Issue 12/2025
Content (29 Articles)
PMDA regulatory update on approval and revision of the precautions for use of anticancer drugs in Japan; durvalumab, cemiplimab, zongertinib, and taletrectinib for lung cancer, pirtobrutinib and atezolizumab for lymphoma, durvalumab for bladder cancer, panitumumab plus sotorasib for colorectal cancer, and vorasidenib for glioma
- Panitumumab
- PMDA Regulatory Update
Noriomi Matsumura, Masaki Mandai
Toward safe clinical deployment of remote robotic surgery in Japan: five-year validation of the hinotori™ system using 5G wireless communication
- Open Access
- JSCO Board of Directors Series
Takuto Hara, Yoshifumi Morihiro, Yuki Horise, Shuhei Komatsu, Masanao Ohashi, Hiroaki Kitatsuji, Akihisa Yao, Yoshihiro Muragaki, Hideaki Miyake
Future perspective of clinical usefulness of metabolic and mitochondrial heterogeneity in triple-negative breast cancers
- Breast Cancer
- JSCO Board of Directors Series
Jing Li, Ravi Velaga, Yuko Takano, Norikazu Masuda
Japanese Society for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum (JSCCR) guidelines 2024 for the treatment of colorectal cancer
- Open Access
- Colorectal Cancer
- Special Article
Yusuke Kinugasa, Kay Uehara, Kensei Yamaguchi, Yutaka Saito, Keiko Murofushi, Tamotsu Sugai, Megumi Ishiguro, Soichiro Ishihara, Hideki Ueno, Shiro Oka, Takeshi Kato, Yukihide Kanemitsu, Hisato Kawakami, Hirotoshi Kobayashi, Yoshihiro Sakamoto, Manabu Shiozawa, Akio Shiomi, Eiji Shinozaki, Hirotoshi Takiyama, Hiroya Taniguchi, Takako Eguchi Nakajima, Kinichi Hotta, Keiji Matsuda, Kohei Murata, Satoshi Morita, Kentaro Yamazaki, Masahiro Yoshida, Naohiko Yamaguchi, Hiroyasu Kagawa, Shinichi Yamauchi, Yoichi Ajioka
Real-world adherence to antiemetic guidelines in Japanese patients receiving high or carboplatin-based moderate emetic risk chemotherapy
- Antiemetic Therapy
- Special Article
Ayako Okuyama, Takahiro Higashi, Masakazu Abe, Toshinobu Hayashi, Hirotoshi Iihara, Keiko Iino, Chihiro Ishii, Kenji Okita, Makoto Wada, Nobuyuki Yamamoto, Sadamoto Zenda, Kenjiro Aogi, Eriko Satomi
Chemotherapy-related hand–foot syndrome and hand–foot skin reaction: a review of management and possible approaches for Asian patients by the Japanese pharmacist-led oncodermatology study team
- Open Access
- Celecoxib
- Review Article
Yohei Iimura, Hirotoshi Iihara, Yoshitaka Saito, Hisanaga Nomura, Takuya Iwamoto, Mayumi Kotera, Yusuke Tsuchiya, Tatsuya Sumiya, Mariko Kono, Daisuke Hirate, Tomohiro Kurokawa, Toshinobu Hayashi, Hironobu Hashimoto, Junichi Higuchi, Ryuta Urakawa, Hiroyuki Saotome, Seiichiro Kuroda
The role of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α on colon cancer progression and metastasis
- Colon Cancer
- Review Article
Mohamed J. Saadh, Mareb Hamed Ahmed, Rafid Jihad Albadr, Gaurav Sanghvi, R. Roopashree, Aditya Kashyap, A. Sabarivani, Jasur Rizaev, Waam Mohammed Taher, Mariem Alwan, Mahmod Jasem Jawad, Ali M. Ali Al-Nuaimi
Evaluation of factors associated with clinically problematic hiccups in cisplatin-containing treatment with dexamethasone and neurokinin 1 receptor antagonists
- Dexamethasone
- Original Article
Yoshitaka Saito, Yoh Takekuma, Jun Sakakibara-Konishi, Yasushi Shimizu, Ichiro Kinoshita, Mitsuru Sugawara
Physical activity and risk of thyroid cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies
- Thyroid Cancer
- Original Article
Heram Cho, Yunseo Park, Seung-Kwon Myung
Lung immune prognostic index as a biomarker for predicting the benefit of immune checkpoint inhibitor plus chemotherapy in older patients with non-small cell lung cancer: a secondary analysis of the NEJ057 study
- NSCLC
- Original Article
Takehiro Tozuka, Yoko Tsukita, Kohei Kushiro, Shinobu Hosokawa, Hitomi Nogawa, Satoshi Arai, Sayo Soda, Daisuke Arai, Kei Takamura, Ryoichi Honda, Kosuke Hamai, Yukiko Namba, Yasutaka Kawai, Takashi Kikuchi, Kensuke Nakazawa, Takayuki Honda, Noriyuki Ebi, Yutaka Yamada, Tomonori Makiguchi, Masahiro Seike, Satoshi Morita, Kunihiko Kobayashi, Hajime Asahina
Anti-HER2 plus endocrine therapy versus anti-HER2 plus chemotherapy in hormone receptor-positive and HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer: a retrospective study
- Endocrine Therapy
- Original Article
Zhenhua Fan, Yang Yuan, Xiaoyan Chen, Tao Wang, Shaohua Zhang, Li Bian, Xueli Mo
Risk of severe infections in patients with triple-negative breast cancer treated with atezolizumab plus nab-paclitaxel: a real-world, postmarketing database study in Japan
- Open Access
- Breast Cancer
- Original Article
Akinori Yuri, Sayuri Nakane, Yuki Miyano, Kana Yamada, Hiroshi Sugano, Erika Nakatsuji, Masahiko Aoki, Ayako Murayama
Lymph node metastasis risk in submucosal invasive gastric cancer based on C-reactive protein gene polymorphism analysis
- Gastric Cancer
- Original Article
Kotaro Honda, Kohei Taniguchi, Kazumasa Komura, Tomohito Tanaka, Hidero Yoshimoto, Kentaro Matsuo, Yoshiro Imai, Ryo Tanaka, Mitsuaki Ishida, Yoshinobu Hirose, Satoru Motoyama, Sang-Woong Lee
FLOT vs DOS neoadjuvant chemotherapy in locally advanced gastric cancer: propensity score analysis
- Cytostatic Therapy
- Original Article
Lu-yang Zhang, Sen Zhang, Xuan Zhao, Hao Li, Lu Zang, Jun-jun Ma, Min-hua Zheng, Abe Fingerhut
Outcomes of additional chemotherapy for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma following non-curative endoscopic submucosal dissection
- Cytostatic Therapy
- Original Article
Yujiro Adachi, Yoshito Hayashi, Shinji Yoneda, Ayaka Tajiri, Hiromu Fukuda, Eiji Kimura, Kentaro Nakagawa, Hirotsugu Saiki, Ryotaro Uema, Takeo Yoshihara, Yoshiki Tsujii, Tetsuo Takehara
Site-specific prevalence of the NFE2L2 mutation in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
- Esophageal Cancer
- Original Article
Akihiko Chida, Hideyuki Hayashi, Norihito Ishida, Eiichiro So, Shotaro Kishimoto, Sara Horie, Kai Tsugaru, Satoru Matsuda, Hirofumi Kawakubo, Hiroshi Nishihara, Yasuo Hamamoto, Takanori Kanai, Yuko Kitagawa, Kenro Hirata
Elevated proportion of eosinophils predicts immune-related adverse events and improved survival in patients with gastric cancer treated with nivolumab
- Gastric Cancer
- Original Article
Sohei Matsumoto, Hiroshi Nakade, Tomohiro Kunishige, Shintaro Miyao, Satoko Aoki, Akinori Tsujimoto, Takanari Tatsumi, Masahiro Soga, Masayuki Sho
Characterization of the mutational landscapes in Japanese patients with early-onset colorectal cancer from comprehensive genomic profiling data
- Open Access
- Colorectal Cancer
- Original Article
Yutaka Okagawa, Tomohiro Kubo, Shin Ariga, Norito Suzuki, Hiroki Tanabe, Susumu Sogabe, Atsushi Ishiguro, Tatsuru Ikeda, Shinya Minami, Masahiro Hirakawa, Ichiro Kinoshita, Kohichi Takada
Prognostic implications of morphological subtypes in a surgical cohort of perihilar cholangiocarcinoma: the overriding impact of nodal status
- Cholangiocarcinoma
- Original Article
Poowanai Sarkhampee, Weeris Ouransatien, Satsawat Chansitthichok, Nithi Lertsawatvicha, Paiwan Wattanarath
Efficacy and safety of FOLFOX for Japanese patients with advanced biliary tract cancer as second-line or later chemotherapy (JON2107-B study)
- Cytostatic Therapy
- Original Article
Takeshi Terashima, Chigusa Morizane, Akihiko Chida, Akiko Todaka, Kumiko Umemoto, Yujiro Kawakami, Tatsuya Yamashita, Makoto Ueno, Junji Furuse, Hiroaki Nagano
Plasma CAF22 and NfL reflect neuromuscular decline during cisplatin-based chemotherapy and radical cystectomy in muscle-invasive bladder cancer
- Sarcopenia
- Original Article
Rizwan Qaisar, Shah Hussain, Firdos Ahmad, Asima Karim
Cross-resistance among novel androgen receptor signaling inhibitors in non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer
- Androgens
- Original Article
Takuya Oishi, Naoki Fujita, Yohei Kawashima, Masanao Shinohara, Ryuji Tabata, Fumiya Yoneyama, Ryuma Tanaka, Hikari Miura, Kyo Togashi, Kazutaka Okita, Hirotaka Horiguchi, Toshikazu Tanaka, Daisuke Noro, Yuichiro Suzuki, Satoshi Sato, Chikara Ohyama, Shingo Hatakeyama
Stage IA and IC adult granulosa cell tumors: Clinical features, long-term outcomes and prognostic factors in a 333-patient cohort over three decades
- Open Access
- Cytostatic Therapy
- Original Article
Jingwen Gan, Xiao Ma, Ying Cao, Dongyan Cao, Huimei Zhou, Mei Yu, Tao Wang
Real-life observational study on niraparib in older patients with primary tubo-ovarian cancer: a focus on safety and efficacy
- Open Access
- Ovarian Cancer
- Original Article
Adriana Ionelia Apostol, Matteo Bruno, Carolina Maria Sassu, Serena Maria Boccia, Laura Vertechy, Giorgia Russo, Ilary Ruscito, Filippo Maria Capomacchia, Giovanni Scambia, Anna Fagotti, Claudia Marchetti
Factors in oncologists’ attitudes on do-not-attempt-resuscitation orders for patients with cancer
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
- Original Article
Midori Kadowaki, Chikako Shimizu, Shimon Tashiro, Yoko Takada, Tsunakuni Ikka
Comment on: “Comparative neurological safety of novel hormonal therapies in advanced prostate cancer: a Bayesian network meta-analysis of randomized trials”
- Prostate Cancer
- Letter to the Editor
Yuekun Fang, Shengyi Chen, Bin Cheng
Comment on: significance of preoperative mean corpuscular volume in patients with stage II/III colorectal cancer and anemia
- Colorectal Cancer
- Letter to the Editor
Min Zou, Yansheng Zhang, Feng Gao, Zengqiang Yang
Critical evaluation of cross-resistance among novel androgen receptor signaling inhibitors in non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer by Oishi et al
- Androgens
- Letter to the Editor
Marhaba Khan, Laiba Riaz
List of reviewers 2024–2025
- Acknowledgments