1. Editorial

   • J. Tschmelitsch

   Main Topics: Surgical And Multimodality Treatment Of Gastrointestinal Cancer Pages: 4 - 4

2. Congress Announcement

   Announcement Pages: 4 - 4

3. Surgery for esophageal cancer: State of the art and future perspectives

   • T. R. DeMeester

   Main Topics: Surgical And Multimodality Treatment Of Gastrointestinal Cancer Pages: 5 - 8

4. Congress Announcement

   Announcement Pages: 8 - 8

5. Latest progress in gastric cancer surgery: Experiences of national cancer center, Tokyo, Japan

   • K. Maruyama

   Main Topics: Surgical And Multimodality Treatment Of Gastrointestinal Cancer Pages: 9 - 10

6. Impressum

   Announcement Pages: 10 - 10

7. Surgical management of sporadic colon cancer, familial adenomatous polyposis, and hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer

   • J. G. Guillem

   Main Topics: Surgical And Multimodality Treatment Of Gastrointestinal Cancer Pages: 11 - 13

8. Surgical treatment of rectal cancer: State of the art and future perspectives

   • Barbara Del Frari
   • J. Tschmelitsch

   Main Topics: Surgical And Multimodality Treatment Of Gastrointestinal Cancer Pages: 14 - 17

9. Current surgical therapy of hepatic colorectal metastasis

   • St. F. Stanziale
   • Y. Fong

   Main Topics: Surgical And Multimodality Treatment Of Gastrointestinal Cancer Pages: 18 - 24

10. Congress Announcement

    Announcement Pages: 24 - 24

11. Surgical treatment of periampullary and pancreatic cancer

    • M. F. Brennan

    Main Topics: Surgical And Multimodality Treatment Of Gastrointestinal Cancer Pages: 25 - 26

12. Multimodality treatment for oesophageal cancer

    • P. H. Lukas
    • U. Fink

    Main Topics: Surgical And Multimodality Treatment Of Gastrointestinal Cancer Pages: 27 - 28

13. Multimodality treatment of gastric cancer

    • M. Hejna
    • M. Raderer
    • C. C. Zielinski

    Main Topics: Surgical And Multimodality Treatment Of Gastrointestinal Cancer Pages: 29 - 31

14. Multimodality treatment for colon cancer

    • J. Thaler

    Main Topics: Surgical And Multimodality Treatment Of Gastrointestinal Cancer Pages: 32 - 34

15. Congress Announcement

    Announcement Pages: 34 - 34

16. Adjuvant therapy for rectal cancer

    • B. D. Minsky

    Main Topics: Surgical And Multimodality Treatment Of Gastrointestinal Cancer Pages: 35 - 39

17. Treatment of liver metastases with hepatic arterial infusion

    • Nancy Kemeny

    Main Topics: Surgical And Multimodality Treatment Of Gastrointestinal Cancer Pages: 40 - 41

18. Multimodality treatment approaches in pancreatic cancer: Current status and future perspectives

    • R. Greil

    Main Topics: Surgical And Multimodality Treatment Of Gastrointestinal Cancer Pages: 42 - 57

19. Solid organ xenotransplantation: Experience in the pig-to-primate transplantation model

    • H. -J. Schuurman
    • Julia L. Greenstein

    Review Pages: 58 - 62

20. Invited commentary to: “Solid organ xenotransplantation: Experience in the pig-to-primate transplantation model” (Eur. Surg. 2002;34:58–62)

    • K. H. Tscheliessnigg

    Review Pages: 62 - 64

21. Congress announcement

    Announcement Pages: 64 - 64

22. The accuracy of computer-assisted navigation of drilling tools

    • G. Schultes
    • A. Gaggl

    Original Scientific Paper Pages: 65 - 68

23. Invited Commentary to: “The accuracy of computer-assisted navigation of drilling Tools” (Eur. Sur. 2002;34:65–68)

    • G. Szabó
    • Z. Németh

    Original Scientific Paper Pages: 68 - 68

24. The dream of perfect figure — Surgical procedures for obesity Scientific Lectures, November 22^nd, 2001 university of Vienna medical school — Hörsaalzentrum

    Society Of Surgeons In Vienna (Abstracts) Pages: 69 - 70

25. Congress announcement

    Announcement Pages: 70 - 70