1. Biochemical markers in gastrointestinal malignancies.- 2. Newer concepts regarding staging of gastrointestinal malignancy.- 3. Epidemiology of pancreatic cancer.- 4. Hepatitis B virus and hepatocellular carcinoma.- 5. Liver resection for malignant disease.- 6. Current concepts in the treatment of Esophageal cancer.- 7. Large bowel cancer: restorative rectal surgery.- 8. Large bowel cancer: utility of radiation therapy.- 9. Treatment of squamous cell cancer of the anus.- 10. Diagnosis and management of gut bleeding in gastrointestinal malignancy.- 11. Nonsurgical biliary drainage in cancer.- 12. Nutritional repletion after major gut excision.- 13. Intraoperative radiation therapy for gastrointestinal malignancy.- 14. Antimarker antibodies for the external imaging of gastrointestinal cancer.- 15. Hyperthermia in the treatment of gastrointestinal malignancy.