Common Fragile Genes and Digestive Tract Cancers Tamotsu KurokiYoshitsugu TajimaTakashi Kanematsu Review Article Pages: 1 - 5
Arterio-jugular Differences in Serum S-100β Proteins in Patients Receiving Selective Cerebral Perfusion Takashi KuniharaNorihiko ShiiyaKeishu Yasuda Original Articles Pages: 6 - 11
Minimal Extrathyroid Extension Does Not Affect the Relapse-Free Survival of Patients with Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Measuring 4 cm or Less over the Age of 45 Years Yasuhiro ItoChisato TomodaAkira Miyauchi OriginalPaper Pages: 12 - 18
A New Method of Thermo-chemotherapy Using a Stent for Patients with Esophageal Cancer Seiji AkiyamaShingo KawasakiAkimasa Nakao OriginalPaper Pages: 19 - 24
Novel Clinical Staging for Patients with End-Stage Gastrointestinal Carcinoma Naokuni YasudaOsamu NakashimaMitsuo Kusano OriginalPaper Pages: 25 - 29
Modified Double-Stapling Technique in Low Anterior Resection for Lower Rectal Carcinoma Harunobu SatoKoutarou MaedaHiroshi Matsuoka OriginalPaper Pages: 30 - 36
Implementation of a Scoring System for Assessing Difficult Cholecystectomies in a Single Center Nurullah BulbullerYavuz Selim IlhanOsman Dogru OriginalPaper Pages: 37 - 40
Tamoxifen and the Risk of Endometrial Cancer in Japanese Women with Breast Cancer Koji YamazawaYukimasa MiyazawaSouei Sekiya OriginalPaper Pages: 41 - 46
Local Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor Improves Incisional Wound Healing in Adriamycin-Treated Rats Mehmet Ali GulcelikSoykan DincHaluk Alagol OriginalPaper Pages: 47 - 51
Cyanoacrylate for Wound Closure in Prosthetic Vascular Graft Surgery to Prevent Infections Through Contamination Murat AksoyErhan TurnadereLevent Bilgic OriginalPaper Pages: 52 - 56
Intraperitoneal Versus Intravenous CPT-11 Given Intra- and Postoperatively for Peritoneal Carcinomatosis in a Rat Model Arndt HribaschekRoger KuhnHans Lippert OriginalPaper Pages: 57 - 62
Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma Associated with Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor: Report of a Case Takeo FujitaYutaka OgasawaraNobuyoshi Shimizu Case Reports Pages: 63 - 67
Basaloid Carcinoma of the Thymus: Report of a Case Yoshihisa MorisakiKeigo TakagiYoshifumi Ishii OriginalPaper Pages: 68 - 70
Synchronous Bilateral Breast Carcinoma in a 50-Year-Old Man with 45,X/46,XY Mosaic Karyotype: Report of a Case Gianluca FranceschiniPierfrancesco D'AlbaAurelio Picciocchi OriginalPaper Pages: 71 - 75
Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation as an Adjunct to Surgery for Empyema: Report of a Case Hiromi JotokuSatoru SugimotoHiroshi Makise OriginalPaper Pages: 76 - 78
Complete Extirpation of a Bronchogenic Cyst Causing Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Palsy by Thoracoscopy: Report of a Case Yutaka KogaAkihiko UchiyamaMasao Tanaka OriginalPaper Pages: 79 - 81
Massive Hemorrhage Caused by Major Pulmonary Vessel-Cutaneous Fistula in the Late Postoperative Period: Report of Two Cases Panagiotis MisthosEvangelos SepsasIoannis Skottis OriginalPaper Pages: 82 - 84
Double Intussusceptions in the Small Intestine Caused by Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma: Report of a Case Masaru SasakiYoshiaki MurakamiTaijiro Sueda OriginalPaper Pages: 85 - 88
Successful Cystic Fenestration for a Macrocystic Serous Cystadenoma of the Pancreas Causing Obstructive Jaundice: Report of a Case Hiroyuki WatanabeKoushiro OhtsuboNorio Sawabu OriginalPaper Pages: 89 - 93
Laparoscopic Bilateral Partial Adrenalectomy for Adrenocortical Adenomas Causing Cushing's Syndrome: Report of a Case Tomoko InoueKiyosuke IshiguroShigetsugu Ohgi OriginalPaper Pages: 94 - 97
Utility of an Atraumatic Self-Retaining Ring Retractor in Pediatric Surgery Yutaka KanamoriMasahiko SugiyamaKohei Hashizume How to Do It Pages: 98 - 102