Masayuki Kitano

Randomized Phase III Study of Gemcitabine Plus S-1, S-1 Alone, or Gemcitabine Alone in Patients With Locally Advanced and Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer in Japan and Taiwan: GEST Study

Hideki Ueno, Tatsuya Ioka, Masafumi Ikeda et al. · Journal of Clinical Oncology · 2013 · 633 citations

Medicine, Oncology, Pharmacology +13

Lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab versus lenvatinib plus placebo for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (LEAP-002): a randomised, double-blind, phase 3 trial

Josep M. Llovet, Masatoshi Kudo, Philippe Merle et al. · The Lancet Oncology · 2023 · 421 citations · Full text

Medicine, Oncology, Pharmacology +12

Characterization of Small Solid Tumors in the Pancreas: The Value of Contrast-Enhanced Harmonic Endoscopic Ultrasonography

Masayuki Kitano, Masatoshi Kudo, Kenji Yamao et al. · The American Journal of Gastroenterology · 2011 · 344 citations

Medicine, Oncology, Radiology +17

Endosonography-guided gallbladder drainage versus percutaneous cholecystostomy in very high-risk surgical patients with acute cholecystitis: an international randomised multicentre controlled superiority trial (DRAC 1)

Anthony Yuen Bun Teoh, Masayuki Kitano, Takao Itoi et al. · Gut · 2020 · 288 citations

Medicine, Internal Medicine, Surgery +17

Multicenter study of early pancreatic cancer in Japan

Atsushi Kanno, Atsushi Masamune, Keiji Hanada et al. · Pancreatology · 2017 · 276 citations

Medicine, Oncology, Surgery +13