The emerging role of caspase inhibitors in gastrointestinal cancers Katsuya ShirakiKoujiro TakaseTakeshi Nakano Review Pages: 323 - 331
Helicobacter pylori seroprevalence in patients with chronic bronchitis Anastasios RoussosFotios TsimpoukasNikiforos Philippou Pages: 332 - 335
Vasoactive intestinal peptide and its relationship to tumor stage in colorectal carcinoma: an immunohistochemical study Yoshihiro HirayasuMasatoshi OyaYoshihiko Ueda Pages: 336 - 344
Increased expression of tumor necrosis factor-α messenger RNA in the intestinal mucosa of inflammatory bowel disease, particularly in patients with disease in the inactive phase Akiko AkazawaIsao SakaidaKiwamu Okita Pages: 345 - 353
Colorectal carcinoma with special reference to growth pattern classifications: clinicopathologic characteristics and genetic changes Toshinori KurahashiKazuhiro KanekoKeiji Mitamura Pages: 354 - 362
Angioechographic evaluation of tumor thrombi and the effect of transcatheter arterial embolization in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma Chikako SugimotoAkiko SaitoNaoaki Hayashi Pages: 363 - 368
Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy of pancreatic duct stones and patient factors related to stone disintegration Yasuyuki KarasawaShigeyuki KawaTomofumi Watanabe Pages: 369 - 375
Duodenal cancer in a patient with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome: molecular analysis Toshio NakamuraShohachi SuzukiSatoshi Nakamura Case report Pages: 376 - 380
Retroperitoneal lymphangioma with a duodenal lesion in an adult Mitsuhiro FujishiroToshiro KamoshidaAtsushi Takahashi Case report Pages: 381 - 386
Metachronous adenocarcinoma occurring at a colostomy site after abdominoperineal resection for rectal carcinoma Tetsuo ShibuyaKiichiro UchiyamaIwao Yokosuka Case report Pages: 387 - 390
Mucinous cystadenoma of the pancreas resected 11 years after cystgastrostomy Toshihiro MasatsuguKoji YamaguchiMasao Tanaka Case report Pages: 391 - 395
The distribution of endocrine cells in the surgically resected stomach Ikuko KijimaMisako NakagawaYoshikazu Kinoshita Letter to the editor Pages: 396 - 397
A case of early-stage gastric plasmacytoma Tomoko MoritaSatoru TamuraKeijiro Araki Letter to the editor Pages: 398 - 401
Linking Helicobacter pylori and chronic bronchitis: fact or fancy? Akiko Shiotani Editorial Pages: 402 - 403
Association between morphology and molecular changes in colorectal cancer Fumio ItohMinoru ToyotaKohzoh Imai Editorial Pages: 404 - 406