Hiroaki Itamochi

ORCID: 0000-0002-7417-8595 · 4 papers in corpus
article 2016

When compared with other epithelial ovarian cancers, the clinical characteristics of ovarian clear cell adenocarcinoma (CCC) include 1) a higher incidence among Japanese, 2) an as-sociation with endometriosis, 3) poor prognosis in advanced …

other 2015
PloS one ·doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0116977

When compared with other epithelial ovarian cancers, the clinical characteristics of ovarian clear cell adenocarcinoma (CCC) include 1) a higher incidence among Japanese, 2) an association with endometriosis, 3) poor prognosis in advanced s…

article 2013
International journal of gynecological cancer : official journal of the International Gynecological Cancer Society ·doi:10.1097/igc.0b013e31828f38c4

ObjectiveThe objective of this study was to determine the genes that may be associated with malignant transformation of ovarian endometrioma.MethodsEndometriotic epithelial cells were isolated from tissues derived from chocolate cyst lining…

review 2008
Cancer science ·doi:10.1111/j.1349-7006.2008.00747.x

Clear cell carcinoma (CCC) accounts for 4% to 12% of epithelial ovarian cancer in Western countries and, for some unknown reasons, it comprises more than 20% of such cancers in Japan. CCC shows unique clinical features such as a high incide…