Yuji Toiyama

13.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
333 papers, 10.0k citations indexed

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Yuji Toiyama is a scholar working on Oncology, Surgery and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yuji Toiyama has authored 333 papers receiving a total of 10.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 155 papers in Oncology, 106 papers in Surgery and 91 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Yuji Toiyama's work include Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments (61 papers), Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (42 papers) and Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis (42 papers). Yuji Toiyama is often cited by papers focused on Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments (61 papers), Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (42 papers) and Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis (42 papers). Yuji Toiyama collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Yuji Toiyama's co-authors include Masato Kusunoki, Yasuhiro Inoue, Yoshinaga Okugawa, Koji Tanaka, Ajay Goel, Yasuhiko Mohri, Susumu Saigusa, Keun Hur, Chikao Miki and C. Richard Boland and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Gastroenterology.

In The Last Decade

Yuji Toiyama

319 papers receiving 9.9k citations

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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.

Fusobacterium nucleatum Increases Proliferation of Colorectal Cancer Cells and Tumor Development in Mice by Activating Toll-Like Receptor 4 Signaling to Nuclear Factor−κB, and Up-regulating Expression of MicroRNA-21

2016 761 citations Wenhao Weng, Yuji Toiyama et al. profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yuji Toiyama Japan	51	5.0k	3.9k	3.7k	1.7k	1.4k	333	10.0k
Martin Pichler Austria	58	4.7k 0.9×	5.0k 1.3×	5.0k 1.3×	1.9k 1.1×	2.6k 1.8×	310	11.4k
Koji Tanaka Japan	53	3.6k 0.7×	2.7k 0.7×	3.7k 1.0×	3.5k 2.1×	2.9k 2.0×	471	10.9k
Yoshinaga Okugawa Japan	43	3.5k 0.7×	2.6k 0.7×	2.5k 0.7×	1.0k 0.6×	939 0.7×	237	6.9k
Takatsugu Ishimoto Japan	52	4.1k 0.8×	2.2k 0.6×	3.1k 0.8×	2.4k 1.4×	2.0k 1.4×	206	8.7k
Masato Kusunoki Japan	51	3.4k 0.7×	2.6k 0.7×	4.2k 1.1×	3.6k 2.1×	2.4k 1.7×	492	11.1k
Yung‐Ming Jeng Taiwan	65	6.0k 1.2×	2.6k 0.7×	4.4k 1.2×	2.5k 1.5×	1.8k 1.3×	308	13.3k
William H. Westra United States	66	5.0k 1.0×	2.2k 0.6×	4.8k 1.3×	3.7k 2.1×	2.3k 1.6×	208	12.6k
Yi-Xin Zeng China	59	6.8k 1.4×	3.8k 1.0×	3.6k 1.0×	789 0.5×	778 0.5×	183	11.3k
Lopa Mishra United States	49	3.8k 0.8×	1.5k 0.4×	2.7k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	819 0.6×	169	7.8k
Hiroaki Nagano Japan	60	5.0k 1.0×	3.2k 0.8×	4.2k 1.1×	3.5k 2.1×	1.7k 1.2×	451	13.1k

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Koike, Yuhki, Yuki Sato, Shinji Yamashita, et al.. (2025). When is the optimal diagnostic biopsy timing of acetylcholinesterase staining in Hirschsprung disease?. BMC Pediatrics. 25(1). 126–126.

Okugawa, Yoshinaga, Yumiko Shirai, Takahito Kitajima, et al.. (2024). Effect of the Japanese herbal medicine Hochuekkito for systemic inflammation, prognostic nutrition index, and body composition status in patients with gastrointestinal cancer. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN. 63. 757–767. 1 indexed citations

Mitsuyama, Toshiyuki, Susumu Saigusa, Hiroyuki Fujikawa, et al.. (2023). Cardiac 18F‑FDG uptake and new‑onset rectal cancer. Oncology Letters. 25(5). 197–197.

Yamamoto, Akira, Yuji Toiyama, Hiroki Ikeuchi, et al.. (2023). Oncological outcomes of Crohn's disease‐associated cancers focusing on disease behavior. Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery. 7(4). 615–625. 2 indexed citations

Tsujiura, Masahiro, Akira Yamamoto, Hiroki Imaoka, et al.. (2022). Clinical utility of lymphocyte to C-reactive protein ratio in predicting survival and postoperative complication for esophago-gastric junction cancer. Surgical Oncology. 44. 101842–101842. 4 indexed citations

Okugawa, Yoshinaga, Yuji Toiyama, Takashi Ichikawa, et al.. (2021). Modified intramuscular adipose tissue content as a feasible surrogate marker for malnutrition in gastrointestinal cancer. Clinical Nutrition. 40(5). 2640–2653. 19 indexed citations

Ohi, Masaki, Yuji Toiyama, Takashi Ichikawa, et al.. (2020). Billroth-I Reconstruction with Overlap Anastomosis Using an EndoWrist Linear Stapler After Robotic Distal Gastrectomy. Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques. 30(10). 1117–1121. 1 indexed citations

Shigeyasu, Kunitoshi, Yoshinaga Okugawa, Shusuke Toden, et al.. (2018). AZIN1 RNA editing confers cancer stemness and enhances oncogenic potential in colorectal cancer. JCI Insight. 3(12). 92 indexed citations

Sarkar, Shubhashish, Malaney R. O’Connell, Yoshinaga Okugawa, et al.. (2017). FOXD3 Regulates CSC Marker, DCLK1-S, and Invasive Potential: Prognostic Implications in Colon Cancer. Molecular Cancer Research. 15(12). 1678–1691. 27 indexed citations

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Weng, Wenhao, Yoshinaga Okugawa, Shusuke Toden, et al.. (2016). FOXM1 and FOXQ1 Are Promising Prognostic Biomarkers and Novel Targets of Tumor-Suppressive miR-342 in Human Colorectal Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research. 22(19). 4947–4957. 69 indexed citations

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Ide, Shozo, Yuji Toiyama, Tadanobu Shimura, et al.. (2015). MicroRNA-503 promotes tumor progression and acts as a novel biomarker for prognosis in oesophageal cancer.. PubMed. 35(3). 1447–51. 23 indexed citations

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Toiyama, Yuji, Koji Tanaka, Takahito Kitajima, et al.. (2014). Elevated Serum Angiopoietin-like Protein 2 Correlates with the Metastatic Properties of Colorectal Cancer: A Serum Biomarker for Early Diagnosis and Recurrence. Clinical Cancer Research. 20(23). 6175–6186. 39 indexed citations

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Tanaka, Koji, Yuji Toiyama, Yoshinaga Okugawa, et al.. (2014). In vivo optical imaging of cancer metastasis using multiphoton microscopy: a short review.. Europe PMC (PubMed Central). 29 indexed citations

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Inoue, Yasuhiro, Yuji Toiyama, Koji Tanaka, Yasuhiko Mohri, & Masato Kusunoki. (2013). Outcome of Multimodality Therapy for Elderly Colorectal Cancer Patients. 2(2).

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Mohri, Yasuhiko, Koji Tanaka, Masaki Ohi, et al.. (2012). Inflammation-based prognostic score as a predictor of postoperative gastric cancer recurrence.. PubMed. 32(10). 4581–4. 14 indexed citations

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Inoue, Yasuhiro, Takashi Iwata, Yoshinaga Okugawa, et al.. (2012). Prognostic significance of opioid use in the active treatment of advanced colorectal cancer. Molecular and Clinical Oncology. 1(1). 59–64. 5 indexed citations

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Kawamoto, Aya, Koji Tanaka, Susumu Saigusa, et al.. (2011). Clinical significance of radiation-induced CD133 expression in residual rectal cancer cells after chemoradiotherapy. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine. 3(3). 403–409. 19 indexed citations

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Okugawa, Yoshinaga, Chikao Miki, Yuji Toiyama, et al.. (2009). Serum Level of Soluble Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule 1 Is a Valuable Prognostic Marker in Colorectal Carcinoma. Diseases of the Colon & Rectum. 52(7). 1330–1336. 15 indexed citations

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Toiyama, Yuji, Yasuhiro Inoue, Minàko Kobayashi, et al.. (2009). Pros and Cons of Using Prophylactic Drainage in Colorectal Surgery. Nihon Daicho Komonbyo Gakkai Zasshi. 62(10). 834–838.

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Uchida, Keiichi, Toshimitsu Araki, Yuji Toiyama, et al.. (2005). Preoperative Steroid-Related Complications in Japanese Pediatric Patients With Ulcerative Colitis. Diseases of the Colon & Rectum. 49(1). 74–79. 25 indexed citations

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