Akechi, T., Okamura, H., Okuyama, T., Furukawa, T. A., Nishiwaki, Y. & Uchitomi, Y. (in press) Psychosocial factors and survival after diagnosis of inoperable non-small cell lung cancer. Psycho-Oncology.

Akechi, T., Ishiguro, C., Okuyama, T., Endo, C., Sagawa, R., Uchida, M. & Furukawa, T. A. (in press) Delirium training program for nurses. Psychosomatics.

Saito-Nakaya, K., Nakaya, N., Goto, K., Inagaki, M., Akechi, T., Nagai, K., Nishiwaki, Y., Tsugane, S., Fukudo, S., Uchitomi, Y. (in press). Marital Status and Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Survival: The Lung Cancer Database Project in Japan. Psychooncology

Asai, M., Akechi, T., Nakano, T., Shimizu, K., Umezawa, S., Akizuki, N., Uchitomi, Y. (in press). Psychiatric disorders and background characteristics of cancer patients' family members referred to psychiatric consultation service at National Cancer Center Hospitals in Japan. Palliative & Supportive Care

Nakaya, N., Saito-Nakaya, K., Goto, K., Inagaki, M., Otani, T., Akechi, T., Nagai, K., Tsugane, S., Nishiwaki, Y., Tsuji, I., Uchitomi, Y. (in press). Negative Psychological Aspects and Survival in Lung Cancer Patients. Psychooncology

Okuyama, T., Endo, C., Seto, T., Kato, M., Seki, N., Akechi, T., Furukawa, T. A., Eguchi, K. & Hosaka, T. (in press) Cancer patients' reluctance to disclose their emotional distress to their physicians: a study in Japanese patients with lung cancer. Psycho-oncology.

Okuyama, T., Akechi, T., Shima, Y., Sugahara, Y., Okamura, H., Hosaka, T., Furukawa, T. A. & Uchitomi, Y. (in press) Factors correlated with fatigue in terminally ill cancer patients: A longitudinal study. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management.

Okamura, M., Akizuki, N., Nakano, T., Shimizu, K., Ito, T., Akechi, T., Uchitomi, Y. (in press). Clinical experience of the use of a pharmacological treatment algorithm for major depressive disorder in patients with advanced cancer. Psycho-oncology

Okuyama, T., Nakane, Y., Endo, C., Seto, T., Kato, M., Seki, N., Akechi, T., Furukawa, T. A., Eguchi, K. & Hosaka, T. (in press) Mental health literacy in Japanese cancer patients: ability to recognize depression and preferences of treatments - comparison with Japanese lay public. Psycho-oncology.

Akechi, T., Okuyama, T., Onishi, J., Morita, T. & Furukawa, T. A. (2008) Psychotherapy for depression among incurable cancer patients. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, CD005537.

Fujimori, M., Parker, P. A., Akechi, T., Sakano, Y., Baile, W. F. & Uchitomi, Y. (2007) Japanese cancer patients' communication style preferences when receiving bad news. Psycho-Oncology, 16, 617-625.

Shimizu, K., Akizuki, N., Akechi, T., Okamura, M., Oba, A., Shimamoto, M., Inagaki, M. & Uchitomi, Y. (2008) Clinical experience of the modified nurse-assisted screening and psychiatric referral program. Palliative and Supportive Care, 6, 29-32.

Inagaki, M., Isono, M., Okuyama, T., Sugawara, Y., Akechi, T., Akizuki, N., Fujimori, M., Mizuno, M., Shima, Y., Kinoshita, H. & Uchitomi, Y. (2008) Plasma interleukin-6 and fatigue in terminally ill cancer patients. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 35, 153-161.

Morita, T., Akechi, T., Ikenaga, M., Inoue, S., Kohara, H., Matsubara, T., Matsuo, N., Namba, M., Shinjo, T., Tani, K., Uchitomi, Y. (2007). Terminal delirium: recommendations from bereaved families' experiences. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 34, 579-589

Sanjo, M., Miyashita, M., Morita, T., Hirai, K., Kawa, M., Akechi, T., Uchitomi, Y. (2007). Preferences regarding end-of-life cancer care and associations with good-death concepts: a population-based survey in Japan. Ann Oncol, 18, 1539-1547

Shimizu, K., Kinoshita, H., Akechi, T., Uchitomi, Y., Andoh, M. (2007).First panic attack episodes in head and neck cancer patients who have undergone radical neck surgery. J Pain Symptom Manage, 34, 575-578

Akechi, T., Okuyama, T., Akizuki, N., Shimizu, K., Inagaki, M., Fujimori, M., Shima, Y., Furukawa, T. A. & Uchitomi, Y. (2007) Associated and predictive factors of sleep disturbance in advanced cancer patients. Psycho-Oncology 16, 888-894.

Morita, T., Murata, H., Hirai, K., Tamura, K., Kataoka, J., Ohnishi, H., Akizuki, N., Kurihara, Y., Akechi, T., Uchitomi, Y. (2007). Meaninglessness in terminally ill cancer patients:a validation study and nurse education intervention trial. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 34, 160-170.

Matsuoka, Y., Nagamine, M., Inagaki, M., Yoshikawa, E., Nakano, T., Akechi, T., Kobayakawa, M., Hara, E., Imoto, S., Murakami, K., Uchitomi, Y. (2007). Cavum septi pellucidi and intrusive recollections in cancer survivors. Neuroscience Research 56, 344-346.

Fujimori, M., Akechi, T., Morita, T., Inagaki, M., Akizuki, N., Sakano, Y., Uchitomi, Y. (2007). Preferences of cancer patients regarding the disclosure of bad news. Psycho-oncology 16, 573-581.

Akechi, T., Taniguchi, K., Suzuki, S., Okamura, M., Minami, H., Okuyama, T., Furukawa, T. A. & Uchitomi, Y. (2007) Multifaceted psychosocial intervention program for breast cancer patients after first recurrence: feasibility study. Psycho-Oncology, 16, 517-524.

Shimizu, K., Akechi, T., Shimamoto, M., Okamura, M., Nakano, T., Murakami, T., Ito, T., Ishino, Y., Oba, A., Fujimori, M., Kobayakawa, M., Akizuki, N., Inagaki, M., Uchitomi, Y. (2007). Can psychiatric intervention improve major depression in very near end-of-life cancer patients? Palliative and Supportive Care, 5, 3-9.

Inagaki, M., Yoshikawa, E., Kobayakawa, M., Matsuoka, M., Sugawara, Y., Nakano, T., Akizuki, N., Fujimori, M., Akechi, T., Kinoshita, T., Furuse, J., Murakami, K., Uchitomi, Y. (2007). Regional cerebral glucose metabolism in patients with secondary depressive episodes after fatal pancreatic cancer diagnosis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 99, 231-236.

Inagaki, M., Yoshikawa, E., Kobayakawa, M., Matsuoka, Y., Sugawara, Y., Nakano, T., Akizuki, N., Fujimori, M., Akechi, T., Wada, N., Imoto, S., Murakami, K., Uchitomi, Y. (2007). Smaller regional volumes of brain gray and white matter demonstrated in breast cancer survivors exposed to adjuvant chemotherapy. Cancer,109, 146-156.

Asai, M., Morita, T., Akechi, T., Sugawara, Y., Fujimori, M., Akizuki, N., Nakano, T., Uchitomi, Y. (2006). Burnout and psychiatric morbidity among physicians engaged in end-of-life care for cancer patients: A cross-sectional nationwide survey in Japan. Psycho-oncology, 16, 421-428.

Akechi, T., Okuyama, T., Akizuki, N., Azuma, H., Sagawa, R., Furukawa, T.A., Uchitomi, Y. (2006). Course of psychological distress and its predictors in advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients. Psycho-oncology, 15, 463-473.

Akechi, T., Akizuki, N., Okamura, M., Shimizu, K., Oba, A., Ito, T., Yoshikawa, E., Nakano, T., Inagaki, M., Uchitomi, Y. (2006). Psychological distress experienced by families of cancer patients: preliminary findings from psychiatric consultation of a cancer center hospital. Jpn J Clin Oncol, 36, 329-332.

Nakaya, N., Goto, K., Saito-Nakaya, K., Inagaki, M., Otani, T., Akechi, T., Nagai, K., Hojo, F., Uchitomi, Y., Tsugane, S., Nishiwaki, Y. (2006). The Lung Cancer Database Project at the National Cancer Center, Japan: Study design, response rate, and profiles of cohort. Jpn J Clin Oncol, 36, 280-284.

Morita, T., Miyashita, M., Shibagaki, M., Hirai, K., Ashiya, T., Ishihara, T., Matsubara, T., Miyoshi, I., Nakaho, T., Nakashima, N., Onishi, H., Ozawa, T., Suenaga, K., Tajima, T., Akechi, T., Uchitomi, Y. (2006). Knowledge and belief about end-of-life care and the effects of specialized palliative care: a population-based survey in Japan. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 31, 306-316.

Yoshikawa, E., Matsuoka, Y., Yamasue, H., Inagaki, M., Nakano, T., Akechi, T., Kobayakawa, M., Fujimori, M., Nakaya, N., Akizuki, N., Imoto, S., Murakami, K., Kasai, K., Uchitomi, T. (2006). Prefrontal cortex and amygdala volumein first minor or major depressive episode after cancer diagnosis. Biological Psychiatry, 59, 707-712.

Morita, T., Hyodo, I., Yoshimi, T., Ikenaga, M., Tamura, Y., Yoshizawa, A., Shimada, A., Akechi, T., Miyashita, M., Adachi, I. (2006). Artificial hydration therapy, laboratory findings, and fluid balance in terminally ill patients with abdominal malignancies. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 31, 130-139.

Kumano, H., Haseme, E., Fujimoto, H., Matsuoka, N., Yoshiuchi, K., Uchitomi, Y., Akechi, T., Nakano, T., Kobayashi, M., Agari, I., Kuboki, T. (2006). Harmony-seeking and the risk of prostate cancer: a prebioptic study. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 59, 167-174.

Akechi, T., Okuyama, T., Sugawara, Y., Shima, Y., Furukawa, T. A. & Uchitomi, Y. (2006) Screening for Depression in Terminally Ill Cancer Patients in Japan. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 31, 5-12.

Fujimori, M., Akechi, T., Akizuki, N., Okamura, M., Oba, A., Sakano, Y. & Uchitomi, Y. (2005) Good communication when receiving bad news about cancer in Japan. Psycho-oncology, 14, 1043-1051.

Kobayakawa, M., Yamawaki, S., Hamazaki, K., Akechi, T., Inagaki, M., Uchitomi, T. (2005). Levels of omega-3 fatty acid in serum phospholipids and depression in patients with lung cancer. British Journal of Cancer, 93, 1329-1333.

Morita, T., Takigawa, C., Onishi, H., Tajima, T., Tani, K., Matsubara, T., Miyoshi, I., Ikenaga, M., Akechi, T., Uchitomi, Y. (2005). Opioid Rotation from Morphine to Fentanyl in Delirious Cancer Patients: An Open-Label Trial. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 30, 96-103

Sugawara, Y., Akechi, T., Okuyama, T., Matsuoka, Y., Nakano, T., Inagaki, M., Imoto, S., Fujimori, M., Hosaka, T., Uchitomi, Y. (2005). Occurrence of fatigue and associated factors in disease-free breast cancer patients without depression. Supportive Care in Cancer, 13, 628-636

Okamura, M., Yamawaki, S., Akechi, T., Taniguchi, K., Uchitomi, Y. (2005). Psychiatric disorders following first breast cancer recurrence: prevalence, associated factors and relationship to quality of life. Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology , 35, 302-309

Yoshikawa, E., Matsuoka, Y., Inagaki, M., Nakano, T., Akechi, T., Kobayakawa, M., Fujimori, M., Nakaya, N., Akizuki, N., Imoto, S., Murakami, K., Uchitomi, Y. (2005). No adverse effects of adjuvant chemotherapy on hippocampal volume in Japanese breast cancer survivors. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 92, 81-84.

Morita, T., Hyodo, I., Yoshimi, T., Ikenaga, M., Tamura, Y., Yoshizawa, A., Shimada, A., Akechi, T., Miyashita, M. & Adachi, I. (2005) Association between hydration volume and symptoms in terminally ill cancer patients with abdominal malignancies. Annals of Oncology 16, 640-647.

Shimizu, K., Akechi, T., Okamura, M., Oba, A., Fujimori, M., Akizuki, N., Uchitomi, Y. (2005) Usefulness of the Nurse-Assisted Screening and Psychiatric Referral Program. Cancer 103, 1949-1956.

Morita, T., Akechi, T., Ikenaga, M., Kizawa, Y., Kohara, H., Mukaiyama, T., Nakaho, T., Nakashima, N., Shima, Y., JaeJoon, S., Uchitomi, Y. (2005) Late referrals to specialized palliative care service in Japan. Journal of Clinical Oncology 23, 2637-2644.

Matsuoka, Y., Inagaki, M., Sugawara, Y., Imoto, S., Akechi, T., Matsuoka, M., Uchitomi, Y. (2005) Biomedical and psychosocial determinants of intrusive recollections in breast cancer survivors. Psychosomatics 46, 203-211.

Iwasaki, M., Akechi, T., Uchitomi, Y., Tsugane, S. (2005) Cigarette smoking and completed suicide among middle-aged men: a population-based cohort study in Japan. Annals of Epidemiology 15, 286-292.

Akizuki, N., Yamawaki, S., Akechi, T., Nakano, T., Uchitomi, Y. (2005) Development of an Impact Thermometer for Use in Combination with the Distress Thermometer as a Brief Screening Tool for Adjustment Disorders and/or Major Depression in Cancer Patients. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 2, 91-99.

Morita, T., Ikenaga, M., Adachi, I., Narabayashi, I., Kizawa, Y., Honke, Y., Kohara, H.. Mukaiyama, T., Akechi, T., Uchitomi, Y.: For the Japan Pain, Rehabilitation, Palliative Medicine, and Psycho-Oncology (J-PRPP) Study Group (2004) Family experience with palliative sedation therapy for terminally ill cancer patients. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 28, 557-565.

Inagaki, M., Matsuoka, Y., Sugahara, Y., Nakano, T., Akechi, T., Fujimori, M., Imoto, S., Murakami, K., Uchitomi, Y. (2004) Lack of association between hippocampal volume and a first major depressive episode after cancer diagnosis in breast cancer survivors. American Journal of Psychiatry 161, 2263-2270.

Morita、T., Akechi, T., Ikenaga, M., Kizawa, Y., Kohara, H., Mukaiyama, T., Nakaho, T., Nakashima, N., Shima, Y., Matsubara, T., Fujimori, M., Uchitomi, Y. (2004) Communication about the ending of anticancer treatment and transition to palliative care. Annals of Oncology 15, 1551-1557.

Morita, T., Hyodo, I., Yoshimi, T., Ikenaga, M., Tamura, Y., Yoshizawa, A., Shimada, A., Akechi, T. & Adachi, I. (2004) Incidence and underlying etiologies of bronchial secretion in terminally ill cancer patients: a multicenter, prospective, observational study. J Pain Symptom Manage, 27, 533-539.

Morita, T., Ikenaga, M., Adachi, I., Narabayashi, M., Kizawa, Y., Honke, Y., Kohara, H., Mukaiyama, T., Akechi, T., Kurihara, Y., Uchitomi, Y. (2004) Concerns of family members of patients receiving palliative sedation therapy. Supportive Care in Cancer 12, 885-889.

Murakami, Y., Okamura, H., Sugano, K., Yoshida, T., Kazuma, K., Akechi, T. & Uchitomi, Y. (2004) Psychologic distress after disclosure of genetic test results regarding hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal carcinoma. Cancer, 101, 395-403.

Akechi, T., Okuyama, T., Sugawara, Y., Nakano, T., Shima, Y., Uchitomi, Y. (2004). Major depression, adjustment disorders, and post-traumatic stress disorder in terminally ill cancer patients: associated and predictive factors. Journal of Clinical Oncology 22, 1957-65.

Suzuki, S., Akechi, T., Kobayashi, M., Taniguchi, K., Goto, K., Sasaki, S., Tsugane, S., Nishiwaki, Y., Miyaoka, H., Uchitomi, Y. (2004). Daily omega-3 fatty acid intake and depression in Japanese patients with newly diagnosed lung cancer. British Journal of Cancer 90, 787-93.

Morita, T., Kawa, M., Honke, Y., Kohara, H., Maeyama, E., Kizawa, Y., Akechi, T., Uchitomi, Y. (2004). Existential concerns of terminally ill cancer patients receiving specialized palliative care in Japan. Supportive Care in Cancer 12, 137-40.

Akechi, T., Okuyama, T., Sugawara, Y., Nakano, T., Shima, Y., Uchitomi, Y. (2004). Suicidality in terminally ill Japanese patients with cancer. Cancer 100, 183-91.

Okuyama, T., Wang, X. S., Akechi, T., Mendoza, T. R., Hosaka, T., Cleeland, C. S., Uchitomi, Y. (2004). Adequacy of cancer pain management in a Japanese Cancer Hospital. Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology 34, 37-42.

Akechi, T., Sakuma, K., Okamura, M., Akizuki, N., Oba, A., Nakano, T. & Uchitomi, Y. (2004). Post traumatic symptoms experienced by a nurse after a patient suicide. Japanese Journal of General Hospital Psychiatry 16, 49-54.

Fujimori, M., Oba, A., Koike, M., Okamura, M., Akizuki, N., Kamiya, M., Akechi, T., Sakano, Y., Uchitomi, Y. (2003). Communication skills training for Japanese oncologists on how to break bad news. Journal of Cancer Education 18, 194-201.

Okuyama, T., Wang, X. S., Akechi, T., Mendoza, T. R., Hosaka, T., Cleeland, C. S., Uchitomi, Y. (2003). Japanese version of the MD Anderson Symptom Inventory: a validation study. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 26, 1093-104.

Akechi, T., Sakuma, K., Okamura, M., Akizuki, N., Oba, A., Nakano, T., Uchitomi, Y. (2003). Trauma in a nurse after patient suicide. Psychosomatics 44, 522-3.

Matsuoka, Y., Yamawaki, S., Inagaki, M., Akechi, T., Uchitomi, Y. (2003). A volumetric study of amygdala in cancer survivors with intrusive recollections. Biological Psychiatry 54, 736-43.

Taniguchi, K., Akechi, T., Suzuki, S., Mihara, M., Uchitomi, Y. (2003). Lack of marital support and poor psychological responses in male cancer patients. Supportive Care in Cancer 11, 604-10.

Taniguchi, K., Akechi, T., Suzuki, S., Mihara, M., Uchitomi, Y. (2003). Performance status 1 predicts psychological response in female, but not male, ambulatory cancer patients. Supportive Care in Cancer 11, 465-71.

Akizuki, N., Akechi, T., Nakanishi, T., Yoshikawa, E., Okamura, M., Nakano, T., Murakami, Y., Uchitomi, Y. (2003). Development of a brief screening interview for adjustment disorders and major depression in patients with cancer. Cancer 97, 2605-13 .

Akechi, T., Nakano, T., Akizuki, N., Okamura, M., Sakuma, K., Nakanishi, T., Yoshikawa, E., Uchitomi, Y. ( 2003). Somatic symptoms for diagnosing major depression in cancer patients. Psychosomatics 44, 244-8.

Morita, T., Hirai, K., Akechi, T., Uchitomi, Y. (2003). Similarity and difference among standard medical care, palliative sedation therapy, and euthanasia: a multidimensional scaling analysis on physicians' and the general population's opinions. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 25 , 357-62.

Okuyama, T., Wang, X. S., Akechi, T., Mendoza, T. R., Hosaka, T., Cleeland, C. S., Uchitomi, Y. (2003). Validation study of the Japanese version of the brief fatigue inventory. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 25, 106-17.

Uchitomi, Y., Mikami, I., Nagai, K., Nishiwaki, Y., Akechi, T., Okamura, H. (2003). Depression and psychological distress in patients during the year after curative resection of non-small-cell lung cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology 21, 69-77.

Kagaya, A., Okamura, H., Takebayashi, M., Akechi, T., Morinobu, S., Yamawaki, S. & Uchitomi, Y. (2003). Mood disturbance and neurosteroids in women with breast cancer. Stress and Health 19, 227-231.

Akechi, T., Nakano, T., Akizuki, N., Nakanishi, T., Yoshikawa, E., Okamura, H. & Uchitomi, Y. (2003). Psychiatric evaluation of competency in cancer patients. International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice 7, 101-106.

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