Annals of Surgical Oncology

The JSGS President’s Message: For the Development of the Cooperation Between the JSGS and the SSO

Masaki Mori

Comparison of the Therapeutic Outcomes Between Surgical Resection and Percutaneous Ablation for Small Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Kiyoshi Hasegawa, Taku Aoki, Takeaki Ishizawa, Junichi Kaneko, Yoshihiro Sakamoto, Yasuhiko Sugawara, Norihiro Kokudo

EpCAM, a Potential Therapeutic Target for Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Tatsuo Matsuda, Hiroya Takeuchi, Sachiko Matsuda, Kunihiko Hiraiwa, Taku Miyasho, Minoru Okamoto, Kazufumi Kawasako, Rieko Nakamura, Tsunehiro Takahashi, Norihito Wada, Hirofumi Kawakubo, Yoshiro Saikawa, Tai Omori, Yuko Kitagawa

Pulmonary Metastasectomy Secondary to Esophageal Carcinoma: Long-Term Survival and Prognostic Factors

Nao Kobayashi, Tadasu Kohno, Shusuke Haruta, Sakashi Fujimori, Hisashi Shinohara, Masaki Ueno, Harushi Udagawa

Postgastrectomy Syndrome Assessment Scale (PGSAS)-45 and Changes in Body Weight are Useful Tools for Evaluation of Reconstruction Methods Following Distal Gastrectomy

Masanori Terashima, Kazuaki Tanabe, Masashi Yoshida, Hiroshi Kawahira, Takao Inada, Hiroshi Okabe, Takashi Urushihara, Yoshiyuki Kawashima, Norimasa Fukushima, Koji Nakada

Is Preoperative Colonoscopy Necessary for Patients Undergoing Gastric Cancer Surgery?

Toshiyasu Ojima, Makoto Iwahashi, Mikihito Nakamori, Masaki Nakamura, Masahiro Katsuda, Takeshi Iida, Keiji Hayata, Katsunari Takifuji, Shunsuke Yamaguchi, Hiroki Yamaue

Accuracy of CT Staging of Locally Advanced Gastric Cancer after Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: Cohort Evaluation within a Randomized Phase II Study

Takaki Yoshikawa, Kazuaki Tanabe, Kazuhiro Nishikawa, Yuichi Ito, Takanori Matsui, Yutaka Kimura, Shinichi Hasegawa, Toru Aoyama, Tsutomu Hayashi, Satoshi Morita, Yumi Miyashita, Akira Tsuburaya, Junichi Sakamoto

Usefulness of Contrast-Enhanced Intraoperative Ultrasound in Identifying Disappearing Liver Metastases from Colorectal Carcinoma After Chemotherapy

Junichi Arita, Yoshihiro Ono, Michiro Takahashi, Yosuke Inoue, Yu Takahashi, Akio Saiura

Quality of Surgery for Stage III Colon Cancer: Comparison Between England, Germany, and Japan

Hirotoshi Kobayashi, Nicholas P. West, Keiichi Takahashi, Aristoteles Perrakis, Klaus Weber, Werner Hohenberger, Philip Quirke, Kenichi Sugihara

Chemotherapy and Targeted Therapy for Patients with Initially Unresectable Colorectal Liver Metastases, Focusing on Conversion Hepatectomy and Long-Term Survival

Toru Beppu, Yuji Miyamoto, Yasuo Sakamoto, Katsunori Imai, Hidetoshi Nitta, Hiromitsu Hayashi, Akira Chikamoto, Masayuki Watanabe, Takatoshi Ishiko, Hideo Baba

CD8+ and FOXP3+ Tumor-Infiltrating T Cells Before and After Chemoradiotherapy for Rectal Cancer

Eiji Shinto, Kazuo Hase, Yojiro Hashiguchi, Akinori Sekizawa, Hideki Ueno, Atsushi Shikina, Yoshiki Kajiwara, Hirotoshi Kobayashi, Megumi Ishiguro, Junji Yamamoto

Long-Term Clinical and Functional Results of Intersphincteric Resection for Lower Rectal Cancer

Motoi Koyama, Akihiro Murata, Yoshiyuki Sakamoto, Hajime Morohashi, Seiji Takahashi, Eri Yoshida, Kenichi Hakamada

Preoperative Evaluation of Venous Anatomy in Laparoscopic Complete Mesocolic Excision for Right Colon Cancer

Takayuki Ogino, Ichiro Takemasa, Genki Horitsugi, Mamoru Furuyashiki, Katsuya Ohta, Mamoru Uemura, Junichi Nishimura, Taishi Hata, Tsunekazu Mizushima, Hirofumi Yamamoto, Yuichiro Doki, Masaki Mori

Expressions of Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1 and Epithelial Cell Adhesion Molecule are Linked with Aggressive Local Recurrence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma After Radiofrequency Ablation Therapy

Shinichiro Yamada, Tohru Utsunomiya, Yuji Morine, Satoru Imura, Tetsuya Ikemoto, Yusue Arakawa, Mami Kanamoto, Shuichi Iwahashi, Yu Saito, Chie Takasu, Daichi Ishikawa, Mitsuo Shimada

Expression Analysis of THOP1 in Background Liver, a Prognostic Predictive Factor in Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Extracted by Multiarray Analysis

Shuji Nomoto, Mitsuhiro Hishida, Yoshikuni Inokawa, Nao Takano, Mitsuro Kanda, Yoko Nishikawa, Tsutomu Fujii, Masahiko Koike, Hiroyuki Sugimoto, Yasuhiro Kodera

Long-term Survival of Patients with Cholangiolocellular Carcinoma After Curative Hepatectomy

Shun-ichi Ariizumi, Yoshihito Kotera, Satoshi Katagiri, Masayuki Nakano, Yasuni Nakanuma, Akiko Saito, Masakazu Yamamoto

Profiling of Autoantibodies in Sera of Pancreatic Cancer Patients

Yosuke Nagayoshi, Masafumi Nakamura, Kazuhiro Matsuoka, Takao Ohtsuka, Yasuhisa Mori, Hiroshi Kono, Teppei Aso, Noboru Ideno, Shunichi Takahata, Akihide Ryo, Hiroyuki Takeda, Tetsuhide Ito, Yoshinao Oda, Yaeta Endo, Tatsuya Sawasaki, Masao Tanaka

Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery Article Series Disclosure Index