Advantages of CAST for non-lifting adenomas

Endoscopy 2018; 50(10): 1037
DOI: 10.1055/a-0607-2671

Letter to the editor

David James Tate

¹Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

²Westmead Clinical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

³Cheltenham General Hospital, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

,

Michael John Bourke

¹Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

²Westmead Clinical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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