病理診断学講座

講座概要

診療

附属病院における病理診断業務全般(生検・外科材料診断、細胞診断、術中迅速診断、病理解剖)を担当。年間組織診断件数は約1万1千件(関連病院分を含めると2万件超)で、東北地区有数のhigh volume centerです。複数病院とのネットワークによる遠隔迅速病理診断や、遺伝子パネル検査に用いる病理検体の確認も行い、地域医療に貢献しています。「臨床に役立つ病理学」を基本理念に、臨床各科との定期カンファレンスを通じて迅速かつ精度の高い病理診断の提供に努めています。 

教育

学部教育では3年次「器官病理学」(講義・実習)、4年次「臨床病理学」(講義)を担当し、臓器別各論とバーチャルスライド実習、症例提示型講義を実施。臨床実習では標本作製・切り出し・組織診断・細胞診断などの実務体験とCPC形式の症例検討を行い、最終日にはプレゼンテーションで臨床病理相関をまとめます。卒後教育では岩手県内の関連病院(胆沢・中部・久慈・二戸・盛岡市立・北上済生会病院等)の研修医CPCを多数指導しています。 

研究

腫瘍学(Oncology)を基盤に、免疫組織化学・遺伝子異常・遺伝子発現解析等の手法を用いて腫瘍の生物学的特徴を解明し、臨床病理学的知見との関連を検討しています(研究テーマについては別記参照)。

特徴的な臨床の取り組み

併設する遺伝子検査室との積極的な連携により、承諾を得た検体に対しては積極的に分子病理学的検査を行い病理診断に役立てている。

教授挨拶

栁川直樹
栁川 直樹 教授

本講座では、消化器病理、婦人科病理、呼吸器病理、皮膚病理を中心に、腫瘍病理学の研究と病理診断を行っています。病理学は、疾患の本態を形態学的・分子生物学的に解明し、診断や治療へとつなげる医学の基盤です。当教室では、伝統である腺管分離法や次世代シーケンサーなど最新の解析技術を用い、形態と分子異常との関連を明らかにし、新たな診断・治療法の開発を目指しています。

また、附属病院病理診断科として日々の病理診断を担い、「臨床に役立つ病理学」を理念に掲げています。質の高い病理診断のためには、常に最新の知識を学び、多くの専門家と議論を重ね、臨床各科と密接に連携することが不可欠です。組織標本の向こうには患者さんがいることを忘れず、一例一例に真摯に向き合っています。

病理学は、あらゆる疾患を理解するための学問であり、研究の可能性は無限に広がっています。病理医を志す方はもちろん、研究や臨床に興味のある学生・医師の皆さんも歓迎いたします。ぜひ本講座でともに学び、新たな医学の発展に挑戦しましょう。

講座スタッフ

教授栁川 直樹やながわ なおき
准教授刑部 光正おさかべ みつまさ
講師杉本 亮すぎもと りょう
助教(任期付)伊藤 一洋いとう かずひろ
大学院生菖蒲澤 大樹しょうぶさわ ひろき

講座における主たる研究テーマ

  • EMAST陽性胃癌の臨床病理学的および分子病理学的研究
  • 大腸/虫垂鋸歯状病変の臨床病理学的および分子病理学的研究
  • TP53遺伝子変異解析の免疫組織化学的解析による代替可能性の検討
  • 抗癌剤耐性予測マーカーの確立に関わる検討
  • 肺腺癌組織亜型別の詳細な分子病理学的解析
  • 浸潤性粘液性肺腺癌の臨床病理学的および分子病理学的研究
  • メルケル細胞癌における癌微小環境の臨床病理学的検討

講座の主な業績

  1. Imai K, Yanagawa N, Saito H, Nanjo H, Wakamatsu Y, Takashima S, Matsuo T, Kuriyama S, Sugai T, Minamiya Y. Intraoperative rapid immunohistochemistry of microsatellite instability using non-contact alternating current electric field mixing. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2025 Jul;73(7):506-513. doi: 10.1007/s11748-024-02099-7. Epub 2024 Oct 23. PMID: 39443409.
  2. Takahashi K, Ikarashi D, Kitano S, Tamura D, Abe M, Ito A, Shiomi E, Maekawa S, Kato R, Kanehira M, Yanagawa N, Obara W. Immunological profile of the tumor immune microenvironment of upper tract urothelial carcinoma predicts recurrence patterns. Cancer Immunol Immunother. 2026 Jan 27;75(2):41. doi: 10.1007/s00262-025-04254-2. PMID: 41591483; PMCID: PMC12847598.
  3. Yoshimura R, Yanagawa N, Yamada N, Tomoyasu M, Shigeeda W, Kaneko Y, Endo R, Kanno H, Deguchi H, Saito H. Effect of cold ischemia time and storage temperature on anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) expression in surgically resected lung cancer specimens. Transl Lung Cancer Res. 2026 Mar 23;15(3):52. doi: 10.21037/tlcr-2025-1-1338. Epub 2026 Feb 25. PMID: 41982694; PMCID: PMC13071690.
  4. Kumei T, Toya Y, Yamada S, Eizuka M, Yanai S, Endo M, Sugimoto R, Uesugi N, Sugai T, Yanagawa N, Takahashi F, Matsumoto T. Diagnostic Performance of Magnifying Endoscopy With Crystal Violet Staining for Superficial Non-ampullary Duodenal Epithelial Tumors: A Single-center Prospective Study. DEN Open. 2025 Oct 12;6(1):e70223. doi: 10.1002/deo2.70223. PMID: 41090111; PMCID: PMC12515707.
  5. Sudo G, Yamamoto E, Niinuma T, Saito M, Kitajima H, Ishiguro K, Yorozu A, Toyota M, Aoki H, Mitsuhashi K, Yoshii S, Yamano HO, Idogawa M, Maruyama R, Sugai T, Nakase H, Suzuki H. Concurrent hypermethylation of CpG islands and hypomethylation of CpG-poor regions are associated with gastric cancer risk after Helicobacter pylori eradication. Gastric Cancer. 2025 Nov;28(6):1085-1100. doi: 10.1007/s10120-025-01646-2. Epub 2025 Jul 16. PMID: 40668443.
  6. Ishihara S, Tanaka S, Uraoka T, Saito Y, Takamaru H, Nakase H, Naganuma M, Hisamatsu T, Fujii T, Matsuura M, Matsumoto T, Watanabe K, Ikeuchi H, Uchino M, Okita Y, Okabayashi K, Koganei K, Sugita A, Takahashi K, Hata K, Higashi D, Futami K, Matsuda K, Mizushima T, Watadani Y, Kawachi H, Shimoda M, Sugai T, Yoshida M, Yamaguchi N, Itabashi M, Anzai H, Kishikawa J, Komatsu K, Shinagawa T, Tsushima T, Noguchi T, Okada S, Sugihara K, Ajioka Y. Japanese Society for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum (JSCCR) Guidelines 2024 for the Clinical Practice of Inflammatory Bowel Disease-Associated Intestinal Neoplasia (English Version). J Anus Rectum Colon. 2026 Jan 25;10(1):135-168. doi: 10.23922/jarc.2025-071. PMID: 41623602; PMCID: PMC12854282.
  7. Kasuga K, Uraoka T, Kajiwara Y, Oka S, Tanaka S, Nakamura T, Saito S, Fukunaga Y, Takamatsu M, Kawachi H, Hotta K, Ikematsu H, Kojima M, Saito Y, Kanemitsu Y, Sekine S, Nagata S, Yamada K, Konishi J, Ishihara S, Saitoh Y, Matsuda K, Togashi K, Komori K, Ishiguro M, Kuwai T, Okuyama T, Ohuchi A, Ohnuma S, Sakamoto K, Sugai T, Katsumata K, Matsushita HO, Yamano HO, Nakai K, Akimoto N, Kobayashi H, Ajioka Y, Sugihara K, Ueno H. Predictors of lymph node metastases, recurrence, and survival in patients with pedunculated-type T1 colorectal cancer. J Gastroenterol. 2026 Feb;61(2):172-183. doi: 10.1007/s00535-025-02318-9. Epub 2025 Nov 20. Erratum in: J Gastroenterol. 2026 May;61(5):689-690. doi: 10.1007/s00535-026-02397-2. PMID: 41266845.
  8. Zhou X, Togashi K, Zhu X, Zhang T, Kajiwara Y, Oka S, Tanaka S, Nakamura T, Takamatsu M, Hotta K, Yamada M, Ikematsu H, Nagata S, Yamada K, Konishi J, Ishihara S, Saitoh Y, Matsuda K, Komori K, Ishiguro M, Tamaru Y, Okuyama T, Ohuchi A, Ohnuma S, Sakamoto K, Sugai T, Ajioka Y, Sugihara K, Ueno H. Identifying Post-Surgical Recurrence Subtype of T1-Stage Colorectal Cancer by Machine Learning. Digestion. 2026 Feb 10:1-13. doi: 10.1159/000550959. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41666137.
  9. Tsuboi A, Oka S, Yamada T, Mitsui K, Yamamoto H, Takahashi K, Shiomi A, Hotta K, Takeuchi Y, Kuwai T, Ishida F, Kudo SE, Saito S, Ueno M, Sunami E, Yamano T, Itabashi M, Ohtsuka K, Kinugasa Y, Matsumoto T, Sugai T, Uraoka T, Kurahara K, Yamaguchi S, Kato T, Okajima M, Kashida H, Fujita F, Ikematsu H, Ito M, Esaki M, Kawai M, Yao T, Hamada M, Horimatsu T, Koda K, Fukai Y, Komori K, Saitoh Y, Kanemitsu Y, Takamaru H, Yamada K, Nozawa H, Takayama T, Togashi K, Shinto E, Torisu T, Toyoshima A, Ohmiya N, Kato T, Otsuji E, Nagata S, Hashiguchi Y, Sugihara K, Ajioka Y, Tanaka S. Clinicopathological features and prognosis of metastatic tumors in the small bowel: a large multicenter analysis of the JSCCR database in Japan. J Gastroenterol. 2026 Mar;61(3):266-278. doi: 10.1007/s00535-025-02322-z. Epub 2025 Nov 18. PMID: 41251800; PMCID: PMC12987839.
  1. Chiba, Y., Kagabu, M., Osakabe, M., Ito, R., Sato, S., Takatori, E., Kaido, Y., Nagasawa, T., Shoji, T., Yanagawa, N., Baba, T.: A single-institution retrospective exploratory analysis on the effectiveness and safety of lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab for advanced endometrial cancer: insights from ProMisE molecular classification system. Jpn J Clin Oncol. 54(4): 424-433(2024) 
  2. *Yamashita, K., *Oka, S., *Yamada, T., *Mitsui, K., *Yamamoto, H., *Takahashi, K., *Shiomi, A., *Hotta, K., *Takeuchi, Y., *Kuwai, T., *Ishida, F., *Kudo, SE., *Saito, S., *Ueno, M., *Sunami, E., *Yamano, T., *Itabashi, M., *Ohtsuka, K., *Kinugasa, Y., Matsumoto, T., Sugai, T., *Uraoka, T., *Kurahara, K., *Yamaguchi, S., *Kato, T., *Okajima, M., *Kashida, H., *Akagi, Y., *Ikematsu, H., *Ito, M., *Esaki, M., *Kawai, M., *Yao, T., *Hamada, M., *Horimatsu, T., *Koda, K., *Fukai, Y., *Komori, K., *Saitoh, Y., *Kanemitsu, Y., *Takamaru, H., *Yamada, K., *Nozawa, H., *Takayama, T., *Togashi, K., *Shinto, E., *Torisu, T., *Toyoshima, A., *Ohmiya, N., *Kato, T., *Otsuji, E., *Nagata, S., *Hashiguchi, Y., *Sugihara, K., *Ajioka, Y., *Tanaka, S.: Clinicopathological features and prognosis of primary small bowel adenocarcinoma: a large multicenter analysis of the JSCCR database in Japan. J Gastroenterol. 59(5): 376-388(2024)
  3. *Nakao, E., *Honda, M., Uesugi, N., Osakabe, M., Sato, A., *Todate, Y., Yaegashi, M., *Takano, Y., Sasaki, A., *Kono, K., Sugai, T.: Evaluation of the prognostic impact of pathologic tumor regression grade on patients with colorectal cancer after preoperative chemoradiotherapy. J Surg Oncol. 129(8): 1521-1533(2024) 
  4. Sugai, T., Osakabe, M., Uesugi, N., Habano, W., Yanagawa, N., *Suzuki, H.: Comprehensive Analyses of Somatic Copy Number Alterations and Mutations Based on the Adenoma- Carcinoma Sequence. Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 63(9): e23267(2024)  
  5. Oomori, D., Akamatsu, Y., Uwano, I., Mori, F., Matsuda, T., Sugimoto, R., Suzuki, M., Fujiwara, S., Kobayashi, M., Sasaki, M., Yoshioka, K., Yanagawa, N., Ogasawara, K.:  Diagnostic Accuracy of Preoperative Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping for Detecting Histologic Intraplaque Hemorrhage in Cervical ICA Stenosis in Patients Undergoing Carotid Endarterectomy. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 45(10): 1461-1467(2024) 
  6. Sugai, T., Uesugi, N., Osakabe, M., *Yamamoto, R., *Hamada, K., *Honda, M., Yanagawa, N., *Suzuki, H.: The molecular profile of gastric intraepithelial foveolar type neoplasia based on somatic copy number alterations and multiple mutation analysis. Gastric Cancer. 27(6): 1220-1228(2024) 
  7. *Oka, S., *Tanaka, S., *Kajiwara, Y., *Saito, S., *Fukunaga, Y., *Takamatsu, M., *Kawachi, H., *Hotta, K., *Ikematsu, H., *Kojima, M., *Saito, Y., *Yamada, M., *Kanemitsu, Y., *Sekine, S., *Nagata, S., *Yamada, K., *Kobayashi, N., *Ishihara, S., *Saitoh, Y., *Matsuda, K., *Togashi, K., *Komori, K., *Ishiguro, M., *Kuwai, T., *Okuyama, T., *Ohuchi, A., *Ohnuma, S., *Sakamoto, K., Sugai, T., *Katsumata, K., *Matsushita, HO., *Yamano, HO., *Eda, H., *Uraoka, T., *Akimoto, N., *Kobayashi, H., *Sugihara, K., *Ueno, H.: Treatment Decision for Locally Resected T1 Colorectal Carcinoma-Verification of the Japanese Guideline Criteria for Additional Surgery Based on Long-Term Clinical Outcomes. Am J Gastroenterol. 119(10): 2019-2027. Correction to: Am J Gastroenterol. 119(11): 2352(2024)
  8. *Tamaru, Y., *Kuwai, T., *Kajiwara, Y., *Oka, S., *Saito, S., *Fukunaga, Y., *Kawachi, H., *Takamatsu, M., *Hotta, K., *Ikematsu, H., *Kojima, M., *Saito, Y., *Kanemitsu, Y., *Yamada, M., *Sekine, S., *Tanaka, S., *Nagata, S., *Nakamura, T., *Yamada, K., *Konno, M., *Ishihara, S., *Saitoh, Y., *Matsuda, K., *Togashi, K., *Komori, K., *Ishiguro, M., *Okuyama, T., *Ohuchi, A., *Ohnuma, S., *Sakamoto, K., Sugai, T., *Katsumata, K., *Matsushita, HO., *Yamano, HO., *Nakai, K., *Uraoka, T., *Akimoto, N., *Kobayashi, H., *Ajioka, Y., *Sugihara, K., *Ueno, H.: Long-Term Outcomes of Additional Surgery After Endoscopic Resection Versus Primary Surgery for T1 Colorectal Cancer. Am J Gastroenterol. 119(12): 2418-2425(2024) 
  9. Osakabe, M., Yamada, N., Sugimoto, R., Uesugi, N., *Nakao, E., *Honda, M., Yanagawa, N., Sugai, T.: The pattern-based interpretation of p53 immunohistochemical expression as a surrogate marker for TP53 mutations in colorectal cancer. Virchows Arch. 486(2): 333-341(2025) 
  10. Sasaki, T., Hiraki, H., Yashima-Abo, A., Nagashima, H., Endo, F., Yaegashi, M., Miura, S., Obata, K., Yanagawa, N., Itamochi, H., *Shirota, H., Iwaya, T., Nishizuka, SS.: Comprehensive Genome Profiling-Initiated Tumor-Informed Circulating Tumor DNA Monitoring for Patients With Advanced Cancer. Cancer Sci. 116(3): 764-774(2025)
  1. Yanagawa, N., Shikanai, S., Sugai, M., Koike, Y., Asai, Y., Tanji, T., Sugimoto, R., Osakabe, M., Uesugi, N., Saito, H., Maemondo, M., Sugai, T.: Prognostic and predictive value of CD163 expression and the CD163/CD68 expression ratio for response to adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with surgically resected lung squamous cell carcinoma. Thorac Cancer. 14(20):1911-1920(2023). 
  2. Hashimoto, T., Owada, Y., Katagiri, H., Yakuwa, K., Tyo, K., Sugai. M., Fuzimura, I., Utsumi, Y., Akiyama, M., Nagashima, H., Terasaki, H., Yanagawa, N., Saito, H., Sugai, T., Maemondo, M.: Characteristics and prognostic analysis of patients with detected KRAS mutations in resected lung adenocarcinomas by peptide nucleic acid-locked nucleic acid polymerase chain reaction (PNA-LNA PCR) clamp method. Transl Lung Cancer Res. 12(9):1862-1875(2023). 
  3. Mukaida, E., Tamura, A., Kato, K., Ota, Y., Kasugai, S., Katagiri, H., Nitta, H., Masao, N., Yanagawa, N., Yoshioka, K.: Improved Diagnosis of Adjacent Organ Invasion of Extrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma by Adding Arterial and Delayed Phases. Cureus. 15(10):e47568(2023).
  4. Ikarashi, D., *Kitano, S., Tsuyukubo, T., *Yamashita, M., Matsuura, T., Maekawa, S., Kato, R., Kato, Y., Kanehira, M., Takata, R., Sugai, T., Obara, W.: Pathological complete response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy may improve antitumor immune response via reduction of regulatory T cells in muscle-invasive bladder cancer. Sci Rep. 14(1):1442(2024). 
  5. Shikanai, S., Yamada, N., Yanagawa, N., Sugai, M., Osakabe, M., Saito, H., Maemondo, M., Sugai, T.: Prognostic Impact of Tumor-Associated Macrophage-Related Markers in Patients with Adenocarcinoma of the Lung. Ann Surg Oncol. 30(12):7527-7537(2023).
  6. *Ouchi, A., *Komori, K., *Masahiro, T., *Toriyama, K., *Kajiwara, Y., *Oka, S., *Fukunaga, Y., *Hotta, K., *Ikematsu, H., *Tsukamoto, S., *Nagata, S., *Yamada, K., *Konno, M., *Ishihara, S., *Saitoh, Y., *Matsuda, K., *Togashi, K., *Ishiguro, M., *Kuwai, T., *Okuyama, T., *Ohuchi, A., *Ohnuma, S., *Sakamoto, K., Sugai, T., *Katsumata, K., *Matsushita, HO., *Nakai, K., *Uraoka, T., *Akimoto, N., *Kobayashi, H., *Ajioka, Y., *Sugihara, K., *Ueno, H. ; Study Group for the JSCCR-T study. How Does Omitting Additional Surgery After Local Excision Affect the Prognostic Outcome of Patients With High-risk T1 Colorectal Cancer? Ann Surg. 279(2):290-296(2024). 
  7. Asai, Y., Yanagawa, N., Osakabe, M., Yamada, N., Sugimoto, R., Sato, A., Ito, K., Koike, Y., Tanji, T., Sakuraba, M., Sato, T., Sugai, T.: The clinicopathological impact of tumor-associated macrophages in patients with cutaneous malignant melanoma. J Surg Oncol. 129(2):381-391(2024). 
  8. Sugai, T., Uesugi, N., Osakabe, M., *Yao, T., Yanagawa, N., *Ajioka, Y.: Characterization of sessile serrated adenomas with dysplasia including intramucosal adenocarcinoma and colorectal carcinoma with a microsatellite instability phenotype. Hum Pathol. 145:9-15(2024).
  9. *Aoki, H., *Takasawa, A., *Yamamoto, E., *Niinuma, T., *Yamano, HO., *Harada, T., *Kubo, T., *Yorozu, A., *Kitajima, H., *Ishiguro, K., *Kai, M., *Katanuma, A., *Shinohara, T., *Nakase, H., Sugai, T., *Osanai, M., *Suzuki, H.: Downregulation of SMOC1 is associated with progression of colorectal traditional serrated adenomas. BMC Gastroenterol. 24(1):91(2024).
  10. Koike, Y., Osakabe, M., Sugimoto, R., Uesugi, N., Matsumoto, T., *Suzuki, H., Yanagawa, N., Sugai, T.: A genome-wide study of gastric intramucosal neoplasia based on somatic copy number alterations, gene mutations, and mRNA expression patterns. J Pathol Clin Res. 10(2):e12368(2024). 
  11. Osakabe, M., Yamada, N., Sugimoto, R., Uesugi, N., *Nakao, E., *Honda, M., Yanagawa, N., Sugai, T.: The pattern-based interpretation of p53 immunohistochemical expression as a surrogate marker for TP53 mutations in colorectal cancer. Virchows Arch. 2024 Mar 21.
  1. Takahashi, N., Sasaki, A., Umemura, A., Sugai, T., Kakisaka, K., Ishigaki, Y.: Identification of a Fatty Acid for Diagnosing Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis in Patients with Severe Obesity Undergoing Metabolic Surgery. Biomedicines. 10(11): 2920(2022)
  2. *Suzuki, H., *Ono, T., *Koyota, S., *Takahashi, M., Sugai, T., Nanjo, H., Shimizu, H.: Clinical, histopathological, and molecular features of IDH-wildtype indolent diffuse glioma:comparison with typical glioblastoma. J. Neurooncol. 159(2): 397-408(2022)
  3. *Mise, Y., *Hamanishi, J., *Daikoku, T., *Takamatsu, S., *Miyamoto, T., *Taki, M., *Yamanoi, K., *Yamaguchi, K., *Ukita, M., *Horikawa, N., *Abiko, K., *Murakami, R., *Furutake Y., *Hosoe Y., *Terakawa J., Kagabu M., Sugai, T., Osakabe, M., *Fujiwara, H., *Matsumura, N., *Mandai, M., Baba, T.: Immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment in uterine serous carcinoma via CCL7 signal with myeloid-derived suppressor cells. Carcinogenesis. 43(7): 647-658(2022) 
  4. *Inoue, F., *Hirata, D., *Iwatate, M., *Hattori, S., *Fujita, M., *Sano, W., Sugai, T., *Kawachi, H., *Ichikawa, K., *Sano, Y.: New application of endocytoscope for histopathological diagnosis of colorectal lesions. World. J. Gastrointest. Endosc. 14(8): 495-501(2022) 
  5. Yanagawa, N., Sugai, M., Shikanai, S., Sugimoto, R., Osakabe, M., Uesugi, N., Saito, H., Maemondo, M., Sugai, T.: High expression of fibroblast-activating protein is a prognostic marker in non-small cell lung carcinoma. Thorac. Cancer. 13(16): 2377-2384(2022) 
  6. Sugai, T., Osakabe, M., Eizuka, M., Tanaka, Y., Yamada, S., Yanagawa, N., Matsumoto, T., Suzuki, H.: Cite Genome-wide analysis of mRNA expression identified the involvement of trefoil factor 1 in the development of sessile serrated lesions. Pathol. Res. Pract. 236: 153987(2022) 
  7. Koizumi, Y., *Ahmad, S., Ikeda, M., Yashima-Abo, A., *Espina, G., Sugimoto, R., Sugai, T., Iwaya, T., *Tamura, G., Koeda, K., *Liotta, LA., Takahashi, F., Nishizuka, SS.: Northern Japan Gastric Cancer Study Consortium. Helicobacter pylori Modulated Host Immunity in Gastric Cancer Patients With S-1 Adjuvant Chemotherapy. J. Natl. Cancer. Inst. 114(8): 1149-1158(2022) 
  8. Sugai, T., Osakabe, M., *Niinuma T., Sugimoto, R., Eizuka, M., Tanaka, Y., Yanagawa, N., Otsuka K., Sasaki, A., Matsumoto, T., *Suzuki, H.: Genome-Wide Analysis of microRNA and mRNA Expression in Colorectal Intramucosal Neoplasia and Colorectal Cancer With a Microsatellite-Stable Phenotype Based on Adenoma-Carcinoma Sequences. Front. Oncol. 12: 831100(2022) 
  9. Beppu, T., Iwaya, T., Sato, Y., Nomura, JI., Terasaki, K., Sasaki, T., Yamada, N., Fujiwara, S., Sugai, T., Ogasawara, K.: PET With 11C-Methyl-l-Methionine as a Predictor of Consequential Outcomes at the Time of Discontinuing Temozolomide-Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Patients With Residual IDH-Mutant Lower-Grade Glioma. Clin. Nucl. Med. 47(7): 569-574(2022) 
  10. Ito, Y., Osakabe, M., *Niinuma, T., Uesugi, N., Sugimoto, R., Yanagawa, N., Otsuka, K, Sasaki, A, Matsumoto, T, *Suzuki, H, Sugai, T.: Genome-wide analysis of mRNA and microRNA expression in colorectal cancer and adjacent normal mucosa. J. Pathol. Clin. Res. 8(4): 313-326(2022) 
  11. Oizumi, T., Mayanagi, T., Toya, Y., Sugai, T., Matsumoto, T., Sobue K.: NLRP3 Inflammasome Inhibitor OLT1177 Suppresses Onset of Inflammation in Mice with Dextran Sulfate Sodium-Induced Colitis. Dig. Dis. Sci. 67(7): 2912-2921(2022) 
  12. Yamada, S., Osakabe, M., Eizuka, M., Hashimoto M., Uesugi, N., Yanagawa, N., Otsuka K., *Suzuki, H., Matsumoto, T., Sugai, T.: Cribriform-type adenocarcinoma of the colorectum:comprehensive molecular analyses of a distinctive histologic subtype of colorectal cancer. Carcinogenesis. 43(6): 601-610(2022) 
  13. Sugai, M., Yanagawa, N., Shikanai, S., Hashimoto, M., Saikawa, H., Osakabe, M., Saito, H., Maemondo, M., Sugai, T. Correlation of tumor microenvironment-related markers with clinical outcomes in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the lung. Transl. Lung. Cancer. Res. 11(6): 975-990(2022) 
  14. Yamashita, M., Niisato, M., Kawasaki, Y., *Karaman, S., *Robciuc, MR., Shibata, Y., Ishida, Y., *Nishio, R., Masuda, T., Sugai, T., *Ono, M., *Tuder, RM., *Alitalo, K., Yamauchi, K. VEGF-C/VEGFR-3 signalling in macrophages ameliorates acute lung injury. Eur. Respir. J. 59(4): 2100880(2022) 
  15. Hashimoto, M., Uesugi, N., Sugai, M., Ito, K., Yanagawa, N., Otsuka, K., *Kajiwara Y., *Ueno, H., Sasaki, A., Sugai, T. Desmoplastic reactions and epithelial-mesenchymal transition proteins in stages II and III colorectal cancer:association with and prognostic value for disease-free survival. Virchows Arch. 480(4): 793-805(2022) 
  16. Sugai, T., Osakabe, M., *Niinuma, T., Eizuka, M., Tanaka, Y., Yamada, S., Yanagawa, N., Otsuka, K., Sasaki, A., Matsumoto, T., *Suzuki, H. Comprehensive analyses of microRNA and mRNA expression in colorectal serrated lesions and colorectal cancer with a microsatellite instability phenotype. Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 61(3): 161-171(2022) 
  17. Ikarashi, D., *Kitano, S., Tsuyukubo, T., *Takenouchi, K., *Nakayama, T., *Onagi, H., *Sakaguchi, A., *Yamashita M., *Mizugaki H., Maekawa, S., Kato, R., Kato, Y., Sugai, T., *Nakatsura, T., Obara, W. Pretreatment tumour immune microenvironment predicts clinical response and prognosis of muscle-invasive bladder cancer in the neoadjuvant chemotherapy setting. Br. J. Cancer. 126(4): 606-614(2022)
  18. Sasaki, A., Umemura, A., *Ishida K., Takahashi, N., Nikai, H., Nitta, H., Takikawa, Y., Kakisaka, K., Abe, T., Nishiya, M., Sugai, T. The Concept of Indeterminable NASH Inducted by Preoperative Diet and Metabolic Surgery:Analyses of Histopathological and Clinical Features. Biomedicines. 10(2): 453(2022) 
  19. Uesugi, N., *Ajioka, Y., *Arai, T., *Tanaka, Y., Sugai, T. Clinicopathological and molecular analyses of hyperplastic lesions including microvesicular variant and goblet cell rich variant hyperplastic polyps and hyperplastic nodules-Hyperplastic nodule is an independent histological entity. Pathol. Int. 72(2): 128-137(2022) 
  20. *Ueshima, C., Kataoka, TR., Osakabe, M., *Sugimoto, A., Ushirokawa, A., Shibata, Y., Nakamura, H., *Shibuya, R., *Minamiguchi, S., Sugai, T., *Haga H. Decidualization of Stromal Cells Promotes Involvement of Mast Cells in Successful Human Pregnancy by Increasing Stem Cell Factor Expression. Front. Immunol. 13: 779574(2022)
  21. Shikanai, S., Yamada, N., Yanagawa, N., Sugai, M., Osakabe, M., Saito, H., Maemondo, M., Sugai, T. Prognostic Impact of Tumor-Associated Macrophage-Related Markers in Patients with Adenocarcinoma of the Lung. Ann. Surg. Oncol. 2023 Jun 6.
  22. Iwai H., Yanagawa, N., Deguchi, H., Tomoyasu M., Shigeeda W., Kaneko Y., Yoshimura R., Kanno H., Sugai, M., Shikanai, S., Sugai, T., Saito, H. Surgical treatment for lung metastasis of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the lung: A case report.                     Thorac. Cancer. 14(17): 1644-1647(2023).
  23. Kawasaki, K., *Torisu, T., *Esaki, M., Eizuka, M., *Kawatoko, S., Kumei, T., Hirai, M., *Kondo, M., *Fujioka, S., *Fuyuno, Y., *Matsuno, Y., *Umeno, J., *Moriyama, T., *Kitazono, T., Sugai, T., Matsumoto, T. Continuous use of antithrombotic medications during peri-endoscopic submucosal dissection period for colorectal lesions: A propensity score matched study. J. Gastroenterol. Hepatol. 38(6): 955-961(2023)
  24. Sugai, M., Yanagawa, N., Shikanai, S., Osakabe, M., Maemondo, M., Saito, H., Sugai, T. Prognostic impact of tumor microenvironment-related markers in patients with adenocarcinoma of the lung.              Int. J. Clin. Oncol. 28(2): 229-239(2023)
  25. Ito, K., Osakabe, M., Sugimoto, R., Yamada, S., Sato, A., Uesugi, N., Yanagawa, N., Suzuki, H., Sugai, T. Differential Expression in the Tumor Microenvironment of mRNAs Closely Associated with Colorectal Cancer Metastasis. Ann. Surg. Oncol. 30(2): 1255-1266(2023)
  26. Ito, K., Osakabe, M., Sugimoto, R., Yamada, S., Sato, A., Uesugi, N., Yanagawa, N., *Suzuki, H., Sugai, T. ASO Visual Abstract: Differential Expression in the Tumor Microenvironment of mRNAs Closely Associated with Colorectal Cancer Metastasis. Ann. Surg. Oncol. 30(2): 1267-1268(2023)
  27. *Kajiwara, Y., *Oka, S., *Tanaka, S., *Nakamura, T., *Saito, S., *Fukunaga, Y., *Takamatsu, M., *Kawachi, H., *Hotta, K., *Ikematsu, H., *Kojima, M., *SaIto, Y., *Yamada, M., *Kanemitsu, Y., *Sekine, S., *Nagata, S., *Yamada, K., *Kobayashi, N., *Ishihara, S., *Saito, HY., *Matsuda, K., *Togashi, K., *Komori, K., *Ishiguro, M., *Kuwai, T, *Okuyama, T., *Ohuchi, A., *Ohnuma, S., *Sakamoto, K., Sugai, T., *Katsumata K., *Matsushita, HO., *Yamano HO., *Eda H., *Uraoka, T., *Akimoto, N., *Kobayashi, H., *Ajioka, Y., *Sugihara, K., *Ueno, H. Nomogram as a novel predictive tool for lymph node metastasis in T1 colorectal cancer treated with endoscopic resection: A nationwide, multicenter study. Gastrointest. Endosc. 97(6): 1119-1128(2023)
  28. *Imai, K., *Nanjo, H., Shigeeda, W., Sugai, T., *Ito, T., *Maniwa, Y., *Takashima, S., Saito, H., Yanagawa, N., *Tanaka, Y., *Doi, T., *Hiroshima, Y., *Nomura, K., *Tanino, M., *Tanaka, S., *Minamiya, Y. R-IHC Study Group. Intraoperative rapid immunohistochemistry with non-contact antibody mixing for undiagnosed pulmonary tumors.  Cancer. Sci. 114(2): 702-711(2023) 
  29. Yanagawa, N., Sugai, M., Shikanai, S., Sugimoto, R., Osakabe, M., Uesugi, N., Saito, H., Maemondo, M., Sugai, T. The new IASLC grading system for invasive non-mucinous lung adenocarcinoma is a more useful indicator of patient survival compared with previous grading systems. J. Surg. Oncol. 127(1): 174-182(2023) 
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  2. Sugai, T., Osakabe, M., Sugimoto, R., Eizuka, M., Tanaka, Y., Yanagawa, N., Otsuka, K., Sasaki, A., Matsumoto, T., *Suzuki, H. A genome-wide study of the relationship between chromosomal abnormalities and gene expression in colorectal tumors. Genes. Chromosomes. Cancer. 60(4):250-262(2021).
  3. Yaegashi, M., Iwaya, T., Sasaki, N., *Fujita, M., *Ju, Z., *Siwak, D., Hachiya, T., Sato, K., Endo, F., Kimura, T., Otsuka, K., Sugimoto, R., Sugai, T., *Liotta, L., *Lu, Y., *Mills, GB., *Nakagawa, H., Nishizuka, SS. Frequent post-operative monitoring of colorectal cancer using individualised ctDNA validated by multiregional molecular profiling. Br. J. Cancer. 124(9):1556-1565(2021) 
  4. *Ueno, H., *Kajiwara, Y., *Ajioka, Y., Sugai, T., *Sekine, S., *Ishiguro, M., *Takashima, A., *Kanemitsu, Y. Histopathological atlas of desmoplastic reaction characterization in colorectal cancer. Jpn. J. Clin. Oncol. 51(6): 1004-1012(2021) 
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  6. Yamada, N., Eizuka, M., Sugimoto, R., Tanaka, Y., Yanagawa, N., *Yamano, H., *Suzuki, H., Matsumoto, T., Sugai, T. Immunohistochemical Examination is Highly Sensitive and Specific for Detection of the V600E BRAF Mutation in Colorectal Serrated Lesions. Appl. Immunohistochem. Mol. Morphol. 29(6):446-453(2021)
  7. Sugai, T., Osakabe, M., Habano, W., Tanaka, Y., Eizuka, M., Sugimoto, R., Yanagawa, N., Matsumoto, T., *Suzuki, H. A genome-wide analysis of the molecular alterations occurring in the adenomatous and carcinomatous components of the same tumor based on the adenoma–carcinoma sequence. Pathol. Int. 71(9):582-593(2021) 
  8. *Niinuma, T., *Kitajima, H., *Yamamoto, E., *Maruyama, R., *Aoki, H., *Harada, T., *Ishiguro, K., *Sudo, G., *Toyota, M., *Yoshido, A., *Kai, M., *Nakase, H., Sugai, T., *Suzuki, H. An Integrated Epigenome and Transcriptome Analysis to Clarify the Effect of Epigenetic Inhibitors on GIST. Anticancer. Res. 41(6):2817-2828(2021)
  9. Kakisaka, K., Sasaki, A., Umemura, A., Nikai, H., Suzuki, Y., Nishiya, M., Sugai, T., Nitta, H., Takikawa, Y. High frequency and long persistency of ballooning hepatocyte were associated with glucose intolerance in patients with severe obesity. Sci. Rep. 11(1):15392(2021)
  10. Hashimoto, M., Uesugi, N., Osakabe, M., Yanagawa, N., Otsuka, K., *Kajiwara, Y., *Ueno, H., Sasaki, A., Sugai, T. Expression Patterns of Microenvironmental Factors and Tenascin-C at the Invasive Front of Stage II and III Colorectal Cancer: Novel Tumor Prognostic Markers. Front. Oncol. 11:690816(2021)
  11. Toya, Y., Endo, M., Akasaka, R., Morishita, T., Yanai, S., Nakamura, S., Eizuka, M., Sugimoto, R., Uesugi, N., Sugai, T., Matsumoto, T. Prognostic nutritional index is an independent prognostic factor for older patients aged ≥ 85 years treated by gastric endoscopic submucosal dissection. BMC. Gastroenterol. 21(1):328(2021)
  12. Toya, Y., Endo, M., Yamada, S., Oizumi, T., Morishita, T., Akasaka, R., Yanai, S., Nakamura, S., Eizuka, M., Uesugi, N., Sugai, T., Matsumoto, T. The mucin phenotype does not affect the endoscopic resection outcome of non-ampullary duodenal epithelial tumors. Endosc. Int. Open. 9(9): E1297-E1302(2021)
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  14. Sugai, T., Yamada, N., Osakabe, M., Hashimoto, M., Uesugi, N., Eizuka, M., Tanaka, Y., Sugimoto, R., Yanagawa, N., Matsumoto, T. Microenvironmental markers are correlated with lymph node metastasis in invasive submucosal colorectal cancer. Histopathology. 79(4):584-598(2021) 
  15. Yanagawa, N., Yamada, N., Sugimoto, R., Osakabe, M., Uesugi, N., *Shiono, S., *Endoh, M., *Ogata, SY., Saito, H., Maemondo, M., Sugai, T. The Frequency of DNA Mismatch Repair Deficiency Is Very Low in Surgically Resected Lung Carcinoma. Front. Oncol. 11:752005(2021)
  16. Toya, Y., Endo, M., Yamazato, M., Yamada, S., Kumei, T., Hirai, M., Eizuka, M., Morishita, T., Akasaka, R., Yanai, S., Uesugi, N., Sugai, T., Matsumoto, T. Resectability of underwater endoscopic mucosal resection for duodenal tumor: A single-center, retrospective pilot study. J. Gastroenterol. Hepatol. 36(11):3191-3195(2021) 
  17. Kawasaki, K., Nakamura, S., Eizuka, M., Tanaka, Y., Kumei, T., Yanai, S., Toya, Y., Urushikubo, J., *Torisu, T., *Moriyama, T., Umeno, J., Sugai, T., Matsumoto, T. Is barium enema examination negligible for the management of colorectal cancer? Comparison with conventional colonoscopy and magnifying colonoscopy. Jpn. J. Radiol. 39(12):1159-1167(2021) 
  18. Kawasaki, K., Torisu, T., *Nagahata, T., *Esaki, M., *Kurahara, K., Eizuka, M., Tanaka, Y., *Fujiwara, M., *Kawatoko, S., *Oshiro, Y., Yamada, S., *Ikegami, K., *Fujioka, S., *Fuyuno, Y., *Matsuno, Y., *Umeno, J., *Moriyama, T., *Kitazono, T., Sugai, T., Matsumoto, T. Role of barium enema examination for the diagnosis of submucosal invasion depth in T1 colorectal cancers. Cancer. Imaging. 21(1):66(2021) 
  19. Shioi, Y., Osakabe, M., Yanagawa, N., Nitta, H., Sasaki, A., Sugai, T. Analysis of somatic copy number alterations in biliary tract carcinoma using a single nucleotide polymorphism array. Future. Sci. OA. 8(1): FSO766(2021).
  20. Yanai S, Toya Y, Sugai T, Matsumoto T. Gastrointestinal Adverse Events Induced by Immune-Checkpoint Inhibitors. Digestion. 102(6):965-973(2021). 
  21. *Ueshima, C., Kataoka, TR., Osakabe, M., *Sugimoto, A., Ushirokawa, A., Shibata, Y., Nakamura, H., *Shibuya, R., *Minamiguchi, S., Sugai, T., *Haga, H. Decidualization of Stromal Cells Promotes Involvement of Mast Cells in Successful Human Pregnancy by Increasing Stem Cell Factor Expression. Front. Immunol. 13:779574(2022)
  22. Uesugi, N., *Ajioka, Y., *Arai, T., Tanaka, Y., Sugai, T. Clinicopathological and molecular analyses of hyperplastic lesions including microvesicular variant and goblet cell rich variant hyperplastic polyps and hyperplastic nodules-Hyperplastic nodule is an independent histological entity. Pathol. Int. 72(2):128-137(2022) 
  23. Sasaki, A., Umemura, A., *Ishida, K., Takahashi, N., Nikai, H., Nitta, H., Takikawa, Y., Kakisaka, K., Abe, T., Nishiya, M., Sugai, T. The Concept of Indeterminable NASH Inducted by Preoperative Diet and Metabolic Surgery: Analyses of Histopathological and Clinical Features. Biomedicines. 10(2):453(2022) 
  24. Ikarashi, D., *Kitano, S., Tsuyukubo, T., *Takenouchi, K., *Nakayama, T., *Onagi, H., *Sakaguchi, A., *Yamashita, M., *Mizugaki, H., Maekawa, S., Kato, R., Kato, Y., Sugai, T., *Nakatsura, T., Obara, W. Pretreatment tumour immune microenvironment predicts clinical response and prognosis of muscle-invasive bladder cancer in the neoadjuvant chemotherapy setting. Br. J. Cancer. 126(4):606-614(2022) 
  25. Sugai, T., Osakabe, M., *Niinuma, T., Eizuka, M., Tanaka, Y., Yamada, S., Yanagawa, N., Otsuka, K., Sasaki, A., Matsumoto, T., *Suzuki, H. Comprehensive analyses of microRNA and mRNA expression in colorectal serrated lesions and colorectal cancer with a microsatellite instability phenotype. Genes. Chromosomes. Cancer. 61(3):161-171(2022)