Surgical Oncology
MD, PhD, FACS, Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan
Dr. Takeuchi graduated from Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan and became an MD in 1992. After training in surgical oncology and the PhD course at Keio University, he studied molecular oncology at John Wayne Cancer Institute, CA, USA between 2001 and 2004. He became a staff surgeon in Keio University Hospital in 2006 and was promoted to professor and chairman at Hamamatsu University School of Medicine in 2017. He has been focusing on minimally invasive surgery including robotics and multimodal treatments for upper GI cancer. He has more than 400 scientific papers including Annals of Surgery, Journal of Clinical Oncology and Clinical Cancer Research.
Selected publications from PubMed
Institutional enrollment volume and clinical outcomes after surgery or chemoradiotherapy for clinical stage I esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a supplementary analysis of JCOG0502.
Shiraishi K, Kato K, Ishikawa Y, Sasaki K, Daiko H, Ito Y, Kajiwara T, Kojima T, Miyata H, Ueno M, Nakagawa S, Sato S, Tsunoda S, Abe T, Nagatani Y, Hamai Y, Kimura Y, Hirata K, Tsushima T, Takeuchi H
Esophagus. 2026 Aug 27 doi: 10.1007/s10388-026-01244-w.
Clinical diagnostic accuracy and lymph node metastasis patterns in clinical T1bN0M0 esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a supplementary analysis of JCOG1409.
Nomura M, Takeuchi H, Ando M, Tsubosa Y, Kikuchi H, Kawakubo H, Noma K, Ueno M, Tsushima T, Bamba T, Fujita T, Hamai Y, Kakishita T, Daiko H, Koyanagi K, Matsuda S, Kato K, Sasaki K, Sekita T, Machida R, Kitagawa Y
Esophagus. 2026 Jul 7 doi: 10.1007/s10388-026-01230-2.
Oligometastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a systematic review of current definitions and meta-analysis of local therapy outcomes.
Nomura M, Bronzwaer SFC, Kroese TE, van Rossum PSN, Ruurda JP, van Hillegersberg R, Kato K, Ogata T, Kanda M, Hamai Y, Tsubosa Y, Yoshii T, Furuta M, Sakanaka K, Matsuda S, Tsushima T, Laarhoven HWM, Takeuchi H
Dis Esophagus. 2026 Jul 2;39(4) pii: doag078. doi: 10.1093/dote/doag078.
Thoracic and cardiovascular surgeries in Japan during 2024 : Annual report by the Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery.
Committee for Scientific Affairs, The Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery, Yoshimura N, Sato Y, Takeuchi H, Abe T, Doi T, Yoshikawa TF, Hirata Y, Ishida M, Iwata H, Kamei T, Kawaharada N, Kawamoto S, Kohno K, Koyanagi K, Kumamaru H, Matsumiya G, Minatoya K, Motomura N, Nakahara R, Okada M, Saji H, Saito A, Suzuki K, Takemura H, Kimura Y, Tatsuishi W, Yamamoto H, Shiose A, Yasuda T, Chida M, Shimizu H
Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2026 Apr;74(4):433-462 doi: 10.1007/s11748-025-02242-y.
Prognostic Impact of Postoperative Complications After Neoadjuvant Therapy Followed by Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer: An Exploratory Analysis of Phase III Trial JCOG1109.
Booka E, Kato K, Ito Y, Daiko H, Koyanagi K, Yamamoto M, Ogata T, Fukuda T, Fujita T, Abe T, Takahashi M, Watanabe M, Ichikawa H, Hihara J, Kanda M, Hamai Y, Tsushima T, Machida R, Sasaki K, Takeuchi H
Ann Surg. 2026 Mar 6 doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000007045.
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