1. Foreword

   • Masayuki Imamura

   FROM THE CHIEF OF THE JOURNAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Pages: 1 - 1

2. Dear Colleagues

   • Nobutoshi Ando

   LETTER FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Pages: 3 - 3

3. The role of radiation therapy in the treatment of esophagus cancer

   • Bruce D. Minsky

   INVITED LECTURE Pages: 5 - 15

4. Barrett’s esophagus: its pathology and neoplastic complications

   • Neil A. Shepherd

   INVITED LECTURE Pages: 17 - 29

5. Diagnosis and treatment of Barrett’s esophageal adenocarcinoma

   • Alan J. Cameron

   INVITED LECTURE Pages: 31 - 35

6. Structures of the normal esophagus and Barrett’s esophagus

   • Kaiyo Takubo
   • Tomio Arai
   • Ken-Ichi Mafune

   EDUCATION LECTURE Pages: 37 - 47

7. Strategies to improve surgical results in the treatment of esophageal cancer

   • Simon Law

   INVITED LECTURE Pages: 49 - 55

8. Superficial esophageal cancer type 0-IIc (pTis): a case atlas

   • Miwako Arima

   CASE ATLAS Pages: 57 - 60