Dr. Naoki Oishi, Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, received the Academic Encouragement Award of the Japanese Society for Lymphoreticular Tissue Research.

At the 63rd Annual Meeting of Japanese Society for Lymphoreticular Tissue Research held on June 22-24, 2023, Dr. Naoki Oishi, Associate Professor of Department of Pathology, received the Academic Encouragement Award.
Dr. Oishi was awarded for the research of “Genetic and immunohistochemical profiling of extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma revealed prognostic significance of high MYC expression. The study revealed that BCOR and TP53 mutations and high MYC expression are adverse prognostic factors.
The study was published in Blood Advances.
Oishi N, Satou A, Miyaoka M, Kawashima I, Segawa T, Miyake K, Mochizuki K, Kirito K, Feldman AL, Nakamura N, Kondo T. Genetic and immunohistochemical profiling of NK/T-cell lymphomas reveals prognostically relevant BCOR-MYC association. Blood Adv. 2023 Jan 10;7(1):178-189. doi:10.1182/ bloodadvances.2022007541.
Dr. Oishi said, “I am very honored to receive this award. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my collaborators for their cooperation in the collection and mutation analysis of extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma. I would like to promote hematopathology in Yamanashi by brushing up both of my clinical practice and research.”

(Reference) HP of the Japanese Society for Lymphoreticular Tissue Research