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Developments and perspectives of laparoscopic liver resection in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma Zenichi Morise Review Article 16 January 2019 Pages: 649 - 655
The tumor doubling time is a useful parameter for predicting the histological type of thymic epithelial tumors Koichi FukumotoTakayuki FukuiKohei Yokoi Original Article 27 May 2019 Pages: 656 - 660
An elevated neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio predicts a poor postoperative survival in primary hepatocellular carcinoma patients with a normal preoperative serum level of alpha-fetoprotein Takayuki ShirakiMitsuru IshizukaTaku Aoki Original Article 26 February 2019 Pages: 661 - 669
Conversion surgery only for highly selected patients with unresectable pancreatic cancer: a satisfactory outcome in exchange for a lower resection rate Seiji NatsumeYasuhiro ShimizuKazuo Hara Original Article 07 February 2019 Pages: 670 - 677
Phase II trial of induction chemotherapy with carboplatin and paclitaxel plus bevacizumab in patients with stage IIIA to IV nonsquamous non-small cell lung cancer Kazuhiro ImaiTaku NakagawaYoshihiro Minamiya Original Article 02 March 2019 Pages: 678 - 685
Impact of chronic lung allograft dysfunction, especially restrictive allograft syndrome, on the survival after living-donor lobar lung transplantation compared with cadaveric lung transplantation in adults: a single-center experience Seiichiro SugimotoHaruchika YamamotoTakahiro Oto Original Article 21 February 2019 Pages: 686 - 693
Feasibility of neoadjuvant therapy for elderly patients with locally advanced rectal cancer Tetsuro TominagaToshiya NagasakiMasashi Ueno Original Article 01 April 2019 Pages: 694 - 703
Daikenchuto accelerates the recovery from prolonged postoperative ileus after open abdominal surgery: a subgroup analysis of three randomized controlled trials Toru KonoMitsuo ShimadaMasaki Kitajima Original Article Open access 25 February 2019 Pages: 704 - 711
Preoperative FOLFOX in resectable locally advanced rectal cancer can be a safe and promising strategy: the R-NAC-01 study Nobuki IchikawaShigenori HommaAkinobu Taketomi Original Article 05 March 2019 Pages: 712 - 720