1. Guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of carcinoma of the esophagus

   • Hiroyuki Kuwano
   • Yasumasa Nishimura
   • Hisahiro Matsubara

   Special Article 18 September 2008 Pages: 117 - 132

2. Therapeutic management of elderly patients with esophageal cancer

   • Ryo Takagawa
   • Chikara Kunisaki
   • Hiroshi Shimada

   Original Article 18 September 2008 Pages: 133 - 139

3. Surgical attempts to avoid anastomotic leaks and reduce reflux esophagitis following esophagectomy for cancer

   • Satoshi Aiko
   • Yutaka Yoshizumi
   • Tadaaki Maehara

   Original Article 18 September 2008 Pages: 141 - 148

4. Two resected cases of esophageal leiomyoma diagnosed with preoperative endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy (EUS-FNAB)

   • Satoshi Arakawa
   • Soji Ozawa
   • Shunzo Hatooka

   Case Report 18 September 2008 Pages: 149 - 154

5. Metastatic hypopharyngeal and esophageal cancer to a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy site

   • Naruo Kawasaki
   • Yutaka Suzuki
   • Hideyuki Kashiwagi

   Case Report 18 September 2008 Pages: 155 - 156

6. Basaloid squamous carcinoma of the esophagus developed from achalasia: report of a case

   • Osamu Chino
   • Yoshifumi Kise
   • Hiroyasu Makuuchi

   Case Report 18 September 2008 Pages: 157 - 162

7. Spontaneous esophageal rupture responding to simple suture closure, drainage, and percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG): case report

   • Akira Matsumoto
   • Yutaka Suzuki
   • Katsuhiko Yanaga

   Case Report 18 September 2008 Pages: 163 - 166

8. A case of thoracoscopically resected benign esophageal schwannoma with high uptake on FDG-PET

   • Eiichiro Toyama
   • Youhei Nagai
   • Hideo Baba

   Case Report 18 September 2008 Pages: 167 - 170

9. Carcinosarcoma of the esophagus producing granulocyte-colony stimulating factor: report of a case

   • Keiichi Miyamoto
   • Shigeru Shibata
   • Hitoshi Kawasaki

   Case Report 18 September 2008 Pages: 171 - 175