Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

Preface

Toshifumi Yoshio

Usefulness of magnetic resonance imaging for diagnosing deep anorectal abscesses

Ryo Maruyama, Tsuyoshi Noguchi, Masahiro Takano, Koichi Takagi, Norikazu Morita, Ryuichi Kikuchi, Yuzo Uchida

Evaluation of pelvic descent disorders by dynamic contrast roentgenography

Masahiro Takano, Akira Hamada

Relationship between microsatellite instability and telomere shortening in colorectal cancer

Sho Takagi, Yoshitaka Kinouchi, Nobuo Hiwatashi, Fumio Nagashima, Masaki Chida, Seiichi Takahashi, Kenichi Negoro, Tooru Shimosegawa, Takayoshi Toyota

Natural history of early colorectal cancer

Toshiyuki Matsui, Sumio Tsuda, Kenshi Yao, Akinori Iwashita, Toshihiro Sakurai, Tsuneyoshi Yao

Apoptosis and its regulation in flat-type early colorectal carcinoma

A. Ozawa, F. Konishi, M. Fukayama, K. Kanazawa

Analysis of thePTEN gene mutation in polyposis syndromes and sporadic gastrointestinal tumors in Japanese patients

Kenichi Negoro, Seiichi Takahashi, Yoshitaka Kinouchi, Sho Takagi, Nobuo Hiwatashi, Ryo Ichinohasama, Tooru Shimosegawa, Takayoshi Toyota

High proliferative activity is associated with dysplasia in ulcerative colitis

Masaru Shinozaki, Toshiaki Watanabe, Yoshiro Kubota, Toshio Sawada, Hirokazu Nagawa, Tetsuichiro Muto

Histologic grade of metastatic lymph node and prognosis of rectal cancer

Keiichi Takahashi, Takeo Mori, Masamichi Yasuno

Predictive factors for detecting colorectal carcinomas in surveillance colonoscopy after colorectal cancer surgery

Kazutomo Togashi, Fumio Konishi, Akihito Ozawa, Tomoyuki Sato, Kazuhisa Shito, Hiroshi Kashiwagi, Masaki Okada, Hideo Nagai

Effect of early postoperative feeding on the healing of colonic anastomoses in the presence of intra-abdominal sepsis in rats

Teruo Kiyama, Masahiko Onda, Akira Tokunaga, Toshiro Yoshiyuki, Adrian Barbul

Lateral node dissection and total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer

Takashi Takahashi, Masashi Ueno, Kaoru Azekura, Hirotosi Ohta

Sphincter-preserving techniques for anal fistuals in Japan

Junichi Iwadare

Screening for colorectal cancer

Hiroshi Saito

Crohn's disease in Japan

Tsuneyoshi Yao, Toshiyuki Matsui, Nobuo Hiwatashi

Laparoscopic ultralow anterior resection combined withPer Anum intersphincteric rectal dissection for lower rectal cancer

Masahiko Watanabe, Tatsuo Teramoto, Hirotoshi Hasegawa, Masaki Kitajima

Invasive colon cancer derived from a small superficial depressed cancer

Takashi Hisabe, Sumio Tsuda, Toshiyuki Matsui, Tsuneyoshi Yao, Akinori Iwashita

Commentary