1. Department of Clinical Oncology, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
2. Department of Health Informatics, Kyoto University School of Public Health, Kyoto, Japan
3. Department of Gastroenterology, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
4. Department of Gastrointestinal and Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
5. Department of Gastroenterology, Nippon Medical School, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
6. Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
7. Department of Colorectal Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
8. Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Shizuoka Cancer Center, Shizuoka, Japan
9. Division of Endoscopy, Shizuoka Cancer Center, Shizuoka, Japan
10. Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan
11. Department of Gastroenterology, National Hospital Organization Kure Medical Center and Chugoku Cancer Center, Hiroshima, Japan
12. Digestive Disease Center, Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan
13. Department of Lower Gastrointestinal Medicine, Cancer Institute Hospital of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
14. Department of Gastroenterological and Surgery, Cancer Institute Hospital of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
15. Department of Surgery, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
16. Division of Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan
17. Department of Surgery, Institute of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
18. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
19. Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
20. Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Iwate, Japan
21. Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Iwate Medical University, Iwate, Japan
22. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma, Japan
23. Division of Gastroenterology, Matsuyama Red Cross Hospital, Ehime, Japan
24. Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Saitama, Japan
25. Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
26. Department of Surgery, Hiroshima City Hiroshima Citizens Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
27. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kindai University, Osaka, Japan
28. Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
29. Department of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Chiba, Japan
30. Department of Colorectal Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Chiba, Japan
31. Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, Saga, Japan
32. Department of Coloproctological Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan
33. Department of Human Pathology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
34. Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Kansai Medical University Hospital, Osaka, Japan
35. Department of Surgery, Teikyo University Chiba Medical Center, Chiba, Japan
36. Department of Gastroenterology, Maebashi Red Cross Hospital, Gunma, Japan
37. Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Aichi, Japan
38. Department of Gastroenterology, Asahikawa City Hospital, Asahikawa, Japan
39. Department of Colorectal Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
40. Endoscopy Division, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
41. Department of Surgery, Coloproctology Center Takano Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan
42. Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
43. Department of Gastroenterology and Oncology, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima, Japan
44. Department of Coloproctology, Aizu Medical Center Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan
45. Department of Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Japan
46. Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
47. Department of Colorectal Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
48. Department of Advanced Endoscopy, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan
49. Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Osaka National Hospital, Osaka, Japan
50. Division of Digestive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
51. Department of Gastroenterology, Hiroshima City North Medical Center Asa Citizens Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
52. Department of Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Omori Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
53. Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
54. Division of Molecular and Diagnostic Pathology Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
55. JA Onomichi General Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan