Matsuoka R, Murata Y, Shiba-Ishii A, Kobayashi N, Sato Y, Noguchi M. Cyclophilin A expression and its prognostic significance in lung adenocarcinoma. Pathol Int. 2017 Nov;67(11):555-563
4. Sakashita S, Li D, Nashima N, Minami Y, Furuya S, Morishita Y, Tachibana K, Sato Y, Noguchi M. Overexpression of immunoglobulin (CD79a) binding protein1 (IGBP-1) in small lung adenocarcinomas and its clinicopathological significance. Pathol Int. 2011 Mar;61(3):130-7.