Dr. Yoshimasa Maniwa

Division of Thoracic Surgery

Email: [email protected]

Qualifications

1998  Ph.D., Kobe University School of Medicine

Publications (Selected)

1. Fujibayashi, Y., Takata, M., Tsubota, N., et al. (2025). Segmentectomy versus lobectomy: does FEV1.0 change accurately reflect the postoperative cardiopulmonary function? General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 73(2), 96-101.
2. Hokka, D., Tane, S., Izawa, R., et al. (2026). Anatomical lung resection using the hinotori surgical robotic system: initial clinical experience with a standardized multiport approach. General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Advance online publication.
3. Jimbo, N., Ohbayashi, C., Fujii, T., et al. (2024). The expression of YAP1 and other transcription factors contributes to lineage plasticity in combined small cell lung carcinoma. Journal of Pathology Clinical Research, 10(5), e70001.
4. Koga, T., Ogawa, H., Radulovich, N., et al. (2026). Endobronchial ultrasound-guided biopsy-derived lung cancer models: A platform for precision therapy. Journal of Thoracic Oncology, 21(9), 103893.
5. Kohama, T., Sakamoto, T., Tanahashi, M., et al. (2025). Larger polyglycolic acid sheet pleural covering to reduce postoperative recurrence of primary spontaneous pneumothorax. Journal of Thoracic Disease, 17(7), 4576-4586.
6. Mitsui, S., Jimbo, N., Ogawa, H., et al. (2026). POU2F3 expression in lung squamous cell carcinoma: transcriptomic and immunohistochemical profiling with prognosis. Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology, 56(9), 1062-1073.
7. Mitsui, S., Tanaka, Y., Jimbo, N., et al. (2025). Ribonucleic acid sequencing analysis of intimal sarcoma of the large blood vessels. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 67(8), ezaf245.
8. Mitsui, S., Tanaka, Y., Nishikubo, M., et al. (2024). Safety and efficacy of new staple-line reinforcement in lung resection: a prospective study of 48 patients. Surgery Today, 54(7), 779-786.
9. Mitsui, S., Tanaka, Y., Nishikubo, M., et al. (2025). Ninjin'yoeito improves respiratory symptoms after lung cancer surgery: a prospective randomized study. Surgery Today, 55(5), 693-704.
10. Mizuno, T., Chen-Yoshikawa, T. F., Yoshino, I., et al. (2024). Updated outcomes of surgical treatment for recurrent thymic tumour: a report from the Japanese nationwide database. Interdisciplinary Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, 38(6), ivae064.
11. Nishikubo, M., Tanaka, Y., Tane, S., et al. (2025). Lobectomy increases postoperative pulmonary artery enlargement to a greater extent than segmentectomy. Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 31(1), 2400083.
12. Ogawa, H., Koga, T., Pham, N. A., et al. (2024). Clinical and pathological predictors of engraftment for patient-derived xenografts in lung adenocarcinoma. Lung Cancer, 194, 107863.
13. Tane, S., Hokka, D., Izawa, R., et al. (2026). Dual-port robot-assisted thoracic surgery using hinotori™ surgical system. General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 74(8), 821-825.
14. Tane, S., & Maniwa, Y. (2026). Can a simple serum biomarker refine immunotherapy selection in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma? Annals of Surgical Oncology. Advance online publication.
15. Tane, S., Nishikubo, M., Manabe, T., et al. (2026). Efficacy and safety of salvage surgery after immunotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer: A multi-institutional retrospective study. Annals of Surgical Oncology, 33(6), 5377-5386.
16. Tane, S., Nomura, K., Watanabe, T., et al. (2026). Preoperative predictors of surgical complexity after neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy in non-small-cell lung cancer. Annals of Surgical Oncology. Advance online publication.
17. Tane, S., Okami, J., Maniwa, Y., et al. (2024). Clinical outcomes of left upper segmentectomy vs. lobectomy for early non-small-cell lung cancer: a nationwide database study in Japan. Surgery Today, 54(10), 1162-1172.
18. Uno, Y., Tane, S., Tanaka, Y., et al. (2025). Learning curve of consolers and bedside surgeons fused robotic-assisted thoracoscopic segmentectomy: insights from the initial 100 cases. Surgery Today, 55(6), 823-829.
19. Waseda, R., Yamamoto, H., Shintani, Y., et al. (2025). Preoperative risk-factors for secondary spontaneous pneumothorax surgery in Japan: a nationwide database study. Surgery Today, 55(3), 393-404.

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WOS ResearcherID: DEA-2816-2022