Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

Preface

Toshifumi Yoshio

Overview of colorectal cancer in Japan

Yasuo Koyama, Kenjiro Kotake

Limitations and pitfalls of transrectal ultrasonography for staging of rectal cancer

Takayuki Akasu, Kenichi Sugihara, Yoshihiro Moriya, Shin Fujita

Clinical investigation of colorectal cancer detected by follow-up colonoscopy after endoscopic polypectomy

Ryoichi Nozaki, Koichi Takagi, Masahiro Takano, Michio Miyata

Undetectable expression of hMLH1 protein in sporadic colorectal cancer with replication error phenotype

Junichi Koike, Kanae Yamada, Shoichi Takano, Yoshinori Kikuchi, Hiromichi Hemmi, Minoru Koi, Kazunori Tsujita, Kenzo Yanagita, Toshifumi Yoshio, Hiroyuki Shimatake

Genetic detection of colorectal cancer cells in circulation and lymph nodes

Shoji Nakamori, Masao Kameyama, Hiroshi Furukawa, Osamu Takeda, Sachiko Sugai, Shingi Imaoka, Yusuke Nakamura

Different expressions of sialyl Tn antigen between polypoid and flat-type early colorectal cancers

Atsushi Nanashima, Tohru Nakagoe, Terumitsu Sawai, Shiro Nakamura, Hiroyuki Yamaguchi, Toru Yasutake, Hiroyuki Kusano, Hiroyoshi Ayabe

Per Anum intersphincteric rectal dissection with direct coloanal anastomosis for lower rectal cancer

Tatsuo Teramoto, Masahiko Watanabe, Masaki Kitajima

Enteral nutrition for Crohn's disease in Japan

Nobuo Hiwatashi

Relationship between glucocorticoid receptor and response to glucocorticoid therapy in ulcerative colitis

Takenobu Shimada, Nobuo Hiwatashi, Hideo Yamazaki, Yoshitaka Kinouchi, Takayoshi Toyota

Excess glutamine exacerbates trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid-induced colitis in rats

Masaru Shinozaki, Hideaki Saito, Tetsuichiro Muto

The Japan Society of Coloproctology

Shuji Tsuchiya

Development and status of proctology in Japan

Masahiro Takano

Advances in rectal cancer surgery in Japan

Masayuki Yasutomi

Colorectal carcinogenesis

T. Muto, H. Nagawa, T. Watanabe, T. Masaki, T. Sawada

Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer

Shozo Baba

Evaluation of ability to defecate using saline evacuation from the rectum

Hiroyuki Kayaba, Koh Kodama, Kimiyuki Shirayama, Masashi Kodama

Anoderm-preserving, completely closed hemorrhoidectomy with no mucosal incision

Yutaka Ui

Muscle-filling procedure for transsphincteric fistulas

Junichi Iwadare, Yukio Sumikoshi, Rikisaburo Sahara

Open coring-out (function-preserving) technique for low fistulas

Yoshiyuki Hongo, Akio Kurokawa, Yushi Nishi

Follow-up studies of sphincter-preserving operations for anal fistulas

Hisamitsu Hidaka, Masazumi Kuroki, Toshiaki Hirokuni, Yuji Toyama, Yasuhiko Nagata, Masahiro Takano, Yoriyuki Tsuji

Residency programs in colon and rectal surgery

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