1. Clinical relevance of telomerase activity in primary gastric lymphoma

   • Yasuhiro Kodera
   • Tsuneya Nakamura
   • Shigeo Nakamura

   Original article Pages: 57 - 62

2. Role of MMP-7 in the formation of peritoneal dissemination in gastric cancer

   • Yutaka Yonemura
   • Yoshio Endou
   • Takuma Sasaki

   Original article Pages: 63 - 70

3. Prognostic factors in stage IV gastric cancer: univariate and multivariate analyses

   • Yoshinori Yagi
   • Akiyoshi Seshimo
   • Shingo Kameoka

   Original article Pages: 71 - 80

4. A micrometric classification of intramucosal carcinomas of the stomach

   • Carlos A. Rubio
   • Gabriella Nesi

   Original article Pages: 81 - 85

5. Relationship between interleukin-1-alpha concentration in tumors and cell growth in gastric cancer, determined using flow cytometry

   • Yoshitaka Furuya
   • Takashi Ichikura
   • Nariyoshi Shinomiya

   Original article Pages: 86 - 90

6. Micrometastasis in lymph nodes of mucosal gastric cancer

   • Jianhui Cai
   • Masahide Ikeguchi
   • Nobuaki Kaibara

   Original article Pages: 91 - 96

7. Decreasing complication rates with stapled esophagojejunostomy following a learning curve

   • Sachiyo Nomura
   • Mitsuru Sasako
   • Keiichi Maruyama

   Original article Pages: 97 - 101

8. Gastric cancer recognized by metastasis to the ureter

   • Yutaka Shimoyama
   • Masakazu Ohashi
   • Miwako Mukai

   Case report Pages: 102 - 105

9. Five-year survivor with liver metastasis from gastric cancer successfully treated with systemic chemotherapy

   • Hiroki Saitoh
   • Narikazu Boku
   • Shigeaki Yoshida

   Case report Pages: 106 - 109

10. Extensive liver metastasis of gastric cancer effectively treated by hepatic arterial infusion of 5-fluorouracil/cisplatin

    • Akio Moriya
    • Ichinosuke Hyodo
    • Hisao Tajiri

    Case report Pages: 110 - 115

11. Redefining surgery for gastric cancer: is “stage-appropriate surgery” an appropriate standard for Western surgeons?

    Letter to the editor Pages: 116 - 118