Meeting report of the 72nd Japanese Gastric Cancer Congress Hidenobu WatanabeMasayoshi MaiMorio Koike Special article Pages: 1 - 8
Screening for gastric cancer in Japan Yoshitaka TsubonoShigeru Hisamichi Review article Pages: 9 - 18
Sequential methotrexate and 5-fluorouracil therapy for gastric cancer patients with bone metastasis Shu-ichi HironakaNarikazu BokuShigeaki Yoshida Original article Pages: 19 - 23
Influence of perioperative blood transfusion on the prognosis of patients with gastric cancer receiving anticancer chemotherapy Nobuo MurataYasuo IdezukiKatsu Nishigaki Original article Pages: 24 - 27
Prediction of recurrence after curative resection of gastric carcinoma invading the muscularis propria: a multivariate analysis Hideya TakeuchiYoshihiro KakejiKeizo Sugimachi Original article Pages: 28 - 32
Papillary adenocarcinoma of the stomach Kazuhiro YasudaYosuke AdachiSeigo Kitano Original article Pages: 33 - 38
A model chemosensitivity test examining apoptosis in small specimens of gastric cancer Narikazu BokuAtsushi OhtsuShigeaki Yoshida Original article Pages: 39 - 44
Histological differences in the invasion of advanced esophageal and gastric carcinoma beyond the esophago-gastric junction Futoshi MiyazonoShoji NatsugoeTakashi Aikou Original article Pages: 45 - 49
Laparoscopic D2 lymph node dissection for advanced gastric cancer located in the middle or lower third portion of the stomach Ichiro UyamaAtsushi SugiokaAkitake Hasumi Technical note Pages: 50 - 55