Professor TAKIZAWA Hiromitsu
Our research themes are as follows :
Respiratory :
- Carcinogenesis by methylation in lung cancer and thymic epithelial tumor,
- Fetal rat lung implantation, 3)Autofluorescence diagnosis for lung cancer invasion,
- Cancer and transplant immunity,
- Regenerative medicine using iPS cells.
Esophagus :
- Individualized and minimally invasive treatment,
- Tumor immunity and cytokines,
- Predictive factors for efficiency and resistance of chemotherapy,
- Diagnosis of lymph node metastasis,
- Diagnosis of wall invasion using ultrasonic bronchoscopy.
Breast & thyroid :
- Tumor immune response focusing on sentinel lymph nodes,
- Radiosensitivity,
- Development of SNNS,
- Predictive factors for efficiency and resistance of thyroid anaplastic cancer.