Rare Cancer Center

(Tsukiji Campus) Akira Kawai, Yoko Katoh, Ayumu Arakawa, Hiroshi Igaki, Mituya Ishikawa, Koji Izutsu, Shintaro Iwata, Chitose Ogawa, Takuji Okusaka, Tomoyasu Kato, Shingo Kawaguchi, Yasushi Goto, Eisuke Kobayashi, Motokiyo Komiyama, Tadashi Kondo, Takuro Sakurai, Taro Shibata, Toshio Shimizu, Tatsunori Shimoi, Shigenobu Suzuki, Tatsuya Suzuki, Kazuki Sudo, Miyuki Sone, Tomoko Takayama, Kenjiro Namikawa, Yoshitaka Narita, Takahiro Higashi, Susumu Hijioka, Yoshitaka Honma, Aiko Maejima, Yasuji Miyakita, Wataru Munakata, Chigusa Morizane, Naoya Yamazaki, Noboru Yamamoto, Akihiko Yoshida, Seiichi Yoshimoto, Kan Yonemori
(Kashiwa Campus) Tetsuo Akimoto, Junya Ueno, Naoto Gotohda, Toshihiko Doi, Yoichi Naito, Ako Hosono

Introduction

The Rare Cancer Center, which was established in June 2014 and comprises expert health care providers from various units, provides state-of-the-art, optimal medical care for rare cancers. It also promotes cutting-edge research and treatment development, and clarifies and addresses issues in medical care for rare cancers through medical care and research. The Rare Cancer Center plays an important role in measures against rare cancers not only in the National Cancer Center but also all over Japan. The National Institute for Rare Cancers in Japan was assigned to the National Cancer Center in April 2018. Rare cancers are defined as those with an incidence < 6/100,000/year. Although each subtype of rare cancer is rare by itself, it accounts for up to 15% of all newly diagnosed cancer cases when the number of each subtype of rare cancer is combined. Information on rare cancers has been lacking to date and this background makes it difficult for clinicians to diagnose rare cancer correctly and treat patients appropriately. Another problem is the lack of experienced experts in the field of rare cancers.

The Team and What We Do

The Rare Cancer Center has been playing a central role in the management of rare cancers in the National Cancer Center (NCC).

The mission statements of the Rare Cancer Center are as follows.

I. Establishing a vital network for diagnosis and treatment for rare cancers.

II.  Investigating the problems associated with rare cancers and taking up the issues and making proposals as medical professionals for rare cancers.

The Rare Cancer Center provides specialized and high-quality medical care to patients with rare cancers, and promotes research on rare cancers by taking a multidisciplinary approach. Monthly regular web-conference have been held between the Tsukiji and Kashiwa campuses to discuss issues in the treatment of rare cancers.

Research activities

A rare cancer hotline has been established to provide consultations for patients with rare cancers and their families over the telephone. The number of new consultations between April and September in 2021 was 5,023. The consulters lived from Hokkaido to Okinawa. Since October 2021, the Supportive Care Development Center has been in charge of the rare cancer hotline.

To deliver information on rare cancers, a website for patients with rare cancers and their families (https://www.ncc.go.jp/jp/rcc/index.html) has been launched, and 350 new pieces of content were added in 2021. In addition, information is disseminated via Facebook to provide it in a timely manner, and 400 posts were made in 2021. Rare Cancer Leaflets for 50 subtypes of rare cancers were created and distributed.

Since 2017, “Rare Cancer Meet the Expert”, a seminar on rare cancers, has been held for patients and their families. In 2021, the seminar could not be held due to COVID-19, and only video streaming was available. The total view count for all videos was 477,992. We also have prepared a “Rare Cancers Library” which consists of 15 videos for the purpose of delivering timely information to patients quickly and efficiently. This accomplished 12,183 views. We also held eight seminars on rare cancer treatment together in collaboration with six patient advocacy groups.

We promoted Cancer Awareness Month covering four rare cancers, including mesothelioma and lymphoma, in collaboration with the patient advocacy group.

We promoted cancer awareness month covering four rare cancers, including sarcoma and lymphoma, in collaboration with the patient advocacy group.

In the project “Research on understanding the status of medical treatment and development of infrastructure to improve the outcomes of rare cancers” funded by the Cancer Research and Development Fund, members of the Rare Cancer Center took the leading role in conducting research on understanding the status of medical treatment for rare cancers, information dissemination, and education. Also, in the project “Research on developing a network providing cancer information and consultation support for rare cancers” funded by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Grants-in-aid for Scientific Research program, the Rare Cancer Center worked toward maintaining a network of hospitals treating rare cancers in line with the situations in each region in Japan. In 2021, the Rare Cancer Grant Program was established based on several donations to the Rare Cancer Center from people who supported its initiatives and actions. We called for applications for research funding and subsequently supported 19 researchers conducting leading-edge research at the Rare Cancer Center.

Future Prospects

As the National Institute for Rare Cancers in Japan, our missions are to develop networks connecting patients and healthcare providers across the nation, to promote extraordinary patient care, scientific research, and education on rare cancers. Tuning into the issues faced by all rare cancer patients, we address them with a global perspective.

List of papers published

Journal

1. Yamada I, Morizane C, Okusaka T, Mizusawa J, Kataoka T, Ueno M, Ikeda M, Okano N, Todaka A, Shimizu S, Mizuno N, Sekimoto M, Tobimatsu K, Yamaguchi H, Nishina T, Shirakawa H, Kojima Y, Oono T, Kawamoto Y, Furukawa M, Iwai T, Sudo K, Okamura K, Yamashita T, Kato N, Shioji K, Shimizu K, Nakagohri T, Kamata K, Ishii H, Furuse J. The clinical outcomes of combination chemotherapy in elderly patients with advanced biliary tract cancer: an exploratory analysis of JCOG1113. Scientific reports, 12:987, 2022

2. Narita Y, Sato S, Kayama T. Review of the diagnosis and treatment of brain metastases. Japanese journal of clinical oncology, 52:3-7, 2022

3. Noguchi R, Yoshimatsu Y, Ono T, Sei A, Motoi N, Yatabe Y, Yoshida Y, Watanabe S, Kondo T. Establishment and characterization of NCC-DMM1-C1, a novel patient-derived cell line of desmoplastic malignant pleural mesothelioma. Oncology letters, 23:64, 2022

4. Shibayama T, Shimoi T, Mori T, Noguchi E, Honma Y, Hijioka S, Yoshida M, Ogawa C, Yonemori K, Yatabe Y, Yoshida A. Cytokeratin-positive Malignant Tumor in the Abdomen With EWSR1/FUS-CREB Fusion: A Clinicopathologic Study of 8 Cases. The American journal of surgical pathology, 46:134-146, 2022

5. Kurosawa S, Yamaguchi T, Mori A, Tsukagoshi M, Okuda I, Ikeda M, Ueno T, Saito Y, Aihara Y, Matsuba Y, Fuji S, Yamashita T, Ogawa C, Ito A, Tanaka T, Inamoto Y, Kim SW, Fukuda T. Feasibility and usefulness of recommended screenings at long-term follow-up clinics for hematopoietic cell transplant survivors. Supportive care in cancer: official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 30:2767-2776, 2022

6. Takamizawa S, Morizane C, Tanabe N, Maruki Y, Kondo S, Hijioka S, Ueno H, Sugano K, Hiraoka N, Okusaka T. Clinical characteristics of pancreatic and biliary tract cancers associated with Lynch syndrome. Journal of hepato-biliary-pancreatic sciences, 29:377-384, 2022

7. Yachida S, Totoki Y, Noë M, Nakatani Y, Horie M, Kawasaki K, Nakamura H, Saito-Adachi M, Suzuki M, Takai E, Hama N, Higuchi R, Hirono S, Shiba S, Kato M, Furukawa E, Arai Y, Rokutan H, Hashimoto T, Mitsunaga S, Kanda M, Tanaka H, Takata S, Shimomura A, Oshima M, Hackeng WM, Okumura T, Okano K, Yamamoto M, Yamaue H, Morizane C, Arihiro K, Furukawa T, Sato T, Kiyono T, Brosens LAA, Wood LD, Hruban RH, Shibata T . Comprehensive Genomic Profiling of Neuroendocrine Carcinomas of the Gastrointestinal System. Cancer discovery, 12:692-711, 2022

8. Tsuchiya R, Yoshimatsu Y, Noguchi R, Sin Y, Ono T, Akiyama T, Sugaya J, Nakatani F, Kojima N, Yoshida A, Ohtori S, Kawai A, Kondo T. Establishment and characterization of NCC-UPS3-C1: a novel patient-derived cell line of undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma. Human cell, 35:384-391, 2022

9. Toda Y, Kobayashi E, Yoshida A, Kawai A. Gorham-Stout syndrome mimicking a malignant bone tumor in two adult cases. Japanese journal of clinical oncology, 52:197, 2022

10. Toki S, Sone M, Yoshida A, Nishisho T, Gokita T, Kobayashi E, Nakatani F, Chuman H, Sugawara S, Arai Y, Kawai A. Image-guided core needle biopsy for musculoskeletal lesions. Journal of orthopaedic science: official journal of the Japanese Orthopaedic Association, 27:448-455, 2022

11. Yoshida A, Arai Y, Satomi K, Kubo T, Ryo E, Matsushita Y, Hama N, Sudo K, Komiyama M, Yatabe Y, Shibata T, Ichikawa H, Ichimura K, Kawai A, Mori T. Identification of novel SSX1 fusions in synovial sarcoma. Modern pathology: an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc, 35:228-239, 2022

12. Ono M, Matsumoto K, Boku N, Fujii N, Tsuchida Y, Furui T, Harada M, Kanda Y, Kawai A, Miyachi M, Murashima A, Nakayama R, Nishiyama H, Shimizu C, Sugiyama K, Takai Y, Fujio K, Morishige KI, Osuga Y, Suzuki N. Indications for fertility preservation not included in the 2017 Japan Society of Clinical Oncology Guideline for Fertility Preservation in Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Patients treated with gonadal toxicity, including benign diseases. International journal of clinical oncology, 27:301-309, 2022

13. Sin Y, Yoshimatsu Y, Noguchi R, Tsuchiya R, Ono T, Akiyama T, Nakatani F, Sugaya J, Yoshida A, Kawai A, Kondo T. Establishment and characterization of NCC-MPNST6-C1: a novel patient-derived cell line of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors. Human cell, 35:400-407, 2022

14. Kido A, Kitagawa Y, Tsukushi S, Iwata S, Ishida Y, Tsukamoto S, Kawai A. Marginal resection for patients with atypical lipomatous tumours of the extremities and trunk wall: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Japanese journal of clinical oncology, 52:151-156, 2022

15. Nakamura T, Kawai A, Sudo A. The incidence of unplanned excision in patients with soft tissue sarcoma: Reports from the Bone and Soft Tissue Tumor registry in Japan. Journal of orthopaedic science: official journal of the Japanese Orthopaedic Association, 27:468-472, 2022

16. Nakamura T, Kawai A, Asanuma K, Hagi T, Sudo A. Is no additional excision after unplanned excision with positive margins justified in patients with small (≤5 cm) high-grade soft-tissue sarcoma?: Analysis from the Bone and Soft Tissue Tumor registry in Japan. Journal of orthopaedic science: official journal of the Japanese Orthopaedic Association, 27:463-467, 2022

17. Arikawa M, Akazawa S, Kagaya Y, Kawai A, Miyamoto S. Free Flap Reconstruction of Oncologic Gluteal Defects. Annals of plastic surgery, 88:420-424, 2022

18. Tanabe K, Nakanishi Y, Matsumoto S, Yajima S, Kuroe T, Watanabe R, Arai Y, Iwata S, Ito M, Masuda H. Utility of a multidisciplinary team approach with transanal total mesorectal excision for resection of a large pelvic solitary fibrous tumor. IJU case reports, 5:104-107, 2022

19. Abe K, Maeda-Minami A, Ishizu T, Iwata S, Kobayashi E, Shimoi T, Kawano Y, Hashimoto H, Yamaguchi M, Furukawa T, Miyazaki S, Mano Y. Risk Factors for Hepatic Toxicity of High-dose Methotrexate in Patients With Osteosarcoma. Anticancer research, 42:1043-1050, 2022

20. COVIDSurg Collaborative, GlobalSurg Collaborative . SARS-CoV-2 infection and venous thromboembolism after surgery: an international prospective cohort study. Anaesthesia, 77:28-39, 2022

21. Gogas H, Dummer R, Ascierto PA, Arance A, Mandalà M, Liszkay G, Garbe C, Schadendorf D, Krajsová I, Gutzmer R, Chiarion Sileni V, Dutriaux C, Yamazaki N, Loquai C, Queirolo P, de Willem GJ, Sellier AT, Suissa J, Murris J, Gollerkeri A, Robert C, Flaherty KT . Corrigendum to 'Quality of life in patients with BRAF-mutant melanoma receiving the combination encorafenib plus binimetinib: Results from a multicentre, open-label, randomised, phase III study (COLUMBUS)' [European Journal of Cancer 152 (2021) 116-128]. European journal of cancer (Oxford, England: 1990), 160:287-288, 2022

22. Saito Y, Kumamoto T, Yamaguchi M, Ogawa C, Kato M. Use of Pegfilgrastim in Japanese Pediatric Patients With Solid Tumors: A Retrospective Analysis. Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology, 44:e386-e390, 2022

23. Kawakubo N, Hishiki T, Arakawa A, Nakajima M, Kumamoto T, Nakagawa K, Kawai A, Ogawa C. Surgical Treatment for Pneumothorax and Tumor-bronchial Fistula Secondary to Pulmonary Metastasis of Osteosarcoma in Pediatric and Adolescent Patients. Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology, 2022

24. Usui Y, Miura T, Kawaguchi T, Kosugi K, Uehara Y, Kato M, Kosugi T, Sone M, Nakamura N, Mizushima A, Miyashita M, Morita T, Yamaguchi T, Matsumoto Y, Satomi E. Palliative care physicians' recognition of patients after immune checkpoint inhibitors and immune-related adverse events. Supportive care in cancer: official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 30:775-784, 2022

25. Igaki H, Murakami N, Nakamura S, Yamazaki N, Kashihara T, Takahashi A, Namikawa K, Takemori M, Okamoto H, Iijima K, Chiba T, Nakayama H, Takahashi A, Kaneda T, Takahashi K, Inaba K, Okuma K, Nakayama Y, Shimada K, Nakagama H, Itami J. Scalp angiosarcoma treated with linear accelerator-based boron neutron capture therapy: A report of two patients. Clinical and translational radiation oncology, 33:128-133, 2022

26. Yoshida H, Uno M, Kato T. Bartholin's glands commonly express NKX3.1: reconsideration of “prostatic differentiation” in gynaecological pathology. Histopathology, 80:1013-1015, 2022

27. Machado, Isidro// Charville, Gregory W// Yoshida, Akihiko// Navarro, Samuel// Righi, Alberto// Gambarotti, Marco// Scotlandi, Katia// López-Guerrero, José A// Llombart-Bosch, Antonio. Does PAX7 and NKX2.2 immunoreactivity in Ewing sarcoma have prognostic significance? Virchows Archiv: an international journal of pathology, 480:909-917, 2022

28. Yoshida A, Satomi K, Kobayashi E, Ryo E, Matsushita Y, Narita Y, Ichimura K, Kawai A, Mori T. Soft-tissue sarcoma with MN1-BEND2 fusion: A case report and comparison with astroblastoma. Genes, chromosomes & cancer, 61:427-431, 2022

29. Nicholson AG, Tsao MS, Beasley MB, Borczuk AC, Brambilla E, Cooper WA, Dacic S, Jain D, Kerr KM, Lantuejoul S, Noguchi M, Papotti M, Rekhtman N, Scagliotti G, van Schil P, Sholl L, Yatabe Y, Yoshida A, Travis WD. The 2021 WHO Classification of Lung Tumors: Impact of Advances Since 2015. Journal of thoracic oncology: official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, 17:362-387, 2022

30. Hosoya T, Takahashi M, Honda-Kitahara M, Miyakita Y, Ohno M, Yanagisawa S, Omura T, Kawauchi D, Tamura Y, Kikuchi M, Nakano T, Yoshida A, Igaki H, Matsushita Y, Ichimura K, Narita Y. MGMT gene promoter methylation by pyrosequencing method correlates volumetric response and neurological status in IDH wild-type glioblastomas. Journal of neuro-oncology, 157:561-571, 2022

31. Kawauchi D, Ohno M, Honda-Kitahara M, Miyakita Y, Takahashi M, Yanagisawa S, Tamura Y, Kikuchi M, Ichimura K, Narita Y. The clinical characteristics and outcomes of incidentally discovered glioblastoma. Journal of neuro-oncology, 156:551-557, 2022

32. Shirakihara T, Yamaguchi H, Kondo T, Yashiro M, Sakai R. Transferrin receptor 1 promotes the fibroblast growth factor receptor-mediated oncogenic potential of diffused-type gastric cancer. Oncogene, 41:2587-2596, 2022

33. Ponce RKM, Thomas NJ, Bui NQ, Kondo T, Okimoto RA. WEE1 kinase is a therapeutic vulnerability in CIC-DUX4 undifferentiated sarcoma. JCI insight, 7:2022

34. Sin Y, Yoshimatsu Y, Noguchi R, Tsuchiya R, Ono T, Akiyama T, Iwata S, Sugaya J, Yoshida A, Kawai A, Kondo T. Establishment and characterization of NCC-DDLPS5-C1: a novel patient-derived cell line of dedifferentiated liposarcoma. Human cell, 35:936-943, 2022

35. Noguchi R, Yoshimatsu Y, Sin Y, Ono T, Tsuchiya R, Yoshida H, Kiyono T, Yonemura Y, Kondo T. Establishment and Characterization of NCC-PMP1-C1: A Novel Patient-Derived Cell Line of Metastatic Pseudomyxoma Peritonei. Journal of personalized medicine, 12:2022

36. Ono T, Yoshimatsu Y, Noguchi R, Sin Y, Tsuchiya R, Akiyama T, Sugaya J, Fukushima S, Kojima N, Yoshida A, Kawai A, Kondo T. Establishment and characterization of NCC-UPS4-C1: a novel cell line of undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma from a patient with Li-Fraumeni syndrome. Human cell, 35:756-766, 2022

37. Tsuchiya R, Yoshimatsu Y, Noguchi R, Sin Y, Ono T, Akiyama T, Sugaya J, Kobayashi E, Kojima N, Yoshida A, Ohtori S, Kawai A, Kondo T. Establishment and Characterization of NCC-MFS5-C1: A Novel Patient-Derived Cell Line of Myxofibrosarcoma. Cells, 11:2022

38. Ono T, Noguchi R, Yoshimatsu Y, Tsuchiya R, Sin Y, Nakagawa R, Hirabayashi K, Ozawa I, Kikuta K, Kondo T. Establishment and characterization of the NCC-GCTB4-C1 cell line: a novel patient-derived cell line from giant cell tumor of bone. Human cell, 35:392-399, 2022

39. Ueno M, Morizane C, Okusaka T, Mizusawa J, Kataoka T, Ikeda M, Ozaka M, Okano N, Sugimori K, Todaka A, Shimizu S, Mizuno N, Yamamoto T, Sano K, Tobimatsu K, Katanuma A, Miyamoto A, Yamaguchi H, Nishina T, Shirakawa H, Kojima Y, Oono T, Kawamoto Y, Furukawa M, Iwai T, Sudo K, Miyakawa H, Yamashita T, Yasuda I, Takahashi H, Kato N, Shioji K, Shimizu K, Nakagohri T, Kamata K, Ishii H, Furuse J. Comparison of gemcitabine-based chemotherapies for advanced biliary tract cancers by renal function: an exploratory analysis of JCOG1113. Scientific reports, 11:12885, 2021

40. Arakawa Y, Sasaki K, Mineharu Y, Uto M, Mizowaki T, Mizusawa J, Sekino Y, Ono T, Aoyama H, Satomi K, Ichimura K, Kinoshita M, Ohno M, Ito Y, Nishikawa R, Fukuda H, Nishimura Y, Narita Y. A randomized phase III study of short-course radiotherapy combined with Temozolomide in elderly patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma; Japan clinical oncology group study JCOG1910 (AgedGlio-PIII). BMC cancer, 21:1105, 2021

41. Fujimoto K, Arita H, Satomi K, Yamasaki K, Matsushita Y, Nakamura T, Miyakita Y, Umehara T, Kobayashi K, Tamura K, Tanaka S, Higuchi F, Okita Y, Kanemura Y, Fukai J, Sakamoto D, Uda T, Machida R, Kuchiba A, Maehara T, Nagane M, Nishikawa R, Suzuki H, Shibuya M, Komori T, Narita Y, Ichimura K. TERT promoter mutation status is necessary and sufficient to diagnose IDH-wildtype diffuse astrocytic glioma with molecular features of glioblastoma. Acta neuropathologica, 142:323-338, 2021

42. Narita Y, Nagane M, Mishima K, Terui Y, Arakawa Y, Yonezawa H, Asai K, Fukuhara N, Sugiyama K, Shinojima N, Kitagawa J, Aoi A, Nishikawa R. Phase I/II study of tirabrutinib, a second-generation Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitor, in relapsed/refractory primary central nervous system lymphoma. Neuro-oncology, 23:122-133, 2021

43. Narita Y, Muragaki Y, Kagawa N, Asai K, Nagane M, Matsuda M, Ueki K, Kuroda J, Date I, Kobayashi H, Kumabe T, Beppu T, Kanamori M, Kasai S, Nishimura Y, Xiong H, Ocampo C, Yamada M, Mishima K. Safety and efficacy of depatuxizumab mafodotin in Japanese patients with malignant glioma: A nonrandomized, phase 1/2 trial. Cancer science, 112:5020-5033, 2021

44. Ohno M, Hayashi Y, Aikawa H, Hayashi M, Miyakita Y, Takahashi M, Matsushita Y, Yoshida A, Satomi K, Ichimura K, Hamada A, Narita Y. Tissue 2-Hydroxyglutarate and Preoperative Seizures in Patients With Diffuse Gliomas. Neurology, 97:e2114-e2123, 2021

45. Yonezawa H, Ohno M, Igaki H, Miyakita Y, Takahashi M, Tamura Y, Shima S, Matsushita Y, Ichimura K, Narita Y. Outcomes of salvage fractionated re-irradiation combined with bevacizumab for recurrent high-grade gliomas that progressed after bevacizumab treatment*. Japanese journal of clinical oncology, 51:1028-1035, 2021

46. Aoki T, Kagawa N, Sugiyama K, Wakabayashi T, Arakawa Y, Yamaguchi S, Tanaka S, Ishikawa E, Muragaki Y, Nagane M, Nakada M, Suehiro S, Hata N, Kuroda J, Narita Y, Sonoda Y, Iwadate Y, Natsumeda M, Nakazato Y, Minami H, Hirata Y, Hagihara S, Nishikawa R. Efficacy and safety of nivolumab in Japanese patients with first recurrence of glioblastoma: an open-label, non-comparative study. International journal of clinical oncology, 26:2205-2215, 2021

47. Oort Q, Dirven L, Sikkes SAM, Aaronson N, Boele F, Brannan C, Egeter J, Grant R, Klein M, Lips I, Narita Y, Sato H, Sztankay M, Stockhammer G, Talacchi A, Uitdehaag BMJ, Reijneveld JC, Taphoorn MJB . Development of an EORTC questionnaire measuring instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) in patients with brain tumours: phase I-III. Quality of life research: an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation, 30:1491-1502, 2021

48. Kawaguchi RK, Takahashi M, Miyake M, Kinoshita M, Takahashi S, Ichimura K, Hamamoto R, Narita Y, Sese J. Assessing Versatile Machine Learning Models for Glioma Radiogenomic Studies across Hospitals. Cancers, 13:2021

49. Kanamori M, Takami H, Suzuki T, Tominaga T, Kurihara J, Tanaka S, Hatazaki S, Nagane M, Matsuda M, Yoshino A, Natsumeda M, Yamaoka M, Kagawa N, Akiyama Y, Fukai J, Negoto T, Shibahara I, Tanaka K, Inoue A, Mase M, Tomita T, Kuga D, Kijima N, Fukami T, Nakahara Y, Natsume A, Yoshimoto K, Keino D, Tokuyama T, Asano K, Ujifuku K, Abe H, Nakada M, Matsuda KI, Arakawa Y, Ikeda N, Narita Y, Shinojima N, Kambe A, Nonaka M, Izumoto S, Kawanishi Y, Kanaya K, Nomura S, Nakajima K, Yamamoto S, Terashima K, Ichimura K, Nishikawa R. Necessity for craniospinal irradiation of germinoma with positive cytology without spinal lesion on MR imaging-A controversy. Neuro-oncology advances, 3:vdab086, 2021

50. Oya S, Ikawa F, Ichihara N, Wanibuchi M, Akiyama Y, Nakatomi H, Mikuni N, Narita Y. Nation-wide Brain Tumor Registry-based Study of Intracranial Meningioma in Japan: Analysis of Surgery-related Risks. Neurologia medico-chirurgica, 61:98-106, 2021

51. Takahashi S, Takahashi M, Tanaka S, Takayanagi S, Takami H, Yamazawa E, Nambu S, Miyake M, Satomi K, Ichimura K, Narita Y, Hamamoto R. A New Era of Neuro-Oncology Research Pioneered by Multi-Omics Analysis and Machine Learning. Biomolecules, 11:2021

52. Takami H, Graffeo CS, Perry A, Ohno M, Ishida J, Giannini C, Narita Y, Nakazato Y, Saito N, Nishikawa R, Matsutani M, Ichimura K, Daniels DJ. Histopathology and prognosis of germ cell tumors metastatic to brain: cohort study. Journal of neuro-oncology, 154:121-130, 2021

53. Takami H, Satomi K, Fukuoka K, Fukushima S, Matsushita Y, Yamasaki K, Nakamura T, Tanaka S, Mukasa A, Saito N, Suzuki T, Yanagisawa T, Nakamura H, Sugiyama K, Tamura K, Maehara T, Nakada M, Nonaka M, Asai A, Yokogami K, Takeshima H, Iuchi T, Kanemura Y, Kobayashi K, Nagane M, Kurozumi K, Yoshimoto K, Matsuda M, Matsumura A, Hirose Y, Tokuyama T, Kumabe T, Narita Y, Shibui S, Nakazato Y, Nishikawa R, Matsutani M, Ichimura K. Low tumor cell content predicts favorable prognosis in germinoma patients. Neuro-oncology advances, 3:vdab110, 2021

54. Wakabayashi T, Hirose Y, Miyake K, Arakawa Y, Kagawa N, Nariai T, Narita Y, Nishikawa R, Tsuyuguchi N, Fukami T, Sasaki H, Sasayama T, Kondo A, Iuchi T, Matsuda H, Kubota K, Minamimoto R, Terauchi T, Nakazato Y, Kubomura K, Wada M. Determining the extent of tumor resection at surgical planning with 18F-fluciclovine PET/CT in patients with suspected glioma: multicenter phase III trials. Annals of nuclear medicine, 35:1279-1292, 2021

55. Yamagishi Y, Sasaki N, Nakano Y, Matushita Y, Omura T, Shimizu S, Saito K, Kobayashi K, Narita Y, Kondo A, Shiokawa Y, Nagane M, Ichimura K. Liquid biopsy of cerebrospinal fluid for MYD88 L265P mutation is useful for diagnosis of central nervous system lymphoma. Cancer science, 112:4702-4710, 2021

56. Yamamuro S, Takahashi M, Satomi K, Sasaki N, Kobayashi T, Uchida E, Kawauchi D, Nakano T, Fujii T, Narita Y, Kondo A, Wada K, Yoshino A, Ichimura K, Tomiyama A. Lomustine and nimustine exert efficient antitumor effects against glioblastoma models with acquired temozolomide resistance. Cancer science, 112:4736-4747, 2021

57. Yazaki S, Yoshida T, Kojima Y, Yagishita S, Nakahama H, Okinaka K, Matsushita H, Shiotsuka M, Kobayashi O, Iwata S, Narita Y, Ohba A, Takahashi M, Iwasa S, Kobayashi K, Ohe Y, Yoshida T, Hamada A, Doi T, Yamamoto N. Difference in SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Status Between Patients With Cancer and Health Care Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan. JAMA oncology, 7:1141-1148, 2021

58. Shiga K, Nibu KI, Fujimoto Y, Asakage T, Homma A, Mitani H, Ogawa T, Okami K, Murono S, Hirano S, Ueda T, Hanai N, Tsukahara K, Ota I, Yoshimoto S, Shinozaki T, Iwae S, Katagiri K, Saito D, Kiyota N, Tahara M, Takahashi F, Hayashi R. Sites of invasion of cancer of the external auditory canal predicting oncologic outcomes. Head & neck, 43:3097-3105, 2021

59. Eguchi K, Kobayashi K, Takano T, Ito A, Sakai A, Ikeda A, Matsumoto Y, Omura G, Matsumoto F, Yoshimoto S. Carotid artery ligation via sternotomy as a palliative surgery: Case report of advanced intramediastinal malignant soft tissue tumor. Clinical case reports, 9:2021

60. Hijioka S, Morizane C, Ikeda M, Ishii H, Okusaka T, Furuse J. Current status of medical treatment for gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms and future perspectives. Japanese journal of clinical oncology, 51:1185-1196, 2021

61. Aoki T, Kubota K, Kiritani S, Arita J, Morizane C, Masui T, Kudo A, Komoto I, Hatano E, Ito T, Osamura RY, Unno M, Uemoto S, Kokudo N. Survey of surgical resections for neuroendocrine liver metastases: A project study of the Japan Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (JNETS). Journal of hepato-biliary-pancreatic sciences, 28:489-497, 2021

62. Sugawara S, Sone M, Itou C, Kimura S, Kusumoto M, Kato T, Yonemori K, Yatabe Y, Arai Y. Analysis of factors affecting the diagnostic yield of image-guided percutaneous core needle biopsy for peritoneal/omental lesions. Abdominal radiology (New York), 46:4499-4508, 2021

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131. Takamizawa Y, Shida D, Horie T, Tsukamoto, Esaki M, Shimada K, Kondo T, Kanemitsu Y. Prognostic Role for Primary Tumor Location in Patients with Colorectal Liver Metastases: A Comparison of Right-Sided Colon, Left-Sided Colon, and Rectum. Diseases of the colon and rectum, 2021

132. Noguchi R, Yoshimatsu Y, Sei A, Yoshida H, Katou T, Kondo T. Drug screening and kinase activity profiling of a novel patient-derived cell line of clear cell ovarian carcinoma. Journal of Electrophoresis, 65:23-31, 2021

133. Noguchi R, Yoshimatsu Y, Ono T, Sei A, Hirabayashi K, Ozawa I, Kikuta K, Kondo T. Establishment and characterization of a novel cell line, NCC-DDLPS2-C1, derived from a patient with dedifferentiated liposarcoma. Human cell, 34:990-997, 2021

134. Kawauchi D, Takahashi M, Satomi K, Yamamuro S, Kobayashi T, Uchida E, Honda-Kitahara M, Narita Y, Iwadate Y, Ichimura K, Tomiyama A. The ALK inhibitors, alectinib and ceritinib, induce ALK-independent and STAT3-dependent glioblastoma cell death. Cancer science, 112:2442-2453, 2021

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