1. Chronology of gastrointestinal cancer

   • Kentaro Murakami
   • Hisahiro Matsubara

   Review Article Open access 09 August 2017 Pages: 365 - 370

2. Effectiveness and risk of biliary drainage prior to pancreatoduodenectomy: review of current status

   • Alban Zarzavadjian Le Bian
   • David Fuks
   • Renato Costi

   Review Article 13 July 2017 Pages: 371 - 379

   

3. Collagen gel droplet-embedded culture drug sensitivity test for adjuvant chemotherapy after complete resection of non-small-cell lung cancer

   • Masayoshi Inoue
   • Hajime Maeda
   • Representing the Thoracic Surgery Study Group of Osaka University

   Original Article 09 October 2017 Pages: 380 - 387

   

4. Serum carbohydrate antigen 125 is a significant prognostic marker in patients with unresectable advanced or recurrent gastric cancer

   • Tsutomu Namikawa
   • Yasuhiro Kawanishi
   • Kazuhiro Hanazaki

   Original Article 17 October 2017 Pages: 388 - 394

   

5. Combined analysis of the preoperative and postoperative prognostic nutritional index offers a precise predictor of the prognosis of patients with gastric cancer

   • Yuki Murakami
   • Hiroaki Saito
   • Yoshiyuki Fujiwara

   Original Article 12 October 2017 Pages: 395 - 403

   

6. What factors determine the survival of patients with an acute exacerbation of interstitial lung disease after lung cancer resection?

   • Masahiro Miyajima
   • Atsushi Watanabe
   • Hiroshi Date

   Original Article 09 November 2017 Pages: 404 - 415

   

7. Effects of the concentration of digestive surgical operations in regional Japan

   • Takefumi Kitazawa
   • Kunichika Matsumoto
   • Tomonori Hasegawa

   Original Article 26 October 2017 Pages: 416 - 421

   

8. Prognostic significance of the preoperative neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio for complete resection of thymoma

   • Masahiro Yanagiya
   • Jun-ichi Nitadori
   • Jun Nakajima

   Original Article 23 October 2017 Pages: 422 - 430

   

9. Impact of surgical treatment after sorafenib therapy for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma

   • Hideaki Takeyama
   • Toru Beppu
   • Hideo Baba

   Original Article 07 November 2017 Pages: 431 - 438

   

10. Assessing the economic advantage of laparoscopic vs. open approaches for colorectal cancer by a propensity score matching analysis

    • Hiromitsu Hayashi
    • Nobuyuki Ozaki
    • Hiroshi Takamori

    Original Article 07 November 2017 Pages: 439 - 448

11. An analysis of the risk factors of anastomotic stricture after esophagectomy

    • Koji Tanaka
    • Tomoki Makino
    • Yuichiro Doki

    Original Article 23 November 2017 Pages: 449 - 454

    

12. The functional outcome and factors influencing the quality of life after ileal pouch anal anastomosis in patients with ulcerative colitis

    • Kazuhiro Watanabe
    • Munenori Nagao
    • Michiaki Unno

    Original Article 12 December 2017 Pages: 455 - 461

13. Oxidized regenerated cellulose induces pleural thickening in patients with pneumothorax: possible involvement of the mesothelial–mesenchymal transition

    • Hiroki Ebana
    • Takuo Hayashi
    • Kuniaki Seyama

    Original Article 12 October 2017 Pages: 462 - 472