Kajihara H

No ORCID on file · 11 papers in corpus · active 2006-2013

Study types

  • review 6
  • article 2
  • other 2

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 9
  • endometrioma 1
review 2013
Molecular medicine reports ·doi:10.3892/mmr.2013.1755

Endometriosis is a common type of chronic inflammatory disease with an immunological background. In this review, we aimed to explore the contemporary literature on the infection and sterile inflammation that support the pathogenesis of endo…

review 2012
Gynecological endocrinology : the official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology ·doi:10.3109/09513590.2012.683071

BACKGROUND: The roles of molecular alteration such as genomic instability and cell survival are debated aspects of the pathogenesis of endometriosis. To review the contemporary literature on potential factors and their signaling pathways th…

article 2012
Oncology letters ·doi:10.3892/ol.2012.690

The association between endometriosis and malignant transformation has often been described in the medical literature. A search was conducted between 1966 and 2010 through the English language literature (online Medline PubMed database) usi…

other 2012
Experimental and therapeutic medicine ·doi:10.3892/etm.2011.376

Two histologic types, clear cell carcinoma (CCC) and endometrioid adenocarcinoma (EAC), are the common histology in ovarian cancer patients who have associated endometriosis. However, both tumor types have distinct clinicopathological chara…

review 2012
Cancer investigation ·doi:10.3109/07357907.2012.681821

Inflammation plays a role in the pathogenesis of endometriosis. Endometriosis-associated ovarian carcinogenesis might be promoted through oxidative stress-induced increased genomic instability, aberrant methylation, and aberrant chromatin r…

other 2012
International journal of gynecological pathology : official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Pathologists ·doi:10.1097/PGP.0b013e318243a97b

The histogenesis of endometriosis and endometriosis-associated ovarian cancer is one of the most mysterious aspects of pathology. To better understand the histogenesis of endometriosis and endometriosis-associated ovarian cancer, we analyze…

2011
Oncology letters ·doi:10.3892/ol.2011.316

Recent data have provided information regarding the profiles of clear cell carcinoma of the ovary (CCC) with adenine-thymine rich interactive domain 1A (ARID1A) mutations. The purpose of this review was to summarize current knowledge regard…

review 2010
Oncology reports ·doi:10.3892/or_00000750

Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the most common cause of gynecological cancer-related mortality. Clear cell EOC (cEOC) has a number of clinical features distinguishing it from other EOC because of frequent concurrence of endometriosis an…

review 2010
Gynecological endocrinology : the official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology ·doi:10.3109/09513590.2010.507292

BACKGROUND: Various theories try to explain the development and progression of endometriosis, however, no single theory can explain all aspects of this disorder. Gene expression profiling studies might reveal factors that explain variabilit…

review 2010
Frontiers in bioscience (Elite edition) ·doi:10.2741/e267

Endometriosis affects an estimated 10% of women in the reproductive-age group. Here, we review current knowledge on molecular genesis of endometriosis-associated epithelial ovarian carcinoma (EOC). This article reviews the English language …

article 2006
Journal of medical ultrasonics (2001) ·doi:10.1007/s10396-005-0079-2

PurposeEndometriosis and endometriotic ovarian cysts are common gynecologic diseases. Excision of the cyst wall by laparotomy or laparoscopy is the standard treatment for endometriotic ovarian cysts. However, some young patients with cysts …