Lymph node metastases in early gastric cancer, when the East and the West come to terms

Affiliations

¹ Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA, USA.
² Gastroenterology and Hepatology Section, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.

Editorial

Mohamed M Abdelfatah et al. Transl Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2018.

. 2018 Nov 2:3:87.

doi: 10.21037/tgh.2018.10.02. eCollection 2018.

¹ Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA, USA.
² Gastroenterology and Hepatology Section, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: MO Othman: Consultant for Olympus and Boston Scientific corporation. MM Abdelfatah has no conflicts of interest to declare.

Risk assessment of lymph node metastases in early gastric adenocarcinoma fulfilling expanded endoscopic resection criteria.
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