Hisashi Saji

9.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
130 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Hisashi Saji is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Oncology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Hisashi Saji has authored 130 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 96 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 45 papers in Oncology and 20 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Hisashi Saji's work include Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (73 papers), Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations (65 papers) and Lung Cancer Research Studies (24 papers). Hisashi Saji is often cited by papers focused on Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (73 papers), Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations (65 papers) and Lung Cancer Research Studies (24 papers). Hisashi Saji collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Sweden. Hisashi Saji's co-authors include Masahiro Tsuboi, Norihiko Ikeda, Haruhiko Nakamura, Hisao Asamura, Shinichiro Nakamura, Masakazu Toi, Keiju Aokage, Kenji Suzuki, Morio Koike and Tatsuo Ohira and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Hisashi Saji

120 papers receiving 5.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

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 Hisashi Saji, Morihito Okada et al. profile →
Significance of macrophage chemoattractant protein-1 in macrophage recruitment, angiogenesis, and survival in human breast cancer.

2000 617 citations Takayuki Ueno, Masakazu Toi et al. PubMed profile →
A Phase III Randomized Trial of Lobectomy Versus Limited Resection for Small-sized Peripheral Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (JCOG0802/WJOG4607L)

2009 400 citations Hisashi Saji, Hisao Asamura et al. profile →
Comparison of pulmonary segmentectomy and lobectomy: Safety results of a randomized trial

2019 310 citations Kenji Suzuki, Hisashi Saji et al. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery profile →
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. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hisashi Saji Japan	38	3.9k	1.7k	1.3k	850	641	130	5.6k
Hiroyuki Ito Japan	33	3.5k 0.9×	1.5k 0.9×	1.0k 0.8×	768 0.9×	1.1k 1.7×	225	5.2k
Akihiko Yoshizawa Japan	31	3.3k 0.9×	1.6k 0.9×	941 0.7×	717 0.8×	699 1.1×	198	4.7k
Marco Alloisio Italy	36	3.0k 0.8×	1.7k 1.0×	652 0.5×	884 1.0×	843 1.3×	157	4.6k
Miklos Pless Switzerland	34	3.5k 0.9×	3.2k 1.9×	427 0.3×	959 1.1×	485 0.8×	140	5.3k
Jiro Okami Japan	35	3.0k 0.8×	1.7k 1.0×	812 0.6×	943 1.1×	827 1.3×	156	5.0k
Salma K. Jabbour United States	33	2.1k 0.5×	2.1k 1.2×	979 0.8×	503 0.6×	853 1.3×	244	4.3k
Makoto Sonobe Japan	36	2.8k 0.7×	1.5k 0.9×	460 0.4×	780 0.9×	779 1.2×	224	4.8k
Michael Lanuti United States	41	3.3k 0.9×	1.6k 1.0×	745 0.6×	677 0.8×	1.3k 2.0×	187	5.4k
Philipp A. Schnabel Germany	41	2.6k 0.7×	1.7k 1.0×	694 0.5×	1.6k 1.9×	661 1.0×	157	5.5k
Tomoyuki Yokose Japan	43	3.3k 0.9×	2.6k 1.6×	702 0.5×	1.2k 1.4×	1.1k 1.7×	272	6.6k

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Morikawa, Kei, Hirotaka Kida, Hiroshi Handa, et al.. (2024). A Prospective Observational Study on Analyzing Lung Cancer Gene Mutation Variant Allele Frequency (VAF) and Its Correlation with Treatment Efficacy. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(21). 11694–11694.

Yoshino, Ichiro, Yasumitsu Moriya, Kenji Suzuki, et al.. (2023). Long-term outcome of patients with peripheral ground-glass opacity–dominant lung cancer after sublobar resections. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 166(4). 1222–1231.e1. 12 indexed citations

Homma, Takahiro, Hirofumi Uehara, & Hisashi Saji. (2023). Factors affecting insulation failure in reusable surgical devices. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 13719–13719. 1 indexed citations

Sakai, Hiroki, Hiroyuki Kimura, Tomoyuki Miyazawa, et al.. (2021). Thoracic mesenchymal malignant tumors and programed cell death ligand‐1 status: Clinicopathologic and prognostic analysis of eight pulmonary sarcomatoid carcinomas and eight malignant mesotheliomas. Thoracic Cancer. 12(23). 3169–3176. 1 indexed citations

Nakao, Masayuki, Hisashi Saji, Hiroshige Nakamura, et al.. (2021). Prognostic Impact of Mediastinal Lymph Node Dissection in Octogenarians With Lung Cancer: JACS1303. Clinical Lung Cancer. 23(3). e176–e184. 6 indexed citations

Nishimura, Toshihide, Ákos Végvári, Haruhiko Nakamura, Harubumi Kato, & Hisashi Saji. (2020). Mutant Proteomics of Lung Adenocarcinomas Harboring Different EGFR Mutations. Frontiers in Oncology. 10. 1494–1494. 7 indexed citations

Nishimura, Toshihide, Haruhiko Nakamura, Ayako Yachie‐Kinoshita, et al.. (2020). Disease-related cellular protein networks differentially affected under different EGFR mutations in lung adenocarcinoma. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 10881–10881. 8 indexed citations

Hattori, Aritoshi, Kenji Suzuki, Kazuya Takamochi, et al.. (2020). Prognostic impact of a ground-glass opacity component in clinical stage IA non–small cell lung cancer. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 161(4). 1469–1480. 101 indexed citations

Suzuki, Kenji, Hisashi Saji, Keiju Aokage, et al.. (2019). Comparison of pulmonary segmentectomy and lobectomy: Safety results of a randomized trial. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 158(3). 895–907. 310 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fujii, Kiyonaga, Yuka Miyata, Hirotaka Koizumi, et al.. (2018). Differential Proteomic Analysis between Small Cell Lung Carcinoma (SCLC) and Pulmonary Carcinoid Tumors Reveals Molecular Signatures for Malignancy in Lung Cancer. PROTEOMICS - CLINICAL APPLICATIONS. 12(6). e1800015–e1800015. 32 indexed citations

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Nakamura, Haruhiko, Hiroki Sakai, Hiroyuki Kimura, et al.. (2017). Chronological changes in lung cancer surgery in a single Japanese institution. OncoTargets and Therapy. Volume 10. 1459–1464. 1 indexed citations

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Kimura, Hiroyuki, Hisashi Saji, Tomoyuki Miyazawa, et al.. (2017). Worse survival after curative resection in patients with pathological stage I non-small cell lung cancer adjoining pulmonary cavity formation. Journal of Thoracic Disease. 9(9). 3038–3044. 6 indexed citations

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Saji, Hisashi, et al.. (2017). Successful adjustment for self-expanding metallic stent migration using a flexible bronchoscope with two biopsy forceps technique. General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 65(12). 720–723. 1 indexed citations

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Shimada, Yoshihisa, Hisashi Saji, Yasufumi Kato, et al.. (2015). The Frequency and Prognostic Impact of Pathological Microscopic Vascular Invasion According to Tumor Size in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. CHEST Journal. 149(3). 775–785. 21 indexed citations

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Kudo, Yujin, Jun Matsubayashi, Hisashi Saji, et al.. (2015). Association between high-resolution computed tomography findings and the IASLC/ATS/ERS classification of small lung adenocarcinomas in Japanese patients. Lung Cancer. 90(1). 47–54. 51 indexed citations

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Miyajima, Kuniharu, Masahiro Tsuboi, Hisashi Saji, et al.. (2007). Clinical Study of Multiple Primary Cancers in the Lung and other Organs. Nihon Kikan Shokudoka Gakkai Kaiho. 58(2). 206–206. 1 indexed citations

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Saji, Hisashi, Haruhiko Nakamura, Norihito Kawasaki, et al.. (2003). Significance of expression of TGF-beta in pulmonary metastasis in non-small cell lung cancer tissues.. PubMed. 9(5). 295–300. 41 indexed citations

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Saji, Hisashi, Haruhiko Nakamura, Takaaki Tsuchida, et al.. (2002). The Incidence and the Risk of Pneumothorax and Chest Tube Placement After Percutaneous CT-Guided Lung Biopsy. CHEST Journal. 121(5). 1521–1526. 160 indexed citations

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Nakamura, Haruhiko, Hisashi Saji, Akihiko Ogata, et al.. (2002). Correlation between encoded protein overexpression and copy number of the HER2 gene with survival in non‐small cell lung cancer. International Journal of Cancer. 103(1). 61–66. 58 indexed citations

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Toi, Masakazu, Takayuki Ueno, Hiroshi Matsumoto, et al.. (1999). Significance of thymidine phosphorylase as a marker of protumor monocytes in breast cancer.. PubMed. 5(5). 1131–7. 58 indexed citations

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