1. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy: a standard treatment for locally advanced gastric cancer in the near future?

   • Junichi Sakamoto

   Editorial Pages: 131 - 133

2. Quantitative evaluation of reconstruction methods after gastrectomy using a new type of examination: digestion and absorption test with stable isotope ¹³C-labeled lipid compound

   • Makoto Takase
   • Yoshinobu Sumiyama
   • Jiro Nagao

   Original article Pages: 134 - 141

3. The usefulness of CEA and/or CA19-9 in monitoring for recurrence in gastric cancer patients: a prospective clinical study

   • Yutaka Takahashi
   • Tetsuo Takeuchi
   • Tumor Marker Committee

   Original article Pages: 142 - 145

4. A new scoring system for peritoneal metastasis in gastric cancer

   • Takashi Fujimura
   • Kaname Ishii
   • Koichi Miwa

   Original article Pages: 146 - 152

5. Biweekly administration regimen of docetaxel combined with CPT-11 in patients with inoperable or recurrent gastric cancer

   • Takashi Yoshioka
   • Yuh Sakata
   • Ryunosuke Kanamaru

   Original article Pages: 153 - 158

6. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy with cisplatin, 5-FU, and leucovorin (PLF) in locally advanced gastric cancer: a prospective phase II study

   • Katja Ott
   • Andreas Sendler
   • Ulrich Fink

   Original article Pages: 159 - 167

7. Evaluation of malignancy using Ki-67 labeling index for gastric stromal tumor

   • Yoshihide Nagasako
   • Kazuhito Misawa
   • Hidetoshi Sato

   Original article Pages: 168 - 172

8. Detection of Epstein-Barr virus in gastric carcinoma cells and surrounding lymphocytes

   • Kenji Oda
   • Keiji Koda
   • Masaru Miyazaki

   Original article Pages: 173 - 178

9. Intestinal phenotypic expression of gastric depressed adenomas and the surrounding mucosa

   • Masafumi Oya
   • Takashi Yao
   • Masazumi Tsuneyoshi

   Original article Pages: 179 - 184

10. Complete response of a highly advanced gastric carcinoma to preoperative chemoradiotherapy with S-1 and low-dose cisplatin

    • Nobunari Yoshimizu
    • Yoshiro Saikawa
    • Masaki Kitajima

    Case report Pages: 185 - 190

11. Simultaneous early adenocarcinoma and mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma of the stomach associated with Helicobacter pylori infection

    • Takehiro Sakai
    • Yuta Ogura
    • Mitsuru Kamada

    Case report Pages: 191 - 196

12. Recurrence in jejunal pouch after proximal gastrectomy for early upper gastric cancer

    • Masaki Nishimura
    • Ichiro Honda
    • Masaru Miyazaki

    Case report Pages: 197 - 201