Yuji Kurusu

No-touch isolation technique reduces intraoperative shedding of tumor cells into the portal vein during resection of colorectal cancer

Naoko Hayashi, Hiroshi Egami, Yuji Kurusu et al. · Surgery · 1999 · 131 citations

Medicine, Oncology, Surgery +14

Detection of circulating tumor cells in patients with non–small cell lung cancer undergoing lobectomy by video-assisted thoracic surgery: A potential hazard for intraoperative hematogenous tumor cell dissemination

Jun‐ichi Yamashita, Yuji Kurusu, Noboru Fujino et al. · Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery · 2000 · 121 citations · Full text

Medicine, Oncology, Surgery +17

Detection of circulating tumor cells by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction in patients with resectable non-small-cell lung cancer

Yuji Kurusu, Jun‐ichi Yamashita, Michio Ogawa · Surgery · 1999 · 72 citations

Medicine, Oncology, Pathology +16

Preoperative evidence of circulating tumor cells by means of reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction for carcinoembryonic antigen messenger RNA is an independent predictor of survival in non–small cell lung cancer: A prospective study

Jun‐ichi Yamashita, Akinobu Matsuo, Yuji Kurusu et al. · Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery · 2002 · 71 citations · Full text

Medicine, Oncology, Pathology +16

The sequence of vessel ligation affects tumor release into the circulation

Yuji Kurusu, Jun‐ichi Yamashita, Naoko Hayashi et al. · Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery · 1998 · 63 citations · Full text

Medicine, Cancer Biology, Oncology +14