Junzo Kigawa

No ORCID on file · 5 papers in corpus · active 2003-2016

Study types

  • article 1
  • book-chapter 1
  • case-report 1
  • other 1
  • review 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 4
  • endometrioma 1
article 2016
with Japanese or Endometriosis in Ovarian

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 …

book-chapter 2015
Introduction
·doi:10.1007/978-4-431-55438-7_1
other 2015
Somatic copy number alterations associated with Japanese or endometriosis in ovarian clear cell adenocarcinoma
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…

review 2008
Mechanisms of chemoresistance and poor prognosis in ovarian clear cell carcinoma
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…

case-report 2003
Ovarian endometrioid adenocarcinoma arising from endometriosis in a young woman
Gynecologic oncology ·doi:10.1016/j.ygyno.2003.08.005

BACKGROUND: The risk of ovarian cancer increases in women with a long history of ovarian endometriosis, particularly in postmenopausal women. We present here a case of malignant transformation of endometriosis occurring over a short time in…