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World J Gastroenterol. Feb 21, 2010; 16(7): 862-867
Published online Feb 21, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i7.862
Published online Feb 21, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i7.862
Colorectal cancer prognosis twenty years later
Luis Bujanda, Elisabeth Hijona, Lander Hijona, Angel Cosme, Ines Gil, Department of Gastroenterology, Donostia Hospital, University of Basque Country, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), 20014 San Sebastián, Spain
Cristina Sarasqueta, Department of Epidemiology, Donostia Hospital, CIBERESP, 20014 San Sebastián, Spain
Jose Luis Elorza, Jose I Asensio, Santiago Larburu, José M Enríquez-Navascués, Department of Surgery, Donostia Hospital, 20014 San Sebastián, Spain
Rodrigo Jover, Antoni Castells, Department of Gastroenterology, General Hospital, 03010 Alicante, Spain
Francesc Balaguer, Artemio Paya, Department of Gastroenterology, Clinic Hospital, CIBEREHD, IDIBAPS, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
Xavier Llor, Digestive Diseases and Nutrition Secion, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 60607, United States
Xavier Bessa, Montserrat Andreu, Department of Gastroenterology, Del Mar Hospital, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
Gastrointestinal Oncology Group of the Spanish Gastroenterological Association, Principal investigators in the EPICOLON Group are listed in the ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Author contributions: Bujanda L and Hijona L participated in the experimental design and writing of the manuscript; Sarasqueta C performed data analysis and interpretation of results; Hijona L, Cosme A, Gil I, Elorza JL, Asensio JI, Larburu S, Enríquez-Navascués JM, Jover R, Balaguer F, Llor X, Bessa X, Andreu M, Paya A and Castells A collected and supplied the clinical data of the patients; Study organization and investigators from the Gastrointestinal Oncology Group of the Spanish Gastroenterological Association participated in the study. All authors have critically reviewed the manuscript and approved the final version.
Supported by CIBEREHD is funded by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Correspondence to: Luis Bujanda, Professor, Departament of Gastroenterology, CIBEREHD, University of Country Basque, Donostia Hospital, Avda. Sancho El Sabio, 17-2ºD, 20010 San Sebastián, Spain. medik@telefonica.net
Telephone: +34-943007173 Fax: +34-943471922
Received: July 28, 2009
Revised: October 2, 2009
Accepted: October 9, 2009
Published online: February 21, 2010
Revised: October 2, 2009
Accepted: October 9, 2009
Published online: February 21, 2010
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