How is the VS (vessel plus surface) classification system applicable to magnifying narrow-band imaging examinations of gastric neoplasias initially diagnosed as low-grade adenomas?

Gastric Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 118-120

  Yao, Kenshi ^a  

^a Fukuoka University Chikushi Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CANCER GRADING; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE MARKER; EARLY CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MICROVASCULARIZATION; NARROW BAND IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STOMACH ADENOMA; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH INJURY; STOMACH MUCOSA; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

ADENOMA; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM GRADING; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84861527071     PISSN: 14363291     EISSN: 14363305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10120-011-0132-3     Document Type: Review

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