Staff
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ProfessorNaruto TairaNaruto Taira
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Professor with Special AssignmentKatsuhiro TanakaKatsuhiro Tanaka
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Assistant ProfessorTsunehisa NomuraTsunehisa Nomura
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Assistant ProfessorYoshikazu KoikeYoshikazu Koike
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Assistant ProfessorTakayuki IwamotoTakayuki Iwamoto
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Assistant ProfessorRyouhei OgataRyouhei Ogata
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InstructorTsuyoshi MikamiTsuyoshi Mikami
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InstructorChiyuki KageyamaChiyuki Kageyama
Main research themes in basic and clinical research on breast cancer, thyroid and parathyroid diseases are as follows;
- Examination of risk factors in breast cancer development, especially relevance between gene polymorphism and lifestyle
- Studies on the oncology safety and cosmetic evaluation of simultaneous breast reconstruction
- Research on expansion of medical care system for hereditary breast cancer
- Comprehensive cohort study of modifiable lifestyles and outcomes for breast cancer patients
- Survivorship research in cancer patients
- Research on the development of exercise and educational programs that promote behavioral change in cancer patients
- Development of comprehensive geriatric assessment screening tools to support decision-making in older cancer patients
- Development and usefulness verification of ePRO (electronic Patient Reported Outcome) monitoring tool during cancer drug therapy
- Establishment of endocrine therapy-resistant breast cancer cell lines, elucidation of resistance mechanism, and development of new molecular-targeted therapeutic agents
- Studies on prognostic factors for differentiated thyroid cancer
- Examination of the usefulness of multimodal therapy for recurrent thyroid cancer
- Studies on the biological and clinical significance of thyroid cancer stem cells
- Development of new molecular-targeted drugs using thyroid cancer cell lines
In clinical research, research student will have the opportunity to learn research methodologies, research ethics, research planning methods, statistical processing, conference presentations and dissertation writing methods. Regarding basic research, we are conducting world-class, novel research centered on graduate students.