1. FOREWORD

   Pages: 205 - 205

2. Development and clinical application of drug delivery systems for cancer treatment

   • T. Takahashi

   SPECIAL ARTICLE Pages: 206 - 218

3. Brief review of advances in the treatment of gastric carcinoma in North America and Europe, 1995–2001

   • N. Hasham-Jiwa
   • Y. Kasakura
   • J. A. Ajani

   REVIEW ARTICLE Pages: 219 - 224

4. Radiofrequency thermal ablation for treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma

   • S. Rossi
   • F. Garbagnati
   • P. Quaretti

   REVIEW ARTICLE Pages: 225 - 235

5. Therapeutic strategies for colorectal cancer in Europe and the United States: focus on chemotherapy for advanced colorectal cancer

   • J. Bennouna
   • J.-Y. Douillard

   REVIEW ARTICLE Pages: 236 - 244

6. Predictive molecular markers in the adjuvant therapy of breast cancer: state of the art in the year 2002

   • A. Di Leo
   • F. Cardoso
   • M. J. Piccart

   REVIEW ARTICLE Pages: 245 - 253

7. Evidence for the use of chemotherapy in breast cancer

   • J.-M. Nabholtz
   • D. Reese
   • A. Riva

   REVIEW ARTICLE Pages: 254 - 264

8. The role of aromatase inactivators in the treatment of breast cancer

   • P. E. Lønning

   REVIEW ARTICLE Pages: 265 - 270

9. The challenge of palliative care

   • R. G. Twycross

   REVIEW ARTICLE Pages: 271 - 278