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    Clinical Issue of Myasthenia Gravis Related to Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors

    Immune-related adverse events (irAEs) are pivotal in the management of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) across various human neoplasms. While common irAEs are manageable by oncologists, the detailed feature...

    Kyoichi Kaira, Atsuto Mouri, Hisao Imai, Ou Yamaguchi in Current Oncology Reports (2024)

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    Clinical significance of antinuclear antibody as prognostic marker for first-line pembrolizumab in advanced non-small cell lung cancer

    The relationship between antinuclear antibody (ANA) and the efficacy of programmed death-1 (PD-1) blockade remains controversial. Here, we investigated the prognostic significance of ANA titer in patients with...

    Atsuto Mouri, Kyoichi Kaira, Ou Yamaguchi in International Journal of Clinical Oncology (2024)

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    Predictive significance of circulating tumor DNA against patients with T790M-positive EGFR-mutant NSCLC receiving osimertinib

    Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) provides molecular information on tumor heterogeneity. The prognostic usefulness of ctDNA after first-line epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) a...

    Ou Yamaguchi, Norimitsu Kasahara, Hiroshi Soda, Hisao Imai in Scientific Reports (2023)

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    Comparative analysis of different response criteria at early phase after PD-1 blockade in non-small lung cancer

    To compare different response criteria using computed tomography (CT) and positron emission tomography (PET) in measuring response and survival in the early phase after programmed death-1 (PD-1) blockade monot...

    Kyoichi Kaira, Ou Yamaguchi, Ichiro Naruse, Yukihiro Umeda, Takeshi Honda in Cancer Imaging (2023)

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    Prognostic significance of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes on first-line pembrolizumab efficacy in advanced non-small cell lung cancer

    Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) in the tumor and stroma are expected to accurately predict the efficacy of programmed death-1 (PD-1) blockade therapy. However, little is known about the prognostic signif...

    Kyoichi Kaira, Ou Yamaguchi, Tomonori Kawasaki, Kousuke Hashimoto in Discover Oncology (2023)

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    Efficacy and safety of amrubicin monotherapy after atezolizumab plus carboplatin and etoposide in patients with relapsed small-cell lung cancer

    This study examined the activity and safety of amrubicin monotherapy among relapsed small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) patients who had previously been treated with atezolizumab plus carboplatin and etoposide (AteC...

    Hisao Imai, Yoshiaki Nagai, Hiroyuki Minemura, Takeshi Tsuda in Investigational New Drugs (2022)

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    Prospective assessment using 18F-FDG PET/CT as a novel predictor for early response to PD-1 blockade in non-small-cell lung cancer

    Anti-programmed death-1 (PD-1) blockade is a standard treatment for advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, no appropriate modality exists for monitoring its therapeutic response immediately afte...

    Ou Yamaguchi, Kyoichi Kaira, Ichiro Naruse, Yukihiro Umeda in Scientific Reports (2022)

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    Correction to: Osimertinib in poor performance status patients with T790M‑positive advanced non‑small‑cell lung cancer after progression of first- and second‑generation EGFR‑TKI treatments (NEJ032B)

    Yukari Tsubata, Kana Watanabe, Ryota Saito in International Journal of Clinical Oncology (2022)

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    Osimertinib in poor performance status patients with T790M-positive advanced non-small-cell lung cancer after progression of first- and second-generation EGFR-TKI treatments (NEJ032B)

    Osimertinib is effective in patients with T790M mutation-positive advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) resistant to epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs). However, it...

    Yukari Tsubata, Kana Watanabe, Ryota Saito in International Journal of Clinical Oncology (2022)

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    A phase II study of daily carboplatin plus irradiation followed by durvalumab for stage III non-small cell lung cancer patients with PS 2 up to 74 years old and patients with PS 0 or 1 from 75 years: NEJ039A (trial in progress)

    Durvalumab is a standard drug used during maintenance therapy after chemoradiotherapy in patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (LA-NSCLC). However, little is known about the clinical benefi...

    Kyoichi Kaira, Atsuto Mouri, Shingo Kato, Kenichi Yoshimura, Hiroshi Kagamu in BMC Cancer (2020)

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    Tumor metabolic volume by 18F-FDG-PET as a prognostic predictor of first-line pembrolizumab for NSCLC patients with PD-L1 ≥ 50%

    There is a lack of markers for predicting favorable outcomes after pembrolizumab therapy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1) expression ≥ 50%. This retros...

    Ou Yamaguchi, Kyoichi Kaira, Kosuke Hashimoto, Atsuto Mouri in Scientific Reports (2020)

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    Correction to: Re-challenge of afatinib after 1st generation EGFR-TKI failure in patients with previously treated non-small cell lung cancer harboring EGFR mutation

    In the original publication of the article, the authors found few errors and the corrections are given below:

    Ou Yamaguchi, Kyoichi Kaira, Atsuto Mouri in Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology (2020)

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    Clinical difference between discontinuation and retreatment with nivolumab after immune-related adverse events in patients with lung cancer

    After the cessation of immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy due to an immune-related adverse event (irAE), it remains unclear whether retreatment with ICI is more effective than its discontinuation. To ex...

    Atsuto Mouri, Kyoichi Kaira, Ou Yamaguchi in Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology (2019)

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    Re-challenge of afatinib after 1st generation EGFR-TKI failure in patients with previously treated non-small cell lung cancer harboring EGFR mutation

    Re-challenge of erlotinib after gefitinib failure is reported to yield some benefit in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harboring epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation. However, litt...

    Ou Yamaguchi, Kyoichi Kaira, Atsuto Mouri in Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology (2019)

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    Multiple tuberculous nodules with metachronous changes: a case report

    Spontaneous regression of lesions occurs in non-infectious benign diseases, such as sarcoidosis, as well as in infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis. Lung cancer and malignant lymphoma, on the other hand, ...

    Munehisa Fukusumi, Tatsuya Ibe, Shinjiro Takeoka, Kazushige Wakuda in BMC Research Notes (2013)

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    Better efficacy of S-1 treatment for thymic carcinoma: case report and review of the literature

    Primary thymic carcinoma is a rare tumor of the thymus gland. The role of chemotherapy in treating advanced thymic carcinoma is unclear. It has recently been reported that thymidylate synthase (TS), dihydropyr...

    Yoichiro Hamamoto, Tatsuya Ibe, Kazushige Wakuda in International Cancer Conference Journal (2013)