1. Editorial

   • M. R. Mueller
   • V. V. Getman

   Main Topic Pages: 59 - 60

2. Epidemiology (incidence, survival), risk factors, prevention (screening)

   • V. V. Getman
   • M. R. Mueller

   Main Topic Pages: 61 - 65

3. Histological classification and TNM staging of lung cancer

   • V. V. Getman
   • G. Dekan
   • M. R. Mueller

   Main Topic Pages: 66 - 69

4. Diagnosis, staging and functional operability of lung cancer

   • V. V. Getman
   • M. R. Mueller

   Main Topic Pages: 70 - 74

5. Therapy of lung cancer

   • V. V. Getman
   • M. R. Mueller

   Main Topic Pages: 75 - 79

6. Statistical methods in surgical research – a practical guide

   • A. Klingler

   Review Pages: 80 - 84

7. Update on LigaSure^®/Atlas^® vessel-sealing technology in general surgery

   • M. Riegler
   • E. Cosentini

   Review Pages: 85 - 88

8. Transgastric stapled esophagofundostomy and partial fundoplication – a technical illustration of a new concept for surgical treatment of achalasia

   • E. P. Cosentini
   • M. Riegler
   • E. Wenzl

   Original Scientific Paper Pages: 89 - 94

9. Transgastric stapled esophagofundostomy and partial fundoplication – a technical illustration of a new concept for surgical treatment of achalasia

   • C. G. Bremner

   Invited Commentary Pages: 95 - 96

10. Treatment of chronic anal fissure by injection of botulinum toxin A

    • S. Roka
    • F. Langer
    • F. Herbst

    Original Scientific Paper Pages: 97 - 99

11. Is oncologic surgery in a low-volume district general hospital justified? A critical 24-year audit

    • K. Meissner
    • T. Szecsi

    Original Scientific Paper Pages: 100 - 108

12. Is oncologic surgery in a low-volume district general hospital justified? A critical 24-year audit

    • P. Gertsch

    Invited Commentary Pages: 109 - 110

13. Is oncologic surgery in a low-volume district general hospital justified? A critical 24-year audit

    • H. J. Mischinger
    • H. Hauser

    Invited Commentary Pages: 111 - 112

14. Long-term outcome of cytomegalovirus high-risk patients after heart transplantation: comparison between two prophylactic regimes – a single-center experience

    • H. Antretter
    • D. Hoefer
    • H. Bonatti

    Original Scientific Paper Pages: 113 - 120

15. Computed tomographic virtual colonoscopy to screen for colorectal neoplasia in asymptomatic adults

    • D. Plattner

    Selected Commentary Pages: 121 - 122