1. Editorial

   Pages: 1 - 1

2. Consistency achieved by 23 European pathologists from 12 countries in diagnosing breast disease and reporting prognostic features of carcinomas

   • J. P. Sloane
   • I. Amendoeira
   • European Commission Working Group on Breast creening Pathology: J.P. Sloane (Chairman) · I. Amendoeira · N. Apostolikas · J.P. Bellocq S. Bianchi · W. Boecker · G. Bussolati · D. Coleman C.E. Connolly · V. Eusebi · C. De Miguel · P. Dervan · R. Drijkoningen · C.W. Elston · D. Faverly · A. Gad J. Jacquemier · M. Lacerda · J. Martinez-Penuela C. Munt · J.L. Peterse · F. Rank · M. Sylvan V. Tsakraklides · B. Zafrani

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 3 - 10

3. Human endogenous retrovirus (HERV)-K transcripts in gonadoblastomas and gonadoblastoma-derived germ cell tumours

   • H. Herbst
   • C. Kühler-Obbarius
   • T. Löning

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 11 - 15

4. The role of the Epstein-Barr virus in the oncogenesis of EBV(+) gastric carcinomas

   • Y. Takano
   • Y. Kato
   • Isao Okayasu

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 17 - 22

5. P16/MTS1 and pRB expression in endometrial carcinomas

   • K. Milde-Langosch
   • Lutz Riethdorf
   • Thomas Löning

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 23 - 28

6. Immunohistochemical localization of α- and βA-subunits of inhibin/activin in human normal endocrine cells and related tumors of the digestive system

   • Stefano La Rosa
   • Silvia Uccella
   • C. Capella

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 29 - 36

7. Irregular expression of hyaluronan and its CD44 receptor is associated with metastatic phenotype in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma

   • Pasi Hirvikoski
   • Raija Tammi
   • V.-M. Kosma

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 37 - 44

8. Glycoprotein CD44 expression in colorectal neoplasms

   • E. Ioachim
   • A. Goussia
   • Niki J. Agnantis

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 45 - 50

9. Absence of Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated virus (human herpesvirus-8) sequences in angiosarcoma

   • Jerzy Lasota
   • M. Miettinen

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 51 - 56

10. 5′-Cytosine DNA-methyltransferase mRNA levels in hereditary colon carcinoma

    • Claude A. Jakob
    • Irene Guldenschuh
    • J. Roth

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 57 - 62

11. Expression patterns of type II pneumocyte apical surface glycoconjugates in lung adenocarcinoma cells

    • T. Hachiya
    • T. Honda
    • Morie Sekiguchi

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 63 - 69

12. Simultaneous detection of DNA fragmentation (apoptosis), cell proliferation (MIB-1), and phenotype markers in routinely processed tissue sections

    • H. Bonkhoff
    • Thomas Fixemer
    • Klaus Remberger

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 71 - 73

13. Nutrient-dependent distribution of insulin and glucokinase immunoreactivities in rat pancreatic beta cells

    • A. Jörns
    • Markus Tiedge
    • Sigurd Lenzen

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 75 - 82

14. Histopathological and biochemical studies on pancreatic fibrosis in WBN/Kob rats

    • Chihaya Kakinuma
    • Koichi Suda
    • Yasunori Shibutani

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 83 - 89

15. Eradication of Helicobacter pylori heals atrophic corpus gastritis caused by long-term treatment with omeprazole

    • M. Stolte
    • Alexander Meining
    • Erwin Seifert

    CASE REPORT Pages: 91 - 94

16. Generalized AA-amyloidosis in a 58-year-old Caucasian woman with an 18-month history of gastrointestinal tuberculosis

    • C. Röcken
    • Doris Radun
    • Albert Roessner

    CASE REPORT Pages: 95 - 100