1. Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of Carcinoma of the Esophagus April 2007 edition: part I Edited by the Japan Esophageal Society

   • Hiroyuki Kuwano
   • Yasumasa Nishimura
   • Hisahiro Matsubara

   Special Article 02 July 2008 Pages: 61 - 73

2. Excess visceral fat accumulation is a risk factor for postoperative systemic inflammatory response syndrome in patients with esophageal cancer

   • Koji Tanaka
   • Masahiko Yano
   • Shingi Imaoka

   Original Article 02 July 2008 Pages: 75 - 80

3. Estimation of Physiologic Ability and Surgical Stress (E-PASS system) in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma undergoing resection

   • Yoshifumi Baba
   • Yoshio Haga
   • Hideo Baba

   Original Article 02 July 2008 Pages: 81 - 86

4. Setting of the candidate exposure conditions in an individualized tumor response testing (ITRT) toward an individual chemotherapy for esophageal cancer

   • Toshio Takayama
   • Masahiko Tsurumaru
   • Tomoaki Ito

   Original Article 02 July 2008 Pages: 87 - 91

5. Successful treatment for a benign esophagorespiratory fistula with perioperative nutritional management and multistep esophageal bypass operation: a case report

   • Takeo Bamba
   • Shin-ichi Kosugi
   • Katsuyoshi Hatakeyama

   Case Report 02 July 2008 Pages: 93 - 97

6. Long-surviving case of advanced esophageal small cell carcinoma with a multidisciplinary treatment approach

   • Masayoshi Yamamoto
   • Kinji Kamiya
   • Hiroyuki Konno

   Case Report 02 July 2008 Pages: 99 - 103

7. Esophageal leiomyosarcoma: a case treated by endoscopic resection

   • Tatsushi Suwa
   • Masao Hori
   • Masaki Kitajima

   Case Report 02 July 2008 Pages: 105 - 109

8. A case of giant esophageal epiphrenic diverticulum resected laparoscopically, followed by Heller myotomy and Dor fundoplication

   • Koji Atsuta
   • Soji Ozawa
   • Shunji Umemoto

   Case Report 02 July 2008 Pages: 111 - 115