1. Implementation and limitations of meta-analysis of randomized trials from the clinical biostatistician’s point of view

   • Junichi Sakamoto

   Introduction to Review Articles 24 April 2009 Pages: 83 - 84

2. Efficacy of adjuvant chemotherapy using tegafur-based regimen for curatively resected gastric cancer: update of a meta-analysis

   • Koji Oba

   Review Article 24 April 2009 Pages: 85 - 89

3. The role of meta-analysis in cancer clinical trials

   • Chikuma Hamada

   Review Article 24 April 2009 Pages: 90 - 94

4. Contributions of meta-analyses based on individual patient data to therapeutic progress in colorectal cancer

   • Marc Buyse

   Review Article 24 April 2009 Pages: 95 - 101

5. Meta-analysis for the evaluation of surrogate endpoints in cancer clinical trials

   • Qian Shi
   • Daniel J. Sargent

   Review Article 24 April 2009 Pages: 102 - 111

6. A literature review of molecular markers predictive of clinical response to cytotoxic chemotherapy in patients with breast cancer

   • Ikuo Sekine
   • Chikako Shimizu
   • Tomohide Tamura

   Review Article 24 April 2009 Pages: 112 - 119

7. Chemo-hyperthermic peritoneal perfusion (CHPP) for appendiceal pseudomyxoma peritonei

   • Kanji Katayama
   • Akio Yamaguchi
   • Hiroshi Ito

   Original Article 24 April 2009 Pages: 120 - 124

8. Phase I study of amrubicin and vinorelbine in non-small cell lung cancer previously treated with platinum-based chemotherapy

   • Satoshi Oizumi
   • Koichi Yamazaki
   • Hokkaido Lung Cancer Clinical Study Group

   Original Article 24 April 2009 Pages: 125 - 129

9. Intermittent docetaxel therapy with estramustine for hormone-refractory prostate cancer in Japanese patients

   • Norihito Soga
   • Manabu Kato
   • Yoshiki Sugimura

   Original Article 24 April 2009 Pages: 130 - 135

10. UGT1A1*6 polymorphism is most predictive of severe neutropenia induced by irinotecan in Japanese cancer patients

    • Masahide Onoue
    • Tomohiro Terada
    • Ken-ichi Inui

    Original Article 24 April 2009 Pages: 136 - 142

11. Sunitinib-resistant gastrointestinal stromal tumors harbor cis-mutations in the activation loop of the KIT gene

    • Toshirou Nishida
    • Tsuyoshi Takahashi
    • Japanese Study Group on GIST

    Original Article 24 April 2009 Pages: 143 - 149

12. Standardized uptake value on FDG-PET as a marker for disease activity in patients with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma: comparison with serum soluble interleukin-2 receptor values

    • Mitsuaki Tatsumi
    • Hiroyuki Sugahara
    • Jun Hatazawa

    Original Article 24 April 2009 Pages: 150 - 158

13. An atypical extrahepatic metastasis of the distal phalanx from hepatocellular carcinoma

    • Masaki Otsuji
    • Shunji Matsunaga
    • Setsuro Komiya

    Case Report 24 April 2009 Pages: 159 - 162

14. Primary osteosarcoma of ovary

    • Shamima Yeasmin
    • Kentaro Nakayama
    • Kohji Miyazaki

    Case Report 24 April 2009 Pages: 163 - 166

15. Adenoendocrine cell carcinoma of the gallbladder clinically mimicking squamous cell carcinoma

    • Hiroya Taniguchi
    • Junichi Sakagami
    • Toshikazu Yoshikawa

    Case Report 24 April 2009 Pages: 167 - 170

16. Extremely acute exacerbation of interstitial pneumonia after interferon-alpha treatment for metastatic renal cell carcinoma

    • Satoshi Ando
    • Koji Kawai
    • Hideyuki Akaza

    Case Report 24 April 2009 Pages: 171 - 173

17. A dedifferentiated liposarcoma of the anterior mediastinum

    • Ryuta Fukai
    • Yuki Fukumura
    • Kenji Suzuki

    Case Report 24 April 2009 Pages: 174 - 177