1. Online First publication from Volume 15 Number 1, 2010

   Announcement 09 January 2010 Pages: 1 - 1

2. Neck dissection revisited

   • Masahisa Saikawa

   Introduction to Review Articles 21 January 2010 Pages: 2 - 4

3. Update on the classification and nomenclature system for neck dissection: revisions proposed by the Japan Neck Dissection Study Group

   • Yasuhisa Hasegawa
   • Masahisa Saikawa

   Review Article 27 January 2010 Pages: 5 - 12

   

4. Standardizing the extent of resection in nonradical neck dissections: the final report of the Japan Neck Dissection Study Group prospective study

   • Masahisa Saikawa
   • Seiji Kishimoto

   Review Article 21 January 2010 Pages: 13 - 22

   

5. Diagnosis of lymph node metastases of head and neck cancer and evaluation of effects of chemoradiotherapy using ultrasonography

   • Madoka K. Furukawa
   • Masaki Furukawa

   Review Article 29 January 2010 Pages: 23 - 32

   

6. Quality of life after neck dissection: a multicenter longitudinal study by the Japanese Clinical Study Group on Standardization of Treatment for Lymph Node Metastasis of Head and Neck Cancer

   • Ken-ichi Nibu
   • Yasuhiro Ebihara
   • Masahisa Saikawa

   Review Article 26 January 2010 Pages: 33 - 38

   

7. Clinical significance of dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase and thymidylate synthase expression in patients with pancreatic cancer

   • Osamu Nakahara
   • Hiroshi Takamori
   • Hideo Baba

   Original Article 14 January 2010 Pages: 39 - 45

   

8. A prospective open-label trial of gabapentin as an adjuvant analgesic with opioids for Japanese patients with neuropathic cancer pain

   • Hidenori Takahashi
   • Naohito Shimoyama

   Original Article 14 January 2010 Pages: 46 - 51

   

9. Sentinel node detection with ^99mTc phytate alone is satisfactory for cervical cancer patients undergoing radical hysterectomy and pelvic lymphadenectomy

   • Shinji Ogawa
   • Hiroaki Kobayashi
   • Norio Wake

   Original Article 21 January 2010 Pages: 52 - 58

   

10. Expression of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha (HIF-1α) in patients with the gallbladder carcinoma

    • Erdenebulgan Batmunkh
    • Mitsuo Shimada
    • Masaaki Nishi

    Original Article 16 January 2010 Pages: 59 - 64

    

11. Prediction of high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions using the modified Reid index

    • Dae G. Hong
    • Won J. Seong
    • Young L. Cho

    Original Article 20 January 2010 Pages: 65 - 69

    

12. Treatment results of FOLFOX chemotherapy before surgery for lymph node metastasis of advanced colorectal cancer with synchronous liver metastasis: the status of LN metastasis and vessel invasions at the primary site in patients who responded to FOLFOX

    • Hiroshi Sawayama
    • Naoko Hayashi
    • Hideo Baba

    Original Article 21 January 2010 Pages: 70 - 76

    

13. Amputation of uterine corpus as the intraoperative modification during cesarean radical hysterectomy for invasive cervical cancer during pregnancy

    • Koji Matsuo
    • Takayuki Enomoto
    • Masato Yamasaki

    Original Article 19 January 2010 Pages: 77 - 81

14. Effect of calcium and magnesium on neurotoxicity and blood platinum concentrations in patients receiving mFOLFOX6 therapy: a prospective randomized study

    • Keiichiro Ishibashi
    • Norimichi Okada
    • Hideyuki Ishida

    Original Article 29 January 2010 Pages: 82 - 87

    

15. Fat replacement of the malignant pancreatic tissue after neoadjuvant therapy

    • Ozer Makay
    • Mircelal Kazimi
    • Ahmet Coker

    Case Report 21 January 2010 Pages: 88 - 92

    

16. Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma of the prostate

    • Kazuhiro Niimi
    • Yoshihiro Hashimoto
    • Kenjiro Kohri

    Case Report 20 January 2010 Pages: 93 - 96

    

17. Successful treatment for metastases from renal cell carcinoma with alternation of interferon-alpha subtypes

    • Sotaro Miwa
    • Yoshifumi Kadono
    • Mikio Namiki

    Case Report 13 January 2010 Pages: 97 - 100

    

18. Malignant pericardial tamponade in a patient with hormone-refractory prostate cancer

    • Tomonori Minagawa
    • Yasushi Murata
    • Takeshi Uehara

    Case Report 13 January 2010 Pages: 101 - 103

    

19. Elevation of serum carcinoembryonic antigen level in a patient with hypothyroidism after radiation therapy for cervical esophageal cancer

    • Gen Kawaguchi
    • Eisuke Abe
    • Keisuke Sasai

    Case Report 22 January 2010 Pages: 104 - 108

    

20. Advanced carcinoma of the prostatic urethra in a patient with marked response to chemotherapy, leading to preservation of the bladder

    • Tsutomu Hamasaki
    • Yukihiro Kondo
    • Taiji Nishimura

    Case Report 20 January 2010 Pages: 109 - 111

    

21. Lineage switch from precursor B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia to acute monocytic leukemia at relapse

    • Osamu Imataki
    • Hiroaki Ohnishi
    • Terukazu Tanaka

    Case Report 13 January 2010 Pages: 112 - 115

    

22. Erratum to: Thymic squamous cell carcinoma producing granulocyte colony-stimulating factor associated with a high serum level of interleukin 6

    • Eriko Ayabe
    • Kyoichi Kaira
    • Nobuyuki Yamamoto

    Erratum 22 January 2010 Pages: 116 - 116