Recent Advances in Gastroenterology

1. Front Matter

   Pages II-X

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2. GI Tract

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Gastroduodenal Motor Disorders

      • Vincenzo Stanghellini, Roberto De Giorgio, Giovanni Barbara, Beatrice Salvioli, Roberto Corinaldesi

      Pages 3-9

   3. Epithelial Tumors of the Gastrointestinal Tract: Definitional Problems Regarding Morphologic Terminology

      • Klaus J. Lewin

      Pages 11-18

   4. Superficial Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Differences in Diagnostic Criteria Between Western and Japanese Pathologists

      • Ronald J. Schlemper, Sanford M. Dawsey, Masayuki Itabashi, Yo Kato, Morio Koike, Klaus J. Lewin et al.

      Pages 19-29

   5. Endoscopic Treatment of Nonvariceal Upper GI Bleeding

      • Choichi Sugawa, Kunio Ukawa

      Pages 31-37

3. Liver and Pancreas

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 39-39

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   2. Increased Expression of Fas Ligand mRNA and Protein in Liver Metastases of Human Colonic Adenocarcinomas

      • Hiroshi Takahashi

      Pages 41-52

   3. Goals of Antiviral Therapy: Viral Clearance or ALT Normalization

      • Solko W. Schalm, Tekla G. J. van Rossum

      Pages 53-62

   4. Endoscopic Treatment of Calcifying Chronic Pancreatitis: Trick or Treatment?

      • C. Liguory, J. F. Lefebvre, G. Andrade de Paulo

      Pages 63-71

   5. Biliopancreatic Ascariasis: the Role of Endoscopy

      • Toshiaki Kamiya, Ebert Valdez, Mario Ustiniano, Abel Duran, Roman Gutierrez

      Pages 73-80

4. Back Matter

   Pages 81-85

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Digestive Disease Week-Japan (DDW-Japan) was held successfully in Yokohama April 15-18, 1998, under the management of Prof. Yoshiki Hiki, Chairman of the Steering Committee. DDW-Japan was carried out with the cooperation and participa­ tion of gastroenterological societies in Japan. Because the participat­ ing congresses each dealt with topics characteristic of particular fields, all participants could enjoy a rewarding experience and could gather relevant, up-to-date information about a wide variety of subjects in basic and clinical medicine. Prof. Rikiya Fujita, Chairman of the International Relations Com­ mittee, planned and conducted the International Symposium working together with researchers from foreign countries, thus making DDW­ Japan in 1998 a great success. The symposium provided a fascinating insight into the global situation, and the papers that were present­ ed are being published in this monograph, Recent Advances in Gastroenterology. As we all know, the world soon is going to enter the third millen­ nium. Therefore, treatments and medicines should not be limited to any single country or small area; instead, medical knowledge must be shared as a global resource, without regard to nationality, way of life, or social system. I hope that this monograph will playa useful role in the develop­ ment of gastroenterology all over the world, and I very much appre­ ciate the tremendous contribution of all authors for this publication.

• cancer
• chronic pancreatitis
• colon
• endoscopy
• gastroenterology
• gastrointestinal tract
• hepatitis
• liver
• pancreas

• Department of Gastroenterology, Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

  Rikiya Fujita

• Department of Internal Medicine, Second Teaching Hospital, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

  Saburo Nakazawa

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