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近年の論文業績（共著含む） 

2024 

  1. Mitsudomi T, Ito H, Okada M, Sugawara S, Shio Y, Tomii K, Okami J, Sakakura N, Kubota K, Takamochi K, Atagi S, Tsuboi M, Oizumi S, Ikeda N, Ohde Y, Ntambwe I, Mahmood J, Cai J, Tanaka F. Neoadjuvant nivolumab plus chemotherapy in resectable non-small-cell lung cancer in Japanese patients from CheckMate 816. Cancer Sci, 115(2):540-554, 2024. 
  1. Ikeda S, Tsuboi M, Sakai K, Misumi T, Akamatsu H, Shoda H, Sakakura N, Nakamura A, Ohde Y, Hayashi H, Okishio K, Okada M, Yoshino I, Okami J, Takahashi K, Ikeda N, Tanahashi M, Tambo Y, Saito H, Toyooka S, Inokawa H, Chen-Yoshikawa T, Yokoyama T, Okamoto T, Yanagitani N, Oki M, Takahama M, Sawa K, Tada H, Nakagawa K, Mitsudomi T, Nishio K. NOTCH1 and CREBBP co-mutations negatively affect the benefit of adjuvant therapy in completely resected EGFR-mutated NSCLC: translational research of phase III IMPACT study. Mol Oncol, 18(2):305-316, 2024. 
  1. Sato J, Yanagawa M, Nishigaki D, Hata A, Sakao Y, Sakakura N, Yatabe Y, Shintani Y, Kido S, Tomiyama N. Radiologists Versus AI-Based Software: Predicting Lymph Node Metastasis and Prognosis in Lung Adenocarcinoma From CT Under Various Image Display Conditions. Clin Lung Cancer, 7:S1525-7304(24)00232-8, 2024. 
  1. Kawaguchi K, Ogura T, Kaneda S, Watanabe T, Soh J, Hashimoto K, Sakakura N, Okazaki M, Mori S, Hashimoto M, Fukumoto K, Miyajima M, Yoshida S, Moriyama S, Tamaru S, Takao M. A prospective multi-institutional study to verify the non-inferiority of postoperative pain in robot-assisted thoracic surgery in comparison with video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for lung cancer: The Japanese RATS interest group 01 (J-RATSIG 01). Lung Cancer, 196:107961, 2024. 
  1. Miyoshi T, Aokage K, Watanabe SI, Ito H, Sakakura N, Mun M, Yamashita M, Ohde Y, Aoki T, Nishio W, Taguri M, Tsuboi M. The effect of epidermal growth factor receptor mutation on adjuvant chemotherapy with tegafur/uracil for patients with completely resected, non-lymph node metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (> 2 cm): a multicenter, retrospective, observational study as exploratory analysis of the CSPOR-LC03 study. Jpn J Clin Oncol, 2;54(11):1185-1193, 2024. 
  1. Nohira S, Kuramitsu S, Ohno M, Fujita M, Yamashita K, Nagasaka T, Haimoto S, Sakakura N, Matsushita H, Saito R. Tertiary Lymphoid Structures in Brain Metastases of Lung Cancer: Prognostic Significance and Correlation With Clinical Outcomes. Anticancer Res, 44(8):3615-3621, 2024. 
  1. Matsui T, Takahashi Y, Nakada T, Sugita Y, Seto K, Sakakura N, Mizuno K, Haneda H, Okuda K, Kuroda H. Impact of intrapulmonary tumour location of non-small-cell lung cancer on surgical outcomes for segmentectomy. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg, 1;65(3):ezae036, 2024. 

2023 

  1. Sakakura N, Eguchi T. Port placement variations for the robotic lung resection: focusing on their history, conventional look-up-view and horizontal open-thoracotomy-view techniques, and more. J Pers Med, 13:230, 2023. 
  1. Matsui T, Takahashi Y, Nakada T, Sugita Y, Shinohara S, Suzuki A, Sakakura N, TakanoT ,Chiba K, Nakamura R, Oda R, Tatematsu T, Yokota K, Mizuno K, Haneda H, Okuda K, Kuroda H. Thoracoscopic Anatomical Sublobar Resection Including Subsegmentectomy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. World J Surg, 47:2065-2075, 2023. 
  1. Nakai A, Nakada J, Takahashi Y, Sakakura N, Masago K, Okamoto S, Kuroda H. Divided method of intercostal nerve block reduces ropivacaine dose by half in thoracoscopic pulmonary resection while maintaining the postoperative pain score and 4-h mobilization: a retrospective study. J Anesth, 37(5):749-754. 2023. 

2022 

  1. Sakakura N, Nakada T, Takahashi Y, Suzuki A, Shinohara S, Kuroda, H. Three-arm  robotic lung resection via the open-thoracotomy-view approach using vertical port placement and confronting monitor setting: Focusing on segmentectomy. J Pers Med, 12:1771, 2022. 
  1. Sakakura N, Shirai S, Nakada T, Takahashi Y, Kuroda H. Resection of an anterior apical tumor invading the ventral first rib: a less invasive lateral thoracotomy approach. J Thorac Dis, 14:1296-1298, 2022. 
  1. Sakakura N, Nakada T, Shirai S, Takahara H, Suzuki A, Takahashi Y, Kuroda H. Emergency rollout and conversion procedures during the three-arm robotic open-thoracotomy-view approach. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg, 34:1045-1051, 2022. 
  1. Kuroda H, Koyama S, Mun M, Nakajima J, Funai K, Yoshino I, Yamauchi Y, Kawamura M; Metastatic Lung Tumor Study Group of Japan.：Survival Outcomes of Complete Pulmonary Metastasectomy for Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas.Cancer Manag Res, 26;14:3095-3103, 2022. 
  1. Nakada T, Takahashi Y, Sakakura N, Masago K, Iwata H, Ohtsuka T, Kuroda H. Postoperative surveillance using low-dose computed tomography for non-small cell lung cancer. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg, 2;63, zac549, 2022. 
  1. Nakada T, Nakai A, Takahashi Y, Sakakura N, Ohtsuka T, Kuroda H. Intraoperative Multimodal Approach for Pain After Thoracoscopic Pulmonary Resection. Asian J Endosc Surg, 15:147-154, 2022. 
  1. Masago K, Kuroda H, Takahashi Y, Oya Y, Sasaki E, Sakakura N, Matsushita H. Synchronous driver gene alterations (EGFR L858R, T790M, and ROS1) rearrangements in a patient with early-stage lung adenocarcinoma. Cancer Genet, 268-269:124-127, 2022. 
  1. Matsui T, Takahashi Y, Nakada T, Sakakura N, Hasegawa T, Sato Y, Inaba Y, Haneda H, Okuda K, Nakanishi R, Kuroda H. Preoperative percutaneous needle indigo carmine and lipiodol mixture marking in lung segmentectomy. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg, 62:ezac432, 2022. 
  1. Seto K, Shimizu J, Masago K, Araki M, Katayama R, Sagae Y, Fujita S, Horio Y, Sasaki E, Kuroda H, Okubo K, Okuno Y, Hida T. Sensitivity to dabrafenib and trametinib treatments in patients with non-small-cell cancer harboring BRAF compound mutations: A pooled analysis of BRAF p. V600E-positive advanced non-small-cell lung cancer. Cancer Genet, 266-267:1-6, 2022. 
  1. Shinohara S, Takahashi Y, Komuro H, Matsui T, Sugita Y, Demachi-Okamura A, Muraoka D, Takahara H, Nakada T, Sakakura N, Masago K, Miyai M, Nishida R, Shomura S, Shigematsu Y, Hatooka S, Sasano H, Watanabe F, Adachi K, Fujinaga K, Kaneda S, Takao M, Ohtsuka T, Yamaguchi R, Kuroda H, Matsushita H. New evaluation of the tumor immune microenvironment of non-small cell lung cancer and its association with prognosis. J Immunother Cancer, 10:e003765, 2022. 
  1. Shinohara S, Takahashi Y, Masago K, Matsushita H, Kuroda H. The beginning of a new era in induction treatment for operable non-small cell lung cancer: a narrative review. J Thorac Dis, 28;15:747-758, 2023. 
  1. Tada H, Mitsudomi T, Misumi T, Sugio K, Tsuboi M, Okamoto I, Iwamoto Y, Sakakura N, Sugawara S, Atagi S, Takahashi T, Hayashi H, Okada M, Inokawa H, Yoshioka H, Takahashi K, Higashiyama M, Yoshino I, Nakagawa K. West Japan Oncology Group. Randomized Phase III Study of Gefitinib Versus Cisplatin Plus Vinorelbine for Patients with Resected Stage II-IIIA Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer with EGFR Mutation (IMPACT). J Clin Oncol, 40:231-241, 2022. 

2021 

  1. Kuroda H, Sugita Y, Masago K, Takahashi Y, Nakada T, Sasaki E, Sakakura N, Yamaguchi R, Matsushita H, Hida T. Clinical Guideline-Guided Outcome Consistency for Surgically Resected Stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Retrospective Study. Cancers (Basel), 21;13:2531, 2021. 
  1. Kuroda H, Ichinose J, Masago K, Takahashi Y, Nakada T, Nakao M, Okumura S, Hashimoto K, Matsuura Y, Sakakura N, Matsushita H, Mun M. Permissible Outcomes of Lobe-Specific Lymph Node Dissection for Elevated Carcinoembryonic Antigen in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Medicina (Kaunas), 14;57:1365, 2021. 
  1. Kuroda H, Sakata S, Takahashi Y, Nakada T, Oya Y, Sugita Y, Sakakura N, Matushita H, Sakao Y. Subsegmental resection preserves regional pulmonary function: A focus on thoracoscopy. Thorac Cancer., 12:1033-1040, 2021. 
  1. Kuroda H, Masago K, Takahashi Y, Fujita S, Sasaki E, Nakada T, Sakakura N, Nakanishi H, Matsushita H, Yatabe Y. Positive Correlation Between the Number of Circulating Tumor Cells in the Pulmonary Vein and Tumor Spread Through Air Spaces in Resected Non-small Cell Lung Cancer. Anticancer Res, 41:5499-5505, 2021. 
  1. Kuroda H, Takahashi Y, Shirai S, Takahara H, Nakada T, Sakakura N, Matsushita H. Survival benefit of immune checkpoint inhibitor monotherapy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer recurrence after completely pulmonary resection. Ann Transl Med, 9:1225, 2021. 
  1. Sakakura N, Nakada T, Shirai S, Takahara H, Nakanishi K, Matsui T, Ueno H, Takahashi Y, Kuroda H. Robotic open-thoracotomy-view approach using vertical port placement and confronting monitor setting. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg, 28;33:60-67, 2021. 
  1. Sakakura N, Mori M, Tsukushi S, Nakada T, Takahashi Y, Kuroda H. Salvage cytoreductive surgery for pleural dissemination of low-grade endometrial stromal sarcoma using rib-cross thoracotomy with argon beam coagulation: strategies to achieve a grossly complete resection—a case report. AME Surgical Journal, 1:8, 2021. 
  1. Sakakura N, Nakada T, Takahashi Y, Kuroda H. An extended modification of transmanubrial osteomuscular sparing approach: salvage resection for recurrent superior sulcus lung cancer after definitive chemoradiotherapy. J Thorac Dis, 13:417-419, 2021. 
  1. Sakakura N, Nakai A, Suda H, Nakada T, Matsui T, Nakanishi K, Shirai S, Nakada J, Horio Y, Oya Y, Takahashi Y, Kuroda H. Life-threatening massive bleeding in the pulmonary trunk adjacent to the right ventricular outflow tract during the resection of a large mediastinal germ cell tumor: proposed safety measures in the absence of cardiovascular surgeons: a case report. Mediastinum, 25:19, 2021. 
  1. Shigenobu T, Takahashi Y, Masugi Y, Hanawa R, Matsushita H, Tajima A, Kuroda H. Micropapillary Predominance Is a Risk Factor for Brain Metastasis in Resected Lung Adenocarcinoma. Clin Lung Cancer, 22: e820-e828, 2021. 
  1. Nakada T, Takahashi Y, Sakakura N, Iwata H, Ohtsuka T, Kuroda H. Prognostic Radiological Tools for Clinical Stage IA Pure Solid Lung Cancer. Curr Oncol, 30;28(5):3846-3856, 2021. 
  1. Nakada T, Kuroda H. Narrative review of optimal prognostic radiological tools using computed tomography for T1N0-staged non-small cell lung cancer. J Thorac Dis, 13(5):3171-3181, 2021.  
  1. Nakada T, Shirai S, Oya Y, Takahashi Y, Sakakura N, Ohtsuka T, Kuroda H. The impact of same-day chest drain removal on pulmonary function after thoracoscopic lobectomy. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 69(4):690-696, 2021． 
  1. Nakada T, Nakai A, Takahashi Y, Sakakura N, Ohtsuka T, Kuroda H.：Intraoperative Multimodal Approach for Pain After Thoracoscopic Pulmonary Resection. Asian J Endosc Surg，15(1):147-154, 2022． 
  1. Matsui T, Sakakura N, Koyama S, Nakanishi K, Sasaki E, Kato S, Hosoda W, Murakami Y, Kuroda H, Yatabe Y. Comparison of Surgical Outcomes Between Invasive Mucinous and Non-Mucinous Lung Adenocarcinoma. Ann Thorac Surg, 112(4):1118-1126, 2021． 
  1. Matsui T, Takahashi Y, Shirai S, Nakanishi K, Nakada T, Sakakura N, Haneda H, Okuda K, Nakanishi R, Kuroda H. Comparison of surgical outcomes between thoracoscopic anatomical sublobar resection including and excluding subsegmentectomy. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 69(5):850-858, 2021． 
  1. Sugita Y, Kuroda H, Masago K. Surgical perception of lower tracheal or carinal resection. Transl Lung Cancer Res, 10(11):4310-4312, 2021. 
  1. Sugita Y, Kuroda H, Sakata S, Sakao Y, Okubo K. How preserved regional pulmonary function after thoracoscopic segmentectomy in clinical stage I non-small cell lung cancers in right upper lobe. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 69(6):960-966, 2021. 

2020 

  1. Sakakura N, Mizuno T, Kuroda H, Sakao Y. Primary pneumonectomy, pneumonectomy after induction therapy, and salvage pneumonectomy: a comparison of surgical and prognostic outcomes. J Thorac Dis, 12(5):2672-2682, 2020 
  1. Sakakura N, Kuroda H. The cranial-side parietal pleura pick-up method and the edge closure technique as a closure method for open thoracotomy. J Thorac Dis, 12(9):5053-5055, 2020. 
  1. Matsui T, Sakakura N, Koyama S, Nakanishi K, Sasaki E, Kato S, Hosoda W, Murakami Y, Kuroda H, Yatabe Y. Comparison of Surgical Outcomes Between Invasive Mucinous and Non-Mucinous Lung Adenocarcinoma. Ann Thorac Surg, 112, 1118-1126, 2020. 
  1. Kuroda H, Nakada T, Oya Y, Takahashi Y, Matsusita H, Sakakura N. Clinical adjustability of radiological tools in patients with surgically resected cT1N0-staged non-small-cell lung cancer from the long-term survival evaluation. J Thorac Dis, 12(11):6655-6662, 2020. 
  1. Kuroda H, Nakada T, Oya Y, Takahashi Y, Shirai S, Matsui T, Nakanishi K, Matsushita H, Sakakura N. Computed tomography and positron emission tomography-staged cN0 non-small cell lung cancer. Video-assist Thorac Surg 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/vats. 
  1. Nakada T, Shirai S, Oya Y, Takahashi Y, Sakakura N, Ohtsuka T, Kuroda H.　The impact of same-day chest drain removal on pulmonary function after thoracoscopic lobectomy. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. Oct 29, 2020 
  1. Matsui T, Takahashi Y, Nakada T, Matsushita H, Oya Y, Sakakura N, Kuroda H. Efficacy of Xenon Light With Indocyanine Green for Intersegmental Visibility in Thoracoscopic Segmentectomy. J Surg Res, 3;259:39-46, 2020. 
  1. Oya Y, Kuroda H, Nakada T, Takahashi Y, Sakakura N, Hida T. Efficacy of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Monotherapy for Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer with ALK Rearrangement. Int J Mol Sci, 9;21(7):2623, 2020. 
  1. Vaghjiani RG, Takahashi Y, Eguchi T, Lu S, Kameda K, Tano Z, Dozier J, Tan KS, Jones DR, Travis WD, Adusumilli PS. Tumor Spread Through Air Spaces Is a Predictor of Occult Lymph Node Metastasis in Clinical Stage IA Lung Adenocarcinoma. J Thorac Oncol, 15(5):792-802, 2020. 
  1. Seto K, Haneda M, Masago K, Fujita S, Kato S, Sasaki E, Hosoda W, Murakami Y, Kuroda H, Horio Y, Hida T, Okubo K, Yatabe Y. Negative reactions of BRAF mutation-specific immunohistochemistry to non-V600E mutations of BRAF. Pathol Int. 70(5):253-261, 2020. 
  1. Seto K, Masago K, Fujita S, Haneda M, Horio Y, Hida T, Kuroda H, Hosoda W, Okubo K. Targeted RNA sequencing with touch imprint cytology samples for non-small cell lung cancer patients. Thorac Cancer. 11(7):1827-1834, 2020. 
  1. Hasegawa T, Sato Y, Kuroda H, Chatani S, Murata S, Yamaura H, Kato M, Onaya H, Inaba Y. Clinical outcomes and Techniques for Radiofrequency ablation of lung tumor smaller than 1 cm. Interventional Radiology, 5;94-102, 2020. 
  1. Hasegawa T, Kuroda H, Chatani S, Furuya Y, Sato Y, Iwamasa H, Asai T, Yashiro H, Matsushima S, Inaba Y. Comparison of radiopaque dye materials for localization of pulmonary nodules before video-assisted thoracic surgery. J Thorac Dis, 12(5):2070-2076, 2020. 
  1. Kagawa Y, Furuta H, Uemura T, Watanabe N, Shimizu J, Horio Y, Kuroda H, Inaba Y, Kodaira T, Masago K, Fujita S, Niimi A, Hida T. Efficacy of local therapy for oligoprogressive disease after programmed cell death 1 blockade in advanced non-small cell lung cancer. Cancer Sci,  111(12):4442-4452, 2020. 

2019 

  1. Kuroda H, Sugita Y, Nakanishi K, Sakao Y. Lymph node dissection in the left upper lobe: clinical outcomes and surgical techniques in Japan. Mediastinum 2019: http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/med. 
  1. Kuroda H, Sugita Y, Oya Y, Takahashi Y, Nakanishi K, Sakakura N, Sakao Y, Iwata H, Hida T. Presurgical heterogeneity of lung 18FDG-PET uptake predicts acute exacerbation of interstitial lung disease following pulmonary resection in patients with smoke exposures Journal of Surgical Oncology doi: 10.31487/j.JSO. 
  1. Kuroda H, Sugita Y, Nakanishi K, Oya Y, Sakakura N, Sakao Y. Favorable clinical application for segmental bronchial closure based on experiment results. J Thorac Dis, 11(6):2267-2273, 2019. 
  1. Takahashi Y, Nakada T, Sakakura N, Kuroda H. Is skeletal muscle mass an optimal marker for postoperative outcomes in lung cancer patients J Thorac Dis, 11(12):5643-5645, 2019. 
  1. Takahashi Y, Kuroda H, Oya Y, Matsutani N, Matsushita H, Kawamura M. Challenges for real-time intraoperative diagnosis of high risk histology in lung adenocarcinoma: A necessity for sublobar resection. Thorac Cancer, 10(8):1663-1668, 2019. 
  1. Nakanishi K, Mizuno T, Sakakura N, Kuroda H,Shimizu J, Hida T, Yatabe Y, Sakao Y. Salvage surgery for small cell lung cancer after chemoradiotherapy. Jpn J Clin Oncol, 1;49(4):389-392, 2019. 
  1. Nakanishi K, Sakakura N, Matsui T, Ueno H, Nakada T, Oya Y, Shimizu J, Hida T, Hosoda W, Kuroda H. Clinicopathological Features, Surgical Outcomes, Oncogenic Status and PD-L1 Expression of Pulmonary Pleomorphic Carcinoma. Anticancer Res, 39(10):5789-5795,2019. 
  1. Nakanishi K, Kuroda H, Nakada T, Ueno H, Sakakura N. Thoracoscopic lobectomy using indocyanine green fluorescence to detect the interlobar fissure in a patient with displaced B3 and absence of fissure: A case report. Thorac Cancer, 10(7):1654-1656, 2019. 
  1. Hasegawa T, Kuroda H, Sato Y, Matsuo K, Sakata S, Yashiro H, Sakakura N, Mizuno T, Arimura T, Yamaura H, Murata S, Imai Y, Sakao Y, Inaba Y. The Utility of Indigo Carmine and Lipiodol Mixture for Preoperative Pulmonary Nodule Localization before Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery. J Vasc Interv Radiol, 30(3):446-452, 2019. 
  1. Abe T, Uemura N, Higaki E, Hosoi T, Kuroda H, Matsui T, Ishihara M, Kurita Y, Yatabe Y, Shimizu Y. Simultaneous resections of left lung cancer and esophageal schwannoma using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: A case report. Asian J Endosc Surg, 12(3):348-353, 2019. 

2018 

  1. Sakakura N, Mizuno T, Kuroda H, Arimura T, Yatabe Y, Yoshimura K, Sakao Y. The eighth TNM classification system for lung cancer: A consideration based on the degree of pleural invasion and involved neighboring structures. Lung Cancer, 118:134-138, 2018. 
  1. Sakakura N, Mizuno T, Arimura T, Kuroda H, Sakao Y. Design variations in vertical muscle-sparing thoracotomy. J Thorac Dis, 10(8):5115-5119, 2018. 
  1. Kuroda H, Sugita Y, Ohya Y, Yoshida T, Arimura T, Sakakura N, Hida T, Yatabe Y, Sakao Y. Importance of avoiding surgery delays after initial discovery of suspected non-small-cell lung cancer in clinical stage IA patients. Cancer Manag Res, 20;7-115, 2018. 
  1. Kuroda H, Yoshida T, Arimura T, Mizuno T, Sakakura N, Yatabe Y, Sakao Y. Contribution of smoking habit to the prognosis of stage I KRAS-mutated non-small cell lung cancer. Cancer Biomark, 23(3):419-426, 2018. 
  1. Kuroda H, Sakao Y. Analgesic management after thoracoscopic surgery: recent studies and our experience. J Thorac Dis, 10(Suppl 9):S1050-S1054, 2018. 
  1. Kuroda H, Yoshida T, Arimura T, Mizuno T, Sakakura N, Sakao Y. Novel development of Spectra-A using indocyanine green for segmental boundary visibility in thoracoscopic segmentectomy. J Surg Res. 227:228-233, 2018. 
  1. Seto K, Kuroda H, Yoshida T, Sakata S, Mizuno T, Sakakura N, Hida T, Yatabe Y, Sakao Y. Higher frequency of occult lymph node metastasis in clinical N0 pulmonary adenocarcinoma with ALK rearrangement. Cancer Manag Res, 18;10:2117-2124, 2018. 
  1. Dejima H, Kuroda H, Seto K, Sakata S, Arimura T, Mizuno T, Sakakura N, Sakao Y. Two cases of combined thoracoscopy and open chest surgery for locally advanced lung carcinoma. J Thorac Dis,  10(2):1138-1143, 2018. 
  1. Sakata S, Mizuno T, Dejima H, Arimura T, Kuroda H, Sakakura N, Yatabe Y, Sakao Y. A case of second primary lung cancer diagnosed by surgical resection at salvage setting. International Cancer Conference Journal, 7(3):84-86, 2018. 
  1. Dejima H, Nakanishi H, Kuroda H, Yoshimura M, Sakakura N, Ueda N, Ohta Y, Tanaka R, Mori S, Yoshida T, Hida T, Sawabata N, Yatabe Y, Sakao Y. Detection of abundant megakaryocytes in pulmonary artery blood in lung cancer patients using a microfluidic platform. Lung Cancer, 125:128-135, 2018. 
  1. Matsui T, Mizuno T, Kuroda H, Sakakura N, Arimura T, Yatabe Y, Sakao Y. Spontaneous regression of lung squamous cell carcinoma with synchronous mediastinal progression: A case report. Thorac Cancer, 9(12):1778-1781, 2018. 
  1. Mizuno T, Arimura T, Kuroda H, Sakakura N, Yatabe Y, Sakao Y. Current outcomes of postrecurrence survival in patients after resection of non-small cell lung cancer. J Thorac Dis, 10(3):1788-1796, 2018.  
  1. Dejima H, Nakanishi H, Kuroda H, Yoshimura M, Sakakura N, Ueda N, Ohta Y, Tanaka R, Mori S, Yoshida T, Hida T, Sawabata N, Yatabe Y, Sakao Y. Detection of abundant megakaryocytes in pulmonary artery blood in lung cancer patients using a microfluidic platform. Lung Cancer, 125:128-135, 2018. 
  1. Oya Y, Yoshida T, Uemura T, Murakami Y, Inaba Y, Hida T. Serum ProGRP and NSE levels predicting small cell lung cancer transformation in a patient with ALK rearrangement-positive non-small cell lung cancer: A case report. Oncol Lett, 16(4):4219-4222, 2018. 
  1. Furuta H, Uemura T, Yoshida T, Kobara M, Yamaguchi T, Watanabe N, Shimizu J, Horio Y, Kuroda H, Sakao Y, Yatabe Y, Hida T. Efficacy and Safety Data of Osimertinib in Elderly Patients with NSCLC Who Harbor the EGFR T790M Mutation After Failure of Initial EGFR-TKI Treatment. Anticancer Res, 38(9):5231-5237, 2018. 
  1. An B, Abe T, Uemura N, Higaki E, Hosoi T, Kuroda H, Matsui T, Ishihara M, Kurita Y, Yatabe Y, Shimizu Y. Simultaneous resections of left lung cancer and esophageal schwannoma using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: A case report. Asian J Endosc Surg. 2018 Aug 30. doi: 10. 1111/ases. 12643. 
  1. Tanaka H, Hijioka S, Iwaya H, Mizuno N, Kuwahara T, Okuno N, Ito A, Kuraoka N, Matsumoto S, Obata M, Kurita Y, Yasuda M, Shimizu Y, Kuroda H, Sato Y, Haneda M, Sasaki E, Yatabe Y, Hara K. Fibrolamellar Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Multiple Lung Metastases Treated with Multidisciplinary Therapy. Intern Med, 15;57(24):3537-3543, 2018. 
  1. Kuroda H, Sakao Y. Analgesic management after thoracoscopic surgery: recent studies and our experience. J Thorac Dis, 10(Suppl 9):S1050-S1054, 2018. 
  1. Kuroda H, Yoshida T, Arimura T, Mizuno T, Sakakura N, Sakao Y. Novel development of Spectra-A using indocyanine green for segmental boundary visibility in thoracoscopic segmentectomy. J Surg Res, 227:228-233, 2018. 
  1. Seto T, Kuroda H, Dejima H, Mizumo T, Sakakura N, Yatabe Y, Sakao Y. Higher frequency of occult lymph node metastasis in clinical N0 pulmonary adenocarcinoma with ALK rearrangement. Cancer Management and Research, 2018. 
  1. Sakakura N, Mizuno T, Kuroda H, Arimura T, Yatabe Y, Yoshimura K, Sakao Y. The eighth TNM classification system for lung cancer. A consideration based on the degree of pleral invasion and involved neighboring structures. Lung Cancer, 118:134-138, 2018. 
  1. Mizuno T, Arimura T, Kuroda H, Sakakura N, Yatabe Y, Sakao Y. Current outcomes of postrecurrence survival in patients after resection of non-small cell lung cancer. J Thorac Dis, 10(3):1788-1796, 2018. 
  1. Dejima H, Kuroda H, Seto K, Sakata S, Arimura T, Mizuno T, Sakakura N, Sakao Y. Two cases of combined thoracoscopy and open chest surgery for locally advanced lung carcimona. J Thorac Dis,  10(2):1138-1143, 2018. 
  1. Tanaka H, Hijioka S, Mizuono N, Kuwahara T, Okuno N, Ito A, Kuraoka N, Matsumoto S, Kurita Y, Yasuda M, Shimizu Y, Kuroda H, Sato Y, Haneda M, Sasaki E, Yatabe Y, Hara K. Fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma with multiple lung metastases treated with multidisciplinary therapy. Internal Medicine, 2018.