Endoscopic mucosal resection: curative therapy or just an extra-jumbo biopsy?

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 667-669

  Steutker, Cathy ^a   Riddell, Robert ^b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON;

ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH TUMOR;

BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; BIOPSY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34648858627     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2007.04.007     Document Type: Editorial

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