The Kitasato Medical Journal
	Vol. 48 No. 1   Mar. 2018    Kitasato Medical Society
	ISSN(Print):1349-8568  ISSN(Online):2187-9699
CONTENTS
● Original Contributions
	Is endometrial carcinoma in situ a precursor lesion of endometrial carcinoma?
	Hisako Inoue, Makoto Saegusa	1
	Sagittal spinopelvic alignment in the standing position associated with low back pain in patients with knee osteoarthritis
	Hiroshi Abe, Atsuhiko Matsunaga, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Naruaki Toda, Kyo Shigeta, Kazuki Kaji, Yoshihiko Saito, Yasunori Tsukimura	9
	Gait speed and balance function strongly determine the ability to walk independently without using a wheelchair in a facility setting for stroke patients
	Yuta Ichinosawa, Shinobu Shimizu, Nami Takemura, Katsuya Taira, Michiru Hamakawa, Yuki Nakachi, Morihiko Goya, Tomoya Yamazato, Ryota Shimose, Hajime Miura, Satoshi Tsunoda, Ryuichiro Yamada, Takayuki Nakanishi, Atsuhiko Matsunaga	16
	Inhibition of mPGES-1 protects the liver from ischemia/reperfusion injury through prostanoid EP2 receptor
	Nobuyuki Nishizawa, Yoshiya Ito, Tomoyoshi Inoue, Shuji Nakamoto, Fumisato Otaka, Seri Tsuru, Kyoko Hattori, Shizuo Akira, Masahiko Watanabe, Masataka Majima	26
	Medical doctors' preferences regarding end-of-life cancer care
	Kasumi Nakajima, Yumi Iwamitsu, Noriyasu Sekiya, Yuki Tamari, Chikashi Kidoguchi, Yujiro Kuroda, Keiichi Nakagawa	35
	Response of bone tissues to stationary and continuous loads simulating a femur
	Masaki Nakao, Kiyoshi Mabuchi, Kentaro Uchida, Rina Sakai, Terumasa Matsuura, Kazuhiro Yoshida, Masanobu Ujihira	45
	Legal regulations on health-related direct-to-consumer genetic testing in 11 countries
	Rei Fukuda, Fumio Takada	52
Kitasato Medical Society Invitational Academic Lecture Series Abstracts		60
Information for Authors		61