Issue 3/2026
Content (20 Articles)
PMDA regulatory update on approval and revision of the precautions for use of anticancer drugs in Japan; imlunestrant for breast cancer, tafasitamab for follicular lymphoma, atezolizumab for thymic carcinoma, retifanlimab for anal canal squamous cell carcinoma, and tagraxofusp for blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm
- Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm
- PMDA Regulatory Update
Noriomi Matsumura
Genetic and molecular mechanisms in lung cancer with interstitial pneumonia
- Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
- JSCO Board of Directors Series
Aya Fukuizumi, Masahiro Seike
Molecular analysis of tumor recurrence using established cancer stem cell-line and drug discovery
- Colorectal Cancer
- Special Article
Kiyotaka Nakano, Eiji Oki, Masaki Yamazaki, Masami Suzuki, Shigeto Kawai, Yoko Zaitsu, Chiyoko Nishime, Koji Ando, Genta Nagae, Norifumi Harimoto, Mitsuhiko Ota, Tetsuro Kawazoe, Kentaro Nonaka, Keita Natsugoe, Sachie Omori, Hiroshi Saeki, Hiroyuki Aburatani, Tatsumi Yamazaki, Yoshihiko Maehara
Prevalence of sarcopenia in esophageal cancer patients receiving preoperative neoadjuvant therapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Sarcopenia
- Review Article
Mohamed Abosheisha, Mohamed Abdellatif, Muhammed Kandeel, Ahmed Alemam, Ahmad Asaad, Md Abdus Samad Hasan, Mustafa Alqasem, Abdelrahman Abdelaal, Momen Abdelglil, Mohamed Terra, Ahmed Swealem, Mohamed Ismaiel, Jeremy Wilson, Conor Magee
Reassessing prognostic markers in metastatic renal cell carcinoma in the era of immune checkpoint inhibitors: the enduring value of body composition, nutritional, and inflammatory indices
- Open Access
- Kidney Cancer
- Original Article
Norihiko Tsuchiya, Sei Naito, Hiroki Fukuhara, Hayato Nishida, Mayu Yagi, Yuki Takai, Atsushi Yamagishi, Takafumi Narisawa, Shinta Suenaga
Real-world effectiveness and safety of lisocabtagene maraleucel for relapsed/refractory large B cell lymphoma in Japan
- Lymphoma
- Original Article
Tetsuro Ochi, Shinichi Makita, Anna Hiratsuka, Risa Nishiyama, Kimiteru Ito, Akiko Miyagi Maeshima, Wataru Takeda, Noriko Iwaki, Suguru Fukuhara, Wataru Munakata, Koji Izutsu
Pan-Asian subgroup analysis of EV-302/KEYNOTE-A39: a phase 3 study to evaluate enfortumab vedotin and pembrolizumab in patients with untreated advanced urothelial carcinoma
- Open Access
- Cytostatic Therapy
- Original Article
Eiji Kikuchi, Michiel S. Van der Heijden, Begoña P. Valderrama, Shilpa Gupta, Jens Bedke, Sang Joon Shin, Jian-Ri Li, Jun Guo, Pongwut Danchaivijitr, Ravindran Kanesvaran, Se Hoon Park, Wen-Pin Su, Shuya Kandori, Woo Kyun Bae, Alvin Wong, Seema Gorla, Abhishek Bavle, Xuesong Yu, Yi-Tsung Lu, Thomas Powles
Real-world safety and efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors in Japanese patients with persistent, recurrent, or metastatic cervical cancer: a multicenter prospective and retrospective study
- Cervical Cancer
- Original Article
Kazuhisa Kitami, Shiho Kuji, Natsuko Kamiya, Hiroko Machida, Junki Koike, Reiko Watanabe, Takeshi Hirasawa, Nao Suzuki, Etsuko Miyagi, Kazuyoshi Kato
Efficacy and safety of subcutaneous mosunetuzumab in combination with lenalidomide and as a monotherapy in Japanese patients with relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma
- Open Access
- Lymphoma
- Original Article
Shinichi Makita, Koji Izutsu, Yuko Mishima, Takahiro Kumode, Junya Kuroda, Nobuhiro Kanemura, Noriko Fukuhara, Kazuyuki Shimada, Chiemi Mori, Atsuko Kawasaki, Takeshi Miyake, Dai Maruyama
Efficacy and safety of bevacizumab-combined single-agent chemotherapy for platinum-resistant ovarian cancer that recurred during PARP inhibitor treatment
- Bevacizumab
- Original Article
Eriko Takatori, Tadahiro Shoji, Ami Jo, Miku Musashi, Shunsuke Tatsuki, Nanako Jonai, Yohei Chiba, Sho Sato, Yoshitaka Kaido, Takayuki Nagasawa, Masahiro Kagabu, Fumiaki Takahashi, Takeshi Aida, Tsukasa Baba
Peripheral blood lymphocyte and eosinophil dynamics with chemotherapy and pembrolizumab in cervical cancer
- Cervical Cancer
- Original Article
Sho Sato, Masahiro Kagabu, Ami Jo, Haruka Otsuka, Ayaka Kitamura, Miku Musashi, Nanako Jonai, Yohei Chiba, Eriko Takatori, Yoshitaka Kaido, Takayuki Nagasawa, Tadahiro Shoji, Tsukasa Baba
18F-PSMA-PET/CT in comparison with whole-body MRI and combination of conventional CT and bone scintigraphy for detection of recurrent disease in prostate cancer patients with rising PSA levels after initial definitive treatment
- Computed Tomography
- Original Article
Shiori Murata, Yusaku Moribata, Shusuke Akamatsu, Aki Kido, Yuki Himoto, Yasuhisa Kurata, Tomoaki Otani, Takayuki Sumiyoshi, Ryoichi Saito, Takashi Ogata, Rihito Aizawa, Kiyonao Nakamura, Takashi Mizowaki, Yuji Nakamoto, Takashi Kobayashi, Takayuki Goto
Lack of molecular mimicry between HPV vaccine L1 antigen and human proteins by a computational analysis
- Open Access
- Human Papillomavirus
- Original Article
Kazuhiro Nishioka, Kentaro Sekiyama, Reona Shiro, Ikuo Tsunoda, Noriomi Matsumura
Pulmonary metastasectomy from bone and soft tissue sarcomas: defining surgical indications at the time of second pulmonary recurrence
- Soft Tissue Sarcoma
- Original Article
Daichi Kakibuchi, Satoru Okada, Tatsuo Furuya, Masanori Shimomura, Chiaki Nakazono, Satoshi Teramukai, Ryu Terauchi, Toshiharu Shirai, Kenji Takahashi, Masayoshi Inoue
Real-world clinical utility and challenges of comprehensive genomic profiling for advanced solid tumors in a community health institution
- Solid Tumor
- Original Article
Mihoko Doi, Nobuhisa Ishikawa, Katsunori Shinozaki, Kanako Iwami, Hanae Satano, Kunitomo Imazu, Midori Noma, Yuko Shiroyama, Mitsuru Kajiwara, Toshihiro Matsuo, Tomoyuki Akita, Takashi Nishisaka, Toshiyuki Itamoto
Clinical complete response and predictive factors in HER2-positive early breast cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy aimed at omission of surgery: an exploratory analysis of the JCOG1806 trial
- Open Access
- Breast Cancer
- Original Article
Hideo Shigematsu, Tomomi Fujisawa, Fumikata Hara, Hiroji Iwata, Toshiyuki Ishiba, Yukinori Ozaki, Takehiko Sakai, Yasuaki Sagara, Akihiko Shimomura, Kazuki Sudo, Kaori Terata, Yoichi Naito, Kazuki Nozawa, Keita Sasaki, Noriko Mitome, Ryo Sadachi, Taro Shibata, Tadahiko Shien
Comparison of nedaplatin and cisplatin in concurrent chemoradiotherapy for cervical cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Open Access
- Cervical Cancer
- Original Article
Maki Umemiya, Kazuhiro Kou, Yoshihide Inayama, Jun Kamei, Ken Yamaguchi, Yoshie Yamada, Takahiro Itaya, Yosuke Yamamoto, Masaki Mandai, Yusuke Ogawa
Optimizing pelvic lymph node dissection in bladder cancer: obturator focus, pN1 prognosis, and sentinel node feasibility
- Bladder Cancer
- Original Article
Jun Miki, Shoji Kimura, Fumihiko Urabe, Mahito Atsuta, Kosuke Iwatani, Kazuhiro Takahashi, Naoki Uchida, Hirokazu Kagawa, Naoya Tomomasa, Shun Saito, Wataru Fukuokaya, Akihiro Matsukawa, Keiichiro Mori, Takafumi Yanagisawa, Shunsuke Tsuzuki, Takahiro Kimura
Safety and oncologic outcomes of total laparoscopic versus abdominal hysterectomy following diagnostic conization for adenocarcinoma in situ and stage IA1 cervical cancer: a multicenter retrospective study
- Open Access
- Hysterectomy
- Original Article
Yoshitaka Kaido, Masahiro Kagabu, Yohei Chiba, Sho Sato, Eriko Takatori, Takayuki Nagasawa, Tadahiro Shoji, Manami Sakurai, Tatsuhiko Shigeto, Kenichi Makino, Tsuyoshi Ohta, Shogo Shigeta, Tomoyuki Nagai, Michiko Kaiho-Sakuma, Hidemichi Watari, Satoru Nagase, Hideki Tokunaga, Tsukasa Baba, Yoshihito Yokoyama
Correction to: Policy recommendations for promoting nuclear medicine therapy in Japan 2025, from the Working Group for promoting nuclear medicine therapy of the Japan Society of Clinical Oncology
- Open Access
- Correction
Kotaro Suzuki, Hideaki Miyake, Anri Inaki, Shoko Takano, Yasutoshi Kuboki, Takashi Mizowaki, Katsumasa Nakamura, Makoto Ueno, Shigemi Matsumoto, Daisuke Obinata, Tohru Nakagawa, Masato Murakami, Yoshiyuki Majima, Megumu Yokono, Masao Namba, Takayuki Yoshino