Kenji Yokoyama, MD, PhD1, Naoki Ishizuka, PhD2*, Naomi Uemura, MD, PhD3*, Yuji Mizokami, MD, PhD4*, Hideyuki Hiraishi, MD, PhD5*, Tamio Teramoto, MD, PhD6*, Kazuyuki Shimada, MD, PhD7* and Yasuo Ikeda, MD, PhD8
1Department of Hematology/Oncology, Tokai University Hachioji Hospital, Hachioji, Japan
2Clinical Trial Department, Cancer Institute Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
3Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Kohnodai Hospital, Ichikawa, Japan
4Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Division, University of Tsukuba Hospital, Tsukuba, Japan
5Department of Gastroenterology, Dokkyo Medical University, Shimotsuga, Japan
6Teikyo Academic Research Center, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan
7Department of Cardiology, Shin-Oyama City Hospital, Oyama, Japan
8Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering,Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan