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01-02-2012 | Special Article
Japanese Society for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum (JSCCR) guidelines 2010 for the treatment of colorectal cancer
Authors:
Toshiaki Watanabe, Michio Itabashi, Yasuhiro Shimada, Shinji Tanaka, Yoshinori Ito, Yoichi Ajioka, Tetsuya Hamaguchi, Ichinosuke Hyodo, Masahiro Igarashi, Hideyuki Ishida, Megumi Ishiguro, Yukihide Kanemitsu, Norihiro Kokudo, Kei Muro, Atsushi Ochiai, Masahiko Oguchi, Yasuo Ohkura, Yutaka Saito, Yoshiharu Sakai, Hideki Ueno, Takayuki Yoshino, Takahiro Fujimori, Nobuo Koinuma, Takayuki Morita, Genichi Nishimura, Yuh Sakata, Keiichi Takahashi, Hiroya Takiuchi, Osamu Tsuruta, Toshiharu Yamaguchi, Masahiro Yoshida, Naohiko Yamaguchi, Kenjiro Kotake, Kenichi Sugihara, Japanese Society for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum
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International Journal of Clinical Oncology
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Issue 1/2012
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Abstract
Colorectal cancer is a major cause of death in Japan, where it accounts for the largest number of deaths from malignant neoplasms in women and the third largest number in men. Many new treatment methods have been developed over the last few decades. The Japanese Society for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum (JSCCR) guidelines 2010 for the treatment of colorectal cancer (JSCCR Guidelines 2010) have been prepared to show standard treatment strategies for colorectal cancer, to eliminate disparities among institutions in terms of treatment, to eliminate unnecessary treatment and insufficient treatment, and to deepen mutual understanding between health-care professionals and patients by making these Guidelines available to the general public. These Guidelines have been prepared by consensuses reached by the JSCCR Guideline Committee, based on a careful review of the evidence retrieved by literature searches and in view of the medical health insurance system and actual clinical practice settings in Japan. Therefore, these Guidelines can be used as a tool for treating colorectal cancer in actual clinical practice settings. More specifically, they can be used as a guide to obtaining informed consent from patients and choosing the method of treatment for each patient. As a result of the discussions held by the Guideline Committee, controversial issues were selected as Clinical Questions, and recommendations were made. Each recommendation is accompanied by a classification of the evidence and a classification of recommendation categories based on the consensus reached by the Guideline Committee members. Here we present the English version of the JSCCR Guidelines 2010.