Piecemeal endoscopic mucosal resection ( EMR ) is generally indicated for laterally spreading
tumors ( LST ) >2 cm in diameter. However, the segmentation of adenomatous parts does …

Many clinical studies on narrow‐band imaging (NBI) magnifying endoscopy classifications
advocated so far in Japan (Sano, Hiroshima, Showa, and Jikei classifications) have reported …

N -arachidonoylethanolamine (anandamide) was the first endogenous cannabinoid receptor
ligand to be discovered. Dual synthetic pathways for anandamide have been proposed. …

The number of deaths from colorectal cancer in Japan continues to increase. Colorectal
cancer deaths exceeded 50,000 in 2016. In the 2019 edition, revision of all aspects of …

Japanese mortality due to colorectal cancer is on the rise, surpassing 49,000 in 2015. Many
new treatment methods have been developed during recent decades. The Japanese …

BACKGROUND: In EMR of early gastric cancer (EGC), en bloc resection reduces the risk of
residual cancer. Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) now allows en bloc resection of …

Several approaches have recently been adopted to improve Agrobacterium‐mediated
transformation of rice, both to generate the large number of T‐DNA insertion plants needed for …

Background Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate can cause renal and bone toxic effects related to
high plasma tenofovir concentrations. Tenofovir alafenamide is a novel tenofovir prodrug …

… In addition, the Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient was calculated in the context of a
linear regression model (data shown in Supplementary … Hiroyuki Gatanaga & Shinichi Oka …

BACKGROUND: Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) has been positively applied to and
gradually standardized for early stomach cancer, particularly in Japan. However, because …