Response to Yu Yang et al

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Endoscopy, NHO Kure Medical Center and Chugoku Cancer Center, Kure, Japan.
• ² Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Medicine, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan.
• ³ Department of Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Japan.
• ⁴ Department of Endoscopy, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan.
• ⁵ Department of Lower Gastrointestinal Medicine, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan.
• ⁶ Department of Colorectal Surgery, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan.
• ⁷ Department of Pathology, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan.
• ⁸ Division of Endoscopy, Shizuoka Cancer Center, Sunto, Japan.
• ⁹ Department of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan.
• ¹⁰ Division of Pathology, Exploratory Oncology Research & Clinical Trial Center, National Cancer Center, Kashiwa, Japan.
• ¹¹ Endoscopy Division, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
• ¹² Department of Colorectal Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
• ¹³ Pathology and Clinical Laboratory Division, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
• ¹⁴ Department of Gastroenterology, Hiroshima City Asa Citizens Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan.
• ¹⁵ Laboratory for Mathematics, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Japan.
• ¹⁶ Coloproctology Center Takano Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan.
• ¹⁷ Department of Gastroenterology, Tochigi Cancer Center, Utsunomiya, Japan.
• ¹⁸ Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
• ¹⁹ Digestive Disease Center, Asahikawa City Hospital, Asahikawa, Japan.
• ²⁰ Second Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan.
• ²¹ Department of Coloproctology, Aizu Medical Center, Fukushima Medical University, Aizuwakamatsu, Japan.
• ²² Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan.
• ²³ Medical Innovation Promotion Center, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.
• ²⁴ Department of Surgery, Dokkyo Medical University Saitama Medical Center, Saitama, Japan.
• ²⁵ Department of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, Kurume University, Kurume, Japan.
• ²⁶ Department of Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
• ²⁷ Department of Coloproctological Surgery, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
• ²⁸ Department of Molecular Diagnostic Pathology, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Shiwa, Japan.
• ²⁹ Department of Gastrointestinal and Pediatric Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
• ³⁰ Digestive Disease Center, Akita Red Cross Hospital, Akita, Japan.
• ³¹ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
• ³² Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan.
• ³³ Department of Gastroenterology, National Hospital Organization Tokyo Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan.
• ³⁴ Department of Gastroenterology, Nippon Medical School, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
• ³⁵ Department of Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Hiroo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
• ³⁶ Division of Molecular and Diagnostic Pathology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Science, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan.
• ³⁷ Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan .