Toru Furukawa
Professor
Department of Histopathology
Tohoku University
Japan
Biography
Dr. Toru Furukawa, is a Professor of Histopathology, at Tohoku University School of medicine. He is M.D. and Ph.D. His research themes are Identification of molecular targets for intractable digestive cancers by genomic analysis, Understanding of development and progression mechanisms of intractable cancers using in vitro and in vivo modeling, Develop world-leading pathologists for pancreatobiliary and digestive diseases. Research Keywords for him are Intractable Diseases in Pancreatobiliary and Digestive System, Cancer Genome, Signal transduction, Surgical pathology.
Research Interest
Human pathology, Surgical pathology, Next-generation sequencing, Molecular biology, Cell biology
Publications
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Suzuki, Y., Atomi, Y., Sugiyama, M., Isaji, S., Inui, K., Kimura, W., ... & Takada, T. (2004). Cystic neoplasm of the pancreas: a Japanese multiinstitutional study of intraductal papillary mucinous tumor and mucinous cystic tumor. Pancreas, 28(3), 241-246.
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Hruban, R. H., Adsay, N. V., Albores-Saavedra, J., Anver, M. R., Biankin, A. V., Boivin, G. P., ... & Klőppel, G. (2006). Pathology of genetically engineered mouse models of pancreatic exocrine cancer: consensus report and recommendations. Cancer research, 66(1), 95-106.
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Kobari, M., Egawa, S. I., Shibuya, K., Shimamura, H., Sunamura, M., Takeda, K., ... & Furukawa, T. (1999). Intraductal papillary mucinous tumors of the pancreas comprise 2 clinical subtypes: differences in clinical characteristics and surgical management. Archives of Surgery, 134(10), 1131-1136.
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Sakamuro, D., Furukawa, T., & Takegami, T. (1995). Hepatitis C virus nonstructural protein NS3 transforms NIH 3T3 cells. Journal of virology, 69(6), 3893-3896.
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Furukawa, T., Klöppel, G., Adsay, N. V., Albores-Saavedra, J., Fukushima, N., Horii, A., ... & Lüttges, J. (2005). Classification of types of intraductal papillary-mucinous neoplasm of the pancreas: a consensus study. Virchows Archiv, 447(5), 794-799.
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Hruban, R. H., Takaori, K., Klimstra, D. S., Adsay, N. V., Albores-Saavedra, J., Biankin, A. V., ... & Goggins, M. (2004). An illustrated consensus on the classification of pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia and intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms. The American journal of surgical pathology, 28(8), 977-987.
