1. Molecular action of the estrogen receptor and hormone dependency in breast cancer

   • Hirotaka Iwase

   Review Article Pages: 89 - 96

2. Significance of immunohistochemical assessment of steroid hormone receptor status for breast cancer patients

   • Masafumi Kurosumi

   Review Article Pages: 97 - 104

3. Current status of endocrine therapy for breast cancer

   • Yasuo Miyoshi
   • Tetsuya Taguchi
   • Shinzaburo Noguchi

   Review Article Pages: 105 - 111

4. Endocrine-resistant breast cancer: Underlying mechanisms and strategies for overcoming resistance

   • Junichi Kurebayashi

   Review Article Pages: 112 - 119

5. Higher plasma vascular endothelial growth factor levels correlate with menopause, overexpression of p53, and recurrence of breast cancer

   • Reiki Nishimura
   • Kazuharu Nagao
   • Makoto Fukuda

   Original Article Pages: 120 - 128

6. Late skin and subcutaneous soft tissue changes after 10-Gy boost for breast conserving therapy

   • Setsuko Okumura
   • Michihide Mitsumori
   • Masahiro Hiraoka

   Original Article Pages: 129 - 133

7. Ten-year results of a randomized trial on adjuvant chemo-endocrine therapy with tamoxifen for stage II breast cancer

   • Yoshinobu Hata
   • Hiromasa Takahashi
   • Junichi Uchino

   Original Article Pages: 134 - 139

8. Phase I study of docetaxel and cyclophosphamide in patients with advanced or recurrent breast cancer

   • Tadao Shimizu
   • Kohji Enomoto
   • Tetsuo Taguchi

   Original Article Pages: 140 - 148

9. Histological classification of invasive ductal carcinoma and the biological parameters in breast cancer

   • Shinichi Tsutsui
   • Shinji Ohno
   • Yoichi Hachitanda

   Short Paper Pages: 149 - 152

10. Anastrozole-Induced remission of diaphragmatic paralysis from metastatic breast cancer treated with multiple prior therapies

    • Takaomi Suzuma
    • Takeo Sakurai
    • Yoshitaka Okamura

    Case Report Pages: 153 - 156

11. Mucocele-like tumor of the breast caused by ductal carcinomain situ: A case report

    • Masamichi Kato
    • Koji Oda
    • Yuji Nimura

    Case Report Pages: 157 - 162

12. Synchronous bilateral noninvasive ductal carcinoma of the male breast: A case report

    • Kenzo Okada
    • Shinsuke Kajiwara
    • Goi Sakamoto

    Case Report Pages: 163 - 166

13. Severe infusion reaction induced by trastuzumab: A case report

    • Keiichiro Tada
    • Yoshinori Ito
    • Fujio Kasumi

    Case Report Pages: 167 - 169

14. Metastatic breast cancer of HER2 scored 2+ by IHC and HER2 gene amplification assayed by FISH has a good response to single agent therapy with trastuzumab: A case report

    • Masato Takahashi
    • Ken-ichi Inoue
    • Masami Ogita

    Case Report Pages: 170 - 174

15. Tuberculosis of axillary lymph nodes with primary breast cancer

    • Takaaki Fujii
    • Morihiko Kimura
    • Hiroyuki Kuwano

    Case Report Pages: 175 - 178