# Nobuyuki Yamamoto

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## TL;DR

Lung cancer specialist at Wakayama Medical University who chairs the West Japan Oncology Group cooperative trials network.

## Summary

Nobuyuki Yamamoto is Chairman of the West Japan Oncology Group (WJOG), a cooperative clinical trials group established in 2000 to run lung cancer studies and since expanded to gastrointestinal, breast and basket trials. He is a professor of respiratory medicine and medical oncology at Wakayama Medical University with an extensive record in lung cancer clinical trials.

## Fields

- Kind: Person
- Last checked: 2026-09-10
- Tags: leadership; clinician-scientist; lung cancer; clinical trials
- Role: Chairman
- Specialisms: Thoracic oncology; Lung cancer; Clinical trials

## Sources

- Society page: https://www.wjog.jp/en/
- PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Yamamoto+N%5BAuthor%5D+lung

## Connected records

- cancers: [Non-small-cell lung cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/nsclc/), [Small-cell lung cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/sclc/)
- companies: [West Japan Oncology Group](https://onco.cc/companies/wjog/)
- journals: [Clinical lung cancer](https://onco.cc/journals/clinical-lung-cancer/)

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