An international forum for discussion of gastric cancer is needed, particularly now Takeshi Sano From a new Editor-in-Chief Pages: 133 - 134
Laparoscopic surgery for GIST: too soon to decide Yoshihide OtaniMasaki Kitajima Editorial Pages: 135 - 136
Risk factors for pancreas-related abscess after total gastrectomy Hitoshi KataiKimio YoshimuraMitsuru Sasako Original article Pages: 137 - 141
Prognostic significance of intraperitoneal cancer cells in gastric carcinoma: detection of cytokeratin 20 mRNA in peritoneal washes, in addition to detection of carcinoembryonic antigen Yasuhiro KoderaHayao NakanishiAkimasa Nakao Original article Pages: 142 - 148
Indications for gastrectomy after incomplete EMR for early gastric cancer Hideki NaganoShigekazu OhyamaAkio Yamaguchi Original article Pages: 149 - 154
VEGF significance in peritoneal recurrence from gastric cancer Keishiro AoyagiKikuo KouhujiKazuo Shirouzu Original article Pages: 155 - 163
Microsatellite instability is linked to loss of hMLH1 expression in advanced gastric cancers: lack of a relationship with the histological type and phenotype Tsutomu MizoshitaTetsuya TsukamotoMasae Tatematsu Original article Pages: 164 - 172
Gastric adenosquamous carcinoma producing granulocyte-colony stimulating factor Kazuya EndoShunji KohnoeYoshihiko Maehara Case report Pages: 173 - 177
Primary gastric choriocarcinoma: two case reports and a pooled analysis of 53 cases Akihiro KobayashiTakahiro HasebeAtsushi Ochiai Case report Pages: 178 - 185
Hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery for a large gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the stomach Hiroshi YanoYutaka KimuraShigeru Okamoto Case report Pages: 186 - 192
Metastatic breast cancer presenting as linitis plastica of the stomach Lisa A. WhittyDavid L. CrawfordCharles R. Thomas Jr. Case report Pages: 193 - 197
Aggressive G-CSF-producing gastric cancer complicated by lung and brain abscesses, mimicking metastases Taku YokoyamaMasanobu HyodoKen Saitoh Case report Pages: 198 - 201
Gastric cancer invading the pancreas Yosuke AdachiHitoshi Katai Letter to the editor Pages: 202 - 203
