Published in Eur J Cardiothorac Surg on January 01, 2003
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Is compromising on surgical margins in tracheal resection for cancer justified? Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2003) 0.75
Suppression of basal autophagy in neural cells causes neurodegenerative disease in mice. Nature (2006) 24.39
Reduced expression of Dicer associated with poor prognosis in lung cancer patients. Cancer Sci (2005) 4.55
Clinical spectrum of mediastinal cysts. Chest (2003) 3.69
The World Health Organization histologic classification system reflects the oncologic behavior of thymoma: a clinical study of 273 patients. Cancer (2002) 3.29
Benefits of surgery for patients with pulmonary metastases from colorectal carcinoma. Ann Thorac Surg (2004) 2.38
Primary germ cell tumors in the mediastinum: a 50-year experience at a single Japanese institution. Cancer (2003) 2.27
Long-term outcomes after a variety of video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy approaches for clinical stage IA lung cancer: a multi-institutional study. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2006) 2.23
Effect of procedural volume on outcome of coronary artery bypass graft surgery in Japan: implication toward public reporting and minimal volume standards. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2008) 2.13
Role of retrotransposon-derived imprinted gene, Rtl1, in the feto-maternal interface of mouse placenta. Nat Genet (2008) 2.13
Deletion of Peg10, an imprinted gene acquired from a retrotransposon, causes early embryonic lethality. Nat Genet (2005) 2.13
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Repair of impaired myocardium by means of implantation of engineered autologous myoblast sheets. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2005) 1.82
Surgical resection for lung cancer with infiltration of the thoracic aorta. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2005) 1.75
Novel germline mutation in the transmembrane domain of HER2 in familial lung adenocarcinomas. J Natl Cancer Inst (2013) 1.65
18F-FDG small-animal PET for monitoring the therapeutic effect of CT-guided radiofrequency ablation on implanted VX2 lung tumors in rabbits. J Nucl Med (2006) 1.62
Preoperative assessment of the pulmonary artery by three-dimensional computed tomography before video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2008) 1.62
Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration of gastric varices with gastrorenal shunt: long-term follow-up in 78 patients. AJR Am J Roentgenol (2005) 1.58
Crosstalk between neovessels and mural cells directs the site-specific expression of MT1-MMP to endothelial tip cells. J Cell Sci (2007) 1.57
Gefitinib in patients with brain metastases from non-small-cell lung cancer: review of 15 clinical cases. Clin Lung Cancer (2004) 1.57
Acquired resistance to EGFR inhibitors is associated with a manifestation of stem cell-like properties in cancer cells. Cancer Res (2013) 1.54
Efficacy and safety of tracheobronchoplasty after induction therapy for locally advanced lung cancer. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2003) 1.51
Worsened long-term outcomes and postoperative complications in octogenarians with lung cancer following mediastinal lymph-node dissection. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2008) 1.51
Efficacy and safety of balloon-occluded endoscopic injection sclerotherapy as a prophylactic treatment for high-risk gastric fundal varices: a prospective, randomized, comparative clinical trial. Gastrointest Endosc (2002) 1.51
Japanese guidance for ventricular assist devices/total artificial hearts. Artif Organs (2010) 1.49
Mucosal imbalance of interleukin-1β and interleukin-1 receptor antagonist in canine inflammatory bowel disease. Vet J (2012) 1.49
Suppression of inflammatory cytokines during ex vivo lung perfusion with an adsorbent membrane. Ann Thorac Surg (2010) 1.49
The impact of residual multi-level N2 disease after induction therapy for non-small cell lung cancer. Lung Cancer (2003) 1.48
Sacrificing the pulmonary arterial branch to the spared lobe is a risk factor of bronchopleural fistula in sleeve lobectomy after chemoradiotherapy. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2012) 1.46
Novel tissue-engineered biodegradable material for reconstruction of vascular wall. Ann Thorac Surg (2005) 1.46
Fibronectin-hepatocyte growth factor enhances reendothelialization in tissue-engineered heart valve. Ann Thorac Surg (2005) 1.46
Limited mediastinal lymph node dissection for non-small cell lung cancer according to intraoperative histologic examinations. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2005) 1.45
Virtual mediastinoscopy for safer and more accurate mediastinal exploration. Ann Thorac Surg (2007) 1.44
Prevalence and optimal management strategy for aortic regurgitation in tetralogy of Fallot. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2004) 1.43
Identifying feeding arteries during TACE of hepatic tumors: comparison of C-arm CT and digital subtraction angiography. AJR Am J Roentgenol (2009) 1.43
Pioglitazone improves the phenotype and molecular defects of a targeted Pkd1 mutant. Hum Mol Genet (2002) 1.43
TIPS versus transcatheter sclerotherapy for gastric varices. AJR Am J Roentgenol (2004) 1.42
Mechanical circulatory support devices (MCSD) in Japan: current status and future directions. J Artif Organs (2005) 1.41
First registry report: lung transplantation in Japan: The Japanese Society of Lung and Heart-Lung Transplantation. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2008) 1.40
Frequent seizures with elevated interleukin-6 at the eruptive stage of exanthema subitum. Eur J Paediatr Neurol (2002) 1.39
Current status of ectopic varices in Japan: Results of a survey by the Japan Society for Portal Hypertension. Hepatol Res (2010) 1.38
An animal model for type II endoleaks with use of a tsuzumi drum-shaped stent-graft. J Vasc Interv Radiol (2006) 1.38
Tubulin polyglutamylation is essential for airway ciliary function through the regulation of beating asymmetry. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2010) 1.33
Optimal distance of malignant negative margin in excision of nonsmall cell lung cancer: a multicenter prospective study. Ann Thorac Surg (2004) 1.33
Who would be a candidate for bridge to recovery during prolonged mechanical left ventricular support in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2005) 1.33
Overexpression of the Wilms' tumor gene WT1 in de novo lung cancers. Int J Cancer (2002) 1.32
Phase II trial of postoperative adjuvant cisplatin and etoposide in patients with completely resected stage I-IIIa small cell lung cancer: the Japan Clinical Oncology Lung Cancer Study Group Trial (JCOG9101). J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2005) 1.30
Tissue cardiomyoplasty using bioengineered contractile cardiomyocyte sheets to repair damaged myocardium: their integration with recipient myocardium. Transplantation (2005) 1.30
Response Evaluation Criteria in Cancer of the Liver (RECICL) proposed by the Liver Cancer Study Group of Japan (2009 Revised Version). Hepatol Res (2010) 1.22
Longer preservation of cardiac performance by sheet-shaped myoblast implantation in dilated cardiomyopathic hamsters. Cardiovasc Res (2006) 1.19
Safety evaluation of clinical gene therapy using hepatocyte growth factor to treat peripheral arterial disease. Hypertension (2004) 1.19
Management of gastric fundal varices without gastro-renal shunt in 15 patients. World J Gastroenterol (2008) 1.19
A randomized trial comparing induction chemotherapy followed by surgery with surgery alone for patients with stage IIIA N2 non-small cell lung cancer (JCOG 9209). J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2003) 1.18
Grafted skeletal myoblast sheets attenuate myocardial remodeling in pacing-induced canine heart failure model. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2006) 1.17
Pleiotropic effects of sitagliptin in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus patients. J Clin Med Res (2012) 1.17
Prognostic impact of cancer stem cell-related markers in non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with induction chemoradiotherapy. Lung Cancer (2012) 1.17
Three human ARX mutations cause the lissencephaly-like and mental retardation with epilepsy-like pleiotropic phenotypes in mice. Hum Mol Genet (2009) 1.16
Heat shock protein 72 enhances manganese superoxide dismutase activity during myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury, associated with mitochondrial protection and apoptosis reduction. Circulation (2002) 1.15
Dai-kenchu-to, a Chinese herbal medicine, improves stasis of patients with total gastrectomy and jejunal pouch interposition. Am J Surg (2006) 1.15
Intrathoracic neurogenic tumors--50 years' experience in a Japanese institution. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2004) 1.14
Current surgical intervention for pulmonary tuberculosis. Ann Thorac Surg (2005) 1.14
Membrane fixation of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 1 ligand-binding domain is important for vasculogenesis and angiogenesis in mice. Mol Cell Biol (2005) 1.14
Overexpression of ADAM9 in non-small cell lung cancer correlates with brain metastasis. Cancer Res (2004) 1.14
Esophageal schwannoma: report of a case. Surg Today (2007) 1.14
Disruption of protein kinase Ceta results in impairment of wound healing and enhancement of tumor formation in mouse skin carcinogenesis. Cancer Res (2003) 1.12
Pulmonary benign metastasizing leiomyoma from the uterus in a postmenopausal woman: report of a case. Surg Today (2004) 1.11
Myocardial regeneration therapy for heart failure: hepatocyte growth factor enhances the effect of cellular cardiomyoplasty. Circulation (2002) 1.10
Hepatic dysfunction after left ventricular mechanical assist in patients with end-stage heart failure: role of inflammatory response and hepatic microcirculation. Ann Thorac Surg (2002) 1.10
Frequency and risk factors of various complications after computed tomography-guided radiofrequency ablation of lung tumors. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol (2007) 1.09
Clinical spectrum of primary mediastinal tumors: a comparison of adult and pediatric populations at a single Japanese institution. J Surg Oncol (2003) 1.08
Clinical spectrum of pulmonary inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2008) 1.08
Photochemical monoalkylation of propanedinitrile by electron-rich alkenes. Org Lett (2008) 1.07
Local community intervention through depression screening and group activity for elderly suicide prevention. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci (2006) 1.07
Hepatocyte growth factor prevents tissue fibrosis, remodeling, and dysfunction in cardiomyopathic hamster hearts. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2005) 1.06
Amelioration of pulmonary emphysema by in vivo gene transfection with hepatocyte growth factor in rats. Circulation (2005) 1.06
Inactivation of Cdc7 kinase in mouse ES cells results in S-phase arrest and p53-dependent cell death. EMBO J (2002) 1.06
Fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography for assessment of patients with unresectable recurrent or metastatic lung cancers after CT-guided radiofrequency ablation: preliminary results. Ann Nucl Med (2006) 1.06
Impact of positive pleural lavage cytology on survival in patients having lung resection for non-small-cell lung cancer: An international individual patient data meta-analysis. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2009) 1.06
Comparison of surgical results after pneumonectomy and sleeve lobectomy for non-small cell lung cancer: trends over time and 20-year institutional experience. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2006) 1.06
Multidetector CT of high-risk patients with occult gastrointestinal stromal tumors. AJR Am J Roentgenol (2003) 1.05
Unusual type of left paraduodenal hernia caused by a separated peritoneal membrane. J Gastroenterol (2002) 1.04
Hepatocyte growth factor suppresses vascular medial hyperplasia and matrix accumulation in advanced pulmonary hypertension of rats. Circulation (2004) 1.04
Epigenetic silencing of microRNA-34b/c plays an important role in the pathogenesis of malignant pleural mesothelioma. Clin Cancer Res (2011) 1.03