1. Editorial note from the past and the incoming Editors in Chief

   • Ekkehard Grundmann
   • Klaus Höffken

   Editorial Pages: 1 - 1

2. Patient choice, cost, and survival of critically ill cancer patients: a societal dilemma

   • Maurie Markman

   Editorial Pages: 3 - 4

3. Stimulation of prostaglandin E₂ production and induction of specific protein synthesis in rat peritoneal macrophages by a tumor promoter staurosporine

   • Toshiya Tamura
   • Masako Watanabe
   • Kazuo Ohuchi

   Original Papers Pages: 5 - 11

4. Differential antitumor activity and toxicity of isomeric 1,2-diaminocyclohexane platinum (II) complexes

   • Zahid H. Siddik
   • Salaam Al-Baker
   • Abdul R. Khokhar

   Original Papers Pages: 12 - 16

5. Response of a multidrug-resistant human small-cell lung cancer xenograft to chemotherapy

   • Francisco Arvelo
   • Marie France Poupon
   • Thierry Le Chevalier

   Original Papers Pages: 17 - 23

6. Inhibitory effects by oral administration of ginsenoside Rh₂ on the growth of human ovarian cancer cells in nude mice

   • T. Tode
   • Y. Kikuchi
   • I. Nagata

   Original Papers Pages: 24 - 26

7. Effects of interferon γ on the proliferation and modulation of cell-surface structures of human ovarian carcinoma cell lines

   • V. J. Möbus
   • W. Asphal
   • R. Kreienberg

   Original Papers Pages: 27 - 34

8. Immunohistochemical localization of collagenous proteins in cartilaginous tumors: characteristic distribution of type IX collagen

   • Atsuhiro Kawashima
   • Yoshimichi Ueda
   • Isao Nakanishi

   Original Papers Pages: 35 - 40

9. Acute effects of 4-ipomeanol on experimental lung tumors with bronchiolar or alveolar cell features in Syrian hamsters or C3H/HeNCr mice

   • Sabine Rehm
   • Deborah E. Devor

   Original Papers Pages: 41 - 50

10. Chromosome aberrations and cytogenetic intratumor heterogeneity in chondrosarcomas

    • Charlotte Örndal
    • Nils Mandahl
    • Felix Mitelman

    Original Papers Pages: 51 - 56

11. High-affinity chimeric anti-(colorectal carcinoma) antibody correlated to enhanced tumor targeting in biodistribution and imaging

    • Yumin Qi
    • Gilbert Matte
    • Jim Xiang

    Original Papers Pages: 57 - 62

12. Antitumor effects of GBS toxin: a polysaccharide exotoxin from group Bβ-hemolytic streptococcus

    • Carl G. Hellerqvist
    • Gary B. Thurman
    • H. W. Sundell

    Original Papers Pages: 63 - 70

13. Persistent proliferation of normal hepatocytes and promotion of preneoplastic development byN-nitrosodibenzylamine in rats

    • H. Blaszyk
    • A. Hartmann
    • M. Danz

    Original Papers Pages: 71 - 75

14. Digital cell image analysis of verapamil-induced effects in chemosensitive and chemoresistant neoplastic cell lines

    • Chantal Etiévant
    • Olivier Pauwels
    • Robert Kiss

    Original Papers Pages: 76 - 84

15. Oxygenation of tumors by a hemoglobin solution

    • Beverly A. Teicher
    • Gary N. Schwartz
    • Krishna Menon

    Original Papers Pages: 85 - 90

16. Comparative studies of cardia carcinoma and infracardial gastric carcinoma

    • G. Heidl
    • P. Langhans
    • H. Bünte

    Original Papers Pages: 91 - 94

17. Adenocarcinomas of esophagus and cardia in comparison with gastric carcinoma

    • G. Heidl
    • P. Langhans
    • E. Grundmann

    Original Papers Pages: 95 - 99

18. The role of cryosurgery in the treatment of hepatic cancer: a report of 113 cases

    • Xin-Da Zhou
    • Zhao-You Tang
    • Ya-Xin Zheng

    Original Papers Pages: 100 - 102

19. Histogenesis and characteristics of gastric-type adenocarcinomas in the stomach

    • Ryoji Kushima
    • Takanori Hattori

    Original Papers Pages: 103 - 111

20. Glutathione S-transferase activity in patients with cancer of the digestive tract

    • Giancarlo Severini

    Original Papers Pages: 112 - 114

21. Suppressed cellular immunity in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma

    • Mamoru Tsukuda
    • Shuji Sawaki
    • Shunsuke Yanoma

    Original Papers Pages: 115 - 118

22. Report from the 29th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 16–18 May 1993, Orlando, Florida

    • Maurie Markman

    Meeting Report Pages: 119 - 120

23. Meeting announcement

    Announcement Pages: I - I