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| Chief Akio Shiomi, M.D., Ph.D. |
Senior Staff Shoichi Manabe, M.D. |
Senior Staff Yusuke Tanaka, M.D. |
Senior Staff Shunsuke Kasai, M.D., Ph.D. |
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| Hiroyasu Kagawa, M.D. | Chief Resident Takehiro Igaki, M.D., Ph.D. |
Chief Resident Yukihiro Mori, M.D. |
Resident Gen Tsujio, M.D., Ph.D. |
Resident Yusuke Takashima, M.D., Ph.D. |
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| Resident Yoshihiro Sakai, M.D. |
Resident Kioto Yokoyama, M.D. |
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Resident Yusuke Yatabe, M.D. |
Resident Kenta Yao, M.D. |
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Resident Shoma Yamamoto, M.D. |
Large intestine, which follows small intestine in the digestive apparatus, is a 1.5 or 2-meter-long tube-like organ consisting of colon, rectum and anus, and cancer detected there is called “cancer of colon and rectum.” Sometimes it is called “colon cancer” or “rectum cancer” respectively, depending on where it is detected. The incidence rate for colon and rectum cancer starts increasing at fifties of age, and keeps increasing as the age number goes bigger. Also, the morbidity rate for the disease is the third biggest after prostate gland cancer and gastric cancer for male, and the second biggest after breast cancer for female (according to the data from the 2017 cancer morbidity survey based on the estimated figures for national cancer registration by region) in Japan. It proves how crucial it is to detect the disease at early stages and to provide optimal therapies. Colon and rectum cancers can be treated by endoscopic therapy, surgical therapy, systemic chemotherapy, radiation therapy and symptomatic therapy, or combinations of these therapies, in accordance with the tumor location and progression. Among them, the Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery handles “surgical therapy (operations).”
Even though colon and rectum cancers at early stages can be thoroughly removed by endoscopic procedure, which is to resect a cancer with an endoscope inserted through anus, the cases not applicable for endoscopic surgery as well as advanced cancers need open abdominal operations, laparoscopic surgeries or operations assisted by the robotic surgical system (the da Vinci Surgical System) at the Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery. The division at the SCC is known as one of the best medical institutions for colon and rectum cancer treatment in Japan, with around 720 surgeries a year being performed, including 550 for primary colon and rectum cancers.
At this division, more than 90% of colon and rectum cancer operations are done with laparoscopy (including procedures assisted by the robotic surgical system). Compared with open abdominal surgeries, laparoscopic procedures have advantages for patients, which include less blood loss, smaller operative scars, less postoperative pains, being far less invasive and earlier social rehabilitations.
Robotic surgery is a laparoscopic procedure assisted by the robotic surgical system. It offers such advantages as high possibilities of complete cure and conservation of void and sexual functions, in addition to those which a laparoscopic procedure offers conventionally. At the SCC, the state-of-art robotic surgical system called “da Vinci” was installed in December, 2011. So far, more than 1,300 robotic surgeries in total have been performed up until October, 2021, which is one of the biggest numbers in Japan, yielding so many excellent outcomes.
In the conventional surgical method for rectum cancer, where the anus is located close, it will be removed together with the tumor mass and replaced by a permanent stoma. At this division of the SCC, a part of anal muscle (i.e., external anal sphincter muscle) can be preserved when the cancer is removed. This anus preservation procedure, or the intersphincteric resection (ISR), is being performed for more than 90% of the patients with rectum cancer here, which proves our efforts for preserving anus as much as possible. At the same time, the employing rate for temporary stoma, which is often required as a part of anus preservation procedure, is quite low here and it’s one of the features of the therapy provided at this division.
For advanced cases, sometimes the decision will be made not to provide a surgical therapy when the cancer is found invading or metastasizing in the surrounding organs. However, we do not draw a line for a surgery, because it is the ultimate cancer therapy for complete cure of it. We always pursue the possibility for performing a surgery, including an extended procedure resecting the tumor mass as well as the surrounding organs where the tumor is located in.
Colon and rectum cancers are likely to lower the quality of life of the patients after the surgeries, as they naturally involve urination, bowel movement and sexual activity. Although the most crucial fact about a colon and rectum cancer procedure is that it should guarantee the complete removal the tumor mass, we always pursue ways to minimize the function losses while curing the disease skillfully. As we intend to confront it by teaming up with patients, we hope they will come to us without hesitation when they have any inquiries about the disease.
colon and rectal surgery
laparoscopic surgery
sphincter-preserving surgery
robotic surgery
Specialist and Supervisory Doctor Certified by the Japan Surgical Society
Certified Doctor for Surgical Treatment for Gastroenterological Cancer, Specialist and Supervisory Doctor Certified by the Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery
Councilor, Certified Specialist and Supervisory Doctor, the Japan Society of Coloproctology
General Clinical Oncologist Certified by the Japanese Board of Cancer Therapy
Councilor, Doctor with Certified Expertise, the Certified Proctor for Robotic Surgery in Gastroenterology and General Surgery, Review Committee Member for Medical Teams, the Japan Society for Endoscopic Surgery
Specialist and Robo-Doc Pilot with Domestic Class-A License and International Class-A License Certified by the Japan Robotic Surgery Society
The Japan Society of Clinical Oncology
The Japanese Cancer Association
The Japan Surgical Association
The Japanese Society of Stoma and Continence Rehabilitation
Representative for the SCC and Steering Committee Member, the JCOG Colon-and-Rectum Cancer Group
Representative for the SCC, Editorial Committee Member for the Guidelines and Facilitator, the Japanese Society for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum
Representative for the SCC and Facilitator, the Study Group for Postsurgical Follow-ups after Colorectum Surgery, the Japan Surgical Society
Representative for the SCC and Facilitator, the Tokai Study Group for Colorectum Surgeries
Representative for the SCC and Facilitator, the Shizuoka Study Group for Endoscopic Surgery
colon and rectal surgery
laparoscopic surgery
sphincter-preserving surgery
robotic surgery
Specialist Certified by the Japan Surgical Society
Certified Doctor for Surgical Treatment for Gastroenterological Cancer, Specialist and Supervisory Doctor Certified by the Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery
General Clinical Oncologist Certified by the Japanese Board of Cancer Therapy
Specialist and Robo-Doc Pilot with Domestic Class-B License Certified by the Japan Robotic Surgery Society
Supervisory Doctor Certified by the Japan Society of Coloproctology
Doctor with Certified Expertise, Certified Proctor for Robotic Surgery in Gastroenterology and General Surgery for Colon and Rectum, the Japan Society for Endoscopic Surgery
The Japan Surgical Association
colon and rectal surgery
laparoscopic surgery
sphincter-preserving surgery
robotic surgery
Specialist Certified by the Japan Surgical Society
Doctor for Surgical Treatment for Gastroenterological Cancer and Specialist Certified by the Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery
The Japan Society of Coloproctology
Doctor with Certified Expertise, the Japan Society for Endoscopic Surgery
Specialist and Robo-Doc Pilot with Domestic Class-B License Certified by the Japan Robotic Surgery Society
The Japan Surgical Association
General Clinical Oncologist Certified by the Japanese Board of Cancer Therapy
gastroenterological surgery
Specialist Certified by the Japan Surgical Society
Certified Doctor for Surgical Treatment for Gastroenterological Cancer, and Specialist Certified by the Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery
The Japan Society of Coloproctology
The Japan Society for Endoscopic Surgery
The Japan Society of Clinical Oncology
The Japanese Society of Gastroenterology
colon and rectal surgery
laparoscopic surgery
sphincter-preserving surgery
robotic surgery
Specialist and Supervisory Doctor Certified by the Japan Surgical Society
Doctor with Certified Expertise, the Japan Society for Endoscopic Surgery
Certified Proctor for Robotic Surgery in Gastroenterology, General Surgery, and Colon and Rectum, the Japan Society for Endoscopic Surgery
Doctor for Surgical Treatment for Gastroenterological Cancer, Specialist and Supervisory Doctor Certified by the Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery
Certified Specialist, Supervisory Doctor, Councilor and International Committee Member, the Japan Society of Coloproctology
Specialist and Robo-Doc Pilot with Domestic Class-A License Certified by the Japan Robotic Surgery Society
Steering Committee Member and Protocol Review Board Member, the JCOG Colon-and-Rectum Cancer Group
The Japan Society of Clinical Oncology
The Japan Surgical Association
colon and rectal surgery
gastroenterological surgery
Specialist Certified by the Japan Surgical Society
Certified Doctor for Surgical Treatment for Gastroenterological Cancer, and Specialist Certified by the Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery
The Japan Society of Coloproctology
The Japan Society for Endoscopic Surgery
The Japan Surgical Association
General Clinical Oncologist Certified by the Japanese Board of Cancer Therapy
The Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society
The Japanese Society of Gastroenterology
The Japan Society of Clinical Oncology
colon and rectal surgery
gastroenterological surgery
Specialist Certified by the Japan Surgical Society
Certified Doctor for Surgical Treatment for Gastroenterological Cancer, and Specialist Certified by the Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery
The Japan Society of Coloproctology
The Japan Society for Endoscopic Surgery
The Japan Surgical Association
The Japanese Gastroenterological Association
The Japanese Society for Abdominal Emergency Medicine
Registered Anesthesiologist Certified by the Japanese Society of Anesthesiologists
General Clinical Oncologist Certified by the Japanese Board of Cancer Therapy
colon and rectal surgery
gastroenterological surgery
Specialist Certified by the Japan Surgical Society
Certified Doctor for Surgical Treatment for Gastroenterological Cancer, and Specialist Certified by the Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery
Specialist Certified by the Japan Society of Coloproctology
Specialist Certified by the Japanese Society of Gastroenterology
Gastroenterologist Certified by the Japanese Gastroenterological Association
Certified Doctor, the Japanese Society for Abdominal Emergency Medicine
General Clinical Oncologist Certified by the Japanese Board of Cancer Therapy
Certified Doctor, the Japanese Breast Cancer Society
The Japan Society for Endoscopic Surgery
The Japan Surgical Association
The Japanese College of Surgeons
The Japanese Gastric Cancer Association
The Japan Society of Clinical Oncology
colon and rectal surgery
gastroenterological surgery
Specialist Certified by the Japan Surgical Society
Specialist Certified by the Japan Surgical Society
Certified Doctor for Surgical Treatment for Gastroenterological Cancer, and Specialist Certified by the Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery
The Japan Society of Coloproctology
The Japan Society for Endoscopic Surgery
The Japan Surgical Association
The Japanese Cancer Association
gastroenterological surgery
The Japan Surgical Society
The Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery
The Japan Society of Coloproctology
The Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society
The Japan Surgical Association
The Japan Society of Clinical Oncology
gastroenterological surgery
The Japan Surgical Society
The Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery
The Japan Society of Coloproctology
The Japan Society for Endoscopic Surgery
The Japanese Society for Abdominal Emergency Medicine
The Japan Surgical Association
The Japanese Hernia Society
colon and rectal surgery
gastroenterological surgery
Specialist Certified by the Japan Surgical Society
The Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery
The Japan Society of Coloproctology
The Japan Society for Endoscopic Surgery
The Japan Surgical Association
colon and rectal surgery
gastroenterological surgery
TSpecialist Certified by the Japan Surgical Society
The Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery
The Japan Society of Coloproctology
The Japan Society for Endoscopic Surgery
The Japan Robotic Surgery Society
The Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society
The Japan Society of Clinical Oncology
The Japan Surgical Association
The Japanese Society for Abdominal Emergency Medicine
The Japanese Hernia Society
gastroenterological surgery
The Japan Surgical Society
The Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery
The Japan Society of Coloproctology
The Japan Society for Endoscopic Surgery
