The microbiome and rise of early-onset cancers: knowledge gaps and research opportunities.
Mima K, Hamada T, Inamura K, Baba H, Ugai T, Ogino S.
Gut Microbes. 2023 12. 15(2):2269623. PMID: 37902043
Instructor in Pathology
Pathology-Brigham and Women's Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Dr. Ugai is a junior faculty member at Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School and an MD/PhD physician scientist with expertise in pathology, clinical oncology, cancer epidemiology, and molecular epidemiology. His current research focuses on early-onset cancers and tumor biomarkers, including immune and microbial characteristics of cancer. Dr. Ugai is a founder of the Cancer Spectrum Epidemiology Working Group, an interdisciplinary working group with faculty, postdocs, and students from various institutions all over the world. Dr. Ugai's group aims to build up a resource that integrates lifestyles and biomarkers including genetics and tissue molecular markers to (a) develop effective prevention and early-detection strategies, and (b) identify novel biomarkers to guide early-stage clinical decisions.
AACR Scholar-in-Training Award for AACR Annual Meeting 2023
American Association for Cancer Research
Brigham and Women's Hospital Faculty Career Development Award
Brigham and Women's Hospital
MPE Rising Faculty Investigator Award
The 6th International MPE Meeting
Rose Traveling Fellowship Program in Chronic Disease Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Harvard Th. Chan School of Public Health
AACR Scholar-in-Training Award for AACR Special Conference: Colorectal Cancer
American Association for Cancer Research
Harvey V. Fineberg Fellowship in Cancer Prevention
Harvard Th. Chan School of Public Health
AACR Scholar-in-Training Award for AACR Annual Meeting 2022
American Association for Cancer Research
Japanese Cancer Association Young Investigator Award
Japanese Cancer Association
Mima K, Hamada T, Inamura K, Baba H, Ugai T, Ogino S.
Gut Microbes. 2023 12. 15(2):2269623. PMID: 37902043
Ugai S, Ugai T, Kanayama T, Kamiya H, Saitoh A, Slopen N.
Vaccine. 2023 09 22. 41(41):6036-6041. PMID: 37640569
Ugai T, Shimizu T, Kawamura H, Ugai S, Takashima Y, Usui G, Väyrynen JP, Okadome K, Haruki K, Akimoto N, Masugi Y, da Silva A, Mima K, Zhang X, Chan AT, Wang M, Garrett WS, Freeman GJ, Meyerhardt JA, Nowak JA, Song M, Giannakis M, Ogino S.
Clin Transl Immunology. 2023. 12(8):e1453. PMID: 37538192
Zhao M, Lau MC, Haruki K, Väyrynen JP, Gurjao C, Väyrynen SA, Dias Costa A, Borowsky J, Fujiyoshi K, Arima K, Hamada T, Lennerz JK, Fuchs CS, Nishihara R, Chan AT, Ng K, Zhang X, Meyerhardt JA, Song M, Wang M, Giannakis M, Nowak JA, Yu KH, Ugai T, Ogino S.
NPJ Precis Oncol. 2023 Jun 10. 7(1):57. PMID: 37301916
Tsai PC, Lee TH, Kuo KC, Su FY, Lee TM, Marostica E, Ugai T, Zhao M, Lau MC, Väyrynen JP, Giannakis M, Takashima Y, Kahaki SM, Wu K, Song M, Meyerhardt JA, Chan AT, Chiang JH, Nowak J, Ogino S, Yu KH.
Nat Commun. 2023 04 13. 14(1):2102. PMID: 37055393
Georgeson P, Steinfelder RS, Harrison TA, Pope BJ, Zaidi SH, Qu C, Lin Y, Joo JE, Mahmood K, Clendenning M, Walker R, Aglago EK, Berndt SI, Brenner H, Campbell PT, Cao Y, Chan AT, Chang-Claude J, Dimou N, Doheny KF, Drew DA, Figueiredo JC, French AJ, Gallinger S, Giannakis M, Giles GG, Goode EL, Gruber SB, Gsur A, Gunter MJ, Harlid S, Hoffmeister M, Hsu L, Huang WY, Huyghe JR, Manson JE, Moreno V, Murphy N, Nassir R, Newton CC, Nowak JA, Obón-Santacana M, Ogino S, Pai RK, Papadimitrou N, Potter JD, Schoen RE, Song M, Sun W, Toland AE, Trinh QM, Tsilidis K, Ugai T, Um CY, Macrae FA, Rosty C, Hudson TJ, Winship IM, Phipps AI, Jenkins MA, Peters U, Buchanan DD.
medRxiv. 2023 Mar 12. PMID: 37090539
Murphy N, Newton CC, Song M, Papadimitriou N, Hoffmeister M, Phipps AI, Harrison TA, Newcomb PA, Aglago EK, Berndt SI, Brenner H, Buchanan DD, Cao Y, Chan AT, Chen X, Cheng I, Chang-Claude J, Dimou N, Drew D, Farris AB, French AJ, Gallinger S, Georgeson P, Giannakis M, Giles GG, Gruber SB, Harlid S, Hsu L, Huang WY, Jenkins MA, Laskar RS, Le Marchand L, Limburg P, Lin Y, Mandic M, Nowak JA, Obón-Santacana M, Ogino S, Qu C, Sakoda LC, Schoen RE, Southey MC, Stadler ZK, Steinfelder RS, Sun W, Thibodeau SN, Toland AE, Trinh QM, Tsilidis KK, Ugai T, Van Guelpen B, Wang X, Woods MO, Zaidi SH, Gunter MJ, Peters U, Campbell PT.
J Natl Cancer Inst. 2023 02 08. 115(2):165-173. PMID: 36445035
Ugai T, Akimoto N, Haruki K, Harrison TA, Cao Y, Qu C, Chan AT, Campbell PT, Berndt SI, Buchanan DD, Cross AJ, Diergaarde B, Gallinger SJ, Gunter MJ, Harlid S, Hidaka A, Hoffmeister M, Brenner H, Chang-Claude J, Hsu L, Jenkins MA, Lin Y, Milne RL, Moreno V, Newcomb PA, Nishihara R, Obon-Santacana M, Pai RK, Sakoda LC, Schoen RE, Slattery ML, Sun W, Amitay EL, Alwers E, Thibodeau SN, Toland AE, Van Guelpen B, Zaidi SH, Potter JD, Meyerhardt JA, Giannakis M, Song M, Nowak JA, Peters U, Phipps AI, Ogino S.
J Gastroenterol. 2023 03. 58(3):229-245. PMID: 36648535
Ugai T, Haruki K, Harrison TA, Cao Y, Qu C, Chan AT, Campbell PT, Akimoto N, Berndt S, Brenner H, Buchanan DD, Chang-Claude J, Fujiyoshi K, Gallinger SJ, Gunter MJ, Hidaka A, Hoffmeister M, Hsu L, Jenkins MA, Milne RL, Moreno V, Newcomb PA, Nishihara R, Pai RK, Sakoda LC, Slattery ML, Sun W, Amitay EL, Alwers E, Thibodeau SN, Toland AE, Van Guelpen B, Woods MO, Zaidi SH, Potter JD, Giannakis M, Song M, Nowak JA, Phipps AI, Peters U, Ogino S.
Am J Gastroenterol. 2023 04 01. 118(4):712-726. PMID: 36707929
Ugai T, Liu L, Tabung FK, Hamada T, Langworthy BW, Akimoto N, Haruki K, Takashima Y, Okadome K, Kawamura H, Zhao M, Kahaki SMM, Glickman JN, Lennerz JK, Zhang X, Chan AT, Fuchs CS, Song M, Wang M, Yu KH, Giannakis M, Nowak JA, Meyerhardt JA, Wu K, Ogino S, Giovannucci EL.
Clin Transl Med. 2022 11. 12(11):e1114. PMID: 36437503
Cancers are on the rise among people younger than 50, and experts think that lifestyle changes may have something to do with it—although data is not firm.
Incidence of early onset cancers—including breast, colon, esophagus, kidney, liver, and pancreas—has been dramatically increasing around the world since 1990.