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    Expanding endoscopic interventions for pancreatic pseudocyst and walled-off necrosis

    Recently, several endoscopists have described the usefulness of the endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS)-guided, single transluminal gateway technique (SGT) using transmural placement of single or multiple plastic...

    Shuntaro Mukai, Takao Itoi, Atsushi Sofuni, Fumihide Itokawa in Journal of Gastroenterology (2015)

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    EUS elastography combined with the strain ratio of tissue elasticity for diagnosis of solid pancreatic masses

    Recently, the usefulness of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) elastography has been reported for the diagnosis of pancreatic lesions. In the present study, we retrospectively assessed EUS elastography as a diagnosti...

    Fumihide Itokawa, Takao Itoi, Atsushi Sofuni in Journal of Gastroenterology (2011)

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    Ribonucleotide reductase subunit M2 mRNA expression in pretreatment biopsies obtained from unresectable pancreatic carcinomas

    Gemcitabine is an efficacious cytotoxic agent used in the treatment of unresectable pancreatic carcinoma (PC). Recently, gemcitabine resistance has been associated with the ribonucleotide reductase subunit M2 (RR...

    Takao Itoi, Atsushi Sofuni, Noriyoshi Fukushima in Journal of Gastroenterology (2007)