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Yoshizawa Lab
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The lab studies, from the perspective of pharmaceutical sciences, palliative care that eases the suffering caused by cancer.
AboutAbout the lab
Tackling suffering of mind and body through pharmaceutical sciences
The Yoshizawa Lab studies palliative care, which eases the suffering of cancer patients, from a pharmaceutical sciences perspective.
Palliative care is medical care that listens to the pain and distress cancer patients experience and relieves their symptoms.
The lab focuses on the "suffering of mind and body," which is at the core of palliative care.
In the researcher database, the lab is listed under the name "Disease Pharmacology Lab."
Key terms
- Palliative care
- Medical care that listens to the pain and distress of cancer patients and relieves their symptoms
- Drug repositioning
- Exploring new possibilities for existing drugs on the basis of pharmacological evidence, without being restricted to their existing indications
ResearchResearch themes
From a pharmaceutical sciences standpoint, the lab investigates symptoms related to palliative care, which goes hand in hand with cancer treatment. Focusing on cancer cachexia and cancer-related fatigue, it works to elucidate their mechanisms and explore methods of prevention and treatment.
*Illustrative imageMechanisms, prevention, and treatment of cancer cachexia
The lab aims to clarify the mechanisms that lead to cancer cachexia. It also studies methods of prevention and treatment using a chronopharmacological approach.
*Illustrative imageMechanisms, prevention, and treatment of cancer-related fatigue
To improve the quality of palliative care for cancer, the lab focuses on fatigue, using animal disease models to elucidate its pathology and develop new treatments. It also studies drug repositioning, which explores new possibilities for existing medicines, and examines nutritional components.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorKazumi Yoshizawa
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Hospital room ubt” Tomasz Sienicki [user: tsca, mail: tomasz.sienicki at gmail.com] / Public domain (cropped)
- Mechanisms, prevention, and treatment of cancer cachexia: “Smooth muscle - histology” Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Mechanisms, prevention, and treatment of cancer-related fatigue: “Former pharmacy, shelves with medicines” Zalasem1 / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
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