1. Laparoscopically assisted gastric resections: a word of caution

   • Mike T. Hallissey

   Editorial Pages: 53 - 53

2. Involvement of three or more lymph nodes predicts poor prognosis in submucosal gastric carcinoma

   • Shinya Shimada
   • Yasushi Yagi
   • Michio Ogawa

   Original article Pages: 54 - 59

3. Use of a segment of transverse colon as a gastric substitute after total gastrectomy: an audit of 18 patients

   • Yasuhiro Kodera
   • Yoshitaka Yamamura
   • Tomoyuki Kato

   Original article Pages: 60 - 65

4. Significant correlation between micrometastasis in the lymph nodes and reduced expression of E-cadherin in early gastric cancer

   • Jianhui Cai
   • Masahide Ikeguchi
   • Nobuaki Kaibara

   Original article Pages: 66 - 74

5. Efficacy of intraperitoneal and intravenous chemotherapy and left upper abdominal evisceration for advanced gastric cancer

   • Eiji Nomura
   • Masami Niki
   • Nobuhiko Tanigawa

   Original article Pages: 75 - 82

6. A clinicopathologic study of mucinous adenocarcinoma of the stomach

   • Hideki Kawamura
   • Yukifumi Kondo
   • Tunetake Hata

   Original article Pages: 83 - 86

7. Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in gastric remnant after distal gastrectomy for primary gastric cancer

   • Naoyoshi Onoda
   • Kiyoshi Maeda
   • Kosei Hirakawa-Yong-Suk Chung

   Original article Pages: 87 - 92

8. The usefulness of laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy in comparison with that of open distal gastrectomy for early gastric cancer

   • Hiroshi Yano
   • Takushi Monden
   • Shinji Katsushima

   Original article Pages: 93 - 97

9. Laparoscopic side-to-side esophagogastrostomy using a linear stapler after proximal gastrectomy

   • Ichiro Uyama
   • Atsushi Sugioka
   • Akitake Hasumi

   Technical note Pages: 98 - 102

10. Gastric cancer in Brazil

    • Laercio Gomes Lourenço
    • Gerson Shigueaki Hamada

    Epidemiology note Pages: 103 - 105