Volume 14 Number 1 February, 2008


EDITORIAL
Prognostic Factors in Patients with Pathological and N2 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Makoto Saito, et al.

REVIEW
Recent Advances in Esophageal Cancer Gene Therapy
Hideaki Shimada, et al.

ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Lobe-Specific Skip Nodal Metastasis in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients
Ryoji Kawano, et al.
Low Systemic Vascular Resistance State Following Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Kaoru Matsuura, et al.
Left Axillary Artery Perfusion in Surgery of Type A Aortic Dissection
Masashi Kano, et al.
Vascular Protecting Effect of Angiotensin Receptor Blocker (ARB) on the Radial Artery Graft
Mitsumasa Hata, et al.

CASE REPORT
Conversion from Total Cavopulmonary Shunt to Fontan Circulation: Improved Cyanosis with an 11-Year Interval
Takeshi Hiramatsu, et al.
Progressive Intraparenchymal Bronchogenic Cyst in a Neonate
Yoshio Tsunezuka, et al.
Pulmonary Arteriovenous Fistula with Cerebral Infarction Successfully Treated By Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery
Hiroshige Nakamura, et al.
Surgical Resection of Primary Liposarcoma of the Anterior Mediastinum
Shinji Hirai, et al.
A Case of Intrathoracic Giant Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor in Neurofibromatosis Type I (von Recklinghausen's Disease)
Junzo Shimizu, et al.
Patch-and-Glue Sutureless Repair for Blowout Rupture after Myocardial Infarction: Report of Two Cases
Toshihiro Fujimatsu, et al.
Chronic Expanding Intrapericardial Hematoma after Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Presenting with Congestive Heart Failure
Satoshi Kainuma, et al.
Idiopathic Retroperitoneal Fibrosis in a Patient Suspected of Impending Rupture of the Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Junichiro Takahashi, et al.
Superior Vena Cava Thrombosis Treated by Angioplasty and Stenting in a Cirrhotic Patient with Peritoneovenous Shunt
Lorenzo Leggio, et al.