Masahiro Takakura
ORCID: 0000-0002-3707-8691
· 6 papers in corpus
case-report
2026
progressive nature of this entity.Notably, biallelic PTEN inactivation at the preinvasive stage indicates that genomic acceleration may precede morphological malignancy.Although further investigation in larger cohorts is required to determi…
observational
2023
OBJECTIVE: Dienogest (DNG), a fourth-generation progestin, reduces pain associated with endometriosis and uterine adenomyosis; however, it is associated with irregular uterine bleeding that can cause anemia and poor quality of life. We inve…
case-report
2018
Dienogest (DNG) is considered to be effective against ovarian endometrioma (OMA). We report a rare case of OMA transformation to ovarian cancer during long-term endometriosis treatment with a periodic administration of a gonadotropin-releas…
lab-animal
2014
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the impact of estrogen contained in oral contraceptives (OCs) on the action of progestin on ovarian endometrioma epithelial cells. DESIGN: Experimental in vitro study and immunohistochemical analysis. SETTING: Un…
2013
case-report
2012
BACKGROUND: Severe hemothorax is a rare complication after laparoscopic surgery for endometriosis, and the causes and proper management are not well understood. CASE: We report here the extremely rare case with massive hemothorax after lap…