1. The beginning of a new era: East meets West more comfortably regarding lymphadenectomy for gastric cancer — Japan will finally drop the surgery-alone arm in its pursuit of a multimodal treatment strategy

   • Yasuhiro Kodera

   Editorial 25 June 2007 Pages: 69 - 74

2. Diet and the risk of gastric cancer: review of epidemiological evidence

   • Shoichiro Tsugane
   • Shizuka Sasazuki

   Review article 25 June 2007 Pages: 75 - 83

3. Improved regional control and survival with “low Maruyama Index” surgery in gastric cancer: autopsy findings from the Dutch D1-D2 Trial

   • Scott A. Hundahl
   • Koen C.M.J. Peeters
   • Cornelis J.H. van de Velde

   Short communication 25 June 2007 Pages: 84 - 86

4. Clinical significance of skip metastasis in patients with gastric cancer

   • Hiroaki Saito
   • Shunichi Tsujitani
   • Masahide Ikeguchi

   Original article 25 June 2007 Pages: 87 - 91

5. Results of specialization in the surgical treatment of gastric cancer in Peru

   • Michel Portanova
   • Fernando Vargas
   • Jorge Orrego

   Original article 25 June 2007 Pages: 92 - 97

6. Helicobacter pylori infection, but not genetic polymorphism of CYP2E1, is highly prevalent in gastric cancer patients younger than 40 years

   • Gotaro Masuda
   • Akira Tokunaga
   • Takashi Tajiri

   Original article 25 June 2007 Pages: 98 - 103

7. Docetaxel and oxaliplatin combination in second-line treatment of patients with advanced gastric cancer

   • Carlo Barone
   • Michele Basso
   • Alessandra Cassano

   Original article 25 June 2007 Pages: 104 - 111

8. Prognostic value of p53 protein and MK-1 (a tumor-associated antigen) expression in gastric carcinoma

   • M. Salih Deveci
   • Güzin Deveci

   Original article 25 June 2007 Pages: 112 - 116

9. Validity of modified gastrectomy combined with sentinel node navigation surgery for early gastric cancer

   • Hironori Ohdaira
   • Hiroshi Nimura
   • Katsuhiko Yanaga

   Original article 25 June 2007 Pages: 117 - 122

10. Inhibitory effect of endothelin A receptor blockade on tumor growth and liver metastasis of a human gastric cancer cell line

    • Rika Fukui
    • Hidefumi Nishimori
    • Koichi Hirata

    Original article 25 June 2007 Pages: 123 - 128

11. Analysis of risk factors for severe adverse effects of oral 5-fluorouracil S-1 in patients with advanced gastric cancer

    • Takeharu Yamanaka
    • Shigemi Matsumoto
    • Masanori Fukushima

    Original article 25 June 2007 Pages: 129 - 134

12. A patient with 43 synchronous early gastric carcinomas with a Krukenberg tumor and pericardial metastasis

    • Yoshifumi Baba
    • Shinji Ishikawa
    • Hideo Baba

    Case report 25 June 2007 Pages: 135 - 139

13. A report on the First Asia–Pacific Gastric Cancer Conference

    • Ahmad Sudirman
    • Eric Gan
    • Jimmy B.Y. So

    Meeting report 25 June 2007 Pages: 140 - 144