1. Short-term preoperative radiotherapy is a safe approach for treatment of locally advanced rectal cancer

   • D. P. Korkolis
   • G. D. Plataniotis
   • P. P. Vassilopoulos

   Original Article 10 June 2005 Pages: 1 - 6

2. Resectability of rectal cancers still fixed after radio-chemotherapy: evaluation by digital rectal examination, MRI, and intraoperative examination

   • G. Baatrup
   • P. Pfeiffer
   • H. A. Jensen

   Original Article 21 June 2005 Pages: 7 - 10

3. Can pathological complete response in the primary tumour following pre-operative pelvic chemoradiotherapy for T3–T4 rectal cancer predict for sterilisation of pelvic lymph nodes, a low risk of local recurrence and the appropriateness of local excision?

   • R. Hughes
   • R. Glynne-Jones
   • J. R. Novell

   Original Article 30 April 2005 Pages: 11 - 17

   

4. The rare epidemiologic coincidence of diverticular disease and advanced colonic neoplasia

   • C. J. Krones
   • U. Klinge
   • V. Schumpelick

   Original Article 12 May 2005 Pages: 18 - 24

   

5. Bipolar radiofrequency ablation of liver metastases during laparotomy. First clinical experiences with a new multipolar ablation concept

   • Joerg-Peter Ritz
   • Kai S. Lehmann
   • Heinz J. Buhr

   Original Article 05 May 2005 Pages: 25 - 32

   

6. Combining systemic chemotherapy with chemoembolization in the treatment of unresectable hepatic metastases from colorectal cancer

   • Yau-Tong You
   • Chung-Rong Changchien
   • Koon-Kwan Ng

   Original Article 08 June 2005 Pages: 33 - 37

   

7. Prospective randomised clinical trial of single versus double purse-string stapled mucosectomy in the treatment of prolapsed haemorrhoids

   • Francisco Pérez-Vicente
   • Antonio Arroyo
   • Rafael Calpena

   Original Article 21 April 2005 Pages: 38 - 43

   

8. Sclerosing therapy of internal hemorrhoids with a novel sclerosing agent

   • M. Takano
   • J. Iwadare
   • S. Tsuchiya

   Original Article 21 April 2005 Pages: 44 - 51

   

9. Outcome of overlapping anal sphincter repair after 3 months and after a mean of 80 months

   • Goran I. Barisic
   • Zoran V. Krivokapic
   • Milos A. Popovic

   Original Article 14 April 2005 Pages: 52 - 56

   

10. n−3, n−6, and n−9 polyunsaturated fatty acids—which composition in parenteral nutrition decreases severity of acute hemorrhagic necrotizing pancreatitis in rats?

    • M. Kilian
    • I. Heukamp
    • F. A. Wenger

    Original Article 29 April 2005 Pages: 57 - 63

    

11. Impact of interleukin-12, oxidative burst, and iNOS on the survival of murine fecal peritonitis

    • Markus Entleutner
    • Tobias Traeger
    • Claus-Dieter Heidecke

    Original Article 09 March 2005 Pages: 64 - 70

    

12. Blocking MAdCAM-1 in vivo reduces leukocyte extravasation and reverses chronic inflammation in experimental colitis

    • Stefan Farkas
    • Matthias Hornung
    • Edward K. Geissler

    Original Article 23 April 2005 Pages: 71 - 78

    

13. Differential diagnosis of gastrointestinal leiomyoma versus gastrointestinal stromal tumor

    • Jens Kuhlgatz
    • Bjoern Sander
    • László Füzesi

    Case Report 05 May 2005 Pages: 84 - 88

    

14. Ganglioneuroma and adenocarcinoma associated with neurofibromatosis type 1 in the colorectal region

    • Hiroyuki Tomita
    • Kichi Miya
    • Kuniyasu Shimokawa

    Letter to the Editor 20 January 2005 Pages: 89 - 91

15. Simultaneous totally laparoscopic radical nephrectomy and laparoscopic left hemicolectomy for synchronous renal and sigmoid colon carcinoma: report of a case

    • Carmine Napolitano
    • Giulio A. Santoro
    • Marco Martorano

    Letter to the Editor 25 January 2005 Pages: 92 - 93

16. A rare type of incarcerated lumbar hernia: CT and barium enema demonstration

    • N. Matsuhashi
    • T. Chikaishi
    • S. Saji

    Letter to the Editor 21 January 2005 Pages: 94 - 95