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Masaru Morita Last modified date:2013.5.24



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Department of Surgery and Science.
Phone
092-642-5466
Fax
092-642-5482
Academic Degree
PhD
Field of Specialization
Gastroenterological Surgery
Research
Research Interests
  • Oxidative stress and tumor suppressor gene in the development of esophageal cancer
    keyword : Oxidative stress, tumor suppressor gene, esophageal cancer
    2010.04~2017.05.
  • Evaluation of surgical stress after esophagectomy
    keyword : esophagectomy, esophageal cancer, cytokine
    2005.04.
  • Significance of disturbanace of tumor suppressor in the development of esophageal cancer due to cigarette smoking and alcohol drinking
    keyword : esophageal camcer, smoking, alcohol, carcinogenesis
    2004.04~2009.04.
  • Abnormal expression of metabolic enzyme in the development of esophageal cancer due to cigarette smoking and alcohol drinking
    keyword : esophageal cancer, smoking, alcohol, metabolic enzyme
    2002.04~2007.12.
  • Risk factors in the multiple ocurrence of esophageal cancer
    keyword : esophageal cancer, multiple cancer, smoking, alcohol, family history
    1994.04~2009.03.
Academic Activities
Books
1. Masaru Morita, Patient surveillance after cancer treatment,978-1-60327-969-7,2013.01.
Reports
1. Morita M, Kumashiro R, Kubo N, Nakashima Y, Yoshida R, Yoshinaga K, Saeki H, Emi Y, Kakeji Y, Sakaguchi Y, Toh Y, Maehara Y,Alcohol drinking, cigarette smoking and development of squamous cell of the esophagus: Epidemiology, clinical findings, and prevention. ,15(2):126-134,Int J Clin Oncol,2010.04.
2. Salvage esophagectomy after definitive chemoradiotherapy for esophageal cancer : Reference to postoperative complication and patients' prognosis.
3. Subtotal esophagectomy with right-thoraco abdominal approach.
4. Therapeutic strategy for Barrett esophagus.
5. Morita M, Surya P, Khokhar A, Siddik ZH.,Cytotoxicity of buthionine sulfoximine and its effect on the activity of cisplatin and tetraplatin against two pairs of sensitive-resistant cell lines.,36: 400,Proc Am Assoc Cancer Res,1995.01.
Papers
1. Morita M, Otsu H, Kawano H, Kumashiro R, Taketani K, Kimura Y, Saeki H, Ando K, Ida S, Eiji Oki, Tokunaga E, Ikeda T, Kusumoto T, Maehara Y
,Advances in esophageal surgery in elderly patients with thoracic esophageal cancer,Anticancer Res (in press),2013.03.
2. Morita M, Otsu H, Kawano H, Kasagi Y, Kimura Y, Saeki H, Ando K, Ida S, Oki E, Tokunaga E, Ikeda T, Kusumoto T, Maehara Y,Gender differences in the prognosis after esophagectomy for esophageal cancer.,Surg Today (in press),2013.02.
3. Morita M, Kawano H, Otsu H, Kimura K, Saeki H, Ando K, Ida S, Oki E, Ikeda T, Kusumoto T, Fukushima J, Nakashima T, Maehara Y,Surgical resection for esophageal cancer synchronously or metachronously associated with head and neck cancer.,Ann Surg Oncol,(in press)
,2013.01.
4. Morita M, Toh Y, Saeki H, Sugiyama M, Ohgaki K, Maehara S, Minami K, Ikeda Y, Sakaguchi Y, Okamura T, Uehara S, Maehara Y,Clinical Significance of Chemoradiotherapy and Surgical Resection for cT4 Esophageal Cancer.,Anticancer Res,Vol.32,pp.3275-3282,2012.01.
5. Morita M, Kumashiro R, Hisamatsu Y, Nakanishi R, Egashira A, Saeki H, Oki E, Ohga T, Kakeji Y, Tsujitani S, Yamanaka T, Maehara Y,Clinical significance of salvage esophagectomy for remnant or recurrent cancer following definitive chemoradiotherapy. ,J Gastroenterol ,Vol.46,No.11,pp.1284-91,2011.11.
6. Morita M, Nakanoko T, Kubo N, Fujinaka Y, Ikeda K, Egashira A, Saeki H, Uchiyama H, Ohga T, Kakeji Y, Shirabe K, Ikeda T, Tsujitani S, Maehara Y.,Two-stage operation for high-risk patients with thoracic esophageal cancer: An old operation revisited.,Ann Surg Oncol,Vol.18,No.9,pp.2613-2621,2011.09.
7. Morita M, Nakanoko T, Fujinaka Y, Kubo N,Yamashita N, Yoshinaga K, Saeki H, Emi Y,Kakeji Y, Shirabe K, Maehara Y.,In-Hospital Mortality After a Surgical Resection for Esophageal Cancer: Analyses of the Associated Factors and Historical Changes,Ann Surg Oncol,Vol.18,No.6,pp.1757-1765,2011.01.
8. Morita M, Ikeda K, Sugiyama M, Saeki H, Egashira A, Yoshinaga K, Oki E, Sadanaga N, Fukushima J, Kakeji Y, Maehara Y.,Repair using the pectoralis major muscle flap for anastomotic leakage after esophageal reconstruction via the subcutaneous route.,Surgery ,Vol.147,No.2,pp.212-218,2010.02.
9. Morita M, Masuda T, Okada S, Yoshinaga K, Saeki H, Tokunaga E, Endo K, Emi Y, Kakeji Y, Maehara Y.,Preoperative chemoradiotherapy for esophageal cancer: Factors associated with clinical response and postoperative complications.,Anticancer Res ,Vol.29,pp.2555-2562,2009.09.
10. Esophagectomy in patients 80 years of age and older with carcinoma of the thoracic esophagus.
11. Morita M, Yoshida R, Ikeda K, Egasihra A, Oki E, Sadanaga N, Kakeji Y, Yamanaka T, Maehara Y.,Advances in esophagel cancer surgery in Japan: An analysis of 1000 consecutive patients treated at a single institute.,Surgery,143: 499-508,2008.04.
12. Morita M, Yoshida R, Ikeda K, Egashira A, Oki E, Sadanaga N, Kakeji Y, Ichiki Y, Sugio K, Yasumoto K, Maehara Y.,Esophagectomy for esophageal cancer: With special reference to the clinical factors and cytokine levels of peripheral blood and pleural drainage fluid,Dis Esophagus ,21: 30-36, 2008,2008.01.
13. Morita M, Oyama T, Nakata S, OnoK, Sugaya M, Uramoto H, Yoshimatsu T, Hanagiri T, Sugio K, Yasumoto K.,Expressionof FHIT in esophageal epithelium and carcinoma: Reference to drinking, smoking and multicentric carcinogenesis.,Anticancer Res,26: 2243-2248,2006.05.
14. Morita M, Uramoto H, Nakata S, Ono K, Sugaya M, Yoshimatsu T, Oyama T, Hanagiri T, Sugio K, Yasumoto K.,Expression of deltaNp63 in squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus.,Anticancer Research,25: 3533-3539,2005.10.
15. Morita M, Oyama T, Kagawa N, Nakata S, Ono K, Sugaya M, Uramoto H, Yoshimatsu T, Hanagiri T, Sugio K, Yasumoto K.,Expression of aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 in the normal esophageal epithelium and alcohol consumption in patients with esophageal cancer.,Frontiers in Bioscience,Vol.10,10, 2319-2324,2005.09.
16. Morita M, Araki K, Saeki H, Sakaguchi Y, Baba H, Suginmachi K, Yano K, Sugio K,,Risk factors for multicentric occurrence of carcinoma in the upper aerodigestive tract – Analysis with a serial histologic evaluation of the whole resected-esophagus including carcinoma.,J Surg Oncol,Vol.83,No.4,83 (4); 216-221,2003.01.
17. Morita M, Sakaguchi Y, Kuma S, Kajiyama K, Sugio K, Yasumoto K.,Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy with esophageal cancer.,Ann Thorac Surg,76 (5); 1744-1746,2003.01.
18. Morita M, Saeki H, Mori M, Kuwano H, Sugimachi K.,Risk factors for esophageal cancer and the multiple occurrence of carcinoma in the upper aerodigestive tract.,Surgery,Vol.131,No.1,131 (1 Suppl) : S1-6,2002.01.
19. Morita M, Kuwano H, Araki K, Egashira A, Kawaguchi H, Saeki H, Kitamura K, Ohno S, Sugimachi K,Prognostic significance of lymphocyte infiltration following preoperative chemoradiotherapy and hyperthermia for esophageal cancer.,Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys,Vol.49,No.5,Phys 49 (5): 1259-1266,2001.01.
20. Morita M, Kuwano H, Ohno S, Kitamura K, Sugimachi K.,Antiemetic effect of ramosetron during hyperthermo-chemo-radiotherapy for esophageal cancer.,Anticancer Res,Vol.20,No.5C,20 (5c): 3631-3636,2000.01.
21. Morita M, Kuwano H, Baba H, Taketomi A, Kohnoe S, Tomoda H, Araki K, Saeki H, Kitamura K, Sugimachi K.,Multifocal occurrence of gastric carcinoma in patients with a family history of gastric carcinoma.,Cancer,Vol.83,No.7,83 (7): 1307-1311,1998.01.
22. Morita M, Kuwano H, Nakashima T, Taketomi A, Baba H, Saito T, Tomoda H, Egashira A, Kawaguchi H, Kitamura K, Sugimachi K.,Family aggregation of carcinoma of the hypopharynx and cervical esophagus: special reference to multiplicity of cancer in upper aerodigestive tract.,Int J Cancer,Vol.76,No.4,76 (4): 468-471,1998.01.
23. Morita M, Baba H, Fukuda T, Taketomi A, Kohnoe S, Seo Y, Saito T, Tomoda H, Sugimachi K.,Submucosal gastric cancer with lymph node metastasis.,J Surg Oncol,Vol.68,No.1,68 (1): 5-10,1998.01.
24. Morita M, Kuwano H, Ohno S, Sugimachi K, Seo Y, Tomoda H, Furusawa M, Nakashima K:,Multiple occurrence of carcinoma in the upper aerodigestive tract associated with esophageal cancer: Reference to smoking, drinking and family history.,Int J Cancer,Vol.58,No.2,58 (2): 207-210,1994.01.
25. Morita M, Kuwano H, Yasuda M, Watanabe M, Ohno S, Saito T, Furusawa M, Sugimachi K.,The multicentric occurrence of squamous epithelial dysplasia and squamous cell carcinoma in the esophagus.,Cancer,Vol.74,No.11,74 (11): 2889-2895,,1994.01.
26. Morita M, Kuwano H, Ohno S, Furusawa M, Sugimachi K.,Characteristics and sequence of the recurrent patterns after curative esophagectomy for squamous cell carcinoma.,Surgery,Vol.116,No.1,116 (1): 1-7,1994.01.
27. Morita M, Kuwano H, Matsuda H, Mori M, Sugimachi K.,Contact invasion by polypoid pseudosarcomatous carcinoma of the esophageal wall.,Surgery Today,Vol.24,No.4,Surgery Today 24 (4): 378-381,1994.01.
28. Morita M, Kuwano H, Tsutsui S, Ohno S, Matsuda H, Sugimachi K,Cytophotometric DNA content and argyrophilic nucleolar organiser regions of oesophageal carcinoma.,Br J Cancer,Vol.67,No.3,67 (3): 480-485,1993.01.
29. Morita M, Hashizume M, Kanematsu T, Sugimachi K, Makizumi K.,Hereditary spherocytosis with congestive heart failure.,Surgery Today,Vol.23,No.5,pp.458-461,1993.01.
30. Morita M, Kuwano H, Matsuda H, Mori M, Sugimachi K.,Increased hyperthermic response with prostaglandin E1 in VX2 liver carcinoma in rabbits.,J Natl Cancer Inst,Vol.83,No.19,83 (19): 1395-1400,1991.01.
31. Morita M, Kuwano H, Matsuda H, Moriguchi S, Sugimachi K.,Prognostic significance of argyrophilic organizer regions in esophageal carcinoma.,Cancer Res,Vol.51,No.19,51 (19): 5339-5341,1991.01.
Presentations
1. Clinical significance of an esophagectomy in patients 75 years of age or older based on an analysis of 1000 operative cases with esophageal cancer.
2. Clinical results of esophagectomy for elderly patients (75 yo or elder) .
3. Recent advance of surgical treatment for esophageal cancer in Japan: An experience of 1000 cases that underwent esophagectomy in a single institute.
4. Clinical results of salvage suregery for esophageal cancer.
5. Esophagectomy for elderly patients with thoracic esophageal cancer .
6. Technical aspects of esophagectomy for esophageal cancer.
Membership in Academic Society
  • American Collage of Surgeons