A liquid biopsy in primary lung cancer Kazue YonedaNaoko ImanishiFumihiro Tanaka Review Article 11 April 2018 Pages: 1 - 14
Colon cancer with perforation Kensuke OtaniKazushige KawaiHiroaki Nozawa Review Article 24 April 2018 Pages: 15 - 20
Clinical role of fludeoxyglucose (18F) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT) in patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors Takashi MatsumotoHirohisa OkabeHideo Baba Original Article 20 August 2018 Pages: 21 - 26
Clinical significance of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy before laparoscopic bariatric procedures in Japanese patients Yuichi EndoMasayuki OhtaMasafumi Inomata Original Article 25 August 2018 Pages: 27 - 31
Benefits of using a self-expandable metallic stent as a bridge to surgery for right- and left-sided obstructive colorectal cancers Shunji MoritaKansuke YamamotoClinical Study Group of Osaka University (CSGO), Colorectal Group Original Article 13 August 2018 Pages: 32 - 37
Functional evaluations comparing the double-tract method and the jejunal interposition method following laparoscopic proximal gastrectomy for gastric cancer: an investigation including laparoscopic total gastrectomy Eiji NomuraHajime KayanoKazuhisa Uchiyama Original Article Open access 29 August 2018 Pages: 38 - 48
Needlescopic-assisted thoracoscopic pulmonary anatomical lobectomy and segmentectomy for lung cancer: a bridge between multiportal and uniportal thoracoscopic surgery Huan-Jang KoXu-Heng ChiangMing-Chi Yang Original Article 27 August 2018 Pages: 49 - 55
Prognostic factors for cytology-positive gastric cancer Shunji EndoMasakazu IkenagaTerumasa Yamada Original Article 30 August 2018 Pages: 56 - 64
Evaluating the quality of data from the Japanese National Clinical Database 2011 via a comparison with regional government report data and medical charts Ai TomotakiHiraku KumamaruHiroaki Miyata Original Article 07 August 2018 Pages: 65 - 71
Prevalence of and risk factors for thyroid carcinoma in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis: results of a multicenter study in Japan and a systematic review Haruki SadaTakao HinoiKenichi Sugihara Original Article 04 September 2018 Pages: 72 - 81
Is neoadjuvant chemotherapy appropriate for patients with resectable liver metastases from colorectal cancer? Fumitoshi HirokawaMitsuhiro AsakumaKazuhisa Uchiyama Original Article 25 September 2018 Pages: 82 - 89
Meaning of C-reactive protein around esophagectomy for cStage III esophageal cancer Yasunori OtowaTetsu NakamuraYoshihiro Kakeji Original Article 23 August 2018 Pages: 90 - 95
Robot-assisted single-port surgery for mediastinal tumors Norihiko IshikawaMakoto OdaGo Watanabe How To Do It 08 November 2018 Pages: 96 - 98