Takakura K

No ORCID on file · 5 papers in corpus · active 1992-2019

Study types

  • article 2
  • other 2

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 4
  • adenomyosis 2
  • endometrioma 1
2019
Primary retroperitoneal squamous cell carcinoma: a case report with review of the literature.
International cancer conference journal ·doi:10.1007/s13691-018-00354-2

Squamous cell carcinoma originating in the retroperitoneal cavity is an exceedingly rare disease, and little is known about it. Here, we report the case of primary retroperitoneal squamous cell carcinoma. A 76-year-old gravida four para two…

article 2008
Contents of Endometriotic Cysts, Especially the High Concentration of Free Iron, Are a Possible Cause of Carcinogenesis in the Cysts through the Iron-Induced Persistent Oxidative Stress
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research ·doi:10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-07-1614

PURPOSE: Endometriotic cysts are known to transform into ovarian cancers, such as clear cell and endometrioid carcinomas. We hypothesized that an iron-rich environment produced by the repetition of hemorrhage in the endometriotic cysts duri…

article 2006
Risk of developing ovarian cancer among women with ovarian endometrioma: a cohort study in Shizuoka, Japan
International journal of gynecological cancer : official journal of the International Gynecological Cancer Society ·doi:10.1111/j.1525-1438.2006.00754.x

Although some studies have indicated that endometriosis may increase the risk of developing ovarian cancer, there are no data from epidemiologic studies in Japan. We prospectively analyzed all cases of ovarian endometrioma enrolled in the p…

other 1992
Expression of aminopeptidase N and neutral endopeptidase on the endometrial stromal cells in endometriosis and adenomyosis
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a137849

Indirect immunofluorescence staining revealed that endometrial stromal cells (ESC) in the ectopic endometrium of patients with endometriosis or adenomyosis expressed aminopeptidase N/cluster of differentiation (CD) 13 antigen and neutral en…

other 1992
Immunohistochemical localization of androgen receptor in the human endometrium, decidua, placenta and pathological conditions of the endometrium
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a137595

The immunohistochemical localization of the androgen receptor in the human endometrium at various stages of the menstrual cycle and post-menopausal period, in decidua and placenta of early pregnancy, and in several pathological conditions o…