Gene therapy for gastrointestinal tract cancer: Prospects for combination treatment consisting of surgery and molecular surgery Masahiko OndaNorio Matsukura Editorial Pages: 1099 - 1102
Complications after preoperative intraluminal radiotherapy and radical surgery for rectal carcinoma: A review of 100 cases Masato KusunokiHidenori YanagiTakehira Yamamura Original Articles Pages: 1103 - 1108
Functional outcome after low anterior resection for rectal cancer using the colonic J-pouch Jin-Ichi HidaMasayuki YasutomiKatsuhisa Shindo Original Articles Pages: 1109 - 1112
Risk factors associated with local recurrence after curative resection for rectal cancer Aydan ErogluNurten SeverYasemin Yavuz Original Articles Pages: 1113 - 1118
Preliminary clinical use of a new bifurcated graft for peripheral vascular surgery Kazuya AkiyamaJun HirotaAkihiko Hashimoto Original Articles Pages: 1119 - 1122
Surgical treatment of metastatic lung tumors — Recent changes in techniques and indications Ken KodamaOsamu DoiKeiko Kuriyama Original Articles Pages: 1123 - 1130
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and anesthesia: The possible risk of oxygen administration Hiromi WadaNoritaka IsowaShigeki Hitomi Original Articles Pages: 1131 - 1136
Phyllodes tumors of the breast: A clinicopathological study of 118 cases Isao YamadaYuichi IinoTakao Yokoe Original Articles Pages: 1137 - 1143
Characterization of certain hepatocyte-proliferating and/or protective factors induced by the sensitization of freezing-thawing hepatic tissue Takahito AdachiMakoto TakeuchiShigetoyo Saji Original Articles Pages: 1144 - 1149
Recanalization of the lymph vessels after a division of the intestinal lymph trunk in the rat Kazuhide KumagaiKennichi YamagataTakayuki Tanaka Original Articles Pages: 1150 - 1153
Development of an isolated, pulsatile blood-perfused rat lung model for evaluating the preserved lung functions Shigeyuki SasakiKeishu YasudaJoseph LoCicero III Original Articles Pages: 1154 - 1159
The synergistic effect of bactobolamine and tacrolimus on in vitro and in vivo experiments Kenshi WatanabeKenji KikuchiHisanori Uchida Original Articles Pages: 1160 - 1166
Primary malignant melanoma of the rectum: Report of a case Akiomi OgawaMasahiro TakanoKohji Miyazaki Case Reports Pages: 1167 - 1169
Concomitant surgical procedures for coronary artery disease and intraperitoneal double cancers: Report of a case Masahiko TaniguchiWataru KamiikeHikaru Matsuda Case Reports Pages: 1170 - 1172
Solitary malignant schwannoma of the duodenum with metastasis to the liver: Report of a case Nobutaka TanakaMasakazu NoboriYoshio Suzuki Case Reports Pages: 1173 - 1176
Primary carcinoma of the cystic duct associated with sarcoid reactions: Report of a case Masaya ShitoJunichi ShintokuHiroshi Miyazaki Case Reports Pages: 1177 - 1181
Case report of abdominal aortic aneurysm associated with left-sided inferior vena cava Hiroyuki IshibashiRyohei KatoYoshihisa Nagata Case Reports Pages: 1182 - 1184
Mitral regurgitation secondary to spontaneous papillary muscle rupture: Report of a case Hidetoshi TsuboiYoshitaka IkedaKensuke Esato Case Reports Pages: 1185 - 1187
Primary hydatid cyst of the breast: A case report Mehar C. SharmaAsis K. KarakBijay R. Mirdha Case Reports Pages: 1188 - 1190
Congenital esophageal atresia successfully treated by early ligation of a tracheoesophageal fistula and delayed repair of the esophagus in a premature infant: Report of a case Toshimichi HasegawaYuko TazukeToru Dezawa Case Reports Pages: 1191 - 1194
A transdiaphragmatic retroperitoneal approach for lower esophageal and gastroesophageal junction carcinomas Eugenio PompeoWilly CoosemansToni Lerut How to Do It Pages: 1195 - 1197
An innovative hemorrhoidectomy using a high ligation and vertical suturing (for prolapsed strangulated hemorrhoids) Takanori GoiAkio YamaguchiShoichi Kimura How to Do It Pages: 1198 - 1199