Mitsuya Ishikawa
ORCID: 0000-0001-8855-2966
· 13 papers in corpus
diagnostic-accuracy
2026
BACKGROUND: Early detection of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) remains a major clinical challenge. Although serum tumor markers are widely used for detection, their diagnostic performance remains limited. We previously developed a comprehen…
other
2025
OBJECTIVE: This multi-center retrospective study aimed to clarify the characteristics, diagnostic accuracy, treatment outcomes, and prognostic factors of uterine serous carcinoma (USC) in Japanese women. METHODS: The medical records of 193…
review
2025
There are many histologic types of gynecologic malignancies. I reviewed three rare ovarian tumor types that have poor prognoses. Ovarian mesonephric-like adenocarcinoma (MLA) is a newly described histological type known for its aggressive b…
case-report
2025
Total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH) is the most common gynecologic surgery. The use of a vaginal pipe to facilitate TLH is a popular method for enabling incision into the vaginal canal. However, this device is associated with serious comp…
review
2024
BACKGROUND: Ovarian mesonephric-like adenocarcinoma (MLA) is a newly described histological type known for its aggressive behavior. This study aims to determine the frequency of ovarian MLA, review the existing literature, and elucidate its…
review
2024
Ovarian mesonephric-like adenocarcinoma (MLA) is a rare cancer subtype. We describe a patient with ovarian MLA wherein liver metastases developed 1 month after surgery. A phenotypic analysis of the tumor was performed to identify molecular …
case-report
2023
PURPOSE: The use of a hydrogel spacer inserted into recto-vaginal fossa is a valuable strategy to mitigate radiation exposure to the rectum during radiation therapy for female pelvic malignancies. However, when the sigmoid colon is in proxi…
other
2021
This study aimed to clarify the genetic features of endometrioid-type endometrial cancer arising in adenomyosis (EC-AIA) using targeted sequencing and immunohistochemistry (IHC) for both carcinoma and adjacent adenomyosis tissues. We identi…
other
2019
OBJECTIVE: Gynecologists occasionally encounter synchronous endometrial and ovarian endometrioid carcinoma (SEO-EC) patients who show favorable prognosis than locally advanced or metastatic disease patients. This study aimed to elucidate pr…
diagnostic-accuracy
2017
Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of gynecologic cancer mortality, due to the difficulty of early detection. Current screening methods lack sufficient accuracy, and it is still challenging to propose a new early detection method that impr…
case-report
2011
We report a rare case of recurrent ovarian cancer presenting as a round ligament metastasis. A 44-year-old woman presented with a lower abdominal mass. Computed tomography showed a pelvic mass. Primary surgery was performed. A histopatholog…
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