1. Gastroesophageal reflux disease and esophageal cancer: New respect for an old disease

   • Joel E. Richter

   Editor’s Commentary Pages: 1 - 2

2. Web alert

   News Pages: 3 - 4

3. Literature alert

   Abstract Pages: 5 - 7

4. Treatment of chronic hepatitis C in nonresponders to interferon monotherapy

   • Paul Y. Kwo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 11 - 17

5. Population screening for hemochromatosis: Has the time finally come?

   • James C. Barton
   • Ronald T. Acton

   OriginalPaper Pages: 18 - 26

6. Liver biopsy interpretation for the gastroenterologist

   • Elizabeth M. Brunt

   OriginalPaper Pages: 27 - 32

7. What do we need to know about nonA—to-E viral hepatitis?

   • K. V. Narayanan Menon
   • Nizar N. Zein

   OriginalPaper Pages: 33 - 39

8. Hepatopulmonary syndrome

   • Michael B. Fallon
   • Gary A. Abrams

   OriginalPaper Pages: 40 - 45

9. Expanding the donor pool for liver transplantation

   • James F. Trotter

   OriginalPaper Pages: 46 - 54

10. Is there a future for liver-assist devices?

    • Philip Rosenthal

    OriginalPaper Pages: 55 - 60

11. The use and misuse of transjugular intrahepatic portasystemic shunts

    • Arun J. Sanyal

    OriginalPaper Pages: 61 - 71

12. Localized hepatocellular carcinoma: Therapeutic options

    • Afonso Ribeiro
    • David M. Nagorney
    • Gregory J. Gores

    OriginalPaper Pages: 72 - 81