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  • December 16, 2024: Dr. Augustin NZITAKERA, who obtained his Ph.D. in Tumor Pathology and returned to his home country at the end of November, presented his research findings on colorectal cancer at the 24th Congress of the African Society of Hepato-Gastro-Enterology held in Rwanda.
  • November 30, 2024: Dr. Yasuhiro Sakai, Associate Professor of the Department of Tumor Pathology, was honored with the Young Investigator Award at the 71st Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Laboratory Medicine.
  • November 24, 2024: An original article regarding new treatments for gastric cancer and their impact on the tumor immune environment, authored by Assistant Professor Yoshimura, has been accepted for publication in the journal Cancer Letters.
  • November 17, 2024: Dr. Yasuhiro Sakai, Associate Professor of the Department of Tumor Pathology, served as the lecturer on reversed CPC at the November Basic Course organized by the General Laboratory Testing Group of the Aichi Association of Medical Technologists.
  • November 11, 2024: A farewell party was held for Dr. Augustin Nzitakera, a graduate student in the Department of Tumor Pathology.
  • November 11, 2024: Basic clinical training for third-year medical students begins (lasts until December 20).
  • November 7-10, 2024: Dr. Yasuhiro Sakai, Associate Professor of the Department of Tumor Pathology, attended the 61st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP).
  • November 2, 2024: Dr. Yasuhiro Sakai, Associate Professor of the Department of Tumor Pathology, served as the lecturer for Special Program III, "Reversed CPC: Developing Skills to Interpret Pathophysiology," at the 62nd Annual Congress of the Chubu Branch of the Japanese Association of Medical Technologists in 2024.
  • November 1, 2024: As part of the pathology clerkship (seminar) for second-year medical students, we had them solve a pathology diagnosis challenge problem using virtual tumor slides. Between October 28 and 30, we received a total of 119 answer sheets, and at first glance, almost all of them exceeded the pass mark. We will now proceed with detailed grading.
  • November 1, 2024: Dr. Katsuhiro Yoshimura, Assistant Professor in the Department of Tumor Pathology, gave a general oral presentation on the tumor-promoting mechanism mediated by the m6A modification of WTAP in non-small cell lung cancer at the 65th Annual Meeting of the Japan Lung Cancer Society in Yokohama.
  • October 13, 2024: A paper titled "TP53 Mutation Status and Consensus Molecular Subtypes of Colorectal Cancer in Patients from Rwanda," authored by Dr. Augustin Nzitakera, a graduate student in the Department of Tumor Pathology, was published on PubMed.
  • October 7, 2024: We invited Mr. Takeshi Sugimaru, who achieved the highest score in the tumor pathology section of the sixth-year medical student graduation examination in pathological diagnosis, to discuss his approach to the examination.
  • October 1, 2024: The results of the tumor pathology section of the sixth-year medical students' final examination in pathological diagnosis were announced, and outstanding students were recognized.
  • September 30, 2024: A welcome party was held for Ms. Sayuri Takeuchi, a technical assistant in the tumor pathology department.
  • September 30, 2024: Dr. Augustin Nzitakera, a graduate student from the Department of Tumor Pathology, had his paper on colorectal cancer accepted by BMC Cancer.
  • September 30, 2024: the final examination for sixth-year medical students in pathological diagnosis was held.
  • September 30, 2024: Mr. Ryosuke Miyazaki of the Department of Tumor Pathology passed the FY2024 Toxic Substance Handler exam.
  • September 19, 2024: Prof. Shinmura chaired the session on "Development of New Cancer Testing Methods" at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Cancer Association in Fukuoka.
  • September 9, 2024: Classes for second-year medical students in General Pathology (Tumor Pathology Section) began.
  • September 7, 2024: Dr. Yasuhiro Sakai, Associate Professor of the Department of Tumor Pathology, served as a lecturer at the 4th Dermatopathology Diagnosis Seminar organized by the Japan Dermatopathology Society.
  • August 31, 2024: Dr. Yasuhiro Sakai, Associate Professor of the Department of Tumor Pathology, gave a presentation on the mechanisms of breast cancer development during the oral session of the 64th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Clinical Chemistry.　
  • August 25, 2024: Dr. Ryosuke Miyazaki of the Department of Tumor Pathology participated in the FY2024 Hamamatsu University School of Medicine Social Contribution Program "Let's Become Inventors - Research and Development Experience Classroom" as a preparation and operation staff.
  • August 1, 2024: Dr. Katsuhiro Yoshimura, Assistant Professor in the Department of Tumor Pathology, received a grant approval for his gastric cancer research project under the Research Activity Startup Support of Kakenhi for FY2024.
  • July 29, 2024: We began recording videos for the preparatory lectures for the 6th year medical students' final exam in Pathological Diagnosis (scheduled for September 30). The Department of Tumor Pathology plans to offer a total of 7 preparatory lectures. All 7 lectures are expected to be uploaded by early August.
  • July 27, 2024: Dr. Rei Ishikawa, a graduate student in the Department of Tumor Pathology, received the Outstanding Presentation Award for his research presentation at the 20th The Japanese Society of Pathology.
  • July 26, 2024: Dr. Rei Ishikawa, a graduate student in the Department of Tumor Pathology, presented his research on jejunal and ileal adenocarcinoma at the 20th The Japanes Society of Pathology in Yamagata.
  • July 12, 2024: Dr. Augustin Nzitakera, a graduate student in the Department of Tumor Pathology, presented his research on colorectal cancer in Rwanda at the 101st Scientific Meeting of Japanese Society for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum in Nagoya, Japan.
  • July 4, 2024: A paper titled "A Case of Spontaneously Remitted Peritoneal Sarcoidosis" was published in the Journal of the Japan Surgical Association. The paper was authored by Dr. Chisa Shibata of Hamamatsu Rosai Hospital and Shizuoka City Shizuoka Hospital. This was a joint presentation with the Department of Tumor Pathology.
  • July 1, 2024: The final examination for third-year medical students in the Tumor Pathology section of the Pathology course was administered.
  • June 29, 2024: Dr. Yasuhiro Sakai, Associate Professor of the Department of Tumor Pathology, delivered an educational lecture on immunohistochemistry at the training session of the Shizuoka Association of Medical Technologists.
  • June 28, 2024: Professor Shinmura delivered the opening address at the Lung Cancer Symposium, which was hosted by AstraZeneca.
  • June 21, 2024: A research project on small intestinal cancer by Dr. Ishikawa, a graduate student in the Department of Tumor Pathology, was accepted as an intramural research project (graduate student research support project) for the 2024 academic year.
  • June 18, 2024: Dr. Yasuhiro Sakai, Associate Professor in the Department of Tumor Pathology, presented the lecture titled "Elucidation of lymphocyte dynamics and the development of a tumourigenesis model based on the GANP/DSS1 family" at Sheffield Pathology 2024 in the United Kingdom.
  • May 29, 2024: The abstract of the research on colorectal cancer in Rwanda submitted by Dr. NZITAKERA, Augustin, a graduate student in the Department of Tumor Pathology, was accepted for presentation at the 101st Annual Meeting of Japanese Society for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum (JSCCR).
  • May 23, 2024: Dr. NZITAKERA Augustin, a graduate student in the Department of Tumor Pathology, has successfully defended his thesis for the award of PhD degree.
  • May 20 and 22, 2024: We conducted a tutorial on Problem-Based Learning (PBL) for third-year medical students who were under the responsibility of the Department of Tumor Pathology.　
  • May 18, 2024: Prof. Shinmura participated in the opening ceremony and commemorative symposium of the Institute of Photonics and Medical Science at Hamamatsu University School of Medicine.
  • April 26, 2024: A research paper entitled "Characterization of BRAFThr599dup Mutation as a Targetable Driver Mutation Identified in Lung Adenocarcinoma by Comprehensive Genomic Profiling." has been published in JCO Precis Oncol. The article is now available on PubMed. The first author of this paper is Dr. WATANABE Hirofumi (Respiratory physician) a graduate student in the Department of Tumor Pathology and also a graduate student in the Department of Respiratory Medicine (Second Department of Internal Medicine).
  • April 16, 2024: The department of Tumor Pathology began teaching pathology to third-year medical students.
  • March 28-30, 2024: We attended the 113th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Pathology.
    Assistant Teacher YAMADA Hidetaka: Research on lung cancer (general poster),
    Dr. NZITAKERA Augustin: a graduate student: Research on gastric cancer (general oral presentation; Overseas session),
    Dr. Shinya Katsuragi: a graduate student: Research on gastric cancer (general oral presentation)
    Mr. Kazuki Kurihara: a fifth-year medical student studying in the Department of Tumor Pathology: Research on gastric cancer research on gastric cancer (undergraduate student poster session)
    Associate Professor SAKAI Yasuhiro: Chairperson of the Companion meeting (dermatopathology)
    Prof.SHINMURA Kazuya: Chairperson of the poster session (respiratory organs).
  • March 26, 2024: A farewell gathering was held for Dr. Natsume and Ms. Ishino, and a welcome gathering for Associate Professor Sakai and Assistant Professor Yoshimura.
  • March 16, 2024: A slide seminar was held at the 27th Annual Meeting of the Chubu Branch of the Japanese Society of Pathology. Prof. SHINMURA Kazuya was a co-presenter in the presentation by Dr. Haruna Yagi, Seirei Mikatahara Hospital and Department of Pathology, Nagoya University Hospital.
  • March, 11 2024: A research paper entitled " The spectrum of TP53 mutations in Rwandan patients with gastric cancer " has been published in Genes and Environment. The article is now available on PubMed. The first author of this paper is Dr. NZITAKERA Augustin, a graduate student in the Department of Tumor Pathology.
  • March 8, 2024: Prof. Shinmura chaired the first part of the 29th Hamamatsu Medical Science Symposium.
  • March 4, 2024: The Department of Tumor Pathology began accepting 6th-year medical students for elective hospital training. (This year, the acceptance period lasted until June 14).
  • Feb 2, 2024: Supplementary exams of pathology course were administered to second-year medical students.
  • January 18, 2024: Supplementary exams of　Pathology Practice (Exercise) were administered to second-year medical students.
  • January 15, 2024: A supplementary exam of pathology course was administered to second-year medical students.
  • January 12, 2024: Dr. HU De (Pathologist), a graduate student in the Department of Tumor Pathology, has successfully defended her thesis for the award of PhD degree.
  • January 9, 2024: The third-year medical students have begun their basic training (it will last until February 20).
  • January 12, 2024: Dr. DE Hu (Pathologist), a graduate student in the Department of Tumor Pathology, has successfully defended her thesis for the award of PhD degree.
  • January 9, 2024: The third-year medical students have begun their basic training (it will last until February 20).
  • January 4, 2024: The following are the accepted abstracts from the Department of Tumor Pathology submitted to the 113th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Pathology: Assistant Teacher Hidetaka YAMADA's research on lung cancer (general poster), graduate student NZITAKERA Augustin's research on gastric cancer (general oral presentation) Overseas session), graduate student Shinya KATSURAGI's research on gastric cancer (general poster), and Kazuki KURIHARA, a fifth-year medical student studying in the Department of Oncologic Pathology (undergraduate poster session). In addition, Prof. SHINMURA will chair the poster session (respiratory organs).
  • January 4, 2024: Dr. Yasuhiro SAKAI, a lecturer at Fujita Medical College, has joined as an Associate Professor in the Department of Tumor Pathology.
  • December 26, 2023: A supplementary exam of pathology course was administered to second-year medical students.
  • December 18, 2023: Dr. Katsuhiro YOSHIMURA, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, has joined as an Assistant Teacher in the Department of Tumor Pathology.
  • December 18, 2023: We administered the pathology course examination to second-year medical students. The results will be reported on the 22nd.
  • December 9, 2023: Dr. Shinya KATSURAGI, a graduate student in the Department of Tumor Pathology, presented a case of a rare case (joint presentation with the Department of Pathology, Seirei Hamamatsu Hospital) at the Chubu-Kokenkai.
  • November 27, 2023: A research paper entitled " High Expression of Fas-Associated Factor 1 Indicates a Poor Prognosis in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer " has been published in Curr Oncol. The article is now available on PubMed. The first author of this paper is Dr.HU De, a graduate student in the Department of Tumor Pathology.
  • November 14, 2023: We administered the Pathology Practice (Exercise) examination to second-year medical students. The results were reported on the 20th.
  • October 30-November 2, 2023: We completed the "Oncology" training component of the graduate doctoral program in medicine.
  • September 30, 2023: Dr. MANIRAKIZA Felix, a recent graduate of the Department of Tumor Pathology, has returned to Rwanda after completing his studies. He now serves as a Senior Lecturer at University of Rwanda, School of Medicine and Pharmacy and as a Pathologist at University Teaching Hospital Of Kigali.　
  • October 2, 2023: We administered a pathology final exam to sixth-year medical students.
  • September 30, 2023: Dr. MANIRAKIZA Felix, a recent graduate of the Department of Tumor Pathology, has returned to Rwanda after completing his studies.　
  • September 21, 2023: Dr. NZITAKERA Augustin, a graduate student in the Department of Tumor Pathology, presented his research on gastric cancer in Rwanda at the English Oral Session during the 82nd Annual Meeting of The Japanese Cancer Association.
  • September 14, 2023: Dr. Shinya Katsuragi, a graduate student in the Department of Tumor Pathology, has successfully passed the 2023 Pathologist Examination.
  • September 11, 2023: The Department of Tumor Pathology began teaching pathology to second-year medical students.
  • June 6, 2023: Dr. Ryosuke Miyazaki of the Department of Tumor Pathology presented his research and pathology methods at a technical presentation organized by the Technology Department of Hamamatsu University School of Medicine.
  • August 31, 2023: Assistant Professor Yuji Iwashita of the Department of Tumor Pathology completed his tenure at Hamamatsu University School of Medicine. He has since joined the Cancer Prevention Research Department at the Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute.
  • August 24, 2023: A farewell gathering was organized for Dr. Yuji Iwashita, who served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Tumor Pathology, and Dr. MANIRAKIZA Felix, a graduate student of the said department.
  • August 10, 2023: We have started recording videos of supplementary lectures before the graduation examination of the 6th year medical students (Pathological Diagnosis scheduled for October 2). Seven supplementary lectures are planned for the Department of Tumor Pathology. They will be uploaded sequentially to the educational support system of Hamamatsu University School of Medicine. All seven lectures are expected to be completed by the end of August.
  • August 1, 2023: Dr. MANIRAKIZA Felix (Pathologist), a graduate student in the Department of Tumor Pathology, has successfully defended his thesis for the award of PhD degree.
  • July 24, 2023: Supplementary exams of pathology course were administered to third-year medical students.
  • July 11, 2023: The study on Gastric cancer in Rwanda, submitted by NZITAKERA Augustin, a graduate student from the Department of Tumor Pathology, has been selected for the English Oral session during the 82nd Annual Meeting of The Japanese Cancer Association.
  • July, 01 2023: A research paper entitled " TP53 mutations in Romanian patients with colorectal cancer " has been published in Genes and Environment. The article is now available on PubMed. The first author of this paper is Dr. MANIRAKIZA Felix (Pathologist) a graduate student in the Department of Tumor Pathology.
  • June 12, 2023: We administered the pathology course examination to third-year medical students.
  • May 22 and 24, 2023: We conducted a tutorial on Problem-Based Learning (PBL) for third-year medical students who were under the responsibility of the Department of Tumor Pathology.
  • May 16, 2023: A research paper entitled "Clinicopathological Characteristics and Mutational Landscape of APC, HOXB13, and KRAS among Rwandan Patients with Colorectal Cancer" has been published in Current Issues in Molecular Biology. The article is now available on PubMed. The first author of this paper is Dr. MANIRAKIZA Felix (Pathologist) a graduate student in the Department of Tumor Pathology.
  • May 11, 2023: A research paper entitled "Evaluation of the widths of the mucosal strips in pathological examination of specimens of endoscopic submucosal dissection for early gastric cancer" has been published in the journal Gastric Cancer. The article is now available on PubMed. The first author of this paper is Dr. Shinya Katsuragi (Pathologist) a graduate student in the Department of Tumor Pathology.
  • April 4, 2023: Prof. Shinmura participated in the lecture and ceremony for the inauguration of Dr. Yoshiro Matsumoto as Chairman of the Japan Medical Association.
  • April 17, 2023: The department of Tumor Pathology began teaching pathology to third-year medical students.
  • April 3, 2023: The Department of Tumor Pathology began accepting 6th-year medical students for elective hospital training. (This year, the acceptance period lasted until June 16).
  • April 13, 2023: Prof. Shinmura gave an oral presentation at the 112th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Pathology (title: Examination of primary cilia in lung tumors: High-frequency identification of primary cilia in small cell lung cancer and its function).
  • April 12, 2023: "Primary cilia are frequently present in small cell lung carcinomas but not in non-small cell lung carcinomas or lung carcinoids", a research paper by Shinmura et al. has been published in the journal Laboratory Investigations and the article is now available on PubMed.
  • April 1, 2023: Dr. Shinmura was appointed Professor.