Hisao Asamura

50.8k total citations · 9 hit papers
314 papers, 18.1k citations indexed

About

Hisao Asamura is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Oncology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Hisao Asamura has authored 314 papers receiving a total of 18.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 237 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 98 papers in Oncology and 50 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Hisao Asamura's work include Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (168 papers), Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations (148 papers) and Lung Cancer Research Studies (62 papers). Hisao Asamura is often cited by papers focused on Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (168 papers), Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations (148 papers) and Lung Cancer Research Studies (62 papers). Hisao Asamura collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Hisao Asamura's co-authors include Ryosuke Tsuchiya, Kenji Suzuki, Ramón Rami–Porta, Haruhiko Kondo, Valerie W. Rusch, Koji Tsuta, Shun-ichi Watanabe, Yoshihiro Matsuno, Dorothy J. Giroux and Masahiro Tsuboi and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Hisao Asamura

304 papers receiving 17.7k citations

Hit Papers

The IASLC Lung Cancer Staging Project: A Proposal for a N... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 2022 2011 2015 2009 250 500 750
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The IASLC Lung Cancer Staging Project: A Proposal for a New International Lymph Node Map in the Forthcoming Seventh Edition of the TNM Classification for Lung Cancer
    2009 807 citations Valerie W. Rusch, Hisao Asamura et al. Journal of Thoracic Oncology profile →
  2. Segmentectomy versus lobectomy in small-sized peripheral non-small-cell lung cancer (JCOG0802/WJOG4607L): a multicentre, open-label, phase 3, randomised, controlled, non-inferiority trial
    2022 764 citations Kenji Suzuki, Jiro Okami et al. profile →
  3. A Prospective Radiological Study of Thin-Section Computed Tomography to Predict Pathological Noninvasiveness in Peripheral Clinical IA Lung Cancer (Japan Clinical Oncology Group 0201)
    2011 464 citations Kenji Suzuki, Masahiko Kusumoto et al. Journal of Thoracic Oncology profile →
  4. The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Lung Cancer Staging Project
    2015 455 citations Hisao Asamura, Valerie W. Rusch et al. Journal of Thoracic Oncology profile →
  5. A Phase III Randomized Trial of Lobectomy Versus Limited Resection for Small-sized Peripheral Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (JCOG0802/WJOG4607L)
    2009 400 citations Hisao Asamura, Hirohito Tada et al. profile →
  6. Comparison of pulmonary segmentectomy and lobectomy: Safety results of a randomized trial
    2019 310 citations Kenji Suzuki, Shun‐ichi Watanabe et al. profile →
  7. Lung cancer — major changes in the American Joint Committee on Cancer eighth edition cancer staging manual
    2017 280 citations Ramón Rami–Porta, Hisao Asamura et al. profile →
  8. A single-arm study of sublobar resection for ground-glass opacity dominant peripheral lung cancer
    2020 198 citations Kenji Suzuki, Shun‐ichi Watanabe et al. profile →
  9. The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Lung Cancer Staging Project: Proposals for Revision of the TNM Stage Groups in the Forthcoming (Ninth) Edition of the TNM Classification for Lung Cancer
    2024 98 citations Ramón Rami–Porta, Katherine K. Nishimura et al. Journal of Thoracic Oncology profile →

Peers

Hisao Asamura
Ritsuko Komaki United States
Stefano Fanti Italy
Yoshihiro Matsuno Japan
Manjit S. Bains United States
Nikhil H. Ramaiya United States
Robert J. Ginsberg United States
Joe B. Putnam United States
Alan Horwich United Kingdom
Umberto Ricardi Italy
Marek Ancukiewicz United States
Ritsuko Komaki United States
Hisao Asamura
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All Works

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Rami–Porta, Ramón, Katherine K. Nishimura, Dorothy J. Giroux, et al.. (2024). The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Lung Cancer Staging Project: Proposals for Revision of the TNM Stage Groups in the Forthcoming (Ninth) Edition of the TNM Classification for Lung Cancer. Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 19(7). 1007–1027. 98 indexed citations breakdown →
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Soh, Junichi, Shinichi Toyooka, Yasushi Shintani, et al.. (2022). Limited resection for stage IA radiologically invasive lung cancer: a real-world nationwide database study. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 62(1). 22 indexed citations
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Yamauchi, Yoshikane, Masafumi Kawamura, Jiro Okami, et al.. (2022). Hazard Function Analysis of Recurrence in Patients with Curatively Resected Lung Cancer: Results from the Japanese Lung Cancer Registry in 2010. Cancers. 14(20). 5119–5119.
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Osarogiagbon, Raymond U., Paul Van Schil, Dorothy J. Giroux, et al.. (2022). The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Lung Cancer Staging Project: Overview of Challenges and Opportunities in Revising the Nodal Classification of Lung Cancer. Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 18(4). 410–418. 26 indexed citations
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Hamada, Kenichi, Ying Tian, Mao Fujimoto, et al.. (2020). DNA hypermethylation of the ZNF132 gene participates in the clinicopathological aggressiveness of ‘pan-negative’-type lung adenocarcinomas. Carcinogenesis. 42(2). 169–179. 12 indexed citations
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Yotsukura, Masaya, Hisao Asamura, Shigeki Suzuki, et al.. (2020). Prognostic impact of cancer-associated active fibroblasts and invasive architectural patterns on early-stage lung adenocarcinoma. Lung Cancer. 145. 158–166. 12 indexed citations
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Kinoshita, Tomonari, Chie Kudo‐Saito, Reiko Muramatsu, et al.. (2017). Determination of poor prognostic immune features of tumour microenvironment in non-smoking patients with lung adenocarcinoma. European Journal of Cancer. 86. 15–27. 60 indexed citations
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Kurebayashi, Yutaka, Katsura Emoto, Yuichiro Hayashi, et al.. (2016). Comprehensive Immune Profiling of Lung Adenocarcinomas Reveals Four Immunosubtypes with Plasma Cell Subtype a Negative Indicator. Cancer Immunology Research. 4(3). 234–247. 79 indexed citations
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Yoshida, Akihiko, Kouya Shiraishi, Koh Furuta, et al.. (2015). Mucinous micropapillary pattern in lung adenocarcinomas: a unique histology with genetic correlates. Histopathology. 68(3). 356–366. 12 indexed citations
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Takei, Hidefumi, Haruhiko Kondo, Etsuo Miyaoka, et al.. (2014). Surgery for Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Retrospective Analysis of 243 Patients from Japanese Lung Cancer Registry in 2004. Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 9(8). 1140–1145. 64 indexed citations
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Suzuki, Mikiko, Kouya Shiraishi, Akihiko Yoshida, et al.. (2014). HER2 gene mutations in non-small cell lung carcinomas: Concurrence with her2 gene amplification and her2 protein expression and phosphorylation. Lung Cancer. 87(1). 14–22. 58 indexed citations
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Asamura, Hisao, et al.. (2011). Estimation of the volume of postoperative intrathoracic bleeding after pulmonary resection: Is the volume of chest tube output predictive of that of intrathoracic hematoma?. The Journal of the Japanese Association for Chest Surgery. 25(7). 696–701. 1 indexed citations
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Sawabata, Noriyoshi, Yoshitaka Fujii, Hisao Asamura, et al.. (2011). Analysis of Lung Cancer Registry Cases Resected in 2004 Japanese Joint Committee for Lung Cancer Registration. The Journal of the Japanese Association for Chest Surgery. 25(1). 107–123. 5 indexed citations
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Sawabata, Noriyoshi, Hisao Asamura, Tomoyuki Goya, et al.. (2010). A Japanese Lung Cancer Registry Study at 2002. The Journal of the Japanese Association for Chest Surgery. 24(1). 110–124. 1 indexed citations
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Hishida, Tomoyuki, Tadashi Hasegawa, Hisao Asamura, et al.. (2003). Malignant glomus tumor of the lung. Pathology International. 53(9). 632–636. 24 indexed citations
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Sakurai, Hiroyuki, et al.. (2003). A Case of Pulmonary Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma-Review of the Literature-.. Haigan. 43(2). 143–147.
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Sakurai, Hiroyuki, Kenji Suzuki, Shun-ichi Watanabe, Hisao Asamura, & Ryosuke Tsuchiya. (2003). Subsequent Pulmonary Resection in Patients After Pneumonectomy. Haigan. 43(6). 699–703. 4 indexed citations
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Asamura, Hisao, Haruhiko Nakayama, Haruhiko Kondo, Ryosuke Tsuchiya, & Tsuguo Naruke. (1997). Video-Assisted Lobectomy in the Elderly. CHEST Journal. 111(4). 1101–1105. 16 indexed citations

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