Kensuke Yamamura

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
76 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Kensuke Yamamura is a scholar working on Oncology, Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Kensuke Yamamura has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Oncology, 38 papers in Surgery and 18 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Kensuke Yamamura's work include Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (23 papers), Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies (18 papers) and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis (16 papers). Kensuke Yamamura is often cited by papers focused on Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (23 papers), Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies (18 papers) and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis (16 papers). Kensuke Yamamura collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and China. Kensuke Yamamura's co-authors include Yo‐ichi Yamashita, Yoshifumi Baba, Naoya Yoshida, Akira Chikamoto, Shigeki Nakagawa, Masaaki Iwatsuki, Yuki Kitano, Hideo Baba, Kenichi Nakamura and Yasuo Sakamoto and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Gastroenterology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Kensuke Yamamura

66 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Human Microbiome Fusobacterium Nucleatum in Esophageal Cancer Tissue Is Associated with Prognosis

2016 365 citations Kensuke Yamamura, Yoshifumi Baba et al. Clinical Cancer Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kensuke Yamamura Japan	18	853	642	476	397	264	76	1.6k
Boštjan Luzar Slovenia	21	439 0.5×	325 0.5×	269 0.6×	351 0.9×	119 0.5×	103	1.4k
Hiroaki Yamato Japan	18	400 0.5×	537 0.8×	464 1.0×	418 1.1×	162 0.6×	38	1.5k
Munita Bal India	18	483 0.6×	519 0.8×	160 0.3×	309 0.8×	96 0.4×	124	1.2k
Maoxin Wu United States	23	593 0.7×	477 0.7×	641 1.3×	450 1.1×	513 1.9×	61	1.8k
Filippo Navaglia Italy	27	608 0.7×	905 1.4×	548 1.2×	301 0.8×	305 1.2×	89	2.1k
Robert J. Cabay United States	22	172 0.2×	266 0.4×	410 0.9×	112 0.3×	266 1.0×	49	1.3k
Terry L. Gramlich United States	30	465 0.5×	1.4k 2.2×	356 0.7×	798 2.0×	151 0.6×	61	2.7k
Paola Gruarin Italy	15	807 0.9×	640 1.0×	537 1.1×	216 0.5×	419 1.6×	24	2.2k
Masahiro Tominaga Japan	23	401 0.5×	931 1.5×	148 0.3×	541 1.4×	64 0.2×	127	1.6k
Dora Lam‐Himlin United States	23	236 0.3×	804 1.3×	177 0.4×	403 1.0×	35 0.1×	92	1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kensuke Yamamura

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Yamamura, Kensuke, Yasunori Nagayama, Eri Oda, et al.. (2024). A rare incidence of a hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm following plastic biliary stent insertion. Clinical Journal of Gastroenterology. 17(2). 352–355. 1 indexed citations

Beppu, Toru, Kensuke Yamamura, Katsunori Imai, Hiromitsu Hayashi, & Yuji Miyamoto. (2024). Recurrence‐risk stratification using the Beppu score and selection of perioperative chemotherapy for colorectal liver metastases. Journal of Surgical Oncology. 129(5). 893–900. 4 indexed citations

Yamamura, Kensuke, Yasunori Nagayama, Ryuichi Karashima, et al.. (2023). Durable Stable Disease by Atezolizumab/Bevacizumab Can Provide Long-term Survival of Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma Lung Metastases. In Vivo. 37(5). 2268–2275.

Yamamura, Kensuke, Toru Beppu, Eri Oda, et al.. (2022). Vater Papilla-preserving Strategy for Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma With Excessive Bile Duct Tumor Thrombus. Anticancer Research. 42(11). 5663–5670.

Nishiwada, Satoshi, Tadanobu Shimura, Kensuke Yamamura, et al.. (2022). Clinical significance and functional role of adhesion G-protein-coupled receptors in human pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. British Journal of Cancer. 128(2). 321–330. 3 indexed citations

Yamamura, Kensuke, Toru Beppu, Tatsunori Miyata, et al.. (2021). Conversion Surgery for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Following Molecular Therapy. Anticancer Research. 42(1). 35–44. 7 indexed citations

Okada, Yasuyuki, Satoshi Nishiwada, Kensuke Yamamura, et al.. (2021). Identification of laminin γ2 as a prognostic and predictive biomarker for determining response to gemcitabine-based therapy in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. European Journal of Cancer. 146. 125–134. 11 indexed citations

Kandimalla, Raju, Hideo Tomihara, Jasjit K. Banwait, et al.. (2020). A 15-Gene Immune, Stromal, and Proliferation Gene Signature that Significantly Associates with Poor Survival in Patients with Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. Clinical Cancer Research. 26(14). 3641–3648. 42 indexed citations

Yamashita, Yo‐ichi, Tatsuya Kondo, Hiromitsu Hayashi, et al.. (2020). Clinicopathological features and menin expression of pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasm associated with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1. Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences. 27(12). 984–991. 4 indexed citations

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Yamamura, Kensuke, Nobutaka Sato, Eri Oda, et al.. (2020). A hepatic sclerosed hemangioma with drastic changes in contrast-enhanced ultrasonography. Clinical Journal of Gastroenterology. 13(6). 1252–1257. 4 indexed citations

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Hayashi, Hiromitsu, Takanobu Yamao, Takaaki Higashi, et al.. (2020). Colon cancer metastasis mimicking a hilar cholangiocarcinoma: a case report and literature review. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6(1). 225–225.

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Kaida, Takayoshi, Toru Beppu, Hiromitsu Hayashi, et al.. (2020). Inflammatory Liver Tumor Caused by Fasciola hepatica Mimicking Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma. Anticancer Research. 40(5). 2795–2800. 5 indexed citations

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Yamamura, Kensuke, Daisuke Izumi, Raju Kandimalla, et al.. (2019). Intratumoral Fusobacterium Nucleatum Levels Predict Therapeutic Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Clinical Cancer Research. 25(20). 6170–6179. 146 indexed citations

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Umezaki, Naoki, Daisuke Hashimoto, Shigeki Nakagawa, et al.. (2018). Number of acinar cells at the pancreatic stump predicts pancreatic fistula after pancreaticoduodenectomy. Surgery Today. 48(8). 790–795. 13 indexed citations

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Miyata, Tatsunori, Yo‐ichi Yamashita, Takanobu Yamao, et al.. (2017). Clinical Benefits of Lymph Node Dissection in Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: A Retrospective Single-institution Study. Anticancer Research. 37(5). 2673–2677. 15 indexed citations

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Hashimoto, Daisuke, Shigeki Nakagawa, Naoki Umezaki, et al.. (2017). Efficacy and safety of postoperative anticoagulation prophylaxis with enoxaparin in patients undergoing pancreatic surgery: A prospective trial and literature review. Pancreatology. 17(3). 464–470. 17 indexed citations

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Kitano, Yuki, Yo‐ichi Yamashita, Kensuke Yamamura, et al.. (2017). Effects of Preoperative Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte and Platelet-to-Lymphocyte Ratios on Survival in Patients with Extrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma. Anticancer Research. 37(6). 3229–3237. 49 indexed citations

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Yamamura, Kensuke, Yoshifumi Baba, Shigeki Nakagawa, et al.. (2016). Human Microbiome Fusobacterium Nucleatum in Esophageal Cancer Tissue Is Associated with Prognosis. Clinical Cancer Research. 22(22). 5574–5581. 365 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhou, Lei, Yoshifumi Baba, Yuki Kitano, et al.. (2016). KRAS, BRAF, and PIK3CA mutations, and patient prognosis in 126 pancreatic cancers: pyrosequencing technology and literature review. Medical Oncology. 33(4). 32–32. 30 indexed citations

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Yamamura, Kensuke, Kotaro Inoue, Seiji Mita, & Keiichiro Kanemitsu. (2013). A Case of Gastric Emphysema Cured by Conservative Therapy. Nihon Rinsho Geka Gakkai Zasshi (Journal of Japan Surgical Association). 74(11). 3034–3039. 1 indexed citations

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