Pathology

Staff

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Chief
Takashi
Sugino, M.D.
Senior
Adviser
Takashi
Nakajima,
M.D.
Deputy Chief
Takuma
Oishi, M.D.
Senior
Staff
Fuyuki Sato,
M.D.
Senior
Staff
Tsubasa
Hiraki,
M.D.
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Senior Staff
Ikuma
Kato, M.D.
Senior
Staff
Yuko Kakuda,
M.D.
Senior Staff
Haruna
Yasui, M.D.
Senior Staff
Takuya
Kawata,
M.D., Ph.D
Senior Staff
Ayaka, Katayama
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 Adviser
(Researcher)
Toru
 Kameya,M.D.
Tadakazu
Shimoda,
M.D.
Yasuni 
Nakanuma,
M.D. 
Keiko Sasaki, M.D. Nobuyuki
Oike, M.D. 
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Tomoko Norose, M.D. Keisuke Goto, M.D. Shiro Uchida, M.D. Daisuke Aizawa, M.D. Naoki Oishi M.D. 

Features of Pathology

The Division of Pathology deals with “pathological diagnosis” using microscopic examinations on tissue and cell samples collected by clinical departments for diagnostic purposes, and biopsy specimens resected for surgical treatments. Pathological diagnosis is the most reliable examination to determine whether the tumor is benign or malignant. The results are reported to the clinicians, who will use them for their therapeutic plans.

Features and Therapeutic Strategies of the Division of Pathology at the SCC

Specialist of pathology makes an accurate pathological diagnosis.

Pathological diagnoses are all made by pathologists, the specialists of pathology, who have highly-qualified skills and ample experiences. Furthermore, the pathologists here have their own specialties in specific organs, so that the ever-more-accurate diagnoses are guaranteed.

The latest diagnostic technology is applied.

At all the clinical departments where cancer therapies are being provided, new therapies are constantly brought into practice. In order to get the most efficacy from those new therapies, the diagnostic technology should also be constantly updated. We are always willing to participate in various clinical tests regarding new diagnostic technologies, and at the same time, we willingly adopt the “companion diagnostics” to assess the reactive property of a patient against a therapeutic drug prior to the clinical application of it.

We support the “Project HOPE,” which is a clinical study for presymptomatic medicine initiated by the SCC.

At the SCC, a clinical study named the “Project HOPE (High-tech Omics-based Patient Evaluation)” is currently moving forward. The study is about analyzing genetic information of tumor tissues, aiming at the practice of “personalized medicine,” which is to customize medicine for each patient, and “Mibyo (a Japanese word meaning presymptomatic) medicine” to prevent the manifestation of a disease while it is still in the preclinical stage. The Division of Pathology support the study by supplying tumor tissues for analyses, and at the same time, we are working on adaptation of the analysis results to the pathological diagnoses here.

We share the novel knowledge and techniques for pathological diagnosis.

Since 2011, we have been organizing the Shizuoka Cancer Center Special Seminar for Pathologists’ Training. Expert pathologists specializing in different tumors offer the latest information on how to make an accurate pathological diagnosis of a cancer.

A Word from the Division Staff

Although we don’t see patients in person, we do see them via microscopes. We support them thoroughly by providing them with accurate diagnoses, which will lead them to optimal cancer treatments.

Fields of Expertise, Professional Memberships and Credentials

Takashi Sugino, M.D., Chief

Fields of Expertise

mammary gland
gastrointestinal tract

Professional Memberships and Credentials

Pathologist Certified by the Japanese Society of Pathology

The Japanese Cancer Association
The Japanese Gastric Cancer Association
The Japanese Association for Metastasis Research
The Japanese Breast Cancer Society
The Molecular Biology Society of Japan

Takashi Nakajima, M.D., Senior Adviser

Fields of Expertise

lung
mediastinum

Professional Memberships and Credentials

Pathologist Certified by the Japanese Society of Pathology

The Japanese Cancer Association

The Japan Lung Cancer Society

The Japan Society of Autopsy imaging and Technology

The US-Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP)

Takuma Oishi, M.D., Deputy Chief

Fields of Expertise

brain tumor

Professional Memberships and Credentials

Pathologist Certified by the Japanese Society of Pathology

The Japan Society of Brain Tumor Pathology

Specialist Certified by the Japan Neurosurgical Society

Cytodiagnosis Specialist Certified by the Japanese Society of Clinical Cytology

Fuyuki Sato, M.D., Senior Staff

Professional Memberships and Credentials

Oral Pathologist Certified by the Japanese Society of Pathology

The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

The Japanese Cancer Association

Tsubasa Hiraki, M.D., Senior Staff

Fields of Expertise

dermis

Professional Memberships and Credentials

Pathologist and Molecular Pathologist Certified by the Japanese Society of Pathology

Cytodiagnosis Specialist Certified by the Japanese Society of Clinical Cytology

The Japan Dermatohistopathology Society

Ikuma Kato, M.D., Senior Staff

Fields of Expertise

human pathology
pathology in bone and soft tissue tumor

Professional Memberships and Credentials

Pathologist and Molecular Pathologist Certified by the Japanese Society of Pathology

Cytodiagnosis Specialist Certified by the Japanese Society of Clinical Cytology

Full Member, the International Skeletal Society

Yuko Kakuta, M.D., Senior Staff

Professional Memberships and Credentials

Pathologist Certified by the Japanese Society of Pathology

Cytodiagnosis Specialist Certified by the Japanese Society of Clinical Cytology

The Japan Society of Hepatology
The Japan Biliary Association

Haruna Yasui, M.D., Senior Staff

Fields of Expertise

general pathology

Professional Memberships and Credentials

The Japanese Society of Pathology

Takuya Kawata, M.D., Ph.D., Senior Staff

Fields of Expertise

general pathology

Professional Memberships and Credentials

Pathologist Certified by the Japanese Society of Pathology

Cytodiagnosis Specialist Certified by the Japanese Society of Clinical Cytology

Ayaka, Katayama, M.D., Ph.D., Senior Staff

Fields of Expertise

mammary gland

Professional Memberships and Credentials

Pathologist Certified by the Japanese Society of Pathology

The Japanese Breast Cancer Society
The Japanese Basic Research meeting of Breast Cancer
Japan Brest×AI Research Association

Cytodiagnosis Specialist Certified by the Japanese Society of Clinical Cytology

Toru Kameya, M.D., Adviser (Researcher)

Fields of Expertise

lung
thoraco-abdomen
thymus gland
mediastinal tumor
endocrine tumor

Professional Memberships and Credentials

PPathologist Certified by the Japanese Society of Pathology

The Japan Lung Cancer Society
The Japan Endocrine Pathology Society
The United States & Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP)

Tadakazu Shimoda, M.D.

Fields of Expertise

gastroenterological pathology

Professional Memberships and Credentials

Pathologist Certified by the Japanese Society of Pathology

The Japanese Gastric Cancer Association
The Japanese Cancer Association
The Japanese Esophageal Society
The Japanese Society of Gastroenterology
The European Society of Pathology

Yasuni Nakanuma, M.D.

Fields of Expertise

tumor in liver and biliary tract

Professional Memberships and Credentials

Pathologist Certified by the Japanese Society of Pathology

The Japan Society of Hepatology
The Japan Biliary Association
The Liver Cancer Study Group of Japan
The International Liver Pathology Study Group

Keiko Sasaki, M.D.

Professional Memberships and Credentials

Pathologist and Supervisory Doctor Certified by the Japanese Society of Pathology

Cytodiagnosis Specialist Certified by the Japanese Society of Clinical Cytology

Specialist and Fellow Certified by the International Academy of Cytology (FIAC)

Nobuyuki Oike, M.D.

Fields of Expertise

pancreas and biliary tract

Professional Memberships and Credentials

Pathologist Certified by the Japanese Society of Pathology

Cytodiagnosis Specialist Certified by the Japanese Society of Clinical Cytology

The Japan Pancreas Society
The Japan Biliary Association
The Japan Endocrine Pathology Society

Tomoko Norose, M.D.

Fields of Expertise

pancreas and biliary tract

Professional Memberships and Credentials

Pathologist Certified by the Japanese Society of Pathology

Cytodiagnosis Specialist Certified by the Japanese Society of Clinical Cytology

The Japan Pancreas Society

Keisuke Goto, M.D.

Fields of Expertise

dermis

Professional Memberships and Credentials

Pathologist and Supervisory Doctor Certified by the Japanese Society of Pathology

The Japan Dermatohistopathology Society

Cytodiagnosis Specialist and Supervisory Doctor Certified by the Japanese Society of Clinical Cytology

The American Society of Dermatopathology

International Dermatopathologist Certified by ICDP-UEMS, the International Committee for Dermatopathology

The British Society for Pigment Cell Research

The United States & Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP)

Shiro Uchida, M.D.

Fields of Expertise

mammary gland

Professional Memberships and Credentials

Pathologist and Supervisory Doctor Certified by the Japanese Society of Pathology

Cytodiagnosis Specialist and Supervisory Doctor Certified by the Japanese Society of Clinical Cytology

The Japanese Breast Cancer Society
The Japanese Society for Bioinformatics

Daisuke Aizawa, M.D.

Professional Memberships and Credentials

Naoki Oishi, M.D.

Professional Memberships and Credentials

Pathologist Certified by the Japanese Society of Pathology

Cytodiagnosis Specialist Certified by the Japanese Society of Clinical Cytology

The Japanese Society for Lymphoreticular Tissue Research
The Japanese Division, the International Academy of Pathology
The Unites States & Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP)

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