Department of Neuro-Oncology
Medical services and specialties
We treat tumors of the brain and spinal cord in general.
1)Glioma： We have a lot of experiences in multidisciplinary treatment adding radiotherapy and chemotherapy for surgery making full use of various state-of-the-art technologies such as navigation, monitoring, sensory diagnosis, sometimes awake surgery. Especially regarding clinical researches and clinical trials that are performed on malignant gliomas using the latest drugs, we cover almost everything done in our country.
2)Benign tumor： We respond to any tumors from meningioma, neurinoma, craniopharyngioma, pituitary tumor to skull base tumor, spinal cord tumor. Skull base tumor needs a special operation, but our hospital has the Department of Head and Neck Tumor so we perform surgery in cooperation with this department or with expert assistance and guidance from the outside. For pituitary tumor, we have introduced endoscopic surgery, and perform endocrinology management before and after operation in cooperation with the Department of Endocrinology / Diabetes Medicine of Saitama Medical University Hospital.
3)Pediatric malignant brain tumor：It is one of our specialties. Dr.Yanagisawa is a pediatrician specializing in brain tumors, which is one of the few in our country.
Target diseases
Target diseases of our department are the following.
– glioma
– pediatric brain tumor(medulloblastoma, germ cell tumor, ependymoma, etc. )
– pituitary gland tumor, craniopharingioma
– meningioma, acoustic tumor
– malignant lymphoma
– spinal cord tumor
We respond to all brain and spinal cord tumors including brain metastasis of cancer and others.
Physicians in charge
Professor
Kazuhiko Mishima
- Specialty area
- Multidisciplinary treatment of malignant brain tumor, benign tumor, skull base tumor
- Credentials
- Board Certified Member of Japan Neurosurgical Society, General Clinical Oncologist & Tentative Instructor of Clinical Oncology, Faculty (tentative), Subspecialty Board of Medical Oncology, JSMO, Board Certified Member of the Japan Stroke Society
Associate Professor
Tomonari Suzuki
- Specialty area
- Multidisciplinary treatment of pediatric brain tumor, neuroendoscopic surgery
- Credentials
- Board Certified Member of Japan Neurosurgical Society, Certified Physician of Neuroendoscopic Surgery Skill
Assistant Professor
Mitsuaki Shirahata
- Specialty area
- Multidisciplinary treatment for malignant brain tumor
- Credentials
- Board Certified Member of Japan Neurosurgical Society
Assistant Professor
Takayanagi Syunsaku
- Specialty area
- Multidisciplinary treatment of malignant brain tumor, Genetic diseases (VHL disease, neurofibromatosis type 2, tuberous sclerosis, etc.)
- Credentials
- Board Certified Member of Japan Neurosurgical Society, Board Certified Member of the Japan Stroke Society, Certified Physician of Neuroendoscopic Surgery Skill, Certified General Clinical Oncologist, Certified Clinical Geneticist, Certified Specialist for Hereditary Tumors
Assistant Professor
Tatsuya Ozawa
Instructor
Reina Mizuno
Part-time Physician
Eita Uchida
Part-time Physician
Takurou Ehara
Professor
Takamitsu Fujimaki
- Specialty area
- Brain tumor in general
- Credentials
- Board Certified Member of Japan Neurosurgical Society, General Clinical Oncologist / Tentative Instructor of Clinical Oncology
Visiting Professor
Ryo Nishikawa
- Specialty area
- Multidisciplinary treatment of brain tumor, especially malignant brain tumor, pituitary gland tumor
- Credentials
- Board Certified Member of Japan Neurosurgical Society, Tentative Instructor of Clinical Oncology
Visiting Professor
Takaaki Yanagisawa
- Specialty area
- Pediatric brain tumor, retinoblastoma
- Credentials
- Board Certified Member of Japan Pediatric Society, General Clinical Oncologist
Visiting Associate Professor
Jyunichi Adachi
- Specialty area
- Multidisciplinary treatment for malignant brain tumor, awake surgery for brain tumor
- Credentials
- Board Certified Member of Japan Neurosurgical Society, General Clinical Oncologist / Tentative Instructor of Clinical Oncology, Faculty (tentative), Subspecialty Board of Medical Oncology, JSMO, Certified Physician of Neuroendoscopic Surgery Skill