Recent advances in the management of variceal bleeding W. Dean WarrenJoseph B. Whitehead Review Article Pages: 77 - 83
Does preoperative radiation for thoracic esophageal cancer promote intramural lymphatic invasion? Michio MaetaShigemasa KogaYasuhiro Inoue Original Articles Pages: 84 - 89
Clinical studies on the transabdominal resection of esophagocardial cancer and cervical anastomosis using bypass methods. Analysis of data on 76 patients Takao HattoriToshihiro HiraiYoshinori Yamashita Original Articles Pages: 90 - 97
Bone disorder following partial and total gastrectomy with reference to bone mineral content Okitsugu NishimuraToyokazu FurumotoShigemasa Koga Original Articles Pages: 98 - 105
Carcinoembryonic antigen slope analysis as an early indicator for recurrence of colorectal carcinoma Osamu KimuraNobuaki KaibaraShigemasa Koga Original Articles Pages: 106 - 111
Omental transposition and skin graft in patients for advanced or recurrent breast cancer Kazuyasu NakaoMasahiko MiyataKoreaki Matsumoto Original Articles Pages: 112 - 117
Serum fatty acid concentrations in patients on postoperative parenteral nutrition with and without fat Masahiro OkunoMasayoshi NagayamaKaoru Umeyama Original Articles Pages: 118 - 125
In vitro growth and chemosensitivity studies of childhood cancers using clonogenic assay Masahiko ShibataSeigo YasumuroKen Morita Original Articles Pages: 126 - 132
Combined therapy of polyamine antimetabolites and antitumor drugs for human gastric cancer xenotransplanted into nude mice Shigeru FujimotoKazuei IgarashiKatsuji Okui Original Articles Pages: 133 - 139
Early mucosal changes in dimethylhydrazine-induced colonic carcinogenesis in rats Hiroshi SuzukiNoriko Umehara Original Articles Pages: 140 - 143
Blunt esophageal resection for esophagocardial cancer: Blunt dissection and retrosternal esophagojejunostomy using the EEA stapler Takao HattoriToshihiro HiraiMasaaki Ohya Short Communications Pages: 144 - 147
Effects of oxygen tension on tumor colony formations assessed by human tumor clonogenic assay Naoki HirabayashiMasahiko NishiyamaTakao Hattori Short Communications Pages: 148 - 151
Effects of immunostimulation with OK432, coenzyme Q10, or levamisole on dimethylhydrazine-induced colonic carcinogenesis in rats Hiroshi SuzukiJunji YamamotoKeiji Iriyama Short Communications Pages: 152 - 155