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DR TAKAHIRO TSUCHIKAWA
Director of Center for Neuroendocrine Neoplasms Department of Gastroenterological Surgery II Hokkaido University Hospital Sapporo, Japan Education:
2004. Ph.D. (Dr. of Medical Science), Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine (Thesis: Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells as Possible Origins of Epithelial Thymoma in a Human T Lymphocyte Virus Type I pX Gene Transgenic Rat Model) 1993 M.D., Kanazawa University School of Medicine Professional Training and Employment 2015-present Director of Center for Neuroendocrine Neoplasms, Hokkaido. University Hospital, Japan Associate professor, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery II, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan Research Interests ・Surgical strategy for pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms, especially for the organ preserving pancreatic surgery and extended hepatectomy for liver metastasis ・Multimodal treatment strategy for advanced neuroendocrine neoplasms ・Application of immunotherapy for hepato-biliary-pancreatic cancer utilizing cancer vaccine, CEA targeted CAR-T (Chimeric antigen receptor T) cells and Immune checkpoint inhibitor. ・Analyzing molecular mechanisms of immune recognition and escaping in tumor microenvironment of solid tumors. BIBLIOGRAPHY (Selected recent publications for the first and second authorship) 1. Okawa Y, Tsuchikawa T, et al. Clinical Features of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Microadenoma: A Single-Center Experience and Literature Review. Pancreas. 2022 2. Tsuchikawa T, et al. Clinical Impact of Organ-Preserving Surgery for Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms: A Single Center Experience. Pancreas. 2021 3. Hane Y, Tsuchikawa T, et al . Immunological gene signature associated with the tumor microenvironment of pancreatic cancer following neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Pancreas. 2020 4. Kuwabara S, Tsuchikawa T, et al . Prognostic Relevance of Tertiary Lymphoid Organs Following NeoadjuvantChemoradiotherapy in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. Cancer Sci. 2019 |
