1. Function-preserving surgery for various cancers

   • Masahisa Saikawa

   INTRODUCTION TO REVIEW ARTICLES Pages: 337 - 338

2. Function preservation in rectal cancer surgery

   • Yoshihiro Moriya

   REVIEW ARTICLE Pages: 339 - 343

3. Function-preserving surgery for breast cancer

   • Hideo Inaji
   • Chiyomi Egawa
   • Hiroki Koyama

   REVIEW ARTICLE Pages: 344 - 350

4. Function-preserving surgery for urologic cancer

   • Kenichi Tobisu

   REVIEW ARTICLE Pages: 351 - 356

5. Function-preserving surgery for gastric cancer

   • Hitoshi Katai

   REVIEW ARTICLE Pages: 357 - 366

6. Retrospective analysis of stage IV advanced gastric cancer treated with S-1 or other chemotherapy

   • Kohei Shitara
   • Atushi Ishiguro
   • Yuh Sakata

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 367 - 374

7. Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) of metastatic brain tumors: variations of metabolic profile

   • Mikhail F. Chernov
   • Motohiro Hayashi
   • Tomokatsu Hori

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 375 - 384

8. Detection and evaluation of epithelial cells in the blood of colon cancer patients using RT-PCR

   • Kenji Katsumata
   • Tetsuo Sumi
   • Tatsuya Aoki

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 385 - 389

9. A questionnaire survey of patient preparation and techniques for prostate biopsy among urologists in the Kyushu and Okinawa regions of Japan

   • Masanori Noguchi
   • Kei Matsuoka
   • Seiji Naito

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 390 - 395

10. Results of radiation therapy combined with neoadjuvant hormonal therapy for stage III prostate cancer: comparison of two different definitions of PSA failure

    • Michihide Mitsumori
    • Yoshihide Sasaki
    • Osamu Ogawa

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 396 - 402

11. Salivary gland carcinoma treated with concomitant chemoradiation with intraarterial cisplatin and docetaxel

    • Shin-ichiro Maruya
    • Atsushi Namba
    • Hideichi Shinkawa

    CASE REPORT Pages: 403 - 406

12. Spontaneous regression of hepatocellular carcinoma

    • Shunsuke Kondo
    • Takuji Okusaka
    • Chigusa Morizane

    CASE REPORT Pages: 407 - 411

13. Successful treatment of malignant pericardial effusion, using weekly paclitaxel, in a patient with breast cancer

    • Takahiro Einama
    • Kazuhiko Sato
    • Hidetaka Mochizuki

    CASE REPORT Pages: 412 - 415

14. Pseudomyxoma peritonei due to mucinous cystadenocarcinoma in situ of the urachus presenting as an inguinal hernia

    • Toshiki Shinohara
    • Kazuhito Misawa
    • Akio Takada

    CASE REPORT Pages: 416 - 419