Philip CY Chiu

1Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 2Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Japan 3Division of Gastroenterology, Fukuoka University Chikushi Hospital, Japan 4Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Japanese Red Cross Wakayama Medical Center, Japan 5Department of Gastroenterology, Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital, Japan 6Department of Internal Medicine, Machida Gastrointestinal...

Abbreviations ACI (Amber Color Imaging) EGC (early gastric cancer) ESD (endoscopic submucosal dissection) ITT (intention-to-treat) RDI (Red Dichromatic Imaging) Get full text access Log in, subscribe or purchase for full access. References 1. Hosokawa, K. ∙ Yoshida, S. Recent advances in endoscopic mucosal resection for early gastric cancer [Japanese] Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 1998; 25:476-483 2. Ono, H. ∙ Kondo, H. ∙ Gotoda, T. ... Endoscopic mucosal resection for treatment of early gastric cancer Gut.

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