Professor TAKIZAWA Hiromitsu

 Our research themes are as follows :

Respiratory :

1. Carcinogenesis by methylation in lung cancer and thymic epithelial tumor,
2. Fetal rat lung implantation, 3）Autofluorescence diagnosis for lung cancer invasion,
3. Cancer and transplant immunity,
4. Regenerative medicine using iPS cells.

Esophagus :

1. Individualized and minimally invasive treatment,
2. Tumor immunity and cytokines,
3. Predictive factors for efficiency and resistance of chemotherapy,
4. Diagnosis of lymph node metastasis,
5. Diagnosis of wall invasion using ultrasonic bronchoscopy.

Breast & thyroid :

1. Tumor immune response focusing on sentinel lymph nodes,
2. Radiosensitivity,
3. Development of SNNS,
4. Predictive factors for efficiency and resistance of thyroid anaplastic cancer.