Saito, Hiroshi
Kudo, Shin-ei
Takahashi, Noriaki
Yamamoto, Seiichiro
Kodama, Kenta
Nagata, Koichi
Mizota, Yuri
Ishida, Fumio
Ohashi, Yasuo
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (JP19ck0106279)
Article History
Accepted: 26 January 2020
First Online: 7 February 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: This study was planned and designed according to the Helsinki Declaration. All researchers involved in this trial performed the study according to the declaration. As annual CRC screening had been performed in Japan, interventions for the study groups were decided based on the existing programs. This study was approved by the Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) of the National Cancer Center, Showa University, Akita Red Cross Hospital, and the Public Health Research Foundation; the IRB of Public Health Research Foundation was a surrogate IRB assigned to review the clinical activity conducted at Kakunodate Hospital, as they did not have an institutional IRB.