Endoscopic mucosal resection of the stomach: initial description.
A quantitative change of the enlargement of the biopsy specimen resulted in a qualitative change for endoscopy from only diagnosis to include therapy. This change of quality was also caused by another quantitative change of the size of detectable lesion, which was made smaller.
Tada
M
M
Division of Gastroenterology, Saitama Cancer Center, Japan. a-tada@mwa.biglobe.ne.jp
D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005773:Gastroscopy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000379:methods; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*