Kazuaki Chikamatsu

Cancer-associated fibroblasts promote an immunosuppressive microenvironment through the induction and accumulation of protumoral macrophages

Hideyuki Takahashi, Koichi Sakakura, Takeshi Kudo et al. · Oncotarget · 2016 · 249 citations · Full text

Medicine, Oncology, Pathology +14

Expansion and characterization of cancer stem-like cells in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck

Atsushi Okamoto, Kazuaki Chikamatsu, Koichi Sakakura et al. · Oral Oncology · 2008 · 167 citations

Medicine, Cell Biology, Oncology +14

Immunosuppressive activity of cancer-associated fibroblasts in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Hideyuki Takahashi, Koichi Sakakura, Reika Kawabata‐Iwakawa et al. · Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy · 2015 · 143 citations · Full text

Medicine, Immunology, Oncology +14

Neck Dissections Based on Sentinel Lymph Node Navigation Versus Elective Neck Dissections in Early Oral Cancers: A Randomized, Multicenter, and Noninferiority Trial

Yasuhisa Hasegawa, Kiyoaki Tsukahara, Seiichi Yoshimoto et al. · Journal of Clinical Oncology · 2021 · 140 citations

Medicine, Neck Surgery, Oncology +17

Prognostic significance of amino-acid transporter expression (LAT1, ASCT2, and xCT) in surgically resected tongue cancer

Minoru Toyoda, Kyoichi Kaira, Yasuhiro Ohshima et al. · British Journal of Cancer · 2014 · 139 citations · Full text

Medicine, Cancer Biology, Oncology +9