Gastroenterology
Volume 129, Issue 6 , Pages 1918-1927 , December 2005

A New Method for Isolating Colonocytes From Naturally Evacuated Feces and Its Clinical Application to Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis

  • Hisayuki Matsushita

      Affiliations

    • Investigative Treatment Division, Research Center for Innovative Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan
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  • Yasuhiro Matsumura

      Affiliations

    • Investigative Treatment Division, Research Center for Innovative Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: Yasuhiro Matsumura, MD, PhD, National Cancer Center Research Institute East, 6-5-1 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8577, Japan. fax: (81) 4-7134-6866.
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  • Yoshihiro Moriya

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Takayuki Akasu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Shin Fujita

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Seiichiro Yamamoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Shigeki Onouchi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Norio Saito

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan
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  • Masanori Sugito

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan
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  • Masaaki Ito

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan
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  • Takahiro Kozu

      Affiliations

    • Cancer Screening Division, National Cancer Center Research Center for Cancer Prevention and Screening, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Takashi Minowa

      Affiliations

    • Hitachi, Ltd., Life Science Group, Saitama, Japan
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  • Sayuri Nomura

      Affiliations

    • Hitachi, Ltd., Life Science Group, Saitama, Japan
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  • Hiroyuki Tsunoda

      Affiliations

    • Hitachi, Ltd., Advanced Research Laboratory, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Tadao Kakizoe

      Affiliations

    • National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan

Received 24 May 2005 ,Accepted 31 August 2005.

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 Supported in part by a grant for research on advanced medical technology from the Ministry of Health, Welfare, and Labor and a research and development project of the Industrial Science and Technology Program supported by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) of Japan.

PII: S0016-5085(05)02018-4

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2005.10.007

Gastroenterology
Volume 129, Issue 6 , Pages 1918-1927 , December 2005