1. Meeting report of the 72nd Japanese Gastric Cancer Congress

   • Hidenobu Watanabe
   • Masayoshi Mai
   • Morio Koike

   Special article Pages: 1 - 8

2. Screening for gastric cancer in Japan

   • Yoshitaka Tsubono
   • Shigeru Hisamichi

   Review article Pages: 9 - 18

3. Sequential methotrexate and 5-fluorouracil therapy for gastric cancer patients with bone metastasis

   • Shu-ichi Hironaka
   • Narikazu Boku
   • Shigeaki Yoshida

   Original article Pages: 19 - 23

4. Influence of perioperative blood transfusion on the prognosis of patients with gastric cancer receiving anticancer chemotherapy

   • Nobuo Murata
   • Yasuo Idezuki
   • Katsu Nishigaki

   Original article Pages: 24 - 27

5. Prediction of recurrence after curative resection of gastric carcinoma invading the muscularis propria: a multivariate analysis

   • Hideya Takeuchi
   • Yoshihiro Kakeji
   • Keizo Sugimachi

   Original article Pages: 28 - 32

6. Papillary adenocarcinoma of the stomach

   • Kazuhiro Yasuda
   • Yosuke Adachi
   • Seigo Kitano

   Original article Pages: 33 - 38

7. A model chemosensitivity test examining apoptosis in small specimens of gastric cancer

   • Narikazu Boku
   • Atsushi Ohtsu
   • Shigeaki Yoshida

   Original article Pages: 39 - 44

8. Histological differences in the invasion of advanced esophageal and gastric carcinoma beyond the esophago-gastric junction

   • Futoshi Miyazono
   • Shoji Natsugoe
   • Takashi Aikou

   Original article Pages: 45 - 49

9. Laparoscopic D2 lymph node dissection for advanced gastric cancer located in the middle or lower third portion of the stomach

   • Ichiro Uyama
   • Atsushi Sugioka
   • Akitake Hasumi

   Technical note Pages: 50 - 55

10. A wider audience for Japanese research through use of the Web

    Letter to the editor Pages: 56 - 56