Editors

Editor-in-Chief
Yasuhiro Kodera, MD, PhD, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
Giovanni de Manzoni, MD, Verona University, Verona, Italy

Editor Emeritus
Oichiro Kobori, MD, PhD, Tokyo, Japan
J. Rüdiger Siewert, Heidelberg, Germany
Yuko Kitagawa, MD, PhD, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

Consulting Editors
Murray F. Brennan, GNZM, MD, FACS, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, United States of America
Keiichi Maruyama, MD, PhD, Tokyo, Japan
Toshio Takahashi, MD, PhD, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Managing Editor
Mitsuro Kanda, MD, PhD, FACS, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

Editors
Narikazu Boku, MD, PhD, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Natalie G. Coburn, MD, MPH, FRCSC, FACS, University of Toronto, Tronto, Canada
Mitsuhiro Fujishiro, MD, PhD, FJGES, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Shuichi Hironaka, MD, PhD, Kyorin University, Tokyo, Japan
Manami Inoue, MD, PhD, National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan
Tomoyuki Irino, MD, MSc, PhD , Cancer Institute Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Takatsugu Ishimoto, MD, PhD, Cancer Institute, Tokyo, Japan
Atsushi Kaneda, MD, PhD, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
Koji Kono, MD, PhD, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan
Chikara Kunisaki, MD, PhD, Yokohama City University, Kanagawa, Japan
Yukinori Kurokawa, MD, PhD, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
Ryoji Kushima, MD, PhD, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan
Florian Lordick, MD, PhD, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Daniele Marrelli, MD, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
Manabu Muto, MD, PhD, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Toshihiro Nishizawa, MD, PhD, International University of Health and Welfare, Chiba, Japan
Sachiyo Nomura, MD, PhD, AGAF, FACS, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Atsushi Ochiai, MD, PhD, Tokyo University of Science, Chiba, Japan
Xavier Paoletti, PhD, University of Versailles, Villejuif, France
Jin Young Park, PhD, International Agency for Research on Cancer/ World Health Organization, Lyon, France
Junichi Sakamoto, MD, PhD, FACS, Tokai Central Hospital, Gifu, Japan
Takeshi Sano, M.D., Cancer Institute Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Hideaki Shimada, MD, PhD, Toho University, Tokyo, Japan
Jimmy Bok-Yan So, MBChB, FRCSE, FRCSG, MPH, National University of Singapore, Singapore , Singapore
Koichi Suda, MD, PhD, FACS, Fujita Health University, Aichi, Japan
Hidekazu Suzuki, MD, PhD, FACG, AGAF, RFF, FJGES, Tokai University, Kanagawa, Japan
Hiroya Takeuchi, MD, PhD, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Shizuoka, Japan
Masanori Terashima, MD, PhD, FACS, Shizuoka Cancer Center, Nagaizumi, Japan
Toshimasa Tsujinaka, MD, Ph D, Izumi City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan
Toshikazu Ushijima, MD, PhD, Hoshi University, Tokyo, Japan
Keishi Yamashita, MD, PhD, Kitasato University, Kanagawa, Japan
Han-Kwang Yang, MD, PhD, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
Wataru Yasui, MD, PhD, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
Kazuhiro Yoshida, MD, PhD, FACS, Gifu University, Gifu , Japan
Takaki Yoshikawa, MD, PhD, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Statistical Editors
Satoshi Morita, PhD, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Koji Oba, PhD, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Seiichiro Yamamoto, PhD, National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan