1. Duplicate Submission and Scientific Fraud: The Annals of Surgical Oncology Perspective

   • Charles M. Balch

   Editorial Pages: 381 - 381

2. Consensus Statement on Submission and Publication of Manuscripts

   • Editorial Board

   Editorial Pages: 382 - 383

3. The Future for Staging of Primary Tumors

   • John E. Niederhuber

   Editorial Pages: 384 - 385

4. Treating Colon Cancer With a Melanoma Vaccine? Preposterous?

   • Vernon K. Sondak
   • Alfred E. Chang

   Editorial Pages: 386 - 388

5. CancerVax, An Allogeneic Tumor Cell Vaccine, Induces Specific Humoral and Cellular Immune Responses in Advanced Colon Cancer

   • Nizar Habal
   • Rishab K. Gupta
   • Donald L. Morton

   OriginalPaper Pages: 389 - 401

6. Impact of Splenectomy for Lymph Node Dissection on Long-Term Surgical Outcome in Gastric Cancer

   • Kang Young Lee
   • Sung Hoon Noh
   • Jin Sik Min

   OriginalPaper Pages: 402 - 406

7. Clinical Significance of K-Ras Mutations in Intraoperative Tumor Drainage Blood From Patients With Colorectal Carcinoma

   • Tsuyoshi Etoh
   • Hiroaki Ueo
   • Masaki Mori

   OriginalPaper Pages: 407 - 412

8. Adenocarcinoma of the Lower Third of the Rectum: Metastases in Lymph Nodes Smaller Than 5 mm and Occult Micrometastases; Preliminary Results on Early Tumor Recurrence

   • Salvatore Andreola
   • Ermanno Leo
   • Giuseppe Sampietro

   OriginalPaper Pages: 413 - 417

9. p53, BCL-2, and Ki-67 Expression According to Tumor Response After Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy for Advanced Rectal Cancer

   • Nam Kyu Kim
   • Jae Kun Park
   • Jin Sik Min

   OriginalPaper Pages: 418 - 424

10. Feasibility of Breast Preservation in the Treatment of Occult Primary Carcinoma Presenting With Axillary Metastases

    • Georges Vlastos
    • Marina E. Jean
    • S. Eva Singletary

    OriginalPaper Pages: 425 - 431

11. Factors Correlating With Lymph Node Metastases in Patients With T1 Breast Cancer

    • David R. Brenin
    • Donna-Marie Manasseh
    • David Kinne

    OriginalPaper Pages: 432 - 437

12. Sentinel Lymph Node Detection for Breast Cancer: Which Patients Are Best Suited for the Patent Blue Dye Only Method of Identification?

    • Claude Nos
    • Paul Fréneaux
    • Krishna B. Clough

    OriginalPaper Pages: 438 - 443

13. Micrometastasis to In-Transit Lymph Nodes From Extremity and Truncal Malignant Melanoma

    • Marylou C. Thelmo
    • Eugene T. Morita
    • Stanley P. L. Leong

    OriginalPaper Pages: 444 - 448

14. Effect of Sodium Thiosulfate on Cisplatin Removal With Complete Hepatic Venous Isolation and Extracorporeal Charcoal Hemoperfusion: A Pharmacokinetic Evaluation

    • Nobuya Kusunoki
    • Yonson Ku
    • Yoshikazu Kuroda

    OriginalPaper Pages: 449 - 457

15. Association of Enhanced Cyclooxygenase-2 Expression With Possible Local Immunosuppression in Human Colorectal Carcinomas

    • Masayuki Kojima
    • Takashi Morisaki
    • Masao Tanaka

    OriginalPaper Pages: 458 - 465