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List of works by Masafumi Kurosumi

2013 clinical practice guidelines (The Japanese Breast Cancer Society): history, policy and mission

scientific article published on 24 July 2014

3-Dimensional microarray analysis of estrogen signal-related genes in breast cancer tissues.

scientific article published on October 2009

99mTc-phytate is better than 99mTc-human serum albumin as a radioactive tracer for sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer

scientific article published in January 2006

A Real-World Retrospective Cohort Study of Combined Therapy with Bevacizumab and Paclitaxel in Japanese Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer

scientific article published in January 2017

A case of anal metastasis from sigmoid colon cancer in a long-term survivor who had repeated local excisions

scientific article published on 01 November 2010

A case of intraductal mucinous neoplasms with the whole main pancreatic duct dilation treated via segment pancreatectomy

scientific article published on 01 November 2011

A case of small intestinal cancer in the efferent loop of roux-en Y reconstruction after total gastrectomy and liver metastases

scientific article published in November 2011

A case study of pulmonary and pancreatic metastasis from primary renal cell carcinoma more than ten years after nephrectomy

scientific article published on 01 November 2012

A multicenter phase II trial of neoadjuvant letrozole plus low-dose cyclophosphamide in postmenopausal patients with estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer (JBCRG-07): therapeutic efficacy and clinical implications of circulating endothelial cells

scientific article published on 7 May 2018

A multicenter, phase II study of epirubicin/cyclophosphamide followed by docetaxel and concurrent trastuzumab as primary systemic therapy for HER-2 positive advanced breast cancer (the HER2NAT study)

scientific article published on July 26, 2012

Added value of the presence of blue nodes or hot nodes in sentinel lymph node biopsy of breast cancer

scientific article published in January 2006

Alterations of the genes involved in the PI3K and estrogen-receptor pathways influence outcome in human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive and hormone receptor-positive breast cancer patients treated with trastuzumab-containing neoadjuvant c

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An operated case of metastasis to the small intestine from lung cancer

scientific article published on November 1, 2011

Analysis of complete response by MRI following neoadjuvant chemotherapy predicts pathological tumor responses differently for molecular subtypes of breast cancer.

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Axillary lymph node dissection can be avoided in women with breast cancer with intraoperative, false-negative sentinel lymph node biopsies

scientific article published on 22 August 2009

BRCA1 alterations with additional defects in DNA damage response genes may confer chemoresistance to BRCA-like breast cancers treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy

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Breast pathology slide seminar linked to poster presentations: a new idea to make case presentations in medical conferences more interactive

scientific article published on 01 January 2002

CFC1 is a cancer stemness-regulating factor in neuroblastoma.

scientific article published on 13 June 2017

Combination docetaxel and trastuzumab treatment for patients with HER-2-overexpressing metastatic breast cancer: a multicenter, phase-II study

scientific article published in January 2006

Comparison of ELISA level and immunohistochemical status for thymidine phosphorylase (TP) in invasive breast carcinoma.

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Comparison of different definitions of pathologic complete response in operable breast cancer: a pooled analysis of three prospective neoadjuvant studies of JBCRG.

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Comparison of evaluations for hormone receptors in breast carcinoma using two manual and three automated immunohistochemical assays

scientific article published on 01 March 2007

Correction to: Histological classification of breast tumors in the General Rules for Clinical and Pathological Recording of Breast Cancer (18th edition)

scientific article published on 19 May 2020

Current trends of sentinel lymph node biopsy for breast cancer--a surgeon's perspective.

scientific article published on January 2007

Detection of estrogen-independent growth-stimulating activity in breast cancer tissues: implication for tumor aggressiveness

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Diffuse idiopathic pulmonary neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia with a central and peripheral carcinoid and multiple tumorlets: a case report emphasizing the role of neuropeptide hormones and human gonadotropin-alpha

scientific article published on 01 December 2013

Docetaxel Followed by Fluorouracil/Epirubicin/Cyclophosphamide as Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Patients with Primary Breast Cancer

scientific article published on July 1, 2011

ER, PgR, Ki67, p27(Kip1), and histological grade as predictors of pathological complete response in patients with HER2-positive breast cancer receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy using taxanes followed by fluorouracil, epirubicin, and cyclophosphamide

scientific article published on 7 September 2015

ER-activating ability of breast cancer stromal fibroblasts is regulated independently of alteration of TP53 and PTEN tumor suppressor genes

scientific article published on October 12, 2012

Effectiveness of neo-adjuvant systemic therapy with trastuzumab for basal HER2 type breast cancer: results from retrospective cohort study of Japan Breast Cancer Research Group (JBCRG)-C03

scientific article published on 03 July 2018

Evaluation of interobserver agreement in scoring immunohistochemical results of HER-2/neu (c-erbB-2) expression detected by HercepTest, Nichirei polyclonal antibody, CB11 and TAB250 in breast carcinoma

scientific article published on 01 February 2002

Favorable outcome of intraoperative radiotherapy to the primary site in patients with metastatic prostate cancer

scientific article published on 11 January 2016

HER2 intratumoral heterogeneity analyses by concurrent HER2 gene and protein assessment for the prognosis of HER2 negative invasive breast cancer patients

scientific article published on 18 June 2016

High-incidence spontaneous tumors in JF1/Ms mice: relevance of hypomorphic germline mutation and subsequent promoter methylation of Ednrb

scientific article published on 6 November 2013

Histopathological assessment of anastrozole and tamoxifen as preoperative (neoadjuvant) treatment in postmenopausal Japanese women with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer in the PROACT trial

scientific article published on 13 December 2007

Histopathological criteria for assessment of therapeutic response in breast cancer (2007 version)

scientific article published on 01 January 2008

Immunohistochemical and mutational analysis of c-kit in gastrointestinal neuroendocrine cell carcinoma

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Immunohistochemical assessment of primary breast tumors and metachronous brain metastases, with particular regard to differences in the expression of biological markers and prognosis

scientific article published on July 1, 2010

Immunohistochemical evaluation for hormone receptors in breast cancer: a practically useful evaluation system and handling protocol

scientific article published on January 2006

Immunohistochemical study of the relationship between Ki-67 labeling index of proliferating cells of gynecomastia, histological phase and duration of disease

scientific article published on 01 November 2006

Impact of immediate breast reconstruction on postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy: a single center study

scientific article published on 12 June 2013

Individual transcriptional activity of estrogen receptors in primary breast cancer and its clinical significance

scientific article published on October 30, 2012

Induction therapy with paclitaxel and bevacizumab followed by switch maintenance therapy with eribulin in Japanese patients with HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer: a multicenter, collaborative, open-label, phase II clinical study for the SBCCSG

scientific article published on 20 June 2018

Inter-observer agreement among pathologists in grading the pathological response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer

scientific article published on 30 August 2017

Interim analysis of a phase II trial of cyclophosphamide, epirubicin and 5-fluorouracil (CEF) followed by docetaxel as preoperative chemotherapy for early stage breast carcinoma

scientific article published in January 2005

Interobserver concordance of Ki67 labeling index in breast cancer: Japan Breast Cancer Research Group Ki67 Ring Study

scientific article published on 06 September 2013

Intramucosal colorectal carcinomas treated by surgical resection

scientific article published on 01 November 2010

Intratumoral estrogen concentration and expression of estrogen-induced genes in male breast carcinoma: comparison with female breast carcinoma

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Ipsilateral breast tumor relapse after breast conserving surgery in women with breast cancer.

scientific article published on 21 July 2009

Issues in the assessment of the pathologic effect of primary systemic therapy for breast cancer

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Ki67 immunohistochemical staining: the present situation of diagnostic criteria

scientific article published on 01 September 2012

Laparoscopic Total Gastrectomy(LTG)in Patient with Multiple Gastric Neuroendocrine Tumor Related to Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 - Two Case Reports

scientific article published in November 2017

Loss of BRCA1 expression may predict shorter time-to-progression in metastatic breast cancer patients treated with taxanes

scientific article published on 01 January 2006

Low nuclear grade but not cell proliferation predictive of pathological complete response to docetaxel in human breast cancers

scientific article published on 16 October 2007

Multicenter Observational Study of Fulvestrant 500 mg in Postmenopausal Japanese Women with Estrogen Receptor-Positive Advanced or Recurrent Breast Cancer after Prior Endocrine Treatment (SBCCSG29 Study)

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

Multicenter phase II trial of neoadjuvant exemestane for postmenopausal patients with hormone receptor-positive, operable breast cancer: Saitama Breast Cancer Clinical Study Group (SBCCSG-03).

scientific article published on 15 February 2007

Neoadjuvant endocrine therapy of breast cancer: which patients would benefit and what are the advantages?

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Nipple adenoma found in a mastectomy specimen: report of a case with special regard to the proliferation pattern

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Optimal treatment duration of neoadjuvant endocrine therapy in women aged 60 years or older with estrogen receptor-positive, HER2-negative invasive breast cancer

scientific article published on 30 November 2020

Pathological tumor response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy using anthracycline and taxanes in patients with triple-negative breast cancer

scientific article published on 20 January 2011

Phase II clinical study of eribulin monotherapy in Japanese patients with metastatic breast cancer who had well-defined taxane resistance

scientific article published on 28 April 2016

Phase II study of preoperative sequential FEC and docetaxel predicts of pathological response and disease free survival

scientific article published on 19 September 2007

Positive sentinel lymph node biopsy predicts the number of metastatic axillary nodes of breast cancer

scientific article published on 25 June 2009

Power of PgR expression as a prognostic factor for ER-positive/HER2-negative breast cancer patients at intermediate risk classified by the Ki67 labeling index

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Prediction of prognosis of estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer with combination of selected estrogen-regulated genes

scientific article published in June 2004

Predictive factors for anthracycline-based chemotherapy for human breast cancer

scientific article published on 06 August 2009

Predictive implications of nucleoside metabolizing enzymes in premenopausal women with node-positive primary breast cancer who were randomly assigned to receive tamoxifen alone or tamoxifen plus tegafur-uracil as adjuvant therapy

scientific article published on October 2007

Prognostic significance of scoring system based on histological heterogeneity of invasive ductal carcinoma for node-negative breast cancer patients

scientific article published on 01 July 2003

Prognostic significance of subtype and pathologic response in operable breast cancer; a pooled analysis of prospective neoadjuvant studies of JBCRG.

scientific article published on 14 December 2013

Prognostic significance of tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes for oestrogen receptor-negative breast cancer without lymph node metastasis

Prognostic value of the ubiquitin ligase carboxyl terminus of the Hsc70-interacting protein in postmenopausal breast cancer

scientific article published on 23 June 2016

Questionnaire survey of treatment choice for breast cancer patients with brain metastasis in Japan: results of a nationwide survey by the task force of the Japanese Breast Cancer Society

scientific article published on 12 November 2008

Radiotherapy for localized gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma: long-term outcomes over 10 years

scientific article published on 10 January 2017

Randomized phase II study of primary systemic chemotherapy and trastuzumab for operable HER2 positive breast cancer.

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Recent trends in microRNA research into breast cancer with particular focus on the associations between microRNAs and intrinsic subtypes

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Recommendations for 'adequate evaluation of hormone receptors' a report of the task force of the Japanese Breast Cancer Society

scientific article published in August 2010

Recurrence after sentinel lymph node biopsy with or without axillary lymph node dissection in patients with breast cancer

scientific article published on 01 January 2007

Relationship between the signal ratios of HER-2/CEP17 and c-MYC/CEP17 and the pathological response of neoadjuvant therapy using docetaxel and trastuzumab in breast cancer

scientific article published on January 2008

Relationships between pathological factors and long-term outcomes in patients enrolled in two prospective randomized controlled trials comparing the efficacy of oral tegafur-uracil with CMF (N·SAS-BC 01 trial and CUBC trial)

scientific article published on 01 December 2020

Reproducible immunohistochemical criteria based on multiple raters' judgments for expression of thymidine phosphorylase in breast cancer tissue

scientific article published in August 2004

Results of survey conducted on perioperative chemotherapy and supportive care in primary breast cancer (JBCRG01)

scientific article published in October 2007

Sentinel lymph node biopsy after neoadjuvant chemotherapy predicts pathological axillary lymph node status in breast cancer patients with clinically positive axillary lymph nodes at presentation

scientific article published on May 16, 2012

Sentinel lymph node biopsy alone has no adverse impact on the survival of patients with breast cancer

scientific article published on 01 September 2006

Sentinel lymph node biopsy without axillary dissection after an intraoperative negative histological investigation in 358 invasive breast cancer cases

scientific article published in January 2002

Significance and problems of histopathological examination and utility of real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction method for the detection of sentinel lymph node metastasis in breast cancer

scientific article published on January 2007

Significance of evaluating tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) and programmed cell death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression in breast cancer

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Stat3 up-regulates expression of nicotinamide N-methyltransferase in human cancer cells

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The prevalence of intrinsic subtypes and prognosis in breast cancer patients of different races

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The ubiquitin ligase CHIP acts as an upstream regulator of oncogenic pathways

scientific article published on 8 February 2009

Tolerability and safety of docetaxel plus cyclophosphamide as adjuvant chemotherapy for axillary lymph node-negative breast cancer--JECBC04 trial

scientific article published in January 2010

Topoisomerase IIalpha-positive and BRCA1-negative phenotype: association with favorable response to epirubicin-based regimens for human breast cancers

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True recurrences and new primary tumors have different clinical features in invasive breast cancer patients with ipsilateral breast tumor relapse after breast-conserving treatment

scientific article published on 21 December 2009

Tumor-stromal interaction through the estrogen-signaling pathway in human breast cancer

scientific article published on June 2005

What causes discrepancies in HER2 testing for breast cancer? A Japanese ring study in conjunction with the global standard

scientific article published on December 2008

[A case report of surgical treatment for axillary lymph node metastasis from descending colon cancer]

scientific article published on 01 November 2012

[Multicenter phase II trial of thrice-weekly docetaxel and weekly trastuzumab as preoperative chemotherapy in patients with HER 2-overexpressing breast cancer--Japan East Cancer Center Breast Cancer Consortium (JECBC) 02 Trial]

scientific article published on 01 October 2006

[Preoperative therapy with trastuzumab and paclitaxel in a stage IV advanced breast cancer with complete pathologic response]

scientific article published on 01 January 2007