Progress in the treatment of bile duct cancer: Multidisciplinary approach—Introduction Fumio Nakayama EditorialNotes Pages: 1 - 1
Surgical anatomy of the hepatic hilum with special reference to the caudate lobe Ryuji MizumotoHideaki Suzuki OriginalPaper Pages: 2 - 10
Cancer of the extrahepatic bile duct: A clinicopathologic study of immunohistochemistry for CEA, CA19-9, and p21 Koji YamaguchiMunetomo EnjojiFumio Nakayama OriginalPaper Pages: 11 - 17
The role of ultrasound, percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography, computed tomographic scanning, and magnetic resonance imaging in the preoperative assessment of bile duct cancer Kunio OkudaMasao OhtoYukihiro Tsuchiya OriginalPaper Pages: 18 - 26
The role of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in preoperative assessment of bile duct cancer Masao TanakaYoshiaki OgawaFumio Nakayama OriginalPaper Pages: 27 - 32
The role of preoperative biliary decompression in the treatment of bile duct cancer Jiro YanagisawaHitoshi IchimiyaFumio Nakayama OriginalPaper Pages: 33 - 38
Resection or palliation: Priority of surgery in the treatment of hilar cancer Henri BismuthDenis CastaingOscar Traynor OriginalPaper Pages: 39 - 47
Skeletization resection and central hepatic resection in the treatment of bile duct cancer Thomas Taylor White OriginalPaper Pages: 48 - 51
Extended right hepatic lobectomy, left hepatic lobectomy, and skeletonization resection for proximal bile duct cancer C. Wright PinsonRicardo L. Rossi OriginalPaper Pages: 52 - 59
Radical surgery for middle and distal thirds bile duct cancer Fumio NakayamaKohji MiyazakiKazumitsu Nagafuchi OriginalPaper Pages: 60 - 63
Bypass procedure for bile duct cancer Kohji MiyazakiKazumitsu NagafuchiFumio Nakayama OriginalPaper Pages: 64 - 67
Radical resection and liver grafting as the two main components of surgical strategy in the treatment of proximal bile duct cancer Rudolf PichlmayrBurckhardt RingeErnst Wagner OriginalPaper Pages: 68 - 77
Percutaneous transhepatic endoprosthesis in malignant obstruction of the bile duct Tatsuo YamakawaRicardo D. Esguerra Jr.Eisuke Fukuma OriginalPaper Pages: 78 - 84
Endoscopic retrograde drainage for bile duct cancer Nib SoehendraHorst Grimm OriginalPaper Pages: 85 - 90
The role of intraoperative radiation therapy in the treatment of bile duct cancer Yoji IwasakiTakeshi TodorokiAkira Nishimura OriginalPaper Pages: 91 - 98
Internal radiation for bile duct cancer William C. MeyersR. Scott Jones OriginalPaper Pages: 99 - 104
The role of chemotherapy in the treatment of bile duct cancer Richard A. OberfieldRicardo L. Rossi OriginalPaper Pages: 105 - 108
Primary endoscopic papillotomy (EPT) in patients with stones in the common bile duct and the gallbladder in situ: A 5-8-year follow-up study Arne R. RosselandJan Helge Solhaug Original Scientific Reports Pages: 111 - 115
A Comparison of flexible and rigid endoscopy in evaluating esophageal cancer patients for surgery H. C. CheungK. F. SiuJ. Wong Original Scientific Reports Pages: 117 - 121
Preservation of functional aerobic capacity with daily submaximal exercise during intravenous feeding in hospitalized normal man James D. AlbertAdrian LegaspiStephen F. Lowry Original Scientific Reports Pages: 123 - 130
Randomized controlled trials on the effectiveness of preoperative biliary decompression Willem Van der Linden Letter to the Editor Pages: 136 - 137