Dr. Misako Nagasaka
Dr. Misako Nagasaka is a well-respected medical oncologist at UCI Health Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center in Orange California, where she treats thoracic malignancies such as lung cancer, esophageal cancer and pleural mesothelioma.
- Medical Oncologist
- Pleural Specialist A medical doctor who treats pleural mesothelioma, an asbestos-related cancer that develops in the pleura, which is the thin lining that covers the lungs and chest wall.
- Expertise:
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Lung Cancer
Immunotherapy - Speciality:
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Medical Oncology
- Gender:
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Female
- Language:
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English, Japanese
Primary Location
UCI Health Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
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- Expertise:
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Lung Cancer
Immunotherapy - Speciality:
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Medical Oncology
- Gender:
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Female
- Language:
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English, Japanese
Get to Know Dr. Misako Nagasaka
Dr. Misako Nagasaka plays a key role in the multidisciplinary treatment of thoracic and head-and-neck malignancies at UCI Health Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center.
With an unusual background that includes philosophy and ethics, Nagasaka is known for an ability to put patients at ease, fully educating them on their treatment options with her personalized approach.
She has more than a decade of experience in treating lung cancer and mesothelioma patients, exploring options that go well beyond standard chemotherapy.
Nagasaka’s research involves novel clinical trials that have advanced the treatment of lung cancer with various immunotherapy combinations. She works closely with surgical oncologists, radiologists and pathologists to individualize treatment for each patient.
She also serves as an associate professor of Hematology/Oncology at UCI School of Medicine.
Specialties of Dr. Misako Nagasaka
- Head and neck oncology
- Lung cancer
- Pleural mesothelioma
- Immunotherapy
- Esophageal cancer
Dr. Misako Nagasaka’s Experience and Medical Education
- UCI Health Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
- Beth Israel Medical Center in New York (Residency)
- National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo (Residency)
- Karmanos Cancer Institute (Hematology and oncology fellowships)
- St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Japan
Awards and Other Recognitions
- N Program Scholar Award, Tokio Marine Foundation
- St. Marianna University Scholarship Award
- American Society of Clinical Oncology (Member)
- American College of Physicians (Member)
- American Board of Internal Medicine (Member)
Publications of Dr. Misako Nagasaka
- Nagasaka, M. et al. (2020, May 11). Mortality and risk of progression to adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma in HTLV-1–associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
- Nagasaka, M. et al. (2019, June 18). A retrospective study evaluating the pretreatment tumor volume (PTV) in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) as a predictor of response to program death-1 (PD-1) inhibitors. Dovepress.
- Abdallah, N. et al. (2018, July 17). Non-small cell to small cell lung cancer on PD-1 inhibitors: two cases on potential histologic transformation. Dovepress.
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