Expanding indications of endoscopic submucosal dissection for early gastric cancer: hope or hype?

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Hyuk Lee et al. Gut Liver. 2015 Mar.

. 2015 Mar;9(2):135-6.

doi: 10.5009/gnl15008.

¹ Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

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Clinical outcomes of the endoscopic submucosal dissection of early gastric cancer are comparable between absolute and new expanded criteria.
Shin KY, Jeon SW, Cho KB, Park KS, Kim ES, Park CK, Chung YJ, Kwon JG, Jung JT, Kim EY, Kim KO, Jang BI, Lee SH, Park JB, Yang CH. Shin KY, et al. Gut Liver. 2015 Mar;9(2):181-7. doi: 10.5009/gnl13417. Gut Liver. 2015. PMID: 25167797 Free PMC article.

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