1. Introduction

   • Toshiro Konishi

   Introduction Pages: 1 - 1

2. S-1 in gastric cancer: a comprehensive review

   • Yoshihiko Maehara

   Review article Pages: 2 - 8

3. Current topics of S-1 at the 74th Japanese Gastric Cancer Congress

   • Tsuneo Sasaki

   Overview Pages: 9 - 12

4. Experimental study to evaluate the usefulness of S-1 in a model of peritoneal dissemination of gastric cancer

   • Takuji Mori
   • Yoshiyuki Fujiwara
   • Morito Monden

   OriginalPaper Pages: 13 - 18

5. Efficacy and safety profile of S-1 in patients with metastatic gastric cancer in clinical practice: results from a post-marketing survey

   • Hiroki Kawai
   • Atsushi Ohtsu
   • Shigeaki Yoshida

   OriginalPaper Pages: 19 - 23

6. Longterm control of advanced and recurrent gastric cancer (ARGC) by S-1

   • Haruhiko Cho
   • Kazuo Konishi
   • Toshio Imada

   OriginalPaper Pages: 24 - 27

7. S-1 in the treatment of advanced and recurrent gastric cancer: current state and future prospects

   • Ikuo Takahashi
   • Yoshihiro Kakeji
   • Yoshihiko Maehara

   OriginalPaper Pages: 28 - 33

8. A new regimen for S-1 therapy aiming at adverse reaction mitigation and prolonged medication by introducing a 1-week drug-free interval after each 2-week dosing session: efficacy and feasibility in clinical practice

   • Yutaka Kimura
   • Nobuteru Kikkawa
   • Eiji Kurokawa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 34 - 39

9. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy with S-1 for scirrhous gastric cancer: a pilot study

   • Taira Kinoshita
   • Masaru Konishi
   • Shigeaki Yoshida

   OriginalPaper Pages: 40 - 44

10. Clinical efficacy of S-1 combined with cisplatin for advanced gastric cancer

    • Hideo Baba
    • Manabu Yamamoto
    • Takeshi Okamura

    OriginalPaper Pages: 45 - 49

11. Combination chemotherapy of S-1 and low-dose cisplatin for advanced gastric cancer

    • Shunichi Tsujitani
    • Kenji Fukuda
    • Nobuaki Kaibara

    OriginalPaper Pages: 50 - 57

12. Development of clinical pathway in S-1 chemotherapy for gastric cancer

    • Tamaki Noie
    • Toshiro Konishi
    • Kaoru Furushima

    OriginalPaper Pages: 58 - 65

13. Dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) activity in gastric cancer tissue and effect of DPD inhibitory fluoropyrimidines

    • Hisashi Usuki
    • Ken Ishimura
    • Hajime Maeta

    OriginalPaper Pages: 66 - 70

14. Prediction of sensitivity to fluoropyrimidines by metabolic and target enzyme activities in gastric cancer

    • Masanori Terashima
    • Hisataka Fujiwara
    • Mitsukazu Gotoh

    OriginalPaper Pages: 71 - 81

15. Future prospects of personalized chemotherapy in gastric cancer patients: results of a prospective randomized pilot study

    • Kazuhiro Yoshida
    • Kazuaki Tanabe
    • Masahiko Nishiyama

    OriginalPaper Pages: 82 - 89