1. “Necessary” transfusions and prognosis in gastric cancer

   • Lawrence D. Wagman

   Editorial Pages: 1 - 2

2. Solid-pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas: Challenges presented by an unusual pancreatic neoplasm

   • Kay Washington

   Editorial Pages: 3 - 4

3. Adverse effects of perioperative transfusion on patients with stage III and IV gastric cancer

   • Woo Jin Hyung
   • Sung Hoon Noh
   • Jin Sik Min

   Original Articles Pages: 5 - 12

4. Occurrence and prognostic implications of micrometastases in lymph nodes from patients with submucosal gastric carcinoma

   • Hong -Jo Choi
   • Yun -Ki Kim
   • Sook -Hee Hong

   Original Articles Pages: 13 - 19

5. Tumor angiogenesis in lymph node-negative rectal cancer: Correlation with clinicopathological parameters and prognosis

   • Fabio Cianchi
   • Annarita Palomba
   • Camillo Cortesini

   Original Articles Pages: 20 - 26

6. The superiority of ratio-based lymph node staging in gastric carcinoma

   • Kentaro Inoue
   • Yasushi Nakane
   • Koshiro Hioki

   Original Articles Pages: 27 - 34

7. Solid-pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas: A surgical enigma?

   • Robert C. G. Martin
   • David S. Klimstra
   • Kevin C. Conlon

   Original Articles Pages: 35 - 40

8. Resection of the sciatic, peroneal, or tibial nerves: Assessment of functional status

   • A. D. Brooks
   • J. S. Gold
   • J. H. Healey

   Original Articles Pages: 41 - 47

9. Adjuvant brachytherapy for primary high-grade soft tissue sarcoma of the extremity

   • Kaled M. Alektiar
   • Dennis Leung
   • Murray F. Brennan

   Original Articles Pages: 48 - 56

10. The effect of surgery and radiotherapy on outcome of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma

    • Jean -Pierre E. N. Pierie
    • Alona Muzikansky
    • Mark J. Ott

    Original Articles Pages: 57 - 64

11. Paratracheal lymph node metastasis is associated with cervical lymph node metastasis in patients with thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

    • Fumiaki Sato
    • Yutaka Shimada
    • Masayuki Imamura

    Original Articles Pages: 65 - 70

12. Persistence of tumor DNA in plasma of breast cancer patients after mastectomy

    • Jose M. Silva
    • Jose M. Garcia
    • Felix Bonilla

    Original Articles Pages: 71 - 76

13. Subareolar injection of^99mTc facilitates sentinel lymph node identification

    • Todd M. Tuttle
    • Marybeth Colbert
    • Kelly M. McMasters

    Original Articles Pages: 77 - 81

14. T-cell receptor γ: A microsatellite marker for colorectal cancer

    • Sonja M. S. Uthoff
    • Louise E. Hunt
    • Susan Galandiuk

    Original Articles Pages: 88 - 93

15. Sentinel node mapping identifies vaccine-draining lymph nodes with tumor-specific immunological activity

    • Cynthia S. Chin
    • Harry D. Bear

    Original Articles Pages: 94 - 103

16. Indications and use of palliative surgery-results of society of surgical oncology survey

    • Laurence E. McCahill
    • Robert Krouse
    • Lawrence D. Wagman

    Original Articles Pages: 104 - 112