Hidenori Sakaino
Kurume University
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British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery | 2010
Makoto Koga; Emiko Anegawa; Junko Yoh; Haruki Tsuyama; Hidenori Sakaino; Osamu Iwamoto; Chihiro Koga; Jingo Kusukawa
S-1 is a newly developed oral fluoropyrimidine derivative that is now widely used as a chemotherapeutic agent in the treatment of oral squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Thymidylate synthase (TS) is the rate-limiting enzyme in the de novo DNA biosynthetic pathway, and improves clinical response to chemotherapy with fluoropyrimidines. We have retrospectively evaluated the predictive value of thymidylate synthase activity in 75 patients with oral SCC with an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Mean (SD) activity (pmol/mg) in the specimens was 0.078 (0.080) (median 0.059). The median value was taken as the cut-off value based on which the patients were divided into high and low activity groups. Both the clinical and histopathological responses to chemotherapy and radiochemotherapy were higher in the group with low TS activity. The group with low TS activity also differed significantly in their clinical response to S-1-based chemotherapy (p<0.05). However, there was no significant difference in cause-specific survival. Measurement of TS activity may aid in predicting the clinical response to chemotherapy including S-1 for oral SCC.
The Kurume Medical Journal | 2001
Hidenori Sakaino
Japanese Journal of Psychosomatic Dentistry | 2001
Sadaharu Kitashima; Chihiro Koga; Hidenori Sakaino; Tadamitsu Kameyama; Kazuyosi Takamuki
Japanese Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery | 1997
Yoko Kuga; Chihiro Koga; Shunichi Tanaka; Hidenori Sakaino; Jingo Kusukawa; Tadamitsu Kameyama
Journal of oral surgery | 2011
Satoko Inokuchi; Makoto Koga; Hidenori Sakaino; Haruki Tsuyama; Shisei Toyofuku; Jingo Kusukawa
Japanese Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | 2010
Chizu Fujii; Yoshiaki Nakamura; Haruki Tuyama; Hidenori Sakaino; Tadamitsu Kameyama; Jingo Kusukawa
Journal of oral surgery | 2008
Tomoko Saruwatari; Makoto Koga; Junko Yoh; Hidenori Sakaino; Chihiro Koga; Jingo Kusukawa
Japanese Journal of Psychosomatic Dentistry | 2008
Chihiro Koga; Haruki Tuyama; Chiharu Koba; Mayumi Ueno; Hidenori Sakaino; Masatora Aoki; Kazuyoshi Takamuki; Jingo Kusukawa
Japanese Journal of Psychosomatic Dentistry | 2005
Ruriko Inoue; Chihiro Koga; Tomoyuki Tsunoda; Sadaharu Kitashima; Chiharu Nakamura; Hidenori Sakaino; Jingo Kusukawa; Kazuyoshi Takamuki
Japanese Journal of Psychosomatic Dentistry | 2001
Tomoyuki Tsunoda; Chihiro Koga; Sadaharu Kitajima; Chiharu Nakamura; Hidenori Sakaino; Tadamitu Kameyama; Kazuyosi Takamuki