President’s speech: Innovations and research progress of the department of breast surgery, cancer institute hospital, Tokyo, Japan Fujio Kasumi Announcement Pages: 326 - 330
The Milan experience in surgical strategies for early breast cancer Bruno Salvadori Announcement Pages: 331 - 335
Breast conservation from the standpoint of a pathologist: Diagnostic issues of stereotactic needle core biopsy Paul Peter Rosen Announcement Pages: 336 - 338
What is the best approach for breast conserving therapy? Tomohiko OkawaGoi Sakamoto Announcement Pages: 339 - 339
Current insights in the mechanisms of carcinogenesis, progress, and metastasis of breast cancer Shunzo KobayashiTomoo Tajima Announcement Pages: 340 - 343
Chemoendocrine therapy: Basic science and clinical aspects Yuichi linoMasakazu Toi Announcement Pages: 344 - 346
Current status and future perspectives on tamoxifen in breast cancer treatment Shinzaburo Noguchi Announcement Pages: 347 - 348
Inflammatory cancer of the breast: Present situation and future prospect Hiroki Koyama Announcement Pages: 349 - 350
Risk Factors for breast cancer among japanese women: A case-control study in Ibaraki, Japan Masaru UejiEi UenoKatsumi Kano Original Article Pages: 351 - 358
Frequencies of estrogen receptor mRNAs splice variants in various human mammary tissues Masao HoriMotonobu KatanoMasayuki Itabashi OriginalPaper Pages: 359 - 365
Induction of tumor-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes from regional lymph node lymphocytes of human breast cancer Ryozo EifukuIchiro YoshinoKosei Yasumoto Original Article Pages: 367 - 373
Immunohistochemical image analysis of estrogen and progesterone receptors in breast cancer Yoshihide FurukawaIzo KimijimaRikiya Abe Original Article Pages: 375 - 380
Dye-guided sentinel lymphadenectomy in clinically node-negative and node-positive breast cancer patients Masakuni NoguchiKoichiro TsugawaAkitaka Nonomura Original Article Pages: 381 - 387
Efficacy and Significance of Sentinel Lymph Node Identification with Technetium-99m-labeled Tin Colloids for Breast Cancer Kazuhiko SatoHoshio HiraideHidetaka Mochizuki Original Article Pages: 389 - 393
Radiation complications following breast conserving therapy Hitoshi IkushimaYoshihiro TakegawaHiromu Nishitani Original Article Pages: 395 - 400
Computer-Aided Diagnosis (CAD) for Mammography: Preliminary Results Hiroshi NakaharaKiyoshi NambaShozo Tamura Original Article Pages: 401 - 405
A case of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans in the skin over the breast of a young woman Hisaki FukushimaKazuharu SudaTomoyuki Goya Report Pages: 407 - 409
Bilateral synchronous spindle cell, apocrine and scirrhous carcinoma breast cancer in a case or malignant lymphoma Ken-ichi ItoMakoto KurdJun Amano Case Report Pages: 411 - 416