1. “What's new in gastric cancer?”—Introduction

   • J. R. Siewert
   • K. Maruyama

   World Progress in Surgery Pages: 483 - 483

2. Molecular biology of gastric cancer

   • Eiichi Tahara

   OriginalPaper Pages: 484 - 488

3. Invited commentary

   • Heinz Höfler

   BriefCommunication Pages: 489 - 490

4. News of TNM and its use for classification of gastric cancer

   • P. Hermanek
   • C. Wittekind

   OriginalPaper Pages: 491 - 495

5. Invited commentary

   • Keiichi Maruyama

   BriefCommunication Pages: 495 - 495

6. Prognostic factors for gastric cancer influencing clinical practice

   • J. D. Harrison
   • J. W. L. Fielding

   OriginalPaper Pages: 496 - 500

7. Preoperative staging of gastric cancer as precondition for multimodal treatment

   • A. Sendler
   • H. J. Dittler
   • J. R. Siewert

   OriginalPaper Pages: 501 - 508

8. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for gastric cancer: Update

   • U. Fink
   • H. J. Stein
   • H. J. Wilke

   OriginalPaper Pages: 509 - 516

9. Modified treatment of early gastric cancer: Evaluation of endoscopic treatment of early gastric cancers with respect to treatment indication groups

   • Yoshiki Hiki
   • Hitoshi Shimao
   • Katsunori Saigenji

   OriginalPaper Pages: 517 - 522

10. Problem of proximal third gastric carcinoma

    • J. R. Siewert
    • K. Böttcher
    • R. Busch

    OriginalPaper Pages: 523 - 531

11. Pancreas-preserving total gastrectomy for proximal gastric cancer

    • Keiichi Maruyama
    • Mitsuru Sasako
    • Kazuo Okajima

    OriginalPaper Pages: 532 - 536

12. Splenectomy for treatment of gastric cancer: Japanese experience

    • Kunio Okajima
    • Hiroshi Isozaki

    OriginalPaper Pages: 537 - 540

13. Extended gastrectomy: Who benefits?

    • F. Köckerling
    • T. Reck
    • F. P. Gall

    OriginalPaper Pages: 541 - 545

14. Invited commentary

    • Mitsumasa Nishi

    BriefCommunication Pages: 545 - 545

15. Lymphadenectomy for gastric cancer in clinical trials: Update

    • J. D. Roder
    • J. J. Bonenkamp
    • H. J. Stein

    OriginalPaper Pages: 546 - 553

16. Invited commentary

    • J. R. Siewert

    BriefCommunication Pages: 553 - 553

17. Intraoperative radiation therapy for gastric cancer

    • Mitsuyuki Abe
    • Yasumasa Nishimura
    • Yuta Shibamoto

    OriginalPaper Pages: 554 - 557

18. Invited commentary

    • E. Farthmann

    BriefCommunication Pages: 557 - 557

19. Reconstruction after gastrectomy and quality of life

    • Klaus Buhl
    • Thomas Lehnert
    • Christian Herfarth

    OriginalPaper Pages: 558 - 564

20. Invited commentary

    • J. D. Roder
    • F. Eckel

    BriefCommunication Pages: 564 - 564

21. Prophylaxis and treatment of peritoneal carcinomatosis: Intraperitoneal chemotherapy with mitomycin C bound to activated carbon particles

    • Toshio Takahashi
    • Akeo Hagiwara
    • Toshiharu Yamaguchi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 565 - 569

22. Review of adjuvant chemotherapy for gastric cancer

    • Toshifusa Nakajima

    ReviewPaper Pages: 570 - 574

23. Intrahepatic absorbable fine mesh packing of hepatic injuries: Preliminary clinical report

    • Scott B. Frame
    • Blaine L. Enderson
    • Kimball I. Maull

    International Association for the Surgery of Trauma and Surgical Intensive Care—Manuscripts Presented at the 35th World Congress of the International Society of Surgery, Hong Kong, August 1993 Pages: 575 - 579

24. Invited commentary

    • H. Leon Pachter

    International Association for the Surgery of Trauma and Surgical Intensive Care—Manuscripts Presented at the 35th World Congress of the International Society of Surgery, Hong Kong, August 1993 Pages: 579 - 580

25. Organ-specific support in multiple organ failure: Pulmonary support

    • Philip S. Barie

    International Association for the Surgery of Trauma and Surgical Intensive Care—Manuscripts Presented at the 35th World Congress of the International Society of Surgery, Hong Kong, August 1993 Pages: 581 - 591

26. Arterial ketone body ratio as a parameter of hepatic mitochondrial redox state during and after hemorrhagic shock

    • Toshio Nakatani
    • Leonard Spolter
    • Kunio Kobayashi

    International Association for the Surgery of Trauma and Surgical Intensive Care—Manuscripts Presented at the 35th World Congress of the International Society of Surgery, Hong Kong, August 1993 Pages: 592 - 596

27. Calcium/phosphate/vitamin D homeostasis and bone mass in patients after gastrectomy, vagotomy, and cholecystectomy

    • Ewa B. Marcinowska-Suchowierska
    • Marek J. Talalaj
    • Ryszard Brzozowski

    Société Internationale de Chirurgie—Manuscripts Presented at the 35th World Congress of the International Society of Surgery, Hong Kong, August 1993 Pages: 597 - 601

28. Invited commentary

    • Ian R. Reid

    Société Internationale de Chirurgie—Manuscripts Presented at the 35th World Congress of the International Society of Surgery, Hong Kong, August 1993 Pages: 601 - 602

29. Prognostic implications of the response of arterial ketone body ratio and insulin secretion to glucose load in major hepatectomy

    • Ryuzaburo Kagawa
    • Keiichiro Mori
    • Yoshio Yamaoka

    Original Scientific Reports Pages: 603 - 607

30. Invited commentary

    • David M. Nagorney

    Original Scientific Reports Pages: 608 - 608

31. Survival until 6 years after cholecystectomy: Female population of Denmark, 1977–1983

    • Tavs Folmer Andersen
    • Henrik Brønnum-Hansen
    • Mette Madsen

    Original Scientific Reports Pages: 609 - 615

32. Invited commentary

    • David S. Ransohoff

    Original Scientific Reports Pages: 615 - 615

33. Long-term outcome of cholecystoenterostomy as a definitive biliary drainage procedure for benign disease

    • Andrew J. Oishi
    • Michael G. Sarr
    • Peter Mucha Jr.

    Original Scientific Reports Pages: 616 - 619

34. Invited commentary

    • A. Cuschieri

    Original Scientific Reports Pages: 620 - 620

35. Optimal dose of garlic to inhibit dimethylhydrazine-induced colon cancer

    • Jhy-Young Cheng
    • Ching-Liang Meng
    • Jih-Chang Lin

    Original Scientific Reports Pages: 621 - 625

36. Invited commentary

    • Zhao-You Tang

    Original Scientific Reports Pages: 625 - 626

37. Twelve-year experience with the long intestinal tube

    • Roberto Rodriguez-Ruesga
    • Alan P. Meagher
    • Bruce G. Wolff

    Original Scientific Reports Pages: 627 - 630

38. Invited commentary

    • Richard L. Nelson

    Original Scientific Reports Pages: 630 - 631

39. Technical aspects and complications of end-ileostomies

    • Erik Carlsen
    • Anstein Bergan

    Original Scientific Reports Pages: 632 - 636

40. Invited commentary

    • Russell K. Pearl

    Original Scientific Reports Pages: 636 - 636

41. Hepatolithiasis associated with cholangiocarcinoma

    • Shoji Kubo
    • Hiroaki Kinoshita
    • Hiroyuki Hamda

    Original Scientific Reports Pages: 637 - 641

42. Invited commentary

    • Miin-Fu Chen

    Original Scientific Reports Pages: 641 - 641

43. Occult well differentiated thyroid carcinoma presenting as cervical node disease

    • Laura E. Sanders
    • Ricardo L. Rossi

    Original Scientific Reports Pages: 642 - 646

44. Invited commentary

    • Orlo H. Clark

    Original Scientific Reports Pages: 646 - 647

45. Early recurrence of hyperthyroidism in patients with Graves' disease treated by subtotal thyroidectomy

    • Kiminori Sugino
    • Takashi Mimura
    • Kunihiko Ito

    Original Scientific Reports Pages: 648 - 652

46. Invited commentary

    • Sten Lennquist

    Original Scientific Reports Pages: 652 - 652

47. Aggressive surgery for pancreatic duct cell cancer: Feasibility, validity, limitations

    • Shin Takahashi
    • Yoshiro Ogata
    • Toshiharu Tsuzuki

    Original Scientific Reports Pages: 653 - 659

48. Invited commentary

    • Andrew L. Warshaw

    Original Scientific Reports Pages: 660 - 660

49. Optimal timing and indications for cholecystectomy in cardiac transplant patients

    • Dennis G. Begos
    • Kenneth L. Franco
    • Irvin M. Modlin

    Original Scientific Reports Pages: 661 - 667

50. Invited commentary

    • Jon A. Kobashigawa

    Original Scientific Reports Pages: 667 - 667