Kyobu geka. The Japanese journal of thoracic surgery
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The National Clinical Database of Japan( NCD) was established in April 2010 in the collaboration of 9 surgical subspecialty societies on the platform of the Japan Surgical Society(JSS). Registrations began in 2011, and because NCD is strongly linked to the board certification system by JSS, the ratio of registration of surgical procedures is very high, over than 97%. To date, more than 4,000 facilities have enrolled and over 7 million cases were registered over a 5-year period. ⋯ Furthermore, NCD supports many clinical researches for providing high-quality healthcare to patients and the general public. NCD's activities are conducted lawfully and ethically with due consideration of its effects on society. NCD will continue to ensure the reliability of collected data, to guarantee the scientific analysis, and to discuss the future evolution.
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Japanese thoracic surgeons have created personal relationship with European and North American surgeons. During the last 10 years, official relation between Japanese Association for Chest Surgery(JACS) and European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) has been established besides personal interaction, and communication among the thoracic surgeons in Asia was prompted through Asia Thoracoscopic Surgery Education Program( ATEP). International relationship through academic associations is expected to contribute to encouraging general thoracic surgeons.