Kenji Takakura

No ORCID on file · 4 papers in corpus
case-report 2019
International cancer conference journal ·doi:10.1007/s13691-018-00354-2

Squamous cell carcinoma originating in the retroperitoneal cavity is an exceedingly rare disease, and little is known about it. Here, we report the case of primary retroperitoneal squamous cell carcinoma. A 76-year-old gravida four para two…

case-report 2013
·doi:10.5180/jsgoe.29.483

Polypoid endometriosis is an uncommon and distinctive variant of endometriosis. It was first described by Mostoufizadeh and Scully in 1980. Polypoid endometriosis often forms large multiple masses and mimics malignant tumors. Endometriosis …

other 2008
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research ·doi:10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-07-1614

PURPOSE: Endometriotic cysts are known to transform into ovarian cancers, such as clear cell and endometrioid carcinomas. We hypothesized that an iron-rich environment produced by the repetition of hemorrhage in the endometriotic cysts duri…

observational 2006
International journal of gynecological cancer : official journal of the International Gynecological Cancer Society ·doi:10.1111/j.1525-1438.2006.00754.x

Although some studies have indicated that endometriosis may increase the risk of developing ovarian cancer, there are no data from epidemiologic studies in Japan. We prospectively analyzed all cases of ovarian endometrioma enrolled in the p…