| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | Japanese Society for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum (JSCCR) guidelines 2016 for the treatment of colorectal cancer | International Journal of Clinical Oncology | 2018 | 1,187 |
| 2 | Tokyo Guidelines 2018: antimicrobial therapy for acute cholangitis and cholecystitis | Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences | 2018 | 242 |
| 3 | Biliary tract cancer treatment: 5,584 results from the Biliary Tract Cancer Statistics Registry from 1998 to 2004 in Japan | Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery | 2009 | 201 |
| 4 | Basal cell adenocarcinoma of the salivary glands | Cancer | 1998 | 134 |
| 5 | Circulating exosomal microRNA-203 is associated with metastasis possibly via inducing tumor-associated macrophages in colorectal cancer | Oncotarget | 2017 | 132 |
| 6 | Diagnosis of pancreatic cancer | Hpb | 2006 | 125 |
| 7 | Multicenter, phase II clinical trial of cancer vaccination for advanced esophageal cancer with three peptides derived from novel cancer-testis antigens | Journal of Translational Medicine | 2012 | 124 |
| 8 | The technique for heterotopic cardiac transplantation in mice: experience of 3000 operations by one surgeon | Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation | 2001 | 122 |
| 9 | CD8+ and FOXP3+ Tumor-Infiltrating T Cells Before and After Chemoradiotherapy for Rectal Cancer | Annals of Surgical Oncology | 2014 | 114 |
| 10 | Biliary tract cancer registry in Japan from 2008 to 2013 | Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences | 2016 | 102 |
| 11 | Biliary tract cancer treatment: results from the Biliary Tract Cancer Statistics Registry in Japan | Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery | 2002 | 95 |
| 12 | Hemodynamic changes of splenogastric circulation after spleen-preserving pancreatectomy with excision of splenic artery and vein | Surgery | 2005 | 82 |
| 13 | Expression of an activated mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) in gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors | Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology | 2010 | 80 |
| 14 | Induction of a Pathological Complete Response by Four Courses of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Gastric Cancer: Early Results of the Randomized Phase II COMPASS Trial | Annals of Surgical Oncology | 2014 | 64 |
| 15 | Intraoperative colonoscopy for stapled anastomosis in colorectal surgery | Surgery Today | 2008 | 62 |
| 16 | Endoscopic classification of chronic gastritis based on a pilot study by the research society for gastritis | Digestive Endoscopy | 2002 | 57 |
| 17 | Tumor location is a prognostic factor in poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma, mucinous adenocarcinoma, and signet-ring cell carcinoma of the colon | International Journal of Colorectal Disease | 2012 | 48 |
| 18 | Prognostic Impact of Primary Tumor Resection and Lymph Node Dissection in Stage IV Colorectal Cancer with Unresectable Metastasis: A Propensity Score Analysis in a Multicenter Retrospective Study | Annals of Surgical Oncology | 2014 | 47 |
| 19 | The rs6983267 SNP Is Associated with MYC Transcription Efficiency, Which Promotes Progression and Worsens Prognosis of Colorectal Cancer | Annals of Surgical Oncology | 2013 | 46 |
| 20 | Role of staging laparoscopy for gastric cancer patients | Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery | 2019 | 46 |
| 21 | Influence of preoperative anti‐cancer therapy on resectability and perioperative outcomes in patients with pancreatic cancer: Project study by the Japanese Society of Hepato‐Biliary‐Pancreatic Surgery | Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences | 2014 | 45 |
| 22 | Purified Eicosapentaenoic Acid Induces Prolonged Survival of Cardiac Allografts and Generates Regulatory T Cells | American Journal of Transplantation | 2009 | 44 |
| 23 | Effects of Immunosuppressants on Induction of Regulatory Cells After Intratracheal Delivery of Alloantigen | Transplantation | 2005 | 43 |
| 24 | Alanyl-Glutamine-Supplemented Total Parenteral Nutrition Improves Survival and Protein Metabolism in Rat Protracted Bacterial Peritonitis Model | Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition | 1996 | 41 |
| 25 | Prediction of Malignant Behavior of Pheochromocytomas and Paragangliomas Using Immunohistochemical Techniques | Endocrine Pathology | 2002 | 41 |
| 26 | Clinical benefit of surgery for stage IV colorectal cancer with synchronous peritoneal metastasis | Journal of Gastroenterology | 2014 | 41 |
| 27 | The expression of NeuroD and mASH1 in the gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors | Modern Pathology | 2008 | 40 |
| 28 | Percutaneous Cryoablation of Pulmonary Metastases from Colorectal Cancer | PLoS ONE | 2011 | 38 |
| 29 | Impact of Hospital Volume on Chest Tube Duration, Length of Stay, and Mortality After Lobectomy | Annals of Thoracic Surgery | 2011 | 37 |
| 30 | Safety of UFT/LV and S-1 as adjuvant therapy for stage III colon cancer in phase III trial: ACTS-CC trial | British Journal of Cancer | 2012 | 37 |
| 31 | Resected case of eosinophilic cholangiopathy presenting with secondary sclerosing cholangitis | World Journal of Gastroenterology | 2009 | 36 |
| 32 | Auditory stimulation of opera music induced prolongation of murine cardiac allograft survival and maintained generation of regulatory CD4+CD25+ cells | Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery | 2012 | 35 |
| 33 | Effect of early oral feeding on length of hospital stay following gastrectomy for gastric cancer: a Japanese multicenter, randomized controlled trial | Surgery Today | 2018 | 35 |
| 34 | A Multicenter Study of the Prognostic Value of Desmoplastic Reaction Categorization in Stage II Colorectal Cancer | American Journal of Surgical Pathology | 2019 | 35 |
| 35 | Programmed death-1–programmed death-L1 interaction is essential for induction of regulatory cells by intratracheal delivery of alloantigen | Transplantation | 2004 | 34 |
| 36 | Living donor pancreas transplantation in Japan | Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences | 2010 | 33 |
| 37 | Immunomodulatory effects of eicosapentaenoic acid through induction of regulatory T cells | International Immunopharmacology | 2011 | 33 |
| 38 | Prognostic impact of tumor location in stage IV colon cancer: A propensity score analysis in a multicenter study | International Journal of Surgery | 2014 | 33 |
| 39 | An Agonistic Anti-BTLA mAb (3C10) Induced Generation of IL-10-Dependent Regulatory CD4+ T Cells and Prolongation of Murine Cardiac Allograft | Transplantation | 2014 | 33 |
| 40 | Outcomes of segmentectomy and wedge resection for pulmonary metastases from colorectal cancer | European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery | 2016 | 32 |
| 41 | Japanese Society for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum (JSCCR) Guidelines 2016 for the Clinical Practice of Hereditary Colorectal Cancer (Translated Version) | Journal of the Anus, Rectum and Colon | 2018 | 32 |
| 42 | Nationwide Survey on the Treatment Policy for Well-differentiated Thyroid Cancer - Results of a Questionnaire Distributed at the 37th Meeting of The Japanese Society of Thyroid Surgery - | Endocrine Journal | 2005 | 31 |
| 43 | Morphometric and immunohistochemical study of cholangiolocellular carcinoma: comparison with non‐neoplastic cholangiole, interlobular duct and septal duct | Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences | 2012 | 31 |
| 44 | Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma: Nationwide Japanese Survey of 634 Cases in 1996 and 271 Cases in 2002 | Endocrine Journal | 2004 | 29 |
| 45 | Aortic Occlusion Balloon Catheter Technique Is Useful for Uncontrollable Massive Intraabdominal Bleeding After Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery | Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery | 2006 | 29 |
| 46 | A scoring system for the assessment of the risk of mortality after partial hepatectomy in patients with chronic liver dysfunction | Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery | 2005 | 28 |
| 47 | Proposal of a new and simple staging system of colorectal liver metastasis | World Journal of Gastroenterology | 2006 | 27 |
| 48 | Induction of Indefinite Survival of Fully Mismatched Cardiac Allografts and Generation of Regulatory Cells by Sarpogrelate Hydrochloride | Transplantation | 2006 | 26 |
| 49 | Carcinosarcoma of the Liver | Internal Medicine | 2010 | 26 |
| 50 | Prolonged Survival of Fully Mismatched Cardiac Allografts and Generation of Regulatory Cells by Sairei-to, a Japanese Herbal Medicine | Transplantation | 2009 | 24 |
