is a Japanese urologist and an author of more than 17

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ed articles. He graduated from the

University of Tokyo , abbreviated as or UTokyo, is a public research university located in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1877, the university was the first Imperial University and is currently a Top Type university of the Top Global University Project by ...

and became a professor in urological oncology there. He also served as a professor emeritus at the

University of Tsukuba is a public university, public research university located in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Ibaraki, Japan. It is a top 10 Designated National University, and was ranked Type A by the Japanese government as part of the Top Global University Pro ...

and was a President of both the Asia Pacific Society of Urological Oncology and the 20th Asia Pacific Cancer Conference. From 2005 to 2009 he was a member of both the Japanese Urological Association and the Japan Society of Clinical Oncology in which he started participating in 2006. His 2004 article in ''

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'' Toru Shimazui, Jack A. Schalken1, Laurence A. Giroldi, Cornelius F. J. Jansen, Hideyuki Akaza, Kenkichi Koiso, Frans M. J. Debruyne, and Pierre Paul Bringuier "Prognostic Value of Cadherin-associated Molecules (α-, β-, and γ-Catenins and p120cas) in Bladder Tumors" ''Cancer Res'' September 15, 1996 56; 4154 has been cited by 213 papers in Google Scholar.

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