Biography:

Professor Shinichi Hasegawa graduated from Yokohama City University and completed his M.D. degree in 1999, and Ph.D.degree in 2009. He was a Japanese gastrointestinal surgeon, and his research was focused on upper GI cancer, in particular, "adenocarcinoma of the esophago-gastric juntion (AEG)". He conducted some clinical trials as a surgeon in Yokohama City University and Kanagawa Cancer Center. Moreover, he was also board-certified in medical oncology and served the cancer treatment of both surgery and chemotherapy as a medical oncologist. He is currently a director of Hasegawa Medical Clinic, and also an appointed Lecturer as a Professor at Yokohama City University.