Preoperative pulmonary evaluation in patients scheduled for lung operations (pages 163 to 171)
P. Myrianthefs (Athens University School of Nursing, Intensive Care Unit, KAT Hospital, Athens, Greece), C. Batistaki
Merkel cell carcinoma clinicopathological aspects of an unusual neoplasm (pages 173 to 179)
I. E. Liapakis (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hellenic Anticancer Institute, Saint Savvas Hospital, Athens, Greece), D. P. Korkolis, A. Koutsoumbi, G. Kokkalis, G. Gherardini, P. P. Vassilopoulos
Twenty five years of antismoking movement started by medical students some further goals (pages 181 to 184)
S. Zizic Borjanovic (Institute of Public Health of Serbia Dr. Milan Jovanovic Batut, Belgrade, Serbia), M. Jerinic, R. Igic
Eclectics and breast cancer (pages 185 to 188)
I. N. Tsoulogiannis (Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece), D. A. Spandidos
Dose-finding study of capecitabine in combination with weekly paclitaxel for patients with anthracycline-pretreated metastatic breast cancer (pages 189 to 196)
S. Susnjar (Department of Medical Oncology, Radiology, Institute for Oncology andRadiology of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia), S. Bosnjak, S. Radulovic, J. Stevanovic, M. Gajic-Dobrosavljevic, M. Kreacic
I. Gkioulbasanis (Department of Medical Oncology, University General Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece), J. Souglakos, N. Vardakis, A. Kotsakis, Z. Saridaki, N. Kentepozidis, A. Polyzos, S. Giassas, M. Ignatiadis, V. Bozionelou, C. Christophylakis, V. Georgoulias
Concomitant administration of uracil-tegafur and leucovorin during adjuvant radiotherapy for locally advanced rectal cancer (pages 203 to 208)
B. M. Atasoy (Department of Radiation Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine,Marmara University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey), U. Abacioglu, F. Dane, Z. Ozgen, P. F. Yumuk, S. Ozden, Z. Akgun, A. Mayadagli, G. Basaran, S. Turhal, M. Sengoz
Aggressive surgery in the multimodality treatment of liver metastases from colorectal cancer (pages 209 to 213)
N. Belev (Clinic of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Military Medical Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria), I. Takorov, P. Dimov, N. Vladov, V. Penov
Postmastectomy radiotherapy in intermediate risk stage I-II breast cancer patients (pages 215 to 220)
J. Mladenovic (Department of Radiotherapy, Institute for Oncology and Radiology of Serbia,Belgrade, Serbia), S. Susnjar, D. Gavrilovic, N. Borojevic
Clinical results of medium dose rate brachytherapy combined with external beam radiotherapy in the treatment of advanced cervical carcinoma (pages 221 to 226)
C. Ordeanu (Department of Brachytherapy, Oncological Institute I. Chiricuta, Cluj-Napoca, Romania), O. Coza, S. Gavris, N. Todor, E. Szilagy, M. Bako, V. Cernea, N. Ghilezan, V. Nagy
Short versus conventional preoperative radiotherapy of rectal cancer indications (pages 227 to 232)
A. Klenova (Department of Radiotherapy, National Hospital of Oncology, Sofia, Bulgaria), R. Georgiev, P. Kurtev, G. Kurteva
Clinical presentation, treatment options and outcome in patients with bronchioloalveolar carcinoma (pages 233 to 238)
J. Stanic (Clinic for Pulmonary Oncology, Institute for Pulmonary Diseases ofVojvodina, Medical Faculty, University of Novi Sad, Serbia), B. Zaric, A. Andjelkovic, A. Milovancev, D. Andjelkovic, Z. Eri
Peritumoral edema and karyometric variables in astrocytoma of the brain (pages 239 to 243)
A. Kostic (Clinic of Neurosurgery, Clinical Centre Nis, Nis,Serbia), D. Mihailovic, S. Veselinovic, G. Tasic, D. Radulovic, I. Stefanovic
The influence of dexamethasone in the decrease of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (pages 245 to 252)
T. Sarcev (Clinic for Pulmonary Oncology, Department for Invasive Diagnostics, Institute for Pulmonary Diseases of Vojvodina, Sremska Kamenica, MedicalFaculty, University of Novi Sad, Serbia), N. Secen, Dj. Povazan, A. Sabo, J. Popovic, D. Bursac, M. Kakas, B. Zaric, A. Milovancev
Nutritional assessment during allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation single centre experience (pages 253 to 259)
R. Rzepecki (Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Department of Oncology, Military Institute of Health Services, Warsaw, Poland), J. Barzal, T. Sarosiek, S. Oborska, C. Szczylik
E. Tsiambas (Department of Immunohistochemistry and Molecular Cytopathology, 401 General Army Hospital, Athens, Greece), A. Karameris, S. Gourgiotis, N. Salemis, A. E. Athanassiou, P. Karakitsos, A. Papalois, E. Merikas, P. Kosmidis, E. Patsouris
Glycobiochemical characterization of salivary carcinoembryonic antigen (pages 269 to 275)
S. Golubovic (Institute for the Application of Nuclear Energy-INEP, University of Belgrade, Belgrade-Zemun, Serbia), M. Jankovic
Radiotherapy for Kimura’s disease case report and review of the literature (pages 277 to 280)
S. Kilciksiz (Department of Radiation Oncology, Gaziantep University, Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey), C. Calli, E. Eski, F. Topcugil, S. Bener
Capecitabine in pretreated metastatic cholangiocarcinoma. A case report and review of the literature (pages 281 to 283)
A. K. Koutras (Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, University Hospital,Patras Medical School, Rion, Greece), G. Talampuka, N. Pagoni, K. C. Thomopoulos, G. Kalliolias, C. Kalogeropoulou, H. P. Kalofonos
Fibroadenoma in supernumerary breast (pages 285 to 286)
A. Eroglu (Department of General Surgery and Surgical Oncology, Numune State Hospital, Seluklu, Konya, Turkey)
Bacteremia caused by Pantoea agglomerans and Enterococcus faecalis in a patient with colon cancer (pages 287 to 290)
G. B. Christakis (Department of Microbiology, Metaxa Cancer Hospital, Piraeus, Greece), S. P. Perlorentzou, M. Aslanidou, L. Savva, I. K. Zarkadis
A case with three different synchronous primaries of the female genital system and their treatment (pages 291 to 293)
S. Kilciksiz (Department of Radiation Oncology, Gaziantep University, Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey), T. Gokce, I. Somali, D. Uysal, A. Baloglu, S. Yigit
Cancer’s conceptions of Marie Franois Xavier Bichat (1771-1802), founder of histology (pages 295 to 302)
G. Androutsos (Department of History of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece), A. Diamantis, L. Vladimiros