[1] Japanese Study Grp Postoperat Follow Colorectal C, Tokyo, Japan
[2] Fujita Hlth Univ, Sch Med, Dept Surg, Toyoake, Aichi 47011, Japan
[3] Tokyo Med & Dent Univ, Grad Sch, Dept Surg Oncol, Tokyo, Japan
[4] Natl Def Med Coll, Dept Surg, Tokyo, Japan
[5] Tochigi Canc Ctr, Dept Surg, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan
[6] Toho Univ, Sch Med, Dept Surg, Tokyo, Japan
[7] Tokyo Womens Med Univ, Sch Med, Dept Surg 2, Tokyo, Japan
[8] Int Med Ctr Japan, Dept Surg, Tokyo, Japan
[9] Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hosp, Dept Surg, Tokyo, Japan
[10] Aichi Canc Ctr, Res Inst, Dept Surg Gastroenterol, Nagoya, Aichi 464, Japan
[11] Osaka Med Ctr Canc & Cardiovas Dis, Dept Surg, Osaka, Japan
[12] Kurume Univ, Sch Med, Dept Surg, Kurume, Fukuoka 830, Japan
[13] Kyoto Univ, Grad Sch Med, Dept Surg, Kyoto, Japan
[14] Teikyo Univ, Sch Med, Dept Surg, Tokyo 173, Japan
[15] Sapporo Med Univ, Dept Surg 1, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
[16] Niigata Univ, Grad Sch Med & Dent Sci, Div Digest & Gen Surg, Niigata, Japan