Furukawa Y

No ORCID on file · 9 papers in corpus · active 2011-2023

Study types

  • review 2
  • other 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 3
  • infertility 1
2023
BJC reports ·doi:10.1038/s44276-023-00020-y

BackgroundEndometrial cancer (EC) is one of the leading causes of cancer death among women and early detection is crucial for its successful treatment. We previously showed that cytological examination combined with genetic analysis using l…

2022
BMC women's health ·doi:10.1186/s12905-022-01684-3

BackgroundEpithelial ovarian cancer is the most frequent gynecologic malignancy; it has a poor prognosis and often occurs bilaterally. Most cases of synchronous bilateral ovarian cancer (SBOC) are metastases from the other ovary, while bila…

2018
Cancer science ·doi:10.1111/cas.13819

Although liquid-based cytology (LBC) has increased the sensitivity of cytological diagnosis of endometrial cancer (EC) compared with conventional smear cytology, the sensitivity of LBC for the detection of EC is between 70% and 96% and rema…

other 2018
Stem cell reports ·doi:10.1016/j.stemcr.2018.10.002

Defective endometrial stromal fibroblasts (EMSFs) contribute to uterine factor infertility, endometriosis, and endometrial cancer. Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) derived from skin or bone marrow biopsies provide a patient-specific s…

2018
Gastroenterology research and practice ·doi:10.1155/2018/5410349

AimWe examined the effectiveness of bile juice cytology for distinguishing between benign and malignant gallbladder lesions of the protruding type with various sampling points, sampling methods, and macroscopic forms in order to discuss the…

2017
Journal of epidemiology ·doi:10.1016/j.je.2016.12.003

BackgroundTo implement personalized medicine, we established a large-scale patient cohort, BioBank Japan, in 2003. BioBank Japan contains DNA, serum, and clinical information derived from approximately 200,000 patients with 47 diseases. Ser…

2017
Journal of epidemiology ·doi:10.1016/j.je.2016.12.005

BackgroundThe BioBank Japan (BBJ) Project was launched in 2003 with the aim of providing evidence for the implementation of personalized medicine by constructing a large, patient-based biobank (BBJ). This report describes the study design a…

review 2015
Seminars in reproductive medicine ·doi:10.1055/s-0035-1554053

Endometriosis has been initially described as the presence of ectopic endometrial tissue on pelvic organs or in extrapelvic sites; and this has been used as its key pathologic feature ever since. Endometriosis responds to fluctuations in es…

review 2011
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research ·doi:10.1111/j.1447-0756.2011.01663.x

Endometriosis, a common, benign, estrogen-dependent disease affecting 3-10% of women of reproductive age, is characterized by the ectopic growth of endometrial tissue that is found primarily in the peritoneum, ovaries and rectovaginal septu…