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| Chief Hirohisa Katagiri, M.D., Ph.D. |
Senior Staff Hideki Murata, M.D. |
Senior Staff Junji Wasa, M.D., Ph.D. |
Senior Staff Shunichi Toki, M.D., Ph.D.. |
Senior Staff Kan Ito, M.D., Ph.D. |
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| Honorary Director Mitsuru Takahashi , M.D., Ph.D. |
Tadaaki Koyama, M.D., Ph.D. |
Yosuke Honda, M.D., Ph.D. | Michihito Miyagi, M.D., Ph.D. | Kanako Shiba, M.D., Ph.D. |
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| Chief Resident Naoki Furukawa, M.D. |
Resident Ryo Satake, M.D. |
Resident Shota Toba, M.D. |
The Division of Orthopedic Oncology basically deals with treatments in “any body parts associated with body movements,” which include bones, joints, muscles and nerves. It is not rare that backache and pains in neck, knee and hip joint originate in tumors there, regardless of whether they are benign or malignant. We provide diagnoses and treatments for malignant tumors (sarcomas) and benign tumors in bones and soft tissues (any soft tissues other than inner organs, i.e., muscle, nerve, blood vessel, fat tissue, etc.). Also, when cancers originated in various organs metastasize in bones (bone metastases), the treatments will be provided at this division.
Although sarcoma is a rare disease and is often referred to as an orphan cancer, it is characterized by the facts that many of the patients tend to be young or pediatric and that it can be detected in various body regions. At the same time, treatments for sarcomas can be very complicated because of such pathological diversity as osteosarcoma, liposarcoma, leiomyosarcoma and synovial sarcoma. At this division, the doctors are all specializing in treating sarcomas, having experienced in a variety of cases. When a patient is a child, we work together with the Division of Pediatrics for the treatment.
Cancers treated at the Division of Orthopedic Oncology often require multimodality therapies involving chemotherapy, radiation therapy and rehabilitation, not limited to operations. Therapeutic plans are always customized for each patient with lots of attentions paid not to deteriorate life functions, while complete cures are given the priority and therefore aimed at. Based on this concept, therapeutic plans are carried out in collaboration with other clinical divisions.
Even when a surgery can’t be chosen because of the location, the size or the condition of sarcoma, a complete cure will be always aimed at working together with the Radiation and Proton Therapy Center. The SCC is one of a few medical institutions equipped with proton beam facilities in Japan.
Some cancer hospitals do not take care of benign tumor treatments. However, at the Division of Orthopedic Oncology at the SCC, whenever it is decided that a surgery is the choice of therapy, we will not hesitate to perform one even for a benign tumor.
Lately, there have been more and more cases of bone metastases of cancers originated in various other organs. A bone metastasis often triggers severe pains or fractures, which will result in lowered quality of life of the patient. Therefore, we are willing to treat bone metastases at this division. When a bone metastasis is suspected, the case will be referred to this division in order to decide on the best therapeutic plan. If the best choice is a surgery, it will be performed at this division, while we also collaborate with other clinical departments including the Division of Radiation Therapy where radiation therapy is provided and the Division of Rehabilitation Medicine where physical rehabilitation is coordinated and provided.
tumors in bone and soft tissues
bone metastases of cancers
Representative, Specialist, Doctor for Spine & Spinal Cord Disorders and Doctor for Rehabilitation of Locomotor Organs Certified by the Japanese Orthopaedic Association
Industrial Doctor Certified by the Japan Medical Association
The Japanese Association of Rehabilitation Medicine
The Central Japan Association of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology
Lead Manager, the Tokai Bone and Soft Tissue Tumor Research Society
tumors in bones and soft tissues
bone metastases of cancers
Specialist, Oncologist for Bones and Soft Tissues and Doctor for Rehabilitation of Locomotor Organs Certified by the Japanese Orthopaedic Association
General Clinical Oncologist Certified by the Japanese Board of Cancer Therapy
The Central Japan Association of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology
tumors in bones and soft tissues
Specialist and Oncologist for Bones and Soft Tissues Certified by the Japanese Orthopaedic Association
General Clinical Oncologist Certified by the Japanese Board of Cancer Therapy
The Central Japan Association of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology
The Japan Society of Clinical Oncology
The Japanese Cancer Association
tumors in tones and soft tissues
Specialist and Oncologist for Bones and Soft Tissues Certified by the Japanese Orthopaedic Association
The Japanese Society for Surgery of the Hand
General Clinical Oncologist Certified by the Japanese Board of Cancer Therapy
The Central Japan Association of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology
The Chubu-Shikoku Orthopaedic Association
The Japanese Cancer Association
The Japanese Association for Molecular Target Therapy of Cancer
The Japanese Association of Rehabilitation Medicine
The Japanese Association of Sarcoma Treatment and Research
The Japanese Society for Fracture Repair
The Japanese Association for Medical Artificial Intelligence
tumors in tones and soft tissues
Specialist and Oncologist for Bones and Soft Tissues Certified by the Japanese Orthopaedic Association
The Japanese Society for Surgery of the Hand
General Clinical Oncologist Certified by the Japanese Board of Cancer Therapy
The Central Japan Association of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology
tumors in bones and soft tissues
bone metastases of cancers
Specialist and Doctor for Spine and Spinal Cord Disorders Certified by the Japanese Orthopaedic Association
The Central Japan Association of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology
The Japan Society of Clinical Oncology
tumors in bones and soft tissues
Specialist and Oncologist for Bones and Soft Tissues Certified by the Japanese Orthopaedic Association
General Clinical Oncologist Certified by the Japanese Board of Cancer Therapy
Industrial Doctor Certified by the Japan Medical Association
tumors in bones and soft tissues
Specialist and Oncologist for Bones and Soft Tissues Certified by the Japanese Orthopaedic Association
General Clinical Oncologist Certified by the Japanese Board of Cancer Therapy
The Japanese Society for Surgery of the Hand
The Central Japan Association of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology
tumors in tones and soft tissues
Specialist and Oncologist for Bones and Soft Tissues Certified by the Japanese Orthopaedic Association
General Clinical Oncologist Certified by the Japanese Board of Cancer Therapy
Specialist Certified by the Japanese Society for Surgery of the Hand
The Central Japan Association of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology
Specialist and Oncologist for Bones and Soft Tissues Certified by the Japanese Orthopaedic Association
General Clinical Oncologist Certified by the Japanese Board of Cancer Therapy
tumors in bones and soft tissues
The Japanese Orthopaedic Association
The Central Japan Association of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology
