Early detection and risk stratification of gastric cancer are likely to be refined with biopsies targeted through high-resolution-enhanced imaging

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology, UCL Cancer Institute, London, UK.
² Division of Gastroenterology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK matthew.banks2@nhs.net.

Comment

Marnix Jansen et al. Gut. 2020 Sep.

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doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2019-319921. Epub 2019 Oct 14.

¹ Department of Pathology, UCL Cancer Institute, London, UK.
² Division of Gastroenterology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK matthew.banks2@nhs.net.

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Keywords: endoscopic polypectomy; endoscopy; gastric cancer.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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There is much more to rely on histology than the sole endoscopy tells us.
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