Hiroshi Saito
ORCID: 0000-0002-3338-478X
· 8 papers in corpus
other
2005
Ovarian clear-cell carcinoma (OCCA) and ovarian endometrioid carcinoma (OEMC) are often associated with endometriosis. This study determined the immunohistochemical expression of steroid hormone receptors and cancer-related genes in OCCA an…
other
2004
Endometriosis shares some features characteristic of malignancy; however, it remains unclear whether endometriosis is a precursor to malignant disease. The objective is to determine the genetic relationship between endometriosis and ovarian…
review
2004
Endometriosis is considered to be a possible precancerous disease. Pathologically, we observed malignant transformation of endometriosis to clear cell carcinoma or endometriotic carcinoma of the ovary, via the step of atypical endometriosis…
2004
Several genetic alterations have been associated with the malignant transformation from endometriosis to ovarian cancer. However, the role of each genetic alteration in this multi-step process of tumorigenesis has not been clarified. Region…
observational
2003
OBJECTIVE: Although ovarian clear cell adenocarcinoma (OCCA) and ovarian endometrioid adenocarcinoma (EC) are considered to be closely related to endometriosis, the mechanisms of carcinogenesis of these two malignancies and malignant transf…
1997
case-report
1992
A case of umbilical endometriosis was reported for its rarity. A 45-year-old woman, who had experienced 2 times pregnancies and 2 times labors, was hospitalized with umbilical tumor. The tumor was about 1.5 cm in diameter, hard and pigmente…
case-report
1991
Three cases of catamenial pneumothorax were presented. A 42-year-old woman with intrapelvic endometriosis had recurrent right-sided pneumothorax with menstruation more than six times. At the operation only a bleb was noted at the apex of th…